the vynsane asylum

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

Damn, they even sculpted the warts, too!

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.



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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

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

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

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?

Fuck em,

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

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

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.

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