tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post4679878246979272893..comments2023-12-18T21:04:53.693-05:00Comments on Toys and Tomfoolery: Video Game Toys: Sonic The Hedgehog Part 2Alexxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-86595363844413236452012-11-07T16:25:47.430-05:002012-11-07T16:25:47.430-05:00Wow, look at that! They seem sorta familiar, but ...Wow, look at that! They seem sorta familiar, but I guess I totally passed 'em up. 'Course that may have been around the time when I was afraid to buy toys, so who knows?Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-88253089613015715142012-11-07T14:58:20.605-05:002012-11-07T14:58:20.605-05:00Actually, there was a pretty decent line of articu...Actually, there was a pretty decent line of articulated Mario toys released by - I think - Toy Biz a number of years ago. It was a Mario Kart line, so each guy came with a Kart. We had Mario, Bowser, and Yoshi. They were really good quality for Toy Biz. Let me see if I can find some pics...<br />...<br />...<br />These!<br />http://www.collector-actionfigures.com/dash/universe/catalog_items/?category=1252Draculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587852177919783864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-80437547802150521192012-10-26T17:30:49.494-04:002012-10-26T17:30:49.494-04:00In my mind, Sonic still sounds kinda like Steve Ur...In my mind, Sonic still sounds kinda like Steve Urkel. Draculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587852177919783864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-88578977944029720102012-09-23T12:10:03.922-04:002012-09-23T12:10:03.922-04:00I bet if Palisades Toys was still around, we'd...I bet if Palisades Toys was still around, we'd eventually get some transcendent Mario toys.<br /><br />Now I've depressed myself.Asthmaddicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709112231253512308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-1286933357631700992012-09-23T02:49:19.666-04:002012-09-23T02:49:19.666-04:00I'll talk about it eventually, but jazwares is...I'll talk about it eventually, but jazwares is always confusing when it comes to articulation. I've said it before: they just do not take a look around them and see what works with other toys. It's like they recreate the wheel every time. However, these Sonic figures are seriously the best toys they've done so far. I'll agree though; the waist twist is kinda useless. It makes for a few interesting running poses on the modern guys, but the classic guys don't get any use out of it without looking crazy.<br /><br />Anyway yeah: Mario is a continued conundrum. I mean, SO MUCH MERCHANDISE, and we only just got a regular toyline in the last few years, and it's still only static figures save for some hollow guys with turning heads and cut joint shoulders (and those are larger guys with very few other characters to join them). <br /><br />Throughout the many years of action figures I will never understand the absolute refusal to stray from the classic method of saturating the store shelves with JUST the main heros and only a few enemies here and there. Granted, not everyone does it, but it continues to happen. I mean, just TRY to find Bowser easily - the main god damn enemy - in just about anything Mario right now. He took forever to join the little guys, and they made only one big one that I don't see around anymore, and then the little block guys from the K-Nex line had Bowser pretty much shortpacked for awhile amidst TONS of Mario and Luigi. I always liked having my heros fight enemies, I dunno. What's the point of them hopping around by themselves?<br /><br />But the main thing: standard, articulation action figures from the Mario series. Seriously...where are those? They would sell like MAD.Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-68245123590732758682012-09-22T23:56:41.498-04:002012-09-22T23:56:41.498-04:00Fun stuff! It's a travesty that we still don&#...Fun stuff! It's a travesty that we still don't have highly articulated Mario toys.<br /><br />Also, I hate that the waits articulation cuts across the bellies on some of these guys. Too distracting!Asthmaddicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709112231253512308noreply@blogger.com