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Posted by lborgia88 on 13-04-2011 at 21:34:
That would make sense. I can't imagine why they had to put the buttons there and not, say, on his back. Unless they were somehow inspired by the mini-robots' self-destruct buttons in episode 6.
Posted by Transmute Jun on 14-04-2011 at 00:04:
If those are buttons to press the rockets, they're in a horrible place!!!!!
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Posted by amethyst on 14-04-2011 at 00:32:
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You know, I'm more disturbed by this than I am the original images posted in this thread.
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Posted by clouddancer on 14-04-2011 at 00:59:
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I have to agree with you there TJ. No one has given another suggestion of what they might be though.
Amethyst, all these close-up images in this thread make me shudder.
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 14-04-2011 at 04:21:
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That picture is all kinds of wrong!!!!!
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Posted by lborgia88 on 14-04-2011 at 12:34:
I'm wondering now if he's actually a transistor radio, and if one button is "on/off" and "volume" and the other one is "tuning."
Maybe they couldn't put the buttons on his back because that's where the batteries go?
Posted by clouddancer on 14-04-2011 at 12:58:
I would hate to think where the speakers are then, but that is a good suggestion.
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 14-04-2011 at 13:12:
I think CD is right about the rockets. Perhaps (and this is a stretch) the doll originally came with a cape/wings, and the cape covered up the buttons?
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Posted by lborgia88 on 15-04-2011 at 04:45:
A Gatchaman with built-in rockets... Makes me wonder if someone was influenced there by Astroboy.
Though since we've got a Gatchaman with some rather "female" attributes, we've also got a Swan with some rather "manly" shoulders and hips -and one who doesn't want to wear a skirt either, it seems.
Posted by Transmute Jun on 15-04-2011 at 13:53:
OMG!!!! 
That Swam looks like a women's drill sergeant! A stereotyped Eastern European women's gym teacher!
She's certainly ready to go out with androgynous Ken!!!!!
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Posted by lborgia88 on 15-04-2011 at 21:01:
We think alike -I had "East German female Olympic athlete circa the 1970s" in my head. 
She probably would prefer "androgynous Ken" for sure, over the little mini-Ken who's standing in front of her.
Hee, you have to wonder if it's solely design budget issues, or if the companies that manufacture some of these figures barely even look at the characters they're supposedly depicting.
Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 15-04-2011 at 23:15:
Did you notice that her boots and gloves are pink?
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Posted by amethyst on 16-04-2011 at 00:21:
The Condor next to her looks a little feminine, too, especially in the face. Plus his(?) birdstyle is too red.
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 16-04-2011 at 01:49:
It might not be a COndor. It might be a reverse color Jinpei.
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Yes, but that didn't seem important beside her overly masculine appearance!
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Posted by gatchamarie on 16-04-2011 at 07:20:
Joining late to this conversation, I can't say anything more than that the dolls in these last pictures are totally wrong ... body shapes, faces, colours, button positioning, and all! I just agree with LB in saying that whoever made them surely didn't know anything about the real characters ... something which I honestly cannot take, since I'm one who really enters into details, especially when trying to copy originals! But then, we can say that we're used even in these days to find imitation products which differ from originals in some, or many ways! The ones we're seeing have so many of these differences and abnormalities that they just look awkward!
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Posted by clouddancer on 16-04-2011 at 20:32:
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And it is those differences that make them collectors items. Maybe even making them worth more than if they were accurate copies. As much as I would prefer to have a perfect copy.
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Posted by The Other Jason on 16-04-2011 at 23:03:
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Not quite CD, but very close! Here's a page talking about that toy, with yet another creepy image of the full figure in a link at the end.
http://www.gatchamangoods.com/Missfire.html
"Missfire" indeed.
Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 16-04-2011 at 23:16:
Well, for those fans who want a 'butch' Swan or a 'metrosexual' Eagle, there are toys out there for them.
Snicker.
I wonder if that missile-firing Ken is the same as one I thought I recalled in one of James's posts on Ken toys? Wasn't there one with missile boobs there?
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 16-04-2011 at 23:51:
Thanks for posting that link, Jason!
From the link:
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WTH is Ken doing FIRING MISSILES FROM HIS CHEST??????? What were these toy manufacturers on????
Is this where Austin Powers got their inspiration for the Fembots?
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Posted by clouddancer on 17-04-2011 at 00:22:
Thanks for the link to the missile shooting Ken doll. Glad I was close to the idea.
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