You're welcome Baiken. I do think you would enjoy the loose Madballs or even the Madball figures. They are still pretty inexpensive on Ebay. It would be interesting to find out from some of the vinyl manufacturers about the process used in the new toys; I woud hope they are made to last.
For those of you in Chicago, you might know already, they usually have these at Quake on Southport and a little hidden gem of a store called Forever Young on Belmont. NO Not in the "hipster" area of Belmont and Clark, but deep west, nearly in the suburbs. It's worth the drive, lots of weird stuff from toys to used kids clothes all from the 70's, 80's and up til today, really worth the venture. And the last time I was around I saw Madballs.