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Showing posts with label Toxic Crusaders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toxic Crusaders. Show all posts
Monday, June 17, 2013
Figure Fotos
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Yolanda Toxic Crusaders
Name of Toy Line: Toxic Crusaders
Production Company: Yolanda
Distributor: Yolanda
Characters & Elements: Troma Inc.
Years of Production: 1992
Countries/Regions Available: Spain
Size/Scale: 2.5"
Figure Trade Markings: 1992 Troma Inc. Yolanda
Approximate # of Figures: 6 sculpts at least 5 colorways
Details:
Yolanda is a Spanish toy company specializing in mini-figures that has been operating in the country for decades. In the 80's the company was purchased by another well-established and respected toy company, Comansi, known for making Cowboy and Indian plastic mini-figures. Since then, Comansi, with Yolanda as a subsidiary, has produced dozens of painted and blank mini-figure lines. Comansi has used the Yolanda brand name on lines featuring popular franchises such as Ghost Busters, Dragon Ball, Snorks, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Yolanda figures can be found in hard and soft PVC. Typically, the painted figures are made of the soft PVC and the blank figures the hard PVC.
A Yolanda toy line that seems to have the most exposure outside of Spain is the excellent Super Monstruos (sic) toy line. Not unlike MIMP and Diener figures, it's a collection of popular monsters and creatures. Check out the Super Monstruos entry at Toys from the Past, the excellent source for much of my information regarding Yolanda.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Toxic Crusaders
Name of Card Set: Toxic Crusaders
Production Company: Troma, Inc.
Distribution Company: The Topps Company, Inc.
Year of Production: 1991
Pack Contents: 8 Cards, 1 Hologram Card
Details:
Toxic Crusaders: Hideously deformed creatures of super human strength. No, this entry is not about Al Gore and his friends. (Groan.) The 88 card Toxic Crusader set is based on the short-running cartoon of the same name. The cartoon was a spin-off of a series of comedy horror "Toxic Avenger" movies about a young, wimpy man who was transformed into a mutated monster following a tumble into a vat of toxic waste.
The monster, affectionately known as Toxie, became a crime fighting vigilante. The cartoon continued this theme, but Toxie and his friends focused their efforts on stopping environmental polluters, as was the trend with many cartoons and toy lines at the time (Captain Planet, TMNT, Trash Bag Bunch).
The set consists of portrait oriented cards featuring original artwork of the show's characters, and landscape oriented cards featuring scenes from the cartoon. The original card artwork is nice, if not extremely colorful; the cartoon's animation was done by the same team that animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Ah, Yvonne, the eye candy.
The backs of the portrait oriented cards appropriately feature a detailed bio of the character, and in a stroke of pure marketing genius, feature a picture of an actual Toxic Crusader action figure. Give yourselves a pat on the back, Troma marketing division.
The backs of the cartoon scene cards feature a small blurb explaining the captured scene as well as a few fun, cheesy Toxie's Tips and other little vinettes.
Overall, this set is a pretty typical Topps card set, if not slightly above average. However, I'm not a non-sport card expert; that's just my humble opinion. However, I feel justified in the opinion based on the original card art alone, even if it's not colorful enough for my tastes.
Unfortunately, I don't currently have a Hologram card other than the one on the box lid pictured above. I'll be sure to add a hi-res picture should one ever come into my possession.
Until next time!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Toxic Crusaders Figabulary
Toy Line: Toxic Crusaders (Non-Yolanda)
Sculpt Name: Headbanger
Color: Gray
Collector's Note: There appear to be two mono mini figure Toxic Crusader toy lines. One seems to be made by Yolanda, and the other, well, not made by Yolanda. This figure is from the non-Yolanda toy line.
