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

[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.

[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

[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?