Which rock icons would make good action figures/dolls?

Elvis Presley
Iggy Pop
Ozzy Osbourne
Lemmy Kilmister
Bootsy Collins
Sid Vicious
Alice Cooper
Bo Diddley
Joey Ramone
David Bowie
Jimi Hendrix
Buddy Holly
Howlin' Wolf
Morrissey
Siouxsie Sioux
Prince
Robert Smith
Grace Jones
Lou Reed
James Brown
Bob Marley
Jim Morrison
Chuck Berry
T. Rex
Rob Halford
Keith Moon
Keith Richards
Jerry Lee Lewis
Johnny Cash
Lux Interior
Nick Cave
Johnny Thunders
Angus Young
Ronnie James Dio
Captain Beefheart
Handsome Dick Manitoba
Gene Simmons
David Lee Roth
Eddie Van Halen
Ace Frehley
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Little Richard
Roy Orbison
Shane MacGowan
Chrissy Hynde
Bob Dylan
Sting
Poison Ivy
Deborah Harry
Bjork
H.R.
Darby Crash
Henry Rollins
Frank Zappa
David Johanson
Tom Waits
Kurt Cobain
John Lennon
Bruce Sprinsteen
Brian Johnson
Steven Tyler
Jimmy Page
Grace Slick
Joe Strummer
Joe Perry
Ian Curtis
Bruce Dickinson
Mick Jagger
Tony Iommi
Rick Nielsen
Pete Townsend
Elvis Costello
Richard Hell
Stiv Bators
Ian Mackaye
David Byrne

Criteria would be that they have a vivid personality where their name already produces a clear image in your mind and translate well to a toy or cartoon. Interestingly, many also make great names for pets! Some of these already exist!

― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 March 2012 05:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

^ those ones

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 05:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

Link Wray
Wendy O'Williams
Zoogz Rift (as wrestler)
Hope Sandoval (lifesize, 2500$)

...and i would buy a Moondog action figure.

― meisenfek, Thursday, 29 March 2012 05:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

I thought of doing a poll, but figured there would be a hundred other ideas. Can't picture what Link Wray looked like, but I can picture his guitar. I totally forgot Dee Snider and Slash!

Dee Snider
Slash
Vince Neil
Tommy Lee
Axl Rose

― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 March 2012 05:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

its ilm you have to say mark e smith and peter hook

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

...and i would buy a Moondog action figure.

holy fuck, so would i. and sun ra. he would come with a bunch of different hats & glasses!

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

king diamond

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

george clinton as dr. funkenstein, w mothership

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

Lee "Scratch" Perry
Freddie Mercury
Brian May
Phil Lynott
Jerry Garcia
Perry Farrell
Flea
Rod Stewart
Ritchie Blackmore
Eric Burdon

― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

Neca toys should just go ahead and make all of them. I'm sure there's enough crazy MFers who would get 'um all.

― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Axl Rose = inaction figure

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

Lee "Scratch" Perry
Freddie Mercury

would buy

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

well, okay, i probably wouldn't, but i would think about it a lot before deciding not to

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

PM dawn w cloud on which to recline majestically

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

There's already a Bowie af:

― Moka, Thursday, 29 March 2012 07:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

Also Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Presley, Ozzy Osbourne, Hendrix, Morrison, Johnny Ramone, Sid Vicious, Lennon, Jagger and all of the guys on Kiss have been released as action figures.

― Moka, Thursday, 29 March 2012 07:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

Minority interest perhaps, but one of my proudest moments...

Keiji Haino meets mini-Haino at Arika 12: Episode 2: A Special Form Of Darkness

― brain (krakow), Thursday, 29 March 2012 07:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

awesome! nice work, krakow.

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 07:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

bushwick bill, w gurney and detachable eye

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 07:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

Jobriath - there's potential for a ton of crazy outfits and accessories.

― beanz meanz lulz (snoball), Thursday, 29 March 2012 07:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

I had the mini-Haino specially made by a crafty friend a couple of years ago. My obsessions know no bounds...

― brain (krakow), Thursday, 29 March 2012 07:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

needs a wall of tiny amplifiers!

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

I'd love the Moondog action figure. Here's some more that even tho not 'rock' would make bitchin action figures:

Aphex Twin
Buckethead
Chico Che
Daft Punk
Devendra Banhart
Devo
George Clinton
Giorgio Moroder
Grace Jones
Kraftwerk
The Knife
Lady Gaga
Laurie Anderson
Fever Ray
Gorillaz
Jamiroquai
MF Doom
Rammellzee
The Residents
Secos e Molhados
Sun City Girls
Sun Ra
Weird Al Yankovic
White Stripes

― Moka, Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

i said sun ra! good idea tho. grace jones too. should be posed as in THAT PICTURE, w microphone and blue display stand/wall.

there has to have been an mf doom doll though, right? like, i'm sure cartoon network or somebody has made one. if not, they are sleeping on their responsibilities and need to wake the fuck up.

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

done: devo, kraftwerk, gorillaz

needs to be done if they haven't already: daft punk, gaga, LAURIE FUCKING ANDERSON (such a great idea!), residents, white stripes

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ned Raggett

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

Metal bands also provide lots of content apt for action figures:

Anna from Sopor Aeternus
Birdflesh
Ghoul
Green JellŸ
Gwar
Manowar
Portal

There's also Momoiro Clover Z. I'm pretty sure there's better examples in Japan but their whole look seems completely lifted from mazinger z / power rangers / sailor moon.

And of course: Hevisaurus!

― Moka, Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

There totally already is an Aphex Twin action figure. It was Windowlicker Aphex IIRC.

(posts very much in character.)

― Popcorn Supergay Receiver (Masonic Boom), Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

i said sun ra! good idea tho. grace jones too. should be posed as in THAT PICTURE, w microphone and blue display stand/wall.

there has to have been an mf doom doll though, right? like, i'm sure cartoon network or somebody has made one. if not, they are sleeping on their responsibilities and need to wake the fuck up.

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:11 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

done: devo, kraftwerk, gorillaz

needs to be done if they haven't already: daft punk, gaga, LAURIE FUCKING ANDERSON (such a great idea!), residents, white stripes

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer)

Ok just checked and apparently there's a Madvillain action figure and it's as perfect as I imagined:

Happy to see there's already kraftwerk and devo figurines! Also double checked and you're right Daft Punk has action figures. Loads of different ones, even as legos.. The rest haven't been done as action figures but I found this cute White Stripes finger puppets:

Shit it seems my hevisaurus image is heavy indeed and is making the page load slowly.

― Moka, Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

dang, want those white stripes marital aids finger puppets

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

Gwar
Manowar

shit yeah, stat

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

poison idea (cast in lead)

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

gg allin
klaus nomi
divine

― cock chirea, Thursday, 29 March 2012 10:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

ow...

The collectibles company Aggronautix is releasing their very first female throbblehead, Wendy O. Williams “1982″,
in the limited capacity of 2000 numbered units.
[...]
Wendy is the sixth punk personality to be polyresinated by Aggronautix. In May of 2009, the company launched with a
highly popular GG Allin “1991″ figure, which was limited to 2000 numbered units. That figure has since sold out…
or you could say, in words suiting GG, it “expired.”

― meisenfek, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

If there aren't already gwar action figures I'll be shocked

― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

Minority interest perhaps, but one of my proudest moments...

That is...amazing.

― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

Shonen Knife.

― dlp9001, Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

Looking at the Bobbleheads site, there are categories for movies, television, politics, cartoons, religion, military, but none for music/rock stars. Lame!

Some of the suggestions above are entertaining, but would never, ever happen as they're far too obscure for most toy companies to mass market, as most people wouldn't recognize them. I suppose someone could start a boutique shop that puts out limited editions that would cost hundreds of dollars, but, meh.

Joan Jett

― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

Abbath

― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

A good friend of mine named her cats Iggy and Angus last year. We rescued a cat last month and named him Ozzy. I'm still thinking Lemmy and Bootsy are the next best names after that. She was given this Iggy doll for her birthday, which inspired me to start this thread.

I considered getting her this, but it's a bit pricey:

― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

Kinda funny how the Iggy doll is the 50+ year-old version (he's 64 now and is way more wrinkly/leathery).

I'd personally rather have Ozzy, Lemmy and Bootsy before Jimmy Page, and most of the list before Kurt Cobain, but I can see how the above would sell better.

Remember the Bongwater song about Nick Cave dolls? "They make Nick Cave dolls? I want one..."

― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

I want an Aphex Twin action figure with the accessories of a group of disabled people playing volleyball, based on the shit Mike Skinner was talking about him recently.

― viborg, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

That Kurt Cobain doll is not scaled right. Kurt was actually 5'7", not 6'4"

― Poliopolice, Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

i have an ozzy figure, todd macfarlane has done tons of rock ones, it even comes with a bats and a dove w/the head bitten off and a crucifix for ozzy to hold in his kung fu grip

― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

ah cool there are gwar action figures all is right w/the universe:

― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

Wow, lots of McFarlane stuff.

― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 March 2012 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

Tons of great images of Le Petit Prince!

http://troygua.com/work/le-petit-prince/

― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 29 March 2012 22:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 30 March 2012 00:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

What, no Blackie Lawless??

― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Friday, 30 March 2012 00:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ha! Does anyone under 40 remember him?

Yeah the assless outfit, priceless. Did Prince really wear that?

― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 30 March 2012 02:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

Nick Cave and Nick Cave doll from this fabulous web page.

― Did you drop some flug in my cup? (Abbbottt), Friday, 30 March 2012 02:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

I love the first one, but a bit pricey at $115. The mid-80s Freddie is even more.
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― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 31 March 2012 00:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

I love the first one, but a bit pricey at $115. The mid-80s Freddie is even more.
;
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― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 31 March 2012 00:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

Too many of these aren't articulated. Not action figures, IMO.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 31 March 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

Flavor Flav, obviously. Ghostface, Eazy-E and Kool Keith as Black Elvis, too.

I'd be shocked if Bootsy Collins didn't already have an action figure/doll out there somewhere.

And yeah, Prince really did wear those chaps.

― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

ZZ Top - the whole band - would be another good one.

― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

Gary Numan
Roy Wood circa Wizzard

― neutral sequence for flute (blank), Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

Jerry Garcia - pot smoke could come out of his head when you pushed in his belly

― Darin, Sunday, 1 April 2012 02:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

Buckingham/Nicks era Fleetwood Mac (patch of "tall grass" included; Record Plant replica sold separately)

Buzz Osborne & Tina Turner 2-pack (with interchangeable hairpiece)

― collardio gelatinous, Sunday, 1 April 2012 15:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

i would definitely buy the led zeppelin 4-pack

― caulk the wagon and float it, Sunday, 1 April 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

Would you want a Captain Beefheart circa 1969 or Captain Beefheart circa 1981/82?

I used to have one of those Lemmy figures on my desk at Metal Edge, but I didn't take it with me when I left.

― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, 1 April 2012 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

tiny tim

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Sunday, 1 April 2012 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

throbbing gristle in 20 jazz funk greats costume, with range rover and decorative nude

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Sunday, 1 April 2012 18:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

Gary Numan

Yes, with WWII fighter plane as accessory.

anyone got a photo or link for the Kraftwerk ones?

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Sunday, 1 April 2012 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

i claimed that they existed. i may have been mistaken. can only find this one-off art project:

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Sunday, 1 April 2012 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

Anybody say Diamanda Galas yet?

Or Wesley Willis?

― Nate Carson, Monday, 2 April 2012 05:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

Looking at the Bobbleheads site, there are categories for movies, television, politics, cartoons, religion, military, but none for music/rock stars. Lame!

Some of the suggestions above are entertaining, but would never, ever happen as they're far too obscure for most toy companies to mass market, as most people wouldn't recognize them. I suppose someone could start a boutique shop that puts out limited editions that would cost hundreds of dollars, but, meh.

― Fastnbulbous.

I took it as which icons would make cool-looking action figures/dolls not which icons would make the best-selling figures. I'm assuming people don't know any of them. If you want to change the question to best-selling figures then (and assuming they haven't been done yet):

Beyonce
Coldplay
Lady Gaga
Radiohead
Katy Perry
Snoop Dogg
Rihanna
Black Eyed Peas
Brandon Flowers
Eminem
The Beatles
Muse
Pink Floyd
Queen
Led Zeppelin

― Moka, Monday, 2 April 2012 06:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

yes, thought about Diamanda Galas!
but her figure should have some functional sound module for distinctional reasons (Maila Nurmi/Vampira, Morticia Jones and so on)

calling.....Chris & Cosey (twice the price, a lot of LED blinking hardware as stage set)

― meisenfek, Monday, 2 April 2012 07:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

It would be great if you could pull a string in Diamanda's back and she'd start chanting in multi-octave Latin.

― Nate Carson, Monday, 2 April 2012 09:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yma Sumac

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 09:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

I watched the Lemmy documentary last night, and he had a kick-ass figure of himself, still in the box amidst all his clutter. It looked cooler than the all silver/gold/black versions posted above. Must be long gone to the land of collector scum now.

This one looks to me like King Diamond, if he was barrel-chested like the abomidable snowman in Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer:

― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Do Frankie Goes To Hollywood count as "rock icons"?

― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

Nah. And I even kind of like that one album, sorta. But no. Not even a crappy one.

― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 6 April 2012 23:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 7 May 2012 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

Phil Spector would be scary

― Lee593 (Lee626), Monday, 7 May 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Something like this?

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 7 May 2012 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

King Diamond would be rad, but Glenn Danzig, despite getting knocked out by that dude from Northside Kings(which actually makes this better) is the hands down winner here...

― SeanWayne, Monday, 7 May 2012 23:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

yuck no. might as well just buy a skeletor and call it a day.

― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

the irony is way better than have it be a ligit superhero... Everytime he says his catch phrase, "fuck you, Mothefucker" POW!!...he gets knocked out!!

― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 06:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

this came first to my mind as an answer to the thread question:

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 07:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

These are actual Barbies by Mattel!

― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 12:29 (7 months ago) Permalink