I recently purchased this second hand action figure. This fella's from the old Voice Squad toy line by Toy Island 1991.
This chap's called Dragon King and had three button-activated sounds. They didn't really function when I got this example, a croaky voice and crackling noise, but some new batteries and a spray of WD40 on the contacts did the trick. Dragon King was saying Halt Who Goes There confidently once again.
I remember these in the discount shops back in the mid-90's and I've had a couple of loose figures over the years as the button-activated sounds are quite fun and an interesting gimmick.
There are a number of sub-ranges of Toy Island's Voice Squad line such as Pirates and at some point this year MC will run a feature on them all.
Is Voice Squad something you've come across?
The first time I ever came across these toys was in an earlier MC post. As you say, there were several different sub-ranges, and even one of cute and cuddly animals aimed at very young children. Plus a line of horror monsters. Looking forward to more on these figures.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling you have researched them all Paul! They are stored safely in my archive for a special series.
DeleteNot all of them. If I recall correctly you have already posted the ones on the Yakety Yaks animals; the Voice Raider pirates, and the horror monsters. I think you might still have one on the Cowboy series. I have discovered so many weird, wonderful, and not so wonderful toy lines since finding Moonbase Central back in 2020. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'll pull them all together Paul as time has passed and the posts are scattered around the blog and some not posted yet. Your research should be seen as a whole. Its a fascinating range with figures I see at boot sales and some I've never seen at all!
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