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Author:  bryanarchy [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:43 am ]
Post subject:  Walder tribute or walder ripoff?
So i woke up unreasonably early on sunday and turned on the tv. There was a show called super robot monkey team on, which looked interesting compared to all the churchy shows.

Turns out the super monkey's arch-nemesis is called the Skeleton King which peaked my interest. What made me even more interested was his transparent purple body with free-floating guts!!! At first i couldn't believe it. Am i wrong, or is dokuro king translate into skeleton king? I always thought that it did.

I went on the net and saw a few more pics and also discovered a toy of the character which i then went and grabbed from toys r us.

The more i look at it, the more i am conflicted. Is it a tribute or is it a ripoff? Admittedly, there's some things different, but there's some compelling similarities.

comparison:
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Dokuro King:
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Skeleton King:
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Author:  the_z [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:51 am ]
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Well, I'm not sure where you draw the line between "tribute" and "ripoff". The character is obviously "inspired" by the good ol' "dokuro king"...
Author:  locomoto566 [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:04 am ]
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Yes :lol:
Author:  Nostromo [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:09 pm ]
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Yes, I think it is meant as a tribute. The show has many references to sentai shows and Japanese heroes, and the 70s super robots and so forth.

I actually tried to spread the word about this very cool toy, but apparently did it wrong. >_<

Please take a look on the Secret Base forum under post "new toy of possible interest".

I had put it there so that the SB collectors would see it, but no one seemed to care.

Oh well, take a look.

Nice photos!

The toy is cool, but needs a cape. ^_^
Author:  turtletooth [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:33 pm ]
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That looks pretty close, I'd say tribute.

Pretty cool toy for TRU.
Author:  moriachi [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:04 pm ]
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I mentioned this ages ago when I came across it on TV one morning. It's a funny show, and Skeleton King certainly is a nod to Dokuro King. I wouldn't say rip off at all though. Don't forget where much of the inspiration for SB and the others come from.
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