In Search of... The Worst Movie Action Figure Line: Roger Rabbit

[@_The_Worst_]

Only four screwy action figures in this line...PSH!!! 😒 They went wrong by not making the chick with the big gazungas, Jessica Rabbit...💯✔

[@davidsmith6997]

I'd imagine that's what it would say on her figure card "Jessica Rabbit with big gazungas action"

[@scottakanumba1heathen379]

Drag queens everywhere would have bought several! Jessica being inspiration to many of them, past and present.

[@toddnolastname4485]

There's a company that has made an unauthorized Jessica Rabbit doll. Not for children. Almost five feet tall.

[@keithpayne701]

Another GREAT video! Your hard work shows, thank you sir for your efforts.

[@brianartillery]

The biggest surprise to me, though, is that there was no Jessica Rabbit figure produced. I know kids weren't fond of female action figures, but I can guarantee that figures of Jessica Rabbit would have been snapped up by older fans of the movie.

[@verydaizey7790]

theres a jessica rabbit figure in the LJN line featured in this video..

[@wiictvchannel1112]

What's cool about the brick wall cardback is that as a kid you could use it as a prop or building if you tape all four figures cardbacks together

[@deanosarr5774]

You don’t even have the toys

[@mahowd]

Judge Doom looks like a toon, hum ? have you seen the movie ?

[@bobastu]

At the end, he does look like a toon

[@soterioncoil2163]

Oh yeah, the movie that tried to kill me. Jessica Rabbit was a weapon of mass disturbation!

[@rumblehat4357]

It seems like they tried to create a new type of toy phrase - Animated Mates= Animates.

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

During the recap show, any chance of comparing the Demolition Man figures to the He-Man figures they were based on? EG. Sylvester Stallone's head on He-Man's body, Wesley Snipes' head on Vizar's body etc. etc? :)

[@scottandrewhutchins]

1:52 "worst movies based on an action figure line" is something else entirely.

[@Vexer-rl9fq]

I'm not ashamed to say I had the Roger Rabbit bend em. I loved that thing.

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

I do remember the video game on the classic NES.

[@comiclounge6338]

I think, LJN made that too. I heard it was really bad.

[@devoncrestway338]

Here's an interesting idea: how about, for a future series, discuss movies that SHOULD have had figures, but didn't. That could be really interesting.

[@benhowell8178]

Mirco machines. Remember when they first came out in the late 80s I think? They were awesome and as a kid of 9-12 I was instantly addicted! Then they went nuts are started flooding toy stores with billions of them of everything you can think of. I thought they were going overboard about 1997 and I stopped looking for them around that time. The early series stuff was the greatest. There was a bullet bike series once, so tiny but I always wanted to get it, I searched years and never did find one. They had micro machine monster trucks at one point. You got 3 to a pack. I think some had light up headlights at a later date. I always wanted those but sadly never found any after that first time. I had to rely on allowance money as a kid. $5 every 2 weeks just didn't allow for very much cool 80s stuff. My money went for gijoe, legos, hot wheels. There wasnt any room in my budget for different stuff, lol.

[@Steamer96]

I remember back in 2018 I snatched up Roger for $20-some , I think he looks better than the 1987 Applause figure I owned as a child in 2007.

[@verydaizey7790]

totally disagree, and you missed several figures.

[@NathanLeeJames]

Honestly, I really love this line. It also happens to be my number one favorite movie though. I do agree with some complaints, like where are the other characters?! And yeah, Doom is a bad likeness, but I do have this whole set and I think Bob Hoskins is pretty decent, especially for the time! Funny thing about the Benny the Cab Toy, it was actually recalled. In fact, I don’t think it even came out in the US. I got him off eBay. You can put roger in it, but that’s all that fits. Should have designed him bigger and better, with room for two characters, including leg room for those other than roger. And for sure they needed a Jessica figure, among others.

[@eugeneketaminekrebs3403]

It probably would have costed LJN money to use the likeness of Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloyd, which is maybe why their faces look like that.

[@scottandrewhutchins]

Another line I mostly remember seeing at Kmart. I had forgotten that there were only four characters, and I remember that Smart Guy (Boss Weasel) was a censoring of Smartass. Yes, they looked bland, and I never owned any. LJN was pretty overrated. I had one of the Thundercats Berzerkers and got bored with it fairly quickly.

[@TheEvilpossum]

How about worst movie based on an action figure line?... All of them.

[@bobastu]

Judge Doom was a preproduction version. Good job!

[@brucew7339]

Reminds me alot of the bendy wrestling figures they were making at the time.

[@jessecowled5764]

I'm guessing Jessica went unmade as some executives may have deemed her too 'suggestive' for an action figure line

[@ThatJunkman]

But she was in the Bendem line also from LJN

[@syphon_fett_iii6337]

Pocket full of carots line... That was legit funny as hell. You doing good kid... You did good.

[@eugeneketaminekrebs3403]

Lin didn’t make games, they published them.

[@CartoonTriper]

Now Super 7 Released Roger Rabbit's ReAction figures

[@DRYeisleysCreations]

these look like junk figures you'd see at a dollar store.

[@ronniemckinney6808]

I thought the movie wasn't the best, but not the worst action figure line based on a movie. If they would've made a Jessica Rabbit figure, it would've probably been a peg warmer in 1988, but would've been worth hundreds today in my opinion. A real great example of this is Marion Ravenwood from the Kenner Indiana Jones toy line. This figure was passed up by boys then because they didn't want female supporting characters. Somehow, they were bought up from clearance bins and now worth a lot more than the Indiana Jones figure itself.

[@k-trashradio5163]

It kinda makes sense ljn thought roger rabbit would bomb keep in mind in 1988 animation was not very well respected ironically it was Roger rabbit and little mermaid that kicked off the Disney renaissance and make animated movies marketable

[@scottakanumba1heathen379]

Never seen the action figures but the WFRR game for NES/Nintendo by LJN was and still is unnerving and unplayable.

[@droiduseruserdroid1731]

They were afraid of sued by parents due to Jessica Rabbit being too adult themed.

[@verydaizey7790]

the line literally has a jessica rabbit figure he just doesnt have it and youre both stupid

[@kjg1494]

Great video!

[@benhowell8178]

Exo squad. Remember these? Was a very short toy line and show. I thought I was the coolest thing I had ever seen in my life and I bought the green and orange one, don't remember its name now. But the first series only had 4 mechs! I was so pissed off that they didn't take it further. They had such huge potential to be a billion dollar toy line and spinoff movies left and right but they shot themselves in the foot and killed it way too soon. I only remember 4 mechs and the TV show for like 1 season and then the toys went on clearance at Walmart and were gone in 2 months. It made me very sad to see it go. Exo squad should be on this list for stupidest toy marketing. I don't know what they were thinking, probably some idiot fresh out of college with zero experience in his field that had a cool idea but ruined the company and franchise in under 6 months.

[@Taffer-bx7uc]

Exo squad lasted a while. They had tons of cool toys too. Check it up on eBay or the this toy action data base online

[@airxtream2139]

My vote still is Mission Impossible cant get over just 5 Ethan Hunt and that's it.

[@thatguysstuff15]

I was a kid , and i keep that figure on me for at least 5 months . Though it was better then sliced bread . And played the heck out the nes game back in the day !

[@RowdyRodimus]

Honestly, aren't 99.9% of action figures boring for a kid if they just get one? Even Star Wars figures are boring to play with if you just get one. Really, Transformers are the only figure line I can see being fun if you only have one since it's 2-6 modes in one figure depending on the toy.

[@big61al41]

wow, what a let down this must have been for a kid...I suppose judge doom could have pointed a lot with the cane - boring...

[@stevenbach744]

Darn it these may have just kicked over the top out of my #1 worst list. But my ranking is based off of how I would play with them. And I can’t find any fun value in these or action figures that just arm wrestle.

[@nickmanzo8459]

This is really disappointing, you’d think they could give Judge Doom all sorts of wacky cartoonish weapons, like change out hands, like an anvil, spring shoes, a Cane that could turn into a saw arm, Eddie could have had a cartoon gun with the humorous cartoon bullets, Roger Rabbit could have had the gun he used to hold up the weasels and Doom or the will, or even some change out heads for various expressions, shit, imagine if they made the abandoned warehouse with the dip cannon as a playset! They could have taken advantage of the slime craze by having slime spray out of that thing to kill your cartoon action figures, Jessica Rabbit with a frying pan clobbering action, they could have even put the bend ‘em judge Doom packaged with the playset so the Dip cannon could run over and flatten him. LJN produced some good toys, like the D&D action figures, some bad toys like... well nearly everything else they did, but where was the imagination? Rant over.

[@devoncrestway338]

I've always thought the Congo movie figures were just atrocious. If you don't have a video about them, you should totally do it. I believe it was Kenner that made them and they were just horrible. They didn't really represent the movie at all. Just another shameless cashgrab by Kenner.

[@joshuar8261]

What scale are they? 3 3/4'?

[@deanosarr5774]

You are. Never seen the mov

[@DennisTamayo]

Hey, the Space Jam action figures are better!

[@moviereviews541]

Junkman ✊

[@robertlong6027]

Do the Remco action figures line thay made Conan action figures AWA wrestling figures too

[@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In]

I had to say it is ironic that the judge, who goes after the toons, looks like a toon. And I kind of hesitate to comment on Jessica rabbit, she was a key figure, I mean character in the movie.

[@MrTristy22]

Well considering he does turn out to be a toon himself...

[@KasumiKenshirou]

I had all of the bend-ems, but I didn't know about the action figures until today.

[@benhowell8178]

Those terminator film toys were pretty shitty, cover those yet? I also hated the star wars bendems! I saw them once and didn't buy a single one! I remember the hype over those stupid things, never understood why either.

[@shockwave7513]

Marketing a 3?! I literally didn't even know these toys existed until I saw this video, 31 years later!

[@comiclounge6338]

I agree. I loved the movie. LJN dropping the ball again. They are the worst. It is funny how AVGN reacts to LJN. To think, what it could have been, if a good company made the toys...

[@candacecherry2846]

Funey junk man

[@camcordernonsense5264]

My friend and I just mentioned this film today. We both neglected to mention any products. Except tee shirts.

[@Wario7793]

I agree.. what a shame. I wasn't even aware these existed, but I think I've seen figurines and stickers, stuff like that after the movie did well. Good review! on a side note, I came across a pretty NSFW coin that I think depicts Jessica Rabbit.. yowza!

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

The movie is hilarious.

[@paulb3476]

I vaguely remember this line of Toys Although I do remember actually seeing this movie at the theater with my aunt and (at the time future) uncle.

[@KhanKristopher]

The line should get no stars for leaving Jessica out.

[@nickmanzo8459]

The Judge Doom figure looks like Inspector Gadget crossed with the mask from Amadeus. Fucking scary.

[@moviereviews541]

LGN toys just sucked lol. Who Framed Roger Rabbit should have been given to Kenner, they would not have let us down!

[@chadkimmel8957]

Movie Reviews LJN made the Thundercats line, the quality was there, but their articulation was only 5 points, and they did look like their cartoon counterparts.

[@nickmanzo8459]

Movie Reviews I disagree, the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons action figures were quite beautiful, and, as a fan of Masters of the Universe, I can say the detail of those figures was far and away superior in most examples. The playset, the Fortress Of Fangs, was awesome too. Sure, LJN made some stinkers, but Mattel made some crap too.

[@cuda70gt7]

ljn toys were always the worst junk with the exception of their WWF wrestlers, a solid chunk of rubber; you could kill someone with one of those things.

[@nickmanzo8459]

cuda70gt can’t agree. The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons line was a home fun except for a few trip up toys involved in the line.

[@cuda70gt7]

Some dnd was ok the whole line was inconsistent with some figuers being sold chunks of plastic and others being more articulated. Not the most popular line. Wwf was by far ljn biggest hit.

[@nickmanzo8459]

cuda70gt yeah, I know it wasn’t very popular, but, it was still a solid run of toys. I’m more of a Masters of the Universe guy, but D&D action figures were good (for the most part) in my opinion, proving LJN could make a good toy line.

[@darthsmoker420]

Don't remember the toys but this was the first time I got to go to the movies. Idk what my parents were waiting for. I should've been taken to see ROTJ. This movie was a great experience though

[@autoneurotic]

I didn't know these existed. I agree that there's so much more they could have done with the line - a couple more vehicles, a play set, 3-4 more figures and you really could have had something here. And that card "art" is just lazy. Really too bad.

[@paulszmall6559]

Damn I thought for sure you would give the quality a 1. This line traumatized me as a kid because Rogers arm broke off immediately and my parents wouldn’t return or replace toys that broke. Mine didn’t last a day before Rogers arm snapped off and the Weasels gun is molded into his hand. The quality was god awful!

[@chrisnelmes7180]

Ljn did a lot of video games for the NES,mostly movie licenses as well as a few add on accessories for the NES as well. Most,if not all,were truly awful. LJN seems to have been a company that put almost no effort into everything they made . Their WWF line was their biggest success.

[@chrisnelmes7180]

And l forgot,they also had Thundrecats,which did have a degree of sucess .

[@Barada73]

The best movie action figure toy line? Star Wars. Okay, that was easy. Unless you want to distinguish between the Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi lines. Maybe you could do a worst TV show action figure lines from this same timeframe. Star Trek: TNG (the Galoob line), M*A*S*H, Dukes of Hazard, the A-Team, etc.

[@captainbeefcake5272]

I remember seeing these in zodiac toys when I was a kid. Never bothered with them... think I was playing with visionaries instead

[@WARPATH-sr5ci]

i loved roger rabbit and i never new that there was a toy line

[@paulb3476]

Did you know that there is also a ride in Disneyland??

[@WARPATH-sr5ci]

@@paulb3476 yes velebe

[@hondorockz]

To this very day I have never seen this movie, so never really cared about any figures, but I can tell you, this has got to be the worst action figure line based on a movie, but we'll find out next week, thank you Mr. Junkman!

[@ThatJunkman]

Go see it!

[@hondorockz]

@@ThatJunkman ok

[@scottgreen3893]

Wow I did not know that Roger rabbit had a toy line

[@lordgamerson3102]

LJN made these? You can't expect quality from LJN. I didn't know they made toys.

[@ThatJunkman]

Lots. Even temple of doom figures

[@lordgamerson3102]

@@ThatJunkman The is one shining example of LJN Quality. Spiderman Maximum Carnage on the SNES was actually really good. It was like they screwed up and accidently made something good.

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

I don’t remember Roger Rabbit figures.

[@williamwilkinson381]

Never had any interest in this movie at all ..he looked like an anoying character who had an anoying voice . ..so I didn't know toys were mad either