Most over-rated toyline of all time? What is yours?

[MIB41]

We've covered alot of opinions regarding the best and worst toylines of all time. But in recent years I've seen alot of product come down the pike which has inexplicably been popular due to hype (or market manipulation) and having little to do with the actual product itself. Take for instance the now infamous Movie Masters Dark Knight line, or more specifically the Joker and his henchman. Mattel "quietly" pulls the initial line due to a production issue in packaging. Collectors, not knowing this, suddenly believe there is a huge demand for this line and by the time the dust settles (and the figures are placed back out on shelves) Mattel has created a crazed frenzy for these few figures. Brand new product priced at $14.00 suddenly goes for well over $100 on Ebay as stock boys throughout the country hoard the merchandise and run private auction enterprises for months, reaping ridiculous profits...madness. Okay so there is my example. What is yours? What are some of your most over-rated toylines?

[jds1911a1]

POWER RANGERS it was artificailly inflated for months if not years due to production shortages. I was a MGr of a Toys r us then and had to fill out accident reports from my stock people getiing "mugged" walking down the aisle with a case of 12 figures

[palitoy]

I'm not a big Spawn fan and I don't think that 50% of the people who bought them were either, it just seemed to be collecting it for collecting's sake.

I do like to see an independant make a big splash and he did raise the bar on action figures but what came with that was a period of highly detailed, breakable statues that kind of killed figural model kits.

[BlackKnight]

I think the Batman Dark Knight figures,.. except for the Movie Masters was was an all together Horrible Line. They look as if they were Made in the 90's from Toybiz... I thought toy's somewhat evolved... I guess some forgot to tell Mattel.

Same with the Hulk Movie Toys,.. Just can't stand them. Other than the Target Exclusive Figure,.. Inwhich is just a Hulk Figure from Marvel Legends witha resculpted Head.. that line Just Blows.

Pok'emon... Never got it.

Speed Racer.... Man with all the marketing that The Toy company did with these... & the Mass Product that was out there,.. it seems as if no one really cared & most were already on Clearance 2 months after the Movie Tanked.

[MIB41]

Yeah, I have to add that the Hulk movie toys looked even cheaper than the ones from the first film. Then again I don't think anyone had any faith the "re-do" was going to prove successful anyway so I guess no one should have been surprised. The pricing on those items were an absolute joke. It won't be long before you see shelves at Big Lots stacked with them.

[Gorn Captain]

Star Wars toys are the most overrated!

....sound of furious Star Wars collectors stampeding in my general direction...
....bullets whizzing past my head...
...light sabers igniting......

[SUP-Ronin]

Mego WGSH's. I mean, why would ANYONE like those silly things?


...hiding behind a big rock with Gorn Captain...
...Joking, just a joke...I love Star Wars too....

[Werewolf]

Definitely Spawn and the McToys twisted lines.

Absolutely abysmal quality break when you look at them figures. I am honestly surprised most of the Spawn figures even passed toy safety laws.

The non-existent articulation.

Messy paint ops that make the figures look like they were dropped in a mud puddle

The infamous one big boot.

Ugly and derivative sculpts passing as “edgy.”

Lastly, the overall harm McToys did to the action figure industry with all the ugly, over hyped, exaggerated, pre-posed, “instant collectible” unarticulated lumps of plastic that followed.

[Mego Milk]

mcfarlane toys.
yep, I fell for it too.

[toys2cool]

mcfarlane toys.
yep, I fell for it too.

yup gotta agree with the McFarlane stuff,even the sports ones which I love are on sale everywhere

[aquatroy]

Tiny GI Joes suck.

[spotter]

Toy Biz Marvel Super Heroes

[thunderbolt]

I gotta go with the little GI Joes, too. And I always thought Transformers blew.

[4NDR01D]

3 3/4" joes ROCKED!! IMHO.
Transformers on the other hand made me feel like the world's stupidest kid, I could just never figure 90% of them out. But their innovativness keeps them from being overrated to me.
I gotta go with any toy bought for monatary gain: beanie baby's, webkins, newish star wars stuff.

[goldenryan]

Toy Biz Marvel Super Heroes

what!!!! when they first came out i was stoked. i gotta disagree with mcfarlane too, the jaws, sleepy hollow and king kong playsets are awesome. i like the edward scissorhands too it's a good thing kenner never made figures for that movie they problably would have sucked