In my mind Radio Shack are a strange toy company. On the margins really where remote control is king.
Saying that, I was surprised to see this vintage Space Walker by Radio Shack on Ebay last year.
It has a sort of Masters of the Universe look to it on the box art!
The toy itself really does scream MOTU and Thundercats and I assume Radio Shack wanted to cash in on those two hugely successful action figure lines without explicitly saying so. Maybe even Star Wars but it looks too big to have a Kenner figure stood up in the hatch.
Do you agree readers?
Anyone got a Space Walker?
In a moment of cross-dimensional zeal I have just pictured Major Matt Mason stood in it too! How about that?
>space walker
ReplyDeleteB-but it doesn't walk...
It doesn't! ha ha Ranalcus. It does move around Grand Central Station though. See tomorrow's first post!
DeleteTheres three toys in this series, one of which does have legs. I had them briefly back in the mid eighties. Definite examples of 'cuckoo' designed specifically to cash in on Star Wars figure craze and predating Kenners Mini Rig series by at least five years!
ReplyDeleteFascinating Bill. True cuckoos eh! I wonder if Radio Shack ever applied for a Star Wars licence to do it properly and really cash in?
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