When I was a kid, I read what's called "The Galactus Trilogy" in a giant size reprint book of the FANTASTIC FOUR. Galactus was a super-bad guy. A name to be feared. The Voldemort of the Marvel Universe!And now some dang toy company has made a bonehead item: Cute Galactus. It's just wrong wrong wrong.
Outrage and more at Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin blog.
I'd put him on my shelf next to my stuffed Cthulhu doll, if I had one.
ReplyDeleteI had the same reaction after recently seeing the "cute" (X-Men) Sabertooth and Phoenix toys, probably from the same line. One a vicious killer who'll rip out your guts and eat them as an appetizer, the other who gets her jollies blowing up a few billion people. Who's the market for these? Don't they know kids don't read comics anymore?
ReplyDeleteI dunno, the top Galactus is sporting a little too much pink not to be cute.
ReplyDeleteI showed that very figure to my wife in the local Wal-Mart!
ReplyDeleteHolding it like a china doll, I cooed; "Who's a cute little planet eater? Oh, WHO'S a cute little planet eater?"
GUARANTEED SPOUSAL LAUGHTER.
I'm not disagreeing with anyone, but I have to say my son LOVES these toys.
ReplyDeleteHe's probably got about two dozen of them now.
And as a parent, I must admit, I sorta like that he can play with superheroes sans all the violence.
That being said, maybe a Happy-go-Galactus is a bit much....