Totally forgot about this guy. I usually think of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow when I talk about favorite characters... but Quick Kick was also one of my faves back in the day as well.
He was a bit of a clown but I think that's why I liked him so much.Plus,he was the only Joe bad ass enough to run through the arctic without a shirt on and bare foot.That's some Bear Gryllis type shit right there.
Funny thing I have no real connection to the cartoon as I didn't really watch it.I was a teenager when it started and I only paid the passing attention to it. I do have a great memory of the animated movie though it was more what was going on in the room time lol
That movie was so great!I thought they would pick right up from there and continue to run new cartoon episodes with some of the newer Joes and Cobra villain action figures being released at the time.Sadly,such was not the case.We never got to see Crystal Ball,Raptor,Repeater or Spearhead and Max In any Joe animation :(
CT Toys is heavy on my radar right now. I was pleasantly surprised with Wolverine but this Spider-Man figure has made me a full fledged believer. Included are 5 sets of alternate hands, 1 with magnets (6 in all if you count the ones he comes equipped with), 1 extra set of articulated feet with magnets, 4 web streams and an alternate McFarlane style head sculpt. Oh, and a display stand. I've said in the past how sucky I am at posing action figures. That said, MAFEX/CT figs are great for posing, even if you're not very good at it. It's "kid gloves" with these guys, though, as they are a little gummier than Legends figures. CT Toys Wolvie and Spidey! Here's CT Toys Spidey next to a couple of Marvel Legends Spider-Man figures. The differences are pretty pronoun...
Growing up we had lots of cool superhero toys to collect. There was never a shortage of Batman, Superman or Spiderman figures in the toy aisles. Mainstream characters got all the love. Dudes like Daredevil, not so much. That all changed in the mid to late 80's (Mattel Secret Wars) and in 1990 Toy Biz would start releasing their seemingly neverending line of Marvel Superheroes that gave us action figures of everybody from Daredevil to Deathlok.
Totally forgot about this guy. I usually think of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow when I talk about favorite characters... but Quick Kick was also one of my faves back in the day as well.
ReplyDeleteHe was a bit of a clown but I think that's why I liked him so much.Plus,he was the only Joe bad ass enough to run through the arctic without a shirt on and bare foot.That's some Bear Gryllis type shit right there.
DeleteFunny thing I have no real connection to the cartoon as I didn't really watch it.I was a teenager when it started and I only paid the passing attention to it. I do have a great memory of the animated movie though it was more what was going on in the room time lol
ReplyDeleteThat movie was so great!I thought they would pick right up from there and continue to run new cartoon episodes with some of the newer Joes and Cobra villain action figures being released at the time.Sadly,such was not the case.We never got to see Crystal Ball,Raptor,Repeater or Spearhead and Max In any Joe animation :(
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