The Rig, which Matt Doughty was working on when I interviewed him and I’ve been waiting for ever since, is finally on sale at Onell’s store for $25 each. If you loved all those fun vinyl anime toys in the 1980s (like this set, which I once owned), I think you should go buy one.
But don’t take my word for it–not yet, anyway. Here’s Battlegrip’s review of the Rig. Between Gygor and this, September 15 was a big day for toys I’ve been waiting for.
dayraven
out of curiosity, does he have any photos posted of the rig next to any other glyos figs, or OSM?
Poe
@dayraven: Battlegrip does: http://www.battlegrip.com/?p=17097
They also review it here: http://www.battlegrip.com/?p=17037
JeffS
I don't see it listed… did it sell out already?
Poe
@JeffS: Shoot–I guess it did! (The sale actually started last night, but Glyos stuff often sells out quickly).
JeffS
🙁 Damn. I was at SDCC too and missed out on it there as well. Uggg!!!
dayraven
@Poe: thanks poe… looks cool indeed… guess i'll have to wait to find out though, huh? 🙂
PrfktTear
This is very cool looking. Some of my favorite toys as a kid were things I could customize.
There was a toy I had, its a little truck with a driver and you could customize it, with wheels and stuff. It had a green sort of battering arm on the back you could use.
Another toy I had was a this space ship that had pegs very reminiscent to Onell, and you could customize it in various ways.
Shawn
Curses! This sold out before I got to the booth at SDCC and now it sold out online before I could get one. Does he do more runs of his stuff or is it sold out for good?
Poe
@Shawn: Onell will almost definitely do more runs, although I think chances are they'll be in different colors.
Philip Reed
@Shawn: There will be more Rigs, definitely in other colors and possibly a rerun of this same color scheme.
I'm hoping we get some blanks for customizing.
Heli
@PrfktTear: I think that truck you're talking about is a Wheeled Warriors toy. They were pretty snazzy, indeed.
PrfktTear
@Heli: Thanks, I'll check that out. I'm fairly certain I still have all or most of it, but its probably in pieces scattered amongst my old playthings. That was a lot of fun!
dwaltrip
@PrfktTear:
Yeah, that sounds like you are describing Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. Those were great toys.
http://www.virtualtoychest.com/wwarriors/wwarrior…
PrfktTear
@dwaltrip: Thank you also! I checked it out, it is indeed what I was thinking of.
The toy I had was a "K.O. Trooper – a large truck-like vehicle with a large wrecking ball-like stalk".
There was an animated series produced by DIC, but I don't remember it, although maybe once I get the chance to YouTube it my memory might be jogged. The toy line was just called "Wheeled Warriors" produced by Mattel, they didn't have any backstory for the toys so the producers of the show came up with it.
Like 90% of all the cartoons in the '80s it was mainly written by Jean Chalopin and produced by J. Michael Straczynski (also of He-Man and Babylon 5) and it wouldn't be complete without a theme from Haim Saban and Shuki Levy.