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 Post subject: Identifying a Knock-Off
PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:14 pm 
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I bought this out of the $3 bin at Adventure Con this month. It appears to have a Footloose torso, Tunnel Rat waist, with modified Gung Ho legs.

Anyone seen anything like this before?


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 Post subject: Re: Identifying a Knock-Off
PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:18 pm 
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Holy cowabunga.

Can't say I have, but my curiosity is piqued.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:27 pm 
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looks like the ball joint neck has been tweaked as well, correct?

no markings on it? remco quality plastic?

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 Post subject: Re: Identifying a Knock-Off
PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:39 pm 
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I have a very similar one. It has a foot loose torso that has been changed to a side to side neck joint. I have no information about it however. Sorry.


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 Post subject: Re: Identifying a Knock-Off
PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:18 pm 
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Wow...both of those figures are really cool. I love that kinda stuff. I would buy up every one a came across if I was lucky enough to find any.


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 Post subject: Re: Identifying a Knock-Off
PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:57 pm 
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That's the first I've ever seen of this particular brand of knock-off. The swivel-necked Footloose torso is really strange...it seems like an awful lot of effort to go through for a knock-off company. Does anybody know if Hasbro got to the tooling stage on the 1985 figures before they decided to switch to the ball-jointed neck? If so, these could be based on a pre-ball-jointed Footloose test-shot or something.


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 Post subject: Re: Identifying a Knock-Off
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:55 am 
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I narrowly missed getting some of these on two occasions at local toy shows. So I don't have any, but I know I have seen them in the US before. I wouldn't be surprised if they were released in the US, but for as many items that have traded hands internationally at this point, there is a good chance that is actually where it is from.

They are certainly one of the cooler knock-offs out there, imo.


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 Post subject: Re: Identifying a Knock-Off
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:34 am 
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Awesomeness. Thanks for the link.

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 Post subject: Re: Identifying a Knock-Off
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:29 am 
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I think I've seen these pop up in Easter Baskets before... never bought them, tho.. so I'm not 100% sure.

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 Post subject: Re: Identifying a Knock-Off
PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:49 am 
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MightyMegs wrote:
I think I've seen these pop up in Easter Baskets before... never bought them, tho.. so I'm not 100% sure.


That'd be sweet if they did. All I ever see in Easter baskets are: Aerialbot knock-offs, Funskool Pepsodent knock-offs, and Chap Mei knock-offs.


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