South Park/Mezco

Deluxe Jimmy Talking Figure, the only "surviving" prototype from the cancelled Series 7

## Product Information

### Year(s)

2007-08

Right after the demise of Mirage and their *South Park* line, Mezco Toyz stepped in to carry the torch for them with six waves that mainly consisted of the same characters, but had some new additions and variants that Mirage was never able to do. Though for every success, there were also a few plans Mezco had that ultimately got away.

## **Summary:**

Mezco's *South Park* action figures were available in select comic book stores that sold them along with the company's official website. While they lacked the unique sculpted face molds by Mirage and Kidrobot, in favor of printed decals similar to the McFarlane prototypes from 2000; Mezco's figures were a lot more truer to scale, in comparison to Mirage. The first wave was released in 2005 and they each contained Officer Barbrady, Big Gay Al with his duck, Eric Cartman wih Mr. Kitty, Chef with cooking supplies, Cartman in his hip hop outfit from "Cartman's Mum is a Dirty Whore," and Kenny with three of the rats that would feast on his flesh & an alternative decapitated head of him. From the summer of 2006, Series Two included Mr. Garrsion with his hand puppet and a pig with a face resembling Garrison, Mr. Hankey with a toothbrush and sailor's hat, Stan with his dog, Token with his guitar amp, Tooth Fairy Cartman from the episode "The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000," and three variants of Kyle with Ike (angry face, bloodied face, no hat with his orange curly hair showing). Series 3 was unleashed in fall 2006 with the assortment of Butters in his *Mad Max* style hockey mask from "Proper Condom Use," Frozen Kenny from "Cartman's Mum Is Still A Dirty Slut," Jesus with the show's depiction of God, Mr. Mackey with a "Drugs are bad, mmkay?" chalkboard, Timmy, and Motorcycle Cop Cartman from "Chickenlover." The fourth wave saw the debut of Jimmy, Cartman in his "AWESOM-O" robot costume, Goth Stan from "Raisins," and Terrence & Phillip with spring-bobble heads similar to the McFarlane prototypes and fart cloud accessories. Series 5 from 2007 saw the inclusion of Hippie Exterminator Cartman from "Die Hippie, Die"; Tweek with underwear gnomes, Damien Thorn, and Dr. Alphonse Mephesto. The last main series introduced Mr. Slave with some animals (Lemmiwinks, Catatafish, and Frog King), Ming Lee Cartman from "Cow Days" with Terrence & Phillip dolls, Starvin' Marvin with a mutant turkey, and Nurse Gollum; the only female figure in the series.

Other *South Park* products that Mezco released include 6" deluxe talking figures of Eric Cartman (an 11" version of him with Clyde the frog was also made), Towelie, and Mr. Hankey. They also did box set re-released of the four main boys along with Best Buy editions of Officer Cartman and Frozen Kenny; including a box set featuring the boys in their Fingerbang band from " Something You Can Do With Your Finger." Exclusive to ToyFare was Beefcake Cartman as seen in "Weight Gain 4000" and produced as a comic con exclusive was "Professor Chaos" Butters with his chaos hamsters.

In 2011, as part of the *South Park: Year of the Fan* merchandising, Mezco began re-releasing previous figures in a new black-and-yellow packaging scheme under the South Park Classics banner; in contrast to the large plastic clamshell packaging from the first six lines with backdrops of the snowy trees. Series 1 had Cartman, Kenny, and Butters. Series 2 had Stan, Kyle, and AWESOM-O. Series 3 had Frozen Kenny, Cop Cartman, and Mr. Hankey. Also re-released was the "Four Boys" box set and Talking Cartman, though no new figures were made as part of this series.

## **The Cancelled Figures:**

There were plans for a Series 7 of Mezco *South Park* action figures that would have included normal scaled figures of Towelie, Wild Wild West Cartman from "Cat Orgy," Angel Kenny, and Sexual Harassment Panda. Plans for the deluxe figures would've included Butters, Jimmy, and Satan. There were even plans to have a box set of Santa Claus and Jesus that would've recreated their fight from the 1992 short film *Jesus vs. Santa* that served as a precursor to the show.  Out of all the figures, only the prototype for Deluxe Talking Jimmy has ever been uncovered as the rest will likely never even sculpted.

Jimmy’s Lines: 1. "You know, people sometimes ask me, "Are you angry at God for making disabled people?" I say, "No! I think the world is better with Puh- President Bush." 2. "Down like a clown Charlie Br-Br. Down like a clown Charlie Bra- Braah. Down like a clown Charlie Baah Baah. Down Like a clown Charlie Br- Brown." 3. "Why did the p-pigeon cross the road? Cause he was having sex with the chihi... Because he was having sex with the chihi... Because he was having sex with the ch-ch-ch-ch-chihi... he was having sex with the chicken!" 4. "Holy Gu-Guacamole!" 5. "Who would take a dump in the urinal. It's such a senseless crime."

## **Source:**

1. ↑ https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Mezco\_Toyz