Today’s question is stolen from @thefilmcynic:
Which film that doesn’t have one deserves a toy line?
I want Pride & Prejudice action figures, so I could have duels between Lady Catherine and Elizabeth. I could make Darcy beat up Wickham. I would put Mr. Collins in carbonite (ie: frozen in the upside-down lid of the butter dish). I would ask for the Netherfield playset for Christmas in a year when I’d been very good. It would be awesome.
(Pictured is the Mr. Darcy art doll from Tonner Dolls. It’s not a toy. Via Tonner Doll Duels.)
What imaginary movie toys do you lust after?
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I want a Little Prometheus[TM] Bio-Chemist Laboratory.
The set contains an Engineer action figure made out of organic material, and a special solvent that turns the figure into protein-rich pulp on which you can breed a clolony of worms(fertilised eggs supplied).
There’s a separate container with a range of parasites to infect the worms with.
Son, I think someone needs to have a talk with you about taking bad films this seriously…
The Limited Edition comes with a copy of “On the Origin of Species” and a Zippo lighter signed by Däniken.
Not sure about that ‘Origin of Species’ copy… after all, it doesn’t much tie in with the movie.
Hence the Zippo…
Taxi Driver action figures! You could have a whole array of Travis Bickles with different outfits and weaponry. I want the Prostitute Rescue Action version with the Battle Mohawk and Magnum Revolver!
As a kid I would have loved to have the blade thingy from Krull, I don’t know what its called and too lazy to google ;)
The Glaive.
What, no mock-up of the Baghdad Battery?
Yes! That thing was awesome. I had a three-bladed Nerf boomerang in the ’80s that always kinda reminded me of the Glaive, but that’s as close as we ever got. :-)
I don’t know if they ever existed, but Aliens action figures would be AWESOME! Ripley, Vasquez, Hicks, Newt, Hudson, Apone, and a Burke figure they could all beat up and a Bishop figure that Ripley can snark suspiciously at. With the power loader, drop ship, armored transport, and the lab on the station with facehuggers.
They did, though they mostly seemed to concentrate on different monstrous varieties of aliens (one “gorilla alien” had unusually large arms and springy shoulders so it could hold enemies in place, and the head had one of those reservoirs to store water in so it could spit in the held character’s face). But Ripley was in there. Fully-clothed, even, though her face didn’t much resemble Sigourney Weaver’s–it was the early 90s, not the best time for accurate toys. She had a huge flamethrower. It was awesome.
You can still find some on eBay.
We got an old Alien action figure at a garage sale and have it half-hidden up in the rafters, hanging down a bit, at our comic book store. I’d kill for a Ripley action figure!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, surprisingly, does have a line of action figures, but they’re kind of ugly. I’m still waiting for a Lego playset. Or Weebles.
I’m surprised MaryAnn didn’t ask for a Buckaroo Banzai action figure set complete with oscillation overthruster, electric guitar and mysterious watermelon. Dr. Lizardo could have a train-like track to ride on like in that flashback scene with him. The aliens could have removable, interchangable heads for when they appear human and when you inhale the gas that reveals their true appearance. However, the Lectroid ship might be a safety concern for children with all its spikes protruding like a pufferfish.
The more I write about this, the more trippy that movie seems in retrospect.
+1,000,000 Internets to you, sir.
Early Star Wars figures had a tendency for the rubber plastic making up the neck to tear pretty cleanly. My mother used to say I could play Shogun. In retrospect, Shogun figures would have been awesome.
Oh, and we definitely need Firefly finger puppets.
And I want a Godzilla hand puppet. Just because.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/117468979/captain-malcolm-reynolds-from-firefly
Unfortunately there’s only 3 though. I’d be surprised if someone else somewhere hasn’t attempted this though…
I would have loved action figures from “Secret of NIMH.”
I’d add Disney’s “Robin Hood” to that, but I actually have one thanks to a McDonald’s toy giveaway during the DVD release.
I want this: http://youtu.be/7MKOMgl-hHw
Hysteria?
Bwahaha!
I want a Victorian-era hand-cranked vibrating runcible engine.
The Princess Bride “Stormin’ the Castle” playset! Complete with wheelbarrow, gummi-Westley action figure, and holocaust cloak made from real asbestos!
Why stop there? There’s the “Fire Swamp” playset, with real, randomized gas jets and pop-up ROUSes. And the “Pit of Despair” playset, complete with The Machine (with real suction action).
The Bible. (with Apocrypha and Midrash)
Yeah, I know there’s lots of Noah’s Ark sets, but, I’d like a Golden Calf…a Garden of Eden Set (complete with Serpent and Cherubim With Flaming Swords)…a Dinah Set (with Shechem and Hamor and a circumcision kit )…Saul/Paul on the Road to Damascus Set (with thunderbolt)…Leviticus Laws Magnetic Board Set (with especial emphasis on 50/50 poly/cotton clothing) … oh the list is long.
I vote Moulin Rouge. I’d love to see all those costumes of Satine’s in doll form.