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The Rule of the Commonfolk

## Origins

A few years before the death of King Bran the Riverlands Kingdom was reformed into the Trident Union by the Brotherhood without Banners, heroes of the common people during the War of the Five Kings and now the heralds of a new regime led by Joseph Dondarrion, who deposed the Great House of Tully but not before they were rescued and put in hiding by Beric Dondarrion II. After the Slaughter at Harrenhal where both the Crusader State of the Crownlands and the Trident Union destroyed most of if not all of eachother's forces, the Trident Union was forcefully dissolved by Lord Beric and House Tully was restored to their seat in Riverrun. This did not cause the idea of a kingdom ruled by the people to go away as it was remembered fondly by the Riverlander peasantry and smallfolk.

## Historic Impact

After the Second Clash, the commonfolk were on the rise again because of the destruction the final battles of the war had brought to the Kingdom. Instead of fighting bloody wars, like the lords of the First Clash had done to stop the ideology, Stannis Baratheon II chose to appease them, and kept the peace. This secured the Riverlands during his reign but allowed the commonfolk to spread their ideals beyond the Riverlands, which some would say was only a matter of time.

This resulted in a historic moment during the Third Clash where Lord Arryn, hero of the people, found his end in King's Landing in the explosion from the Second Sept of Baelor where he was giving a religious speech to a large crowd of commoners. Begriefed at his violent assassination, the people of King's Landing rose up in rebellion against the Great Council. This nearly resulted in the declaration of an independent King's Landing ruled by it's own citizens in total equality with help of Lord Arryn's son who almost stormed the Red Keep. The massive riots that marked this event however made this impossible and the new Lord Arryn had also found his end in the Capitol. The Great Council members that remained in the Capitol were nearly torn to shreds but made a narrow escape. This allowed them to regroup and continue the mistake both Bran the Broken and Stannis the Kind had made, which was appease even more than ever before seen.

A peasant with a very loud voice was nearly named Lord of the Vale in order to usurp the House Arryn from their seat. Luckily he was only named Master of Soup for the small council. What this new Master of Soup was supposed to do wasn't entirely clear to everyone involved but it gave the commonfolk an officially recognized voice that would advise the next monarchs. The plan to hand the Vale to people was still enacted by the Great Council and House Arryn lost their ancestral seat, making the Vale the second kingdom ruled by the common people.

Whether the new king and queen realised what their actions meant by giving commoners massive influence in both the Vale and Crownlands alongside the remnants in the Riverlands is still up for debate by scholars. It will most likely play a big role in the wars to come.
The Arryn Family

The Arryns have been lords of the Vale for centuries, and were the first to sieze power after the fall of Bran the Broken.

### The Vale

The Vale is an old, rich and extremely defensible country. It is usually highest in maintenance, because of the incredible costs of its fortifications and its many convenient mountain ranges. While a small strip of land at the top of the Vale is an easy target for raiders, the only place to land next to that are the fortified passes of the Bloody Gate or the harbor of Gulltown.

### The Camping Curse

While defensive play in the Vale is easy and usually favored, this leads to an occurance known as the "camping curse" by many players. This idea states that these incredible fortifications lead to the lords of the Vale playing way too defensively, and thus practically isolating themselves for the entire game. This has been seen in stark contrasts with countries like the Riverlands and Reach, which have been centers of warfare in both clashes. These players are usually way more involved in warfare and diplomacy and thus have a much better time. This curse has been the bane of many Vale players, who just kinda sat there for twelve to sixteen hours.

### Lords of the Vale

The Arryns have played a major part in the first and second clashes, ending up on the throne in the first clash and being part of the winning alliance in the second clash.

##### Jon Arryn II

Jon Arryn II was the Lord of the Vale during the First Clash, and won the throne through shrewdness and diplomacy. He has been regarded by many historians as one of the worst kings since the Aerys II the Mad.

#### Jon Arryn III

Jon Arryn III was the Lord of the Vale during the Second Clash, and helped the victorious King Stannis Baratheon II secure the Battle of Riverrun with reinforcements stationed at the Bloody Gate.
Yudis Tyrell

Yudis Tyrell was a sorceress from the old house of Tyrell.

#### Early Life

Yudis Tyrell was always interested in the secret practices and sorceries from Essos. As a young adult, she toured the known world in search for poisons, knowledge and magic. This magic culminated in extensive shadowbinding knowledge, together with a shadowbinder she kept at her court. She specialized in glamour magic, with which she could appear as another person. She planned to use this against Bran if needed, but found her skills in great demand during the First Clash.

#### Assassination attempt

During the First Clash, the Tyrell family came in opposition to the influence the influential Baratheons. She formed a plan to assassinate Lord Baratheon. Lord Baratheon was protected behind his House Guard in the middle of the Red Keep, which made most assassination plots impossible. Yudis thus decided to slay the Baratheon herself. By some miracle she managed to scale the walls and jump over the spiked moat, but the path to the Baratheon Lord wasn't clear yet. One lone guardian, Jeanne D'Tarth, stood between Yudis and her target. This was, however, no normal guard. Yudis severely underestimated her opponent and found her weapons to be ineffective against the heavily armoured woman. Yudis perished right then and there on the floor of the Red Keep
Jon Arryn the Second

Jon Arryn II was the first king after Bran the Broken. He is described by scholars as an expert diplomat but gruesomely ineffective ruler and a cunt.

**Early life and lordship**

Jon Arryn decended from the line of Sweetrobin. According to some maesters, this meant he really didn't have a chance to begin with. His lordship over the vale was marked by an increase in border fortifications and the exploiting of new silver mines around the region. Although this meant a short-term increase in income, the mines at the high altitudes of the Vale were a gruesome task to excavate. The new fortifications, although impressive, largely crubled due to inattention after his ascention to the throne.

**The first clash of kings**

Jon Arryn II was one of the schemers in, and the victor of, the first clash of kings. After the new reality of warfare was demonstrated on the exeptionally bloody battles in the fords of the Trident Union, Jon Arryn became filled with resolve to save his people from this war. Then, he immediately attacked the communists as soon as their defenses started to crumble.

The second stage of the clash was marked by more shrewd diplomacy. In a manoeuvre some would consider "a dick move", he reached an accord with the Crusader Queen of the Crownlands and the Lord of the Iron Islands, he was crowned King just before the great tournament at kings landing took place. Some historians applaud him for supposedly saving many lives by doing so, but most historians despise him because he rid them of some excellent history.

**The weak reign**

Jon Arryn II and his remarkably old son moved into the Red keep with greatly deminished strength, spending all their gold on the boosting of their prestige instead of reigning. This led to dissent among the lords, who plotted to overthrow him from the start. The first blow was dealt as Jon Arryn sanctioned a crusade into the Trident Union, which was seen by many as folley. This turned out to be a wise stance, as both the crusaders and commonfolk were whitteled down by the thousands in a bloody final battle which would become known as the Slaughter at Harrenhal. When the last of the crusaders was killed, this turned out to be the son of Jon Arryn II, who was sent to kill Joseph Dondarrion, leader of the Trident Union.

Jon Arryn II would soon meet the same fate, as he was mysteriously cast of the great Red Keep into the spiked pits below. This tragic event happened a mere two and a half years after the start of his reign, and would mark the start of the second clash.
Haatack Stark

Lord Haatack Stark was the last true Stark to rule in the North, and led his people into the south for one of the last times. During his reign, the North became a battleground amidst the turmoil of the Second Clash.

#### Early Life

Lord Haatack Stark was born into a powerful North, which came out of the First Clash unscathed and was one of the great barriers between Jon II Arryn and wielding actual power. The starks were known as one of the great noble families, but their own country was rocked by internal distrust and this was fostered by the "we don't negotiate with terrorists" approach of Haatack and his father. When his father passed away merely half a year before the Second Clash, the North was entirely dependant upon Haatack to get through these challenging times.

#### Second Clash

Lord Haatack entered the Second clash on the side of the anti-coalition forces, and brought a huge army down to pacify the rebellious Riverlands. Lord Haatack was responsible for most of the early sucesses of the anti-coalition forces, and it looked like the Riverlands would be forced out of the war by the ravaging northern hordes. However, Lord Jon Arryn III saw this impending disaster and mounted a double-pronged attack against this menace. First, he attacked the North with a small contingent of Knights, ravaging the western coast of the North. This move caused a revolt among the boltons, who occupied Moat Calin and locked Lord Haatack out of his own country. Then, Jon III struck against Haatack himself. He unleashed a swam of disease-carrying bats unto the Northern Army. These bats carried a rare respiratory disease from the east, which killed thousands of soldiers and most importantly: Lord Haatack himself.

#### Legacy

After the Second Clash, the North was absorbed into the united kingdom of the North-Iron Islands. This kingdom had a major role to play in the eventual Third Clash. However, this composite kingdom was ruled by a line decended from Balon Greyjoy II with Haatack's daughter. Therefore, many citizens of the North barely accept this union of kingdoms, and see their lords as foreign invaders. They resent them, and the last Boltons who now roam the lands as bandits foster this resentment causing major instability in the region.
Palisades House of the Dead

## House of the Dead Series 2

* Chariot
* Judgement
* Zeal
* Bob the Zombie
* Magician

*The House of the Dead* is a horror-themed rail shooter video game franchise created by Sega in 1996. Originally released on arcade, it utilizes a light gun on the platform, but can be played with standard controllers on consoles and a mouse or keyboard on home computers. It, along with *Resident Evil*, has been credited for bringing zombies back to the pop culture scene.

## **Action Figures:**

On July 7th 2000, Palisades Toys announced that they would be doing the world’s first toyline for the *House of the Dead* series with fgirues that were sculpted and painted by employee Hack B. Nimble. Series 1 was released during that year’s winter season and was largely based off the second game. The figures included Stretch with his giant chainsaw, Hierophant with Trident and Mofish, Ken with a Murrers, and Johnny with Bouere.

A second series was immediately put into conception by Hack B. Nimble and its figures were a lot more elaborately designed. The planned characters to be included were Chariot, Kuarl & Zeal (Judgement), Bob the Zombie, and Magician. However, since the first wave sold extremely poorly, Palisades had to cancel their Series 2 of action figures and no other *House of the Dead* toylines have been produced in recent years.

In 2012, Mr. Nimble shared pictures of concept art and painted prototypes for the Series 2 figures (along with Series 1 sketches) onto his Deviantart account Residentlilly, which has since been deactivated; though copies of them can be found on the Website of the Dead fansite.  On February 13th that year, the six prototypes that were made for Palisades’ Series 2 were sold for $3,000 on eBay by a seller named corndogcollectables, along with a few other Series 1 prototypes. It is unknown if anyone ever walked home with those assets and its uncertain where they are now, though we can safely assume that Palisades’ *House of the Dead* Series 2 has been: **FOUND.**

## **References:**

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_House\_of\_the\_Dead
2. ↑ https://thehouseofthedead.fandom.com/wiki/The\_House\_of\_the\_Dead\_toyline
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170930031427/http://www.thewebsiteofthedead.com/?p=441
Balon Greyjoy II

Balon Greyjoy II was an incredibly long-lived monarch who led his people into the first two clashed and increased his lands more than tenfold.

Early Life

Balon Greyjoy II was the direct decendent of Asha Greyjoy, who ruled the Iron Islands when Bran the Broken came to power. Bran's policies fostered deep hate and mistrust among the Greyjoys, who were forbidden to reave in the seven kingdoms. Thus, when Bran the Broken died, Balon Greyjoy II smelled nothing but oppertunity.

#### First Clash

In the First Clash, Balon Greyjoy had ascended to being part of the Great Council. This council, composed of the three greatest powers, settled many territorial disputes in favour of the Greyjoys. Next to this, the Greyjoys claimed reaving rights over many of their new lands, which made Balon II incredibly popular. This popularity was short-lived, however, when Balon decided that Jon Arryn II had a right to kingship. This king allied himself with the Iron Islands and the Crusader Crownlands. This alliance was quick to go to war in the second crusade against the Trident Union, which became a giant quagmire of ambushes, spiked fords, misery and death. After thousands of troops were vanquished, Balon Greyjoy decided to abandon this fledgeling alliance. Not much later, Jon Arryn II fell and the seven kingdoms would be thrown into chaos once again.

#### Second Clash

After the two and a half year regency of Jon Arryn II, his weak reign came to an end and the Second Clash kicked off. Balon II chose to align himself with the anti-coalition forces, together with the North, the Westerlands, Dorne and the Reach. He ordered many reavings and led his armies into the mainland once more. This time, he was more succesfull with great victories in the Riverlands. It was Balon's armies who chased the Boltons and Knights of the Vale out of the North and it was Balon's fleet that smashed the coalition ships on the shores of Oldtown when the Reach turned on him. In the end, he conceded to Stannis Baratheon IIwhen their combined army was smashed at Harrenhall. This didn't come without profit though, as the war's end was only compromised by an important concession made to Balon: He could stay married to the daughter of Haatack Stark and held dominion over the North as well as the Iron Islands.

#### Third Clash

An old and withered Balon Greyjoy II saw the end of Stannis II as well, and readied his country for a third clash. However, his life ended abruptly as an unknown assailant killed him mere weeks after the death of Stannis II. He was quickly succeeded by his 14 year old son and heir Urri Greyjoy.
Pirates of the Caribbean/Diamond Select

### Location

Most likely within the workshop studios at either Diamond Select or Gentle Giant

## Product Information

### Year(s)

2017 (first revealed)2021 (new release for Jack)

What started as a dark water ride full of Audio-Animatronics in Disneyland and quickly turned into a successful movie franchise over 40 years later, *Pirates of the Caribbean* has had plenty of merchandise over the years including construc’tion playsets and action figures from the likes of LEGO, Mattel, NECA, Hot Toys, and even the Disney Store/Parks division.  In today’s article, we ‘re set on a quest to find out what happened to Diamond Select’s proposed action figures for two rapscallion pirates and how they might be able to make a comeback.

## **Summary**

In 2017, Diamond Select announced they would be doing a whole line of *Pirates of the Caribbean* products to coincide with the release of the fifth and “final” film in the series; *Dead Men Tell No Tales*. Among some Minimates figures and a 3D resin bust of Jack Sparrow were to include two Gentle Giant sculpted action figures of Johnny Depp’s swashbuckling protagonist along with his arch-nemesis Captain Hector Barbossa as played by Geoffrey Rush with his peg leg first seen in *On Stranger Tides*. When both figures were collected, they’d each come with two diorama set pieces that form the Black Pearl’s steering wheel when assembled.  They were revealed in February 2017 during the New York Toy Fair, but unfortunate news broke out on June 13th that both the Jack and Barbossa action figures were cancelled as according to DSTChuck, “they could not move forward with production as planned.”  All the other products were released as normally intended, though in 2020, the previously thought-to-be-cancelled Jack Sparrow action figure was announced to go back into production along with a removable hat, sword and pistol accessories, and a different facial expression compared to the original prototype.

With a scheduled release date of 2021 and the fact that it utilizes the prototype mold originally made three years ago, the Captain Jack Sparrow figure has been **FOUND** and if it sells well enough, we may see Barbossa’s prototype (or at least another version of him) escape from development hell.

## **References**

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates\_of\_the\_Caribbean\_(attraction)
2. ↑ https://toyhypeusa.com/2017/05/27/diamond-select-toys-pirates-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales-select-black-pearl-diorama/
3. ↑ https://news.toyark.com/2017/06/13/dst-cancels-pirates-caribbean-select-figures-256076
4. ↑ https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/07/23/diamond-select-toys-shows-off-first-look-at-johnny-depps-jack-sparrow-action-figure-from-pirates-of-the-caribbean/
Jon Arryn III

Jon Arryn III was Lord of the Vale during the second Clash of Kings. Shortly after the death of King Jon Arryn II, he got married to the (much older) Lady Tully, therefore forming a strong alliance with the Riverlands. Scholars remain confused about this marriage up to this date, because it seems that the Arryns provided all the power and wealth in the alliance and the Tullys did not actually bring anything to the table. Perhaps they were just very good friends and that was enough.

Arryn and Tully also entered into an alliance with Lord Stannis Baratheon, especially because of shared concerns about rumours of a conspiracy between The North and The Reach, but this was not always the strongest alliance, because Lord Baratheon was too power hungry and was ready to betray the alliance if it meant becoming king. Later on, however, Lord Tyrell of the Reach switched sides to Arryn's alliance, whereas Lord Stark of the North formed a powerful counteralliance with the Westerlands, Dorne, and the Iron Islands.

When Riverlands spies found out that Dorne had tried to stage a red flag against The North in the Riverlands, Arryn and Tully saw this as a war crime. Nevertheless, they preferred peace over war and invited Lady Martell of Dorne to King's Landing to talk it out peacefully. Lady Martell, however, brought along Lord Stark and refused to talk it out privately, and Arryn and Tully realised that *peace was never an option* and declared war on the The North-Westerlands-Dorne-Iron Islands alliance.

At first they seemed to be losing the war, mainly because of a lack of power and defense in the Riverlands. Arryn was able to conquer a lot of land in The North, including Winterfell, but as soon as Lord Stark died, Lord Greyjoy sent his army to The North and scared Arryn away. However, Lord Baratheon ultimately proved to be a valuable ally after all, as he won over the Iron Bank and was able to get a lot of mercenaries to balance out the power difference. Because of these mercenaries, the alliance was able to destroy both the remaining armies of the North and Westerlands, and the counteralliance gave up and choose Lord Baratheon as King of the Seven Kingdoms along side Lady Tully and Lord Arryn. Lord Arryn's daughter would go on to marry the new Prince, Lyonel Baratheon giving House Arryn a place in the royal family.
Beric Dondarrion II

**Beric Dondarrion II**

Beric Dondarrion II is a renowned guerillia commander who served the riverlands during the first and second clash of kings. He is renowned for his scorched earth tactics during the invasion of the north but most importantly for his actions during the second battle of riverrun.

**Background**

Beric Dondarrion was the leader of the brotherhood without banners during the war of the five kings, but was usurped by lady stoneheart. Although he was a stormlander by birth, he sided with the Riverlands during the second clash. He also helped House Tully back to it's ancestral seat after the First Clash and reorganized the Brotherhood without Banners to solely serve as a guerilla force.

**The second clash**

His men threw open the castle gates and let the forces of King Stannis II, who smashed the rebel Lannister forces and routed the entire rebellion. This action proved crucial in the entire battle, and King Stannis II showed his grattitude by giving his daughter's hand in marriage. This gave Lord Beric a place in the Royal family but after the King's brother Renly died without children, a new Lord was needed at Storm's End so King Stannis II gave the Baratheon castle to Beric and his daughter further showing his gratitude for his service at the battle of Riverrun.
Naily

Naily is a female contestant in BFB & TPOT.

## Personality

Naily is silly sometimes, remaining mostly quiet other than to crack a few jokes, primarily nail puns, she can be argumentative and dangerous sometimes, such as when she stabs Spongy (Tree in disguise). She defends this by saying that, when one is a nail, they often get the urge to stab things, on BFB 7, Naily can be boastful and confident, she says "Don’t worry Icy Boys! I got this." on BFB 14, She apologizes to Woody for stabbing him seven years ago and helps him by throwing him through the garbage chute.

## Biography

Every time Naily uses the pun "nailed it", she loses one friend.
Soos

*Main Article:Soos*

## Personality

* Xnusucool
* BosniaBoi
he is funny.

Soos is a fat, friendly, and buck-tooth employee whose desire to be where the action is makes him an excellent resource for the twins when they need a ride around town. Aside from the twins, he is one of the only people around who sees and believes all the strange things happening in Gravity Falls, as seen in "Tourist Trapped", when he says he is always noticing weird stuff in Gravity Falls, an assertion he makes in other episodes.
While he frequently shows an eager, inquisitive, and childish nature, Soos knows when to drop the act and be an adult, such as when he, Mabel, and Dipper encountered the Gobblewonker, where he carried both of them and outran it. He has good relationships with Dipper and Mabel, though Dipper becomes irritated with him at times, such as in "Land Before Swine", when he is clumsy and he does not see the problem. He is also very humorous. He is addicted to pressing the cackling skulls at the Summerween Superstore and believes that the inflatable ducks from the pool can talk. This gives proof of his childish and naïve nature.

## Soos

* XnusuCool
* BosniaBoi
Marker

Marker is a male contestant in BFB and TPOT.

## Personality

Marker is a humorous and a cheerful character who likes playing weird games such as "Toss the Dirt" and "Eat the Dirt", he doesn’t seem to be very intelligent, as he didn’t know how to play Rock, Paper and Scissors until Foldy taught him in BFB 4.

## Biography

Marker is a purple washable marker, he loves to play "Toss the Dirt", he loves to play games, on BFB 4, he played four.

## Character Information

### Competed in

BFB (BFB 1-16)
TPOT
Slaughter of Harrenhal

Known as the Slaughter of- or Slaughter at Harrenhal, this exceptionally bloody conflict occured not during but after the First Clash. It was a war between the Trident Union and the Crusader Crownlands, sanctioned by King Jon Arryn II who was both hated and admired for this reckless move as it dealt with the commonfolk kingdom of the Trident Union at the expense of putting thousands of lives on a threadmill of carnage on both sides of the conflict. The dispute was initially because of the territorial dispute over the fortress Harrenhal, which had set off the fighting of the First Clash of Kings but after the ascension of King Jon II quickly dissolved into a war of ideology. This meant that both sides were incredibly eager for a fight and were fighting not for conquering but for absolute annihilation of the other. The deathtoll among both the armies and leadership caused not only the Trident Union but also the Crusader Crownlands to collapse shortly after the battle had ended. This was because not only Joseph Dondarrion and the Crusader Queen found their end in this battle, but also King Jon's own son who died brutally at the end of a commonfolk pitchfork. This instantly destabilized both regions involved and the rule of the new king who now had no direct heir. Some could say that this battle was the catalyst of the events that soon led up to the Second Clash.

Who knew that putting two extremely ideological states at eachothers throats in a legally approved war could result in such carnage?
The Vale

The vale is the domain of the Wardens of the East, House Arryn.

The Vale is an old, rich and extremely defensible country. It is usually highest in maintenance, because of the incredible costs of its fortifications and its many convenient mountain ranges. While a small strip of land at the top of the Vale is an easy target for raiders, the only place to land next to that are the fortified passes of the Bloody Gate or the harbor of Gulltown.

### The Camping Curse

While defensive play in the Vale is easy and usually favored, this leads to an occurance known as the "camping curse" by many players. This idea states that these incredible fortifications lead to the lords of the Vale playing way too defensively, and thus practically isolating themselves for the entire game. This has been seen in stark contrasts with countries like the Riverlands and Reach, which have been centers of warfare in both clashes. These players are usually way more involved in warfare and diplomacy and thus have a much better time. This curse has been the bane of many Vale players, who just kinda sat there for twelve to sixteen hours.

#### Resources

The Vale is a rich country. Usually it benefits greatly from the trade flowing in across the narow sea, from cities like Braavos and Pentos. The Vale is usually third in grain production, just after the Riverlands and the Reach. This financial security, combined with it's geographical security, means that many lords of the vale choose to fund their side of the war effort rather than actively participate.

#### People

The people of the Vale are an old and traditional people, who think of themselves as the true ancestors to the andals of old. Many noble houses still have old rune-inscribed bronze artifacts in their vaults, weapons with which their ancestors fought the First men.

#### Third Clash

The Third Clash was an absolute disaster for the Vale. In it's wake most of their armies were shatterd, and to make it worse the new king had allowed the peasant mob from King's Landing to rule the vale in their stead. This greatly angered the nobles and smallfolk alike, who formed royalist conspiracies everywhere to overthrow these new communist overlords.
Fanny

Fanny is a female contestant in BFB and TPOT.

## Personality

She hates everyone, except friends, but Fanny is a cynical and a spiteful character, who is known to have a hatred of almost everyone and everything, making her disliked by several other people.

## Biography

Bracelety said that Fanny is a worth of hate, but she has very few friends.
Terminator 2/Palisades

## Terminator 2: Judgement Day

For years, adult collectible companies like NECA and Hot Toys have done stellar work for products based on *The Terminator* franchise; especially its sequel *Judgement Day*. Though one of them that missed the call was none other than Palisades.

## **Summary:**

Sometime before the company went bankrupt, Palisades announced plans of a 4” toyline of action figures they’d be doing based on James Cameron’s 1991 blockbuster epic. Similar to their *Army of Darkness* toyline, they would’ve came in two packs with a T-800 Endoskeleton for each case. The figures that would’ve been made include the “Arnold” T-800 with battle-damage features, the T-1000 with several swappable alloy parts (blade fingers, hook arms, bullet arms), Sarah Connor, and a Resistance Fighter from the future. While many of these characters have already been done by other companies, the Resistance Fighter was a very unique choice that has yet to be done by NECA. Palisades showed off the figures in San Diego Comic Con, though they were never seen again once the company closed its doors forever.  Interestingly though, the pre-orders for the *Terminator 2* figures; despite long being out of order, can still be accessed on Entertainment Earth’s online store.  Given that they are listed as Series 1, its possible that Palisades was already planning for a Series 2, though we may never got to know for sure as it may have been speculation on the retailers part. Though until further notice, the prototypes will remain: **LOST**.

## **References:**

1. ↑ http://www.mwctoys.com/FEATURE-022217.htm
2. ↑ https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/terminator-series-1-action-figure-2packs-case/pm11305a
The Toxic Avenger

*The Toxic Avenger* is a 1984 American superhero black comedy splatter film directed by Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman, co-written by Joe Ritter, and was released by Troma Entertainment, best known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts and gruesome violence.

## **Summary**

The story follows a meek mop boy named Melvin who is subjected to torment by the bullies of Tromaville and ends up falling into a vat of acid that greatly alters his appearance which he uses to become a superhero and face the corrupt evildoers of the town. While virtually ignored during its first release, Toxic Avenger has since become a cult classic upon a long successful midnight movie engagement at the Bleeker Street Cinema of Greenwich Village in late 1985. It has also generated a media franchise with three sequels, a stage musical production, and a video game. A reboot of the film was announced by Legendary Pictures in 2019 with Lloyd Kauffman attached to produce.

## **Action Figures**

Despite its reputation as a black comedy splatter, *Toxic Avenger* managed to receive a kids-aimed cartoon that would receive a toyline by Playmates in the 1990's, though SOTA would make a more adult-oriented collectible as part of their Now Playing series. At least each of those toys have a cancelled aspect that are each covered in the links down below:

* Playmates Toxic Crusaders
* SOTA

## **Reference**

1. ↑ Wikipedia. (Retrieved April 2020). *The Toxic Avenger (1984 film)*. Online page.
Disney/Darkwing Duck

## Darkwing Duck Wave 2

Darkwing Duck aired from 1991 to 1992, and was apart of  Disney Afternoon block. A show that puts emphasis on action, though actual fight scenes were rare, rather resulting in slapstick battling against the villains.

## Summary

A parody on the superhero genre, "Darkwing Duck" follows the adventures of Drake Mallad taking up the mantel of Darkwing Duck along with his sidekick Launchpad McQuack (pulled from DuckTales). Living with his adoptive daughter Gossalyn in a suburban house, while living next door to the ever dim-witted family, Muddlefoot. The series follows Darkwing's character into conflict: his ever lust for fame and wanting to be a good father to his adoptive daughter.

## Action Figures

The show aired, and with it, came Wave 1 of action figures. Of course, selling well, the anticipation was high for a second wave. This second wave was shown off but Disney decided to terminate their contract with Playmates toys, which resulted in 13 toys being cancelled.

## Final Verdict

With it being well over 25 years since the show's ending, and the cancellation of the toy line, the prototypes have yet to surface - whether from someone's personal collection or from Playmates' archives. Due to these factors, "Wave 2" will remain "Lost".

## Trivia

* Despite being cancelled, and the prototypes not being seen in over 25 years, toy company Funko released an action figure of Gizmoduck as well as a Funko Pop of him.

## Gallery

The only known image of the prototypes that exist
Leafy

Leafy is a Female Contestant in BFDI & BFB.

## Personality

She is nice in BFDI and BFB, but in BFDIA, she is evil to everyone else, except Bubble and Firey.

## Biography

Leafy is the nicest object in the whole BFDI History, and she is the main antagonist in BFDIA, she stole

Dream Island from Firey that he won fairly.

## Character Information

### Competed in

BFDI (BFDI 1-25) (2nd)
BFB (BFB 1-3) (BFB 11-Present)
Golf Ball

## Personality

Her advantages is her intelligence, but her disadvantages is too many and she is bossy mostly.

## Biography

She is the smartest contestant in the whole BFDI History, but Tennis Ball is the 2nd smartest of all.

## Golf Ball

* BFB
* BFDI-IDFB

### Join Votes

215 (chosen by INTERN-PONY707 to let her in the game)

## Character Information

### Competed in

BFDI (BFDI 1-11)
BFDIA (BFDIA 1-5e)
IDFB
BFB (BFB 1-16)
TPOT
Blocky

Blocky is a male contestant in BFDI and BFB.

## Personality

Blocky is a prankster, bully, sadist, and a murderer. He kicks Woody in the sky, and then, he killed Ice Cube, Bubble, Firey, Leafy and the Announcer, and Blocky has an advertisement named "Blocky’s Funny Doings International." In BFB 22, his advertisement sentenced to prison in 2,763 years, because of his pranks on the courtroom, just like disguising as a grape.

## Character Information

### Competed in

BFDI (BFDI 1-4) (BFDI 9-17)
BFB (BFB 1-Present)
Remote

Remote is a Female Contestant from BFB and TPOT

## Personality

She is preventing death from Death P.A.C.T, but she is peaceful and she said; "our team has now prevented 0.00 deaths."

Remote is also competitive, she aims to win the challenges and can be frustrated when,

her teammates didn’t follow or agree with her ambition.

## Biography

Robot Flower can control Remote, but she is bringing a bomb when someone tries to control her.
Cake

Cake is a Male Contestant on BFB and TPOT.

## Personality

He's always obsessed with Loser, and he is happy, especially whenever someone says; "I love cake."

## Biography

Cake is a biggest fan to Loser, and then, The Losers lost on Episode 6, then the following episode (Episode 7), they went to their first elimination, Cake, with less than 1000 votes, is the third one safe behind Pin and Coiny.
Puffball

Puffball is a female contestant in BFDIA, BFB and TPOT

## Personality

Puffball’s voice is vocoded, she is nice sometimes, but in BFDIA 5e, she is shown to be selfish, she wants a prize when they’re up for elimination again, on BFB 12, she is shown to be arrogant.

## Character Information

### Competed in

BFDIA (BFDIA 1-5e)
IDFB (eliminated, shown by Ruby)
BFB (BFB 1-16)
TPOT
Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British television program which has been been on going since 1963. Traveling through space and time, the humanoid alien known simply as The Doctor saves distant worlds and other lifeforms from an array of situations. The Doctor's primary antagonists are the Master, Cybermen, and Daleks. The Doctor also travels with companions who join the former's wacky adventures through space and time.

## Summary

### Classic Era

(1963-1989)

The series first aired on 23 November, 1963, with William Hartnell (1908-1975, age 77) as the First Doctor where he travelled with his granddaughter and her teachers, traveling throughout history. As Hartnell's health declined, the studios figured out a way to faze out Hartnell and introduce a new actor - the idea of Regeneration, where the current actor would transform into the new actor in a flash of light. This mechanic is still in use today. The franchise continued until 1989 where it was cancelled with the Seventh Doctor being the last Doctor until the 1996 movie, simply titled as "Doctor Who the Movie" in which the Seventh Doctor regenerated into the Eighth Doctor.

#### Movie

(1996)

In 1996, a movie simply titled "Doctor Who the Movie" was released by 20th Century Fox Studios. During the events of the movie, the Seventh Doctor regenerated into the Eighth Doctor. The movie ultimately failed.

### Modern Era

(2005-present)

Despite the movie failing, the franchise was revived in 2005 with the Ninth Doctor bringing the series back to its former glory. With the revival, the series has taken a unique broadcast stunt: airing Christmas episodes related to the season, where either a companion leaves or the Doctor regenerates

## Action Figures

Like any successful television program, "Doctor Who" has spawned many collectibles over the decades. Though a large majority was released, a majority were not:

* Character Options

## Trivia

* Over the decades, "Doctor Who" has been references in numerous other franchises from "Family Guy", "Futurama", and "Epic Rap Battles of History".
* "Doctor Who" has extended media in the forms of video games, comic books, and audio dramas.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The series was cancelled after 26 years on the air though it returned for a movie which would have served as a back down pilot for the Eighth Doctor. After the failure of the movie, the series didn't return onto 2005 and has been ongoing since.
Diamond Select

Diamond Select is a toy company that was founded in 1999 by its sister company Diamond Comics Distributors to create collectibles for adult collectors and is based in Timonium, Maryland.

## **Summary**

In May 2007, Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles acquired the assets of New York based toy company Art Asylum which was founded in 1996 by Digger T. Mesch and Donna Soldano who did work for companies like Playmates, Hasbro, Play Along and more.  One of their most well known lines that Diamond Select now has access to and continues to support as of writing is Minimates which are block-styled miniature action figures based on intellectual properties like Marvel. Its almost similar to the LEGO minifigures only with printed human faces and more articulation.

In February 2019, Diamond Select Toys made a deal with Gentle Giant Studios; a company that specializes in scanning, digital modeling and sculpting, where they bought out their Gentle Giant, Ltd. license that was responsible for producing a popular line of exclusive *Star Wars* themed sculptures and character busts. All future and "in-progress" projects prior to the buyout would be now offered through the Previews catalog, published by Diamond Comic Distributors. However, Gentle Giant themselves were unaffected by the buyout and its Premier Guild collector club continues to operate with exclusive items for members and reserved access to certain products.

## **Action Figures**

Throughout its 21 year run, Diamond Select produced over a thousand prouducts in many different categories including action figures, plush dolls, vinyl banks, resin busts, statues, quarter scale clothed dolls and prop replicas. Some of their most popular themes include Femme Fatales and Gallery PVC, *Star Trek*, Universal Monsters, Marvel Select, and more. Though with every toy that they've released on schedule, there are those not never made it to any further form of development like the ones listed down below:

* Monty Python and the Holy Grail
* Battlestar Galactica (2004)
* Pirates of the Caribbean

## **References**

1. ↑ http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/9319.shtml
2. ↑ https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Gentle\_Giant\_Studios
Saturday Night Live/X-Toys

## SNL Series 2

* Hand and Franz
* Linda Richman
* Opera Man
* Rossanna Rossanna Deanna

On January 1st 1999, Bob LoMonaco, senior vice president of McFarlane Toys, left the company to establish his own toy manufacturer known as X-Toys; situated in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. With the help of CFO Richard Beer and Rand Marlis, VP of licensing and business development, they produced at least a few toylines based on *Wing Commander* and *Wild, Wild West*; though one of their more obscure hits was a toyline based on a sketch show that's been running on NBC for more than 45 years.

## **Summary**

*Saturday Night Live* is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol, which has been running for 45 strong years since October 11th 1975. Filmed at 30 Rockefeller Plaza’s Comcast Building, the show is well known for its cold openings, the variety of alumni cast members that went on to do bigger things, and their comedy sketches that often parody contemporary culture and politics.

SNL has had plenty of original sketches over the years with some of them developed into feature films like *Coneheads*, *The Blues Brothers* and *Wayne’s World*. Some have each had their own toylines like Mr. Bill,  Funko POP! Vinyl Figures,  and Bif Bang Pow.  To celebrate the show's 25th anniversary in 2000, X-Toys released four figures that were based some of *Saturday Night Live's* most classic sketches including John Belushi’s “Samurai Baker” with push-button chopping action, Chris Rock’s “Nat X” with push-button black power saluting, Molly Shannon’s “Mary Katherine Gallagher” with a spring-loaded superstar launcher & real skirt, and Jim Breur’s “Goat Boy” with a milk bottle.

X-Toys soon began work on a second series of SNL action figures that would have featured more sketches like Adam Sandler’s “Opera Man,” Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon “Hans and Franz,” Gilda Radner’s “Roseanne Roseannadanna,” and Mike Myers’s “Linda Richman.” Concept art of the figure's prototypes were made and were shown as classified documents.

## **Final Verdict**

At some point in the 2000's, X-Toys went bankrupt without a whimper or care and Series 2 of SNL was never made. Given that the only known photos of the figures are concept art on press documents, its unlikely that they ever made it to the model stage and even if they did, there whereabouts unknown and therefore: **LOST**. However, Funko POP! did release a vinyl figure of Roseannadanna in August 2018.

## **References**

1. ↑ https://kidscreen.com/1999/01/01/24067-19990101/
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday\_Night\_Live
3. ↑ https://www.tintoyarcade.com/mr-bill-flexible-figure-oh-no-1975.html
4. ↑ https://www.popinabox.ca/funko/pop-vinyl/pop-snl.list
5. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Bif-Bang-Pow-Weekend-Figures/dp/B01359SSEC
6. ↑ https://picclick.com/Saturday-Night-Live-Series-1-set-of-4-261701412471.html
7. ↑ https://spawnies.proboards.com/thread/2246/official-unreleased-prototypes-thread?page=4
8. ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Funko-Television-Roseannadanna-Collectible-Multicolor/dp/B07DF9CH4W
Palisades Resident Evil Zombie Chick

## Tanktop Zombie Chick

Among many of their video game licenses, Palisades released a plethora of figures based on the best-selling *Resident Evil* games by Capcom. Though with every successful product they unleashed, there was one that never made it past the drawing table.

## **Action Figures:**

Series 1 released in early 2001 included Leon S. Kennedy (wounded and normal variants), Nemesis (an open mouth version was exclusive to EB Games), Nosferatu, and Soldier Zombie w/ Zombie Dog (camo version was exclusive to Wizard World Chicago). Series 2 released in early 2002 included Alexia, Claire Redfield (normal and wounded variants), Mr. X, and Zombie Cop w/h Licker (blue variant as well). Series 3 included Chris Redfield (a cammo pants variant was included with one per case), Tyrant, Wesker w/ Hunter (glasses and evil eye variants), and William G-4. Series 3 wasn’t supposed to include those characters as they would’ve instead used filler figures, due to Capcom’s difficulty for Palisades to work with. Luckily, they were able to avert that. Other products they made include vinyl statues of 12” Jill Valentine in her Resident Evil 3 outfit and 16” Nemesis, polystone statues of Claire (production run of 1000) and William Birkin G2 (production run of 400) along with a bust of Nemesis (production run of 3500).

Right before before Palisades went bankrupt, one of their lead designers sculpted a prototype mold for a figure based off the red-clothed female zombie that can be seen in select levels of *Resident Evil 2* (some fans have nicknamed her “Misty” in reference to the Water type gym leader from *Pokemon* as her outfit looks quite similar to the one she wore in the original games & anime ). The figure never got painted/finished since Palisades failed to renew their contract with Capcom and any other figure that was planned a potential Series 4 remains a mystery. As of now, the zombie chick remains: **LOST.** One last thing of note about their *Resident Evil* toyline is that originally, the figures would’ve come with a road-themed display base with a pistol and traffic cone lying about.

## **References:**

1. ↑ https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Palisades\_Entertainment,\_LLC
2. ↑ https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/ResidentEvil2
3. ↑ https://spawnies.proboards.com/thread/2246/official-unreleased-prototypes-thread?page=4