From Planet
Q to you, Quisp was like his cereal, bursting with quazy
energy. An irresistable space man designed by Jay Ward, who brought us
the adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, the Q man has been recreated in
this Funco boblehead (see Robot Links pages). Fred and Barney's
interstellar
pal, the Great Gazoo, also made a comeback. This great spinning saucer
was a fast food premium in connection with the release of Viva Rock
Vegas,
and operated like a Kenner SSP racer. You pulled the zip cord to rev up
the saucer, which then balanced like a gyroscope, while generating
sparks
visible through a clear window in the ship. Not bad for free. Gazoo
also
made the starting line-up for Cartoon Network Wacky Racing on
this
1/64 die-cast NASCAR stock car from Racing Champions.
Following
the launch of Transformers Armada, Takara's Generation One Collection
made it back as non-transforming Heroes of Cybertron. Optimus Prime,
Megatron, Ultra Magnus and Starscream all returned in tiny versions
about the size of the included trading cards. In Japan, however, they
came in grab bag
assortments, with a stand included instead of a trading card. In the
ACT-7
series shown, you could get any one of fourteen transformers from
Generation
One in the box. All the parts interchanged with all the other robots
and
all the other sets, so you could customize your robots. The original
interchangeables
also returned, when Palisades Toys brought back Mego's Micronauts,
based
on Japan's Micromen. The new Palisades versions also included a
Micronauts
trading card, as in the Acroyear and Time Traveler examples shown here.
