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Post by jongernaut on May 8, 2010 16:17:28 GMT -6
Well, someone had to do it. Here is the newest MOTU knock-off, Twitch. Now before you go out and buy a dozen of these, here are some pros and cons of this brand new toy. CONS* No waist articulation * Imperfect paint apps * Tough to move the arms and legs ( not ball joints btw) * No accessory, although the character is shown with a staff on the front of the package PROS* Only $7.99 * Goes well with vintage MOTU
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Post by 10incher on Jun 18, 2010 9:26:00 GMT -6
Saw him in the Walmart clearance isle the other day, though pretty sure he wasn't on clearance - that location likes to mix their stuff up!
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Post by squirrellips on Jun 21, 2010 13:14:11 GMT -6
A very cool looking figure! I may pick one of these up just for the MOTUishness of it.
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Post by bowheadwhale on Feb 10, 2018 13:42:12 GMT -6
On the internet, I read that Twitch REALLY WAS A TRIBUTE TO MOTU, when the movie Toy Story 3 was created. Chunk was a tribute to "Rock Lords", Stretch represented the "Wall Walkers" and Lots-O-Huggin' Bear indirectly referred to "Care Bears"; all 1980's toylines. And let's not talk about the Fisher-Price Telephone Chatterer...
And it was not the first time Toy Story movies made disguised references to REAL toys and REAL eras. Just look at Buzz Lightyear and his arch ennemy Emperor Zurg: they are a parody of Star Wars figures (Luke Skywalker and Dark Vador) and all the science-fiction era in the 1970's. Ans as for Woody, he represented the Golden Age of Hollywood, when many Western movies were created: the 1950's. And when the age of westerns (and spaghetti westerns) was at its end, science-fiction movies started to grow in popularity (like clearly stated by the Prospector in Toy Story 2). So, if we watch Toy Story movies more closely, yes, we will recognize our own childhood toys...
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