NEWS: Kidco Robot Figures at Plaid Stallions

I love knock-off, cash-in ''unofficial'' figures. For every Star Wars and Iron Man toy there's always a Space Wars and Iron Warrior figure floating around. Sadly these kinds of toys seem to be confined now to the Dollar Store these days but there was a time before lawyers ruled the world when these ''homages'' could be found in toy stores next to their official cousins.

VIDEO VIEW: Shogun Warriors Commercial (1978)

The Shogun Warriors! These things were huge. Physically, I mean, not culturally. At least, not in the UK, where they seemed incredibly rare (I don't think I ever saw one in a store and only knew one kid who owned one.) I had to console myself with the Marvel comicbook instead, although that wasn't exactly commonplace either...

Now I see them again though, I can't understand why I wanted one so much...