okay, no more toys are required to be made EVER

[mabudon]

http://www.rock-n-roll-action-figures.c ... oacfi.html
posted this at the other site but couldn't swear enough HOLY FUCK this is the most awesome thing EVER FUUUUUCK dude I can't even use punctuation it's turned me into a flornbie it's all I can do to not use all fuckin CAPS goddamnit

[Double_G]

Damn, they even sculpted the warts, too!

[Sleazer]

That's pretty cool...definitely avatar worthy elsewhere.

Plus it goes good with that cell phone commercial where they sing Ace of Spades.

However, I don't believe we can say no other toys are required until they make Ronnie James Dio.



:Teek-1B:

[mabudon]

no joke I think the ICONS line will get about as far as DIO then go belly up- seriously how many metal characters can you dream up past Lemmy, DIO, GWAR and maybe MANOWAR before it's just skinny dudes in denim and leather

[Sleazer]

I'd like to see Kim Bendix Peterson (aka King Diamond) immortalized in plastic.

[mabudon]

I think he might happen, as well as Dee Snider,from the "niche" feel of the line the way it's been presented I wouldn't be surprised to see King Diamond- might be some payback for the Deuce down the line. McFarlane had to shoot for the more license-friendly, nostalgia-related MEGA popular acts but this venture sounds like much more of a garage-type enterprise

I can almost guranteee DIO is next tho dammit, I can FEEL it- hopefully he comes with appropriate props, since even in 6" scale he'd give the Deuce a run for smallest figure in the line, so he'd simply HAVE to be pack-in heavy and instruments wouldn't make sense. He'd HAVE to have a few different sets of hands too, neutral, malocchio, fists and maybe the "wizard gesture" hands, single-position hands would be WRONG for him

[anarky]

Do you ever wonder where the black guys are?

We've had (among many others) all of Metallica, all of KISS, Ozzy, a few Elvises, Jerry Garcia, Alice Cooper, Johnny Cash, Slash, Angus, and now Lemmy. Jimi is the only black dude.

Where are the hip-hop figures? You can't tell me all the toy collectors are white, and especially they're not all the sort of white guys who wouldn't want Ice-T, Ice Cube, or Dr Dre. Or go way back, and give us Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, BB King--how the fuck has McFarlane not released a Robert Johnson figure complete with crossroads diorama?

[kidhuman]

Fuck em,

[mabudon]

lol and Huddy special "prison" variant

there WAS a Tupac figure- I have a feeling that it was the alarm-bell that maybe folks who really like Rap enough to buy such a thing wouldn't be caught dead with a toy

"DUD yo, that's a fuckin toy bitch"
"but it's TUPAC, G!!!"
"Fuck y'all get you and your doll outta my crib bitch"

Tho a 3-pack Run-DMC would be good....
Little Richard, fuckin James Brown, there's lots of stuff with enough broad appeal but again, the white-boy nerd/geek market that IS toy collecting probably appears as the wrong demographic for most of them

Fuck how many serious "I'm smart cos I listen to jazz and drink expensive wine" white rich folks would even think to LOOK for a Miles Davis of Coltrane fig??

I mean, where's all the black toy collectors?? Think abou that and you'll start to see the problem I think

[Sleazer]

They should do James Brown in that series of Rocky figures...I'm serious.

[Ran]

I saw the Lemmy figure today. He was a little smaller than I expected (about 5 inches). The 6-inch Elvis figures on the shelf next to him were cheaper. $20 seems a little too much for what it is.

[mabudon]

haven't seen him yet myself, but come on, it's Lemmy