Saturday, June 25, 2011

WORST. ACTION. FIGURE. EVER. #3: THE MEAT

Toy makers JAKK'S PACIFIC are mostly known for the wide range of WRESTLING action figures they produce.  Back in 2006 they expanded a little and began a line of toys based on the ROCKY franchise of films:  Rocky, Mick, Paulie, Apollo Creed, Thunder Lips, Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, etc.

One of the most iconic scenes in cinema history is the training scene from the original ROCKY, where Rocky Balboa is taking out his aggression on a frozen slab of beef. 

So it'd make sense if one of the ROCKY action figures included said slab o' meat as an accessory, right? 


You might like our salami, and the liver's all right...  and they really go well with the RYE... or the KAISER!!!

Oh Yeah... I don't.
But that wasn't good enough for JAKK'S PACIFIC. Instead THE MEAT had to become a carded "action figure" of it's own.

Brilliant, huh?!

I mean who doesn't want to blow a good $8-10+ of their action figure budget on a miniature plastic side of beef?


GREAT IDEAS FOR MORE MOVIE PROPS AS ACTION FIGURES!
1. Rosebud from Citizen Kane
2. Ringing Bells from It's A Wonderful Life
3. Wilson from Cast Away
4. The Shower Curtain from Psycho
5. The crawling meat from Poltergeist

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2 comments:

Clinton said...

Haha, I saw this recently and thought the same thing. What a bad idea for a stand alone toy. Why not just have it come with a Rocky figure instead? I love how they put stars next to the name The Meat - like it's equally as exciting opponent for Rocky as Apollo or Thunderlips would be, haha.

X said...

Brother, once upon a time they sold "Wilson" volleyballs. I think they still do. I remember seeing them in a store once while I was looking around with my nephew.