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[Get Me Coffee]

Originally posted by The Lizard
Lizard pencil sketch and animation cel from the 90's cartoon!

That is so sweet

 

[Cyclops]

Originally posted by The Lizard
Has anyone seen the new Ultimate Lizard figure in person yet?

The reason I ask is because I've seen two different versions of the toy, and I'm wondering which one is the final retail version.


This is the Ultimate Lizard pic that appears on the back of the Spidey figure packages and was posted months ago on several toy sites:

It looks like a totally new sculpt that's pretty well articulated, right?


BUT- look at this 2004 Toy Fair pic posted on Toymania.com

This version looks like ToyBiz just used the MTV animated Lizard body and stuck a new head on it! Note the lack of joints in the hands and legs.

So--- which toy is the one hitting the stores right now?

When a toy isn't fully finished, but definitely in the works when a Toy Fair rolls about, sometimes a toy company will make a mock-up of the figure using a similar body. Toy Biz has done this plenty of times with figures such as Scorpion, Human Torch, Iceman, Black Widow, Phoenix, and some others I can't quite recall at the moment.

 

[The Lizard]

Cyclops thanks for the info - that explains it.
Didn't you recently say that you had seen a Lizard from the "Spider-Man and Friends" figure series for children? I've seen Rhino, but as of yet no Lizard...

 

[THE LIZARD#1]

I am pissed cause I can't find that toy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really want it so I can rip it out and play with it LOL. I know I still play with action figures but anyways I am thinking of buying two so that I can tidy up the other one to look more original to the comics insted of U version. But I have a question??? Does anyone know if this Lizard has a poseable tail like to bend at will with you fingers? Cause i want a lizard with a long posable tail and have not found ONE! DAMMIT

 

[The Lizard]

Originally posted by THE LIZARD#1
I am pissed cause I can't find that toy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really want it so I can rip it out and play with it LOL. I know I still play with action figures but anyways I am thinking of buying two so that I can tidy up the other one to look more original to the comics insted of U version. But I have a question??? Does anyone know if this Lizard has a poseable tail like to bend at will with you fingers? Cause i want a lizard with a long posable tail and have not found ONE! DAMMIT

I finally got one at Target yesterday (for $4.88 sale price!), but I had to work for it...
I got sick of seeing nothing but Spideys on the hooks, so I took one of the Spidey figures that was part of the new series that includes Ultimate Lizard, and scanned it under one of those price scanners that are in the aisles at Target. It showed the price, but it also said "In backstock: YES". So I asked a sales clerk if there were indeed more in the back, and he went and got a Lizard for me. The card was beat up, but I didn't care!

So, to answer your tail question-- Ultimate Lizard does NOT have a bendy tail. It's solid plastic, and is only poseable at the base of the tail. (The MTV animated Lizard still has the most poseable tail with 3 joints). There's also a stupid "Tail Attack action feature" where you push this big button on Ult.Lizzy's side and the tail twists to the side -lame. Overall Ultimate Lizard has about 32 points of articulation- not too shabby. The figure comes with a break-apart lab table that actually looks pretty cool.

I'm going to buy another one and customize it to look more like "classic" Lizard as well. The first thing that's getting cut away is that tail-attack button!

 

[Cyclops]

Psht. I've no interest in Ultimate Lizard. I got the one they released in the first new series. That's good enough for me.

 

[The Lizard]

Nevermind-- I found the "Spider-Man & Friends" Lizard:

Awww...isn't he cute? Apparently "Color-change Lizard" will come with a raft accessory. I assume this is the prototype, and the final version will have a tail.

 

[THE LIZARD#1]

Thanks for the answer to my question Lizard bud

 

[The Lizard]

I just had to post this link here too:

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/212-07142004-328456.html

--Funny stuff!

 

[The Lizard]

Spider-Man Stunt System Lizard figure

 

[Cyclops]

I just had to post this link here too:

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/212-07142004-328456.html

--Funny stuff!

Heh. That is indeed quite amusing.

 

[The Lizard]

I finally got my hands on a Spidey & Friends Color Change Lizard at Toys R Us - about time!

Now I have to track down the Lizard "Mighty Beans" bean from the Marvel series 2!

 

[The Lizard]

I can't believe a package of 5 stupid little Mighty Beanz costs $7.00!

Fortunately I found someone selling commons for cheap, so this little Lizard Bean only set me back $2.

 

[The Lizard]

Yay-- I got the Spidey Stunt System for Christmas-- and with it, that precious little Lizard figurine.
Joy.

 

[The Lizard]

I also have to find the new "Shoot & Trap" Spider-Man figure...

 

[venom892]

I saw that the other day.It shouldn't be too hard to find.After all it's a Spider-man.

 

[The Lizard]

I saw that the other day.It shouldn't be too hard to find.After all it's a Spider-man.

True--heaven forbid that there not be 4,763 Spider-Man figures to every one villain figure.

By the way, I saw that Spidey figure along with the SM2 bendy tentacle Doc Ock at Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando, but the retail prices were $15.00 each. I think not.

 

[American_Hobo]

Nevermind-- I found the "Spider-Man & Friends" Lizard:

Awww...isn't he cute? Apparently "Color-change Lizard" will come with a raft accessory. I assume this is the prototype, and the final version will have a tail.

He doesn't look evil at all, he look mad cute.

 

[Oberon]

You´re crazy. Anyone told you that before??

LOL....just kidding
Great collection

 

[The Lizard]

You´re crazy. Anyone told you that before??

My wife tells me that on a daily basis.

But she can't complain as long as the ol' Lizard collection fits neatly in one of our walk-in closets.

 

[LadyKayoss]

That is one great collection! I had no idea so much stuff existed just for the Lizard. And just imagine how much more there'd be if he's in the third movie! *crosses fingers* This is a good example of why, instead of collecting every Spider-Man item I see, I only get items that have to do with my two favorite villains.

By the way, I have a question, and I figure you'd be the person who could answer it. I recently saw for sale a figure called the Man-Lizard, which is like some hideous fusion of man, lizard, and spider. Is this just some figure the toy company came up with for the hell of it (which wouldn't surprise me) or is it actually based off a comic? And if so, which comic?

 

[The Lizard]

By the way, I have a question, and I figure you'd be the person who could answer it. I recently saw for sale a figure called the Man-Lizard, which is like some hideous fusion of man, lizard, and spider. Is this just some figure the toy company came up with for the hell of it (which wouldn't surprise me) or is it actually based off a comic? And if so, which comic?

Man-Lizard was indeed made up by Toy Biz, and has never appeared in comics. That figure was part of the "Archnophobia" toy series, where two Spidey characters were combined to make a "what if" type villain.
I guess Man-Lizard was supposed to be a cross between Lizard and Man-Spider, but the only remotely Lizardlike thing about the dumb toy was its green color and its tail (which had a spider-head on the end of it!).

I own the figure, but only because the word "Lizard" appears on the box.

 

[MegoMuseum]

Great thread, the Liz was a childhood fave of mine. When I first showed my future wife my fledgling mego collection years ago her first comment was "Do you have the Lizard?"

Here's a great Ditko image advertising the Mego. A friend of mine also has the original display box for the Lizard/Spidey/Goblin assortment but I don't have a photo.

 

[The Lizard]

Great thread, the Liz was a childhood fave of mine. When I first showed my future wife my fledgling mego collection years ago her first comment was "Do you have the Lizard?"

Here's a great Ditko image advertising the Mego. A friend of mine also has the original display box for the Lizard/Spidey/Goblin assortment but I don't have a photo.

Yeah, I love that old ad. That Ditko Lizard is from an original pin-up page in ASM Annual #1 if I remember correctly.

I've got all three variations of the Mego Lizard- type 1, type 2, and Fist Fighter. However, I only have the original box for the type 1. My type 2 is in one of those sliding repro cards and my Fist Fighter is loose. I wish someone would make a repro card for the UK fist fighter Lizard.

 

[MegoMuseum]

I think you're right about that being from the ASM Annual, I used to have it. I just recently had some help in identifying where the Lizard from the back of the Mego box comes from, that was driving me nuts.

I made a reproduction card for the UK Fist fighting Captain America last year but I don't own an original Liz card so it would be hard to duplicate that art. Lizard is the only character whose artwork varies from front to back too.