From the back room of misfit toys.
We have had this toy in stock since the Virus film, based on the Dark Horse comic book, was released in 1999. Though, come to think of it, I don’t remember if the toy was explicitly a tie-in to the movie or to the comic. I suppose it doesn’t really matter now.
There was a short series of store stickers on the packaging (removed for that photo) with progressively lower prices that attracted no one.
I tire of looking at it sometimes, and I’ll store it away in the back room for months, or years, at a time. However, I also occasionally put it on eBay, and pray that someone takes pity upon us.
Oh, Squeaky from Virus action figure, I fear that you will accompany me to the grave.
SQUEAKY OF BORG
Really. He shouldn’t have let Lenny drive.
Ah, when bad guy action figures came with Eastern Bloc weapons.
Why not take him out for “ice cream and a drive through the woods”? Either that or a one way fishing trip. Time to cut your loss, Sterling.
You never know. Last year I paid $30 for an Alien Resurrection toy at a collectible fair in order to fulfill my desire to own a Winona Ryder action figure. I’m sure that out there is someone on the lookout for a action figure based on the actor who played Simon Alonso in Krippendorf’s Tribe.
I mean it’s conceivable. Isn’t it?
At what point do you just throw something like this away?
I am the one person in America who actually has a Virus figure collection, and even I didn’t buy Squeaky. Dead robot Donald Sutherland, though, was a must-buy.
For a second there I thought it was a squeaky-toy, like the kind dogs and cats enjoy. Couldn’t quite figure out why they’d make a Virus-related squeaky-toy, though … ;)
Marketing tip #37: If you want to sell an item, do not put the words “virus collector series” on it. No, really, don’t. I want to wipe my screen just for having that on it.
Heli, please tell me dead robot Donald Sutherland isn’t half-naked like he is in the movie.
But….but…it’s a Previews Exclusive! I mean, how many of THOSE can there be?
For reasons that are more boring than this anecdote, I once had a Men In Black action figure – a limited edition where the packaging had been signed by the figure’s designer. I tried eBaying that thing 3 times before I just gave up and donated it to a Christmas toy drive.
Why not offer the figure to the first store owner that sends you at least two stripped covers from SIEGE?
I think Squeaky should fill in for Sluggo on the occasional Saturday.
As I recall the giant robot Virus toy they made looked pretty cool although you’d still have the stigma of owning a toy based on the movie Virus.
I’m confused. It says “Collector Series”. Doesn’t that make it collectible?
Dave, I can tell you that not only is the Sutherland figure half naked, but was the first figured I’d ever seen that had REMOVABLE SKIN as a feature.
Thanks for taking up my slack, Plastic Soul.
Yeah; he’s transformable from alive Donald Sutherland to dead robot Donald Sutherland. I can’t imagine why that line didn’t sell like gangbusters.
Poor Squeaky. He looks like the saddest action figure ever.