Apparently the Rocky franchise made some poor choices in when licensing the toys. Can you imagine the meeting full of marketing executives when this figure was proposed?
STUFFED SUIT – So you really think we’ll sell a lot of these meat action figures?
JUNIOR SUIT - Absolutely sir. Kids love meat. They’ll sell like hotcakes.
STUFFED SUIT – Well…I sure do like meat. Let’s go with it. Order 50,000 units.
And you know, some crazy collector probably has several dozen of these stashed away in mint condition for his baby’s college fund. He has a gravy stain on his AC/DC t-shirt and smells like generic cigarettes and Natty Light.
Rock on.
-Dave
