goldenboy_forever Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 (edited) Heres some old school figures that keep on making me smile enjoy if you pull down on there arms there head move Edited June 8, 2004 by goldenboy_forever Quote
goldenboy_forever Posted June 8, 2004 Author Posted June 8, 2004 (edited) and this one comes with a helmet Edited June 8, 2004 by goldenboy_forever Quote
UN Spacy Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 If this is a blast from my past then I'd rather not remember it. Please hand me one of those MEN IN BLACK memory erasers. Set that sucker to LONG TERM and wipe me clean. Put those next to a Barbie or Ken and you won't be able to tell the difference. Jeez. At least they gave Lisa a decent looking bridge uniform. What THE fu@# is that on Rick Hunter? Quote
geecie30 Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 (edited) you can always tailor the uniforms or play switch up. Edited June 8, 2004 by geecie30 Quote
goldenboy_forever Posted June 8, 2004 Author Posted June 8, 2004 my thoughts exactly un spacy but it sure is funny to see what they look like Quote
Anubis Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 MY EYES!! THEY BURN!!! Someone insert the "The goggles, they do nothing!" pic. Quote
Blaine23 Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 Good lord... is there some sort of conspiracy to force us to remember these atrocious knockoff psuedo-Barbies this week? Quote
EXO Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 Barbies belong in the Other Anime section. ....right next to Rainbow Brite... Quote
EXO Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 Hikaru has an afro! You take that back! That is NOT Hikaru!!! Quote
Agent ONE Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 The Women of Robotech, La La La La La .. Laaaaa Ricky Hunter should kill himself for that hair. Quote
Skull Leader Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 Beavis: "AHHHHH! IT SUCKS!!!!! *cue dooming music*.... aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Quote
Pat Payne Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 (edited) What THE fu@# is that on Rick Hunter? Either it's a failed attempt at a John Travolta "Saturday-Night-Fever" suit (I mean, look at those lapels! You could sail the f&*$ing HMS Victory with one of those! Give him a wide polyester tie and he could pass as a refugee from the Nixon years!) Or it's an equally failed attempt at an Adam Ant-style pirate outfit. Not to mention that the doll of ol' Lick looks nothing like the box artwork... Edited June 8, 2004 by Pat Payne Quote
Father Jack Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 and this one comes with a helmet That's for the best those who bought it probably need one. And what's with the fro on "Dana Sterling" Quote
bsu legato Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 The worst part about clicking on a thread like this is that there's no way to un-see what I have now seen. Seriously though, just what were Matchbox and HG thinking?! Did they really expect those to sell? Quote
bandit29 Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 Seriously though, just what were Matchbox and HG thinking?! Did they really expect those to sell? Sure they did ..we all know that 10-12 year old boys love to play with Barbie dolls.. Quote
EXO Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 And what's with the fro on "Dana Sterling" Unfortunately, the fro on Dana is lineart accurate... Quote
zeo-mare Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 God Rick looks stupid even worse they do not even have Dana in any sort of familiar Robotech style clothing, she looks like some sort of generic Barbi doll. they could have at least given her the uniform on the box, so the doll somewhat looks within the context of the character it represents. I do not really remember I was alittle young when Robotech first came out and did not follow the numbers of what sold and what did not sell, but was the Robotech merchandise succesful in the USA? after seeing this I can not imageine it being all to popular. I do remember that ugly Valk that could accept the GI joe sized figures. for the most part I should not bring that up, from the look of things most of you are still having a hard time getting this out of your mind, I do not want to add anyhting else horrible chris Quote
bsu legato Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 but was the Robotech merchandise succesful in the USA? after seeing this I can not imageine it being all to popular. I can answer that with a qualified "NO." Robotech merchandise absolutely tanked. Those 12" figures are just a sampling of the absolute C R A P that Matchbox produced for the Robotech line. The 3 3/4" figures were absolute garbage, and came with very few accessories. Most of them couldn't even hold their own guns in their misshapen little hands. The only decent things to appear under the Robotech name were the repackaged Gakken toys (which never even made it to Canada) and the little die cast Destroids from Macross. If there was anyting good to come out of the whole debacle, it's the fact that the failure of the Robotech toy line played a large part in killing the Robotech II project. Quote
Ido Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 I can't decide if are more orrible the toys, the pictures or the names... or that robbotech sign. Maybe they are good as vodoo dolls. Quote
bandit29 Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 but was the Robotech merchandise succesful in the USA? after seeing this I can not imageine it being all to popular. I can answer that with a qualified "NO." Robotech merchandise absolutely tanked. Those 12" figures are just a sampling of the absolute C R A P that Matchbox produced for the Robotech line. The 3 3/4" figures were absolute garbage, and came with very few accessories. Most of them couldn't even hold their own guns in their misshapen little hands. The only decent things to appear under the Robotech name were the repackaged Gakken toys (which never even made it to Canada) and the little die cast Destroids from Macross. If there was anyting good to come out of the whole debacle, it's the fact that the failure of the Robotech toy line played a large part in killing the Robotech II project. Ya the Matchbox Robotech toys were pretty awful back then. I owned only a few things. The Invid Scout was decent. The action figures were horrible. I had Rick, Lisa, Roy, Rand and cyclone(that didn't transform). Matchbox did repackage the SDF-1 and joke machines for sale in the US. Never got those...dammit. Had the repackaged Gakken blue Alpha and the 8 " transforming Cyclone. Like most of my toys from the 80's they are long gone...lol Quote
Blaine23 Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 Maybe they are good as vodoo dolls. Actually, they are. Everytime you smack the Minmei doll, Reba West cringes in pain and her singing gets worse. Quote
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 i take it this brings a smile to your face since you laugh at how horrible these are? Sounds like something APU would ask about on ebay and say we complain too much about! LOL Quote
KingNor Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 "rick hunter" looks like Atreyu from neverending story. Quote
Angel's Fury Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 Maybe they are good as vodoo dolls. Actually, they are. Everytime you smack the Minmei doll, Reba West cringes in pain and her singing gets worse. Quote
Blaine23 Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 ...and her singing gets worse. not possible... Well... it's obviously happened alot already. Quote
Legioss Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 (edited) I want a Nabeshin outfit for my Rick doll. BTW, there are real Macross dolls that were made later in the 90s. If you really gotta have the dolls, I would suggest those instead. Edited June 8, 2004 by Legioss Quote
EXO Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 I want a Nabeshin outfit for my Rick doll.BTW, there are real Macross dolls that were made later in the 90s. If you really gotta have the dolls, I would suggest those instead. The Yellow Submarine Minmays. They look great too. But they go for more than these ... things. Quote
Bloodcat Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 Well, if the dolls are 1/6th scale, you could always take the outfits and put them on a better figure (Cy Girls, Dragon, BBI, ect.) and make a decent modern version of them.. Not like these figs go for much on ebay. If someone does it and it works, let me know so I can grab the uniformed Dana and custom up a Cy Girl or something. We could even have a thread where the actual figures are burned in some creepy geek ritual.. Quote
Jolly Rogers Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 Not like these figs go for much on ebay. If someone does it and it works, let me know so I can grab the uniformed Dana and custom up a Cy Girl or something. I think this was posted on the board last year. Quote
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