Valo487 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 That happened to me with Mars Attacks! I always thought Ving Rhames was playing the Jim Brown role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I had a roommate who swore Lawrence Fishburne played Malcolm X in the Spike Lee movie. What an idiot he was, not realizing that was Danny Glover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 I loved Don Cheadle in Tropic Thunder until I found out it was Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man 2 blew my mind.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 This looks nice. Not $500.00 "nice" but if you've got the disposable income, go for it. I really, really want DST to offer vehicles for this line. An APC that opens and holds 'mates would rock my collection. Can't have my Colonial Marines running around in those Warthog dune buggies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onyx_6 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Someone had a cardboard (I think) version of this at C2E2. It looked to be in scale with the Neca figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 It does look cardboard-friendly, doesn't it? Hmmm... I might have to get out my Action Fleet APC and start making plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 That Action Fleet stuff was the best... remember the squashed Xenomoroh underneath it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 That's one of the reasons I loved Galoob toys. There was always something hidden in each design, something for the collector to discover that wasn't called out onthe packaging. I also loved that the Micro Machines APC fit inside the ramp of the Action Fleet Drop Ship. Then there's the stuff that got cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I'll never understand the practice of kids toys for R rated movies, given that I was not allowed to watch R rated movies until I was legally allowed to watch them. >.> Here's another torch in the Alien vs Aliens camp. http://youtu.be/I5cpTIhpX2U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 The more baffling thing about the Aliens merchandise was that they were released several years after the film came and went. That, plus the clear targeting of kids just made that one a head scratcher. . .but I bought some of those as a kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemosis Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) The aliens were my Brood. I had two gorillas, a panther, a snake, and the queen with the wings. Also, Atax, so I could broodify my X-Men http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100625224753/avp/images/3/30/Kenner_line_of_toys.jpg Edited June 16, 2014 by Mnemosis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I just don't get it. I didn't understand Aliens, I didn't understand Robocop or Terminator or Predator. These movies were clearly intended for adults, yet they were targeted at children. I've never understood that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I do get it, though. I mean, selling adult themed products to kids is almost as strange as kid themed products being sold to adults. . .or girl themed products being sold to boys. . .but for all those things, as least we can say they're a long, long way from selling girl, kid themed products to adult men. That would just be the weirdest thing ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I do get it, though. I mean, selling adult themed products to kids is almost as strange as kid themed products being sold to adults. . .or girl themed products being sold to boys. . .but for all those things, as least we can say they're a long, long way from selling girl, kid themed products to adult men. That would just be the weirdest thing ever. ... well played. Weeeeeellllll plaaaayed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Sometimes it's an aspirational thing. Young consumers generally trend older, wanting the same things their older siblings do just to keep up. Manufacturers can label the product any way they want but it's usually up to parent to approve or veto the purchase. And if they're unaware of the movie and the toys themselves aren't offensive, parents aren't going to think twice about a generic-sounding toyline called "Aliens." (A line called "Geriatric Cannibalistic Nazi Sodomites" might get their attention, though.) On the flip side, I'm pretty sure most of us can appreciate buying product aimed at children. I jumped back onto the action figure bandwagon with Kenner's Super Powers Collection. Bought a Batman figure just as silly dorm decor, then I had to have a Robin to go with him. Then it was, "Well, might as well round out the original Super Friends" and it was all downhill from there. Nostalgia is a powerful drug. As for guys who collect little girl toys? If Minimates are plastic crack, that's a fetish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valo487 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Has there been an update on when the army builder cases will ship? Luke had it listed for this week, but that's pretty clearly not the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Not sure if June is still happening, I have not seen packaged or even painted samples, but others may have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacksun1520 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I do get it, though. I mean, selling adult themed products to kids is almost as strange as kid themed products being sold to adults. . .or girl themed products being sold to boys. . .but for all those things, as least we can say they're a long, long way from selling girl, kid themed products to adult men. That would just be the weirdest thing ever. or can we... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Has there been an update on when the army builder cases will ship? Luke had it listed for this week, but that's pretty clearly not the case. According to the latest shipping estimates from AA, they're saying July. I blame Spider-Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valo487 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 If by that you mean Amazing Spider-Man 2, I blame that movie for a lot of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Saw my first painted samples of Burke, Spunkmeyer and Wierzbowski today. Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 . . .we didn't see them, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 I know this is WAY late but it would have been great if the PDQ for the army dump had been designed to look like the APC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Saw my first painted samples of Burke, Spunkmeyer and Wierzbowski today. Looking good! Pics or it didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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