I actually missed the fact that I had another list posted at Topless Robot on Thursday:
10 Infamous Action Figure Variants
This one was tricky to write. One thing to understand is that I tried to focus explicitly on factory errors and running changes–things that weren’t intentionally made as limited variants or collector’s items. So no Pimp Daddy Destro or Holiday Hal on this list.
The black Jimmy Hart is my favorite, though.
Big thanks to Newton Gimmick, FakeEyes22 and the good folks the RTM Toy Buzz for helping me out with some of the research for this list.
FakeEyes22
Yep, she was all smooth down there. What's odd is that Barbies have only somewhat recently having sculpted underwear.
What's funny is how sexy this figure was considered back then. There were full nude customs for sale at cons!
Dead Man Walking
Though I never owned the figure, I'm going to assume that Angela was as anatomically correct as Barbie, in which case why would anyone care whether she had paint or not, under that long loincloth?
Heli
I was at a con several years back where Todd McFarlane was signing, and the story I got there from the McFarlane rep was that they'd made the Angela figure and just not considered that people might look up her skirt, so they never bothered painting her nether regions. Once people started complaining, they went back to the factory and got them to put on a stripe of modesty paint.
Newt
Woohoo! My Black Jimmy Hart got pictured!
Poe
@thomas: My understanding is that he was intentional, if very rare: http://sites.google.com/site/projectpdd/pimpdaddy…
thomas
ha i forgot all about party angela.
however, i would still consider Pimp Daddy Destro infamous as it was not a running change. It was a mistake that was changed quickly.
Reilly
Oooh, Party Angela. That was fun. Didn't that crazy preacher (forgot the name) put her on a list of evil toys and also screw off Tiffany's bra to check if there's nipples underneath?
Good choice on Snaggletooth for #1. I'll always love if for how it was developed.
dayraven
@FakeEyes22: 's a good rant, worry not oh FE.
FakeEyes22
Nonono, thank YOU for introducing me to Black Jimmy Hart!
And for great list that taught a huge toy nerd a few new things while still being a very fun read overall.
My first experience with disintrgrating McFarlane toys was watching my cousin's Party Angela snap right off after opening. This was before we were aware of her scandalous nature. It may have even been when they were still Todd Toys, before Mattel's lawyers swooped in and decided people would confuse that name with the Todd who was friends with one of Barbie's sisters. That was kind of a stretch. Just like when a Dragon Punching Street Fighter joined G.I.Joe and had to be named Ken Masters. And that was a dumb rant, I admit.