My god, those are horrible! Well, what can you expect from a bootleg, right? Yikes.

electricspacegirl | April 17, 02:35 CET

thats great!

norman | April 17, 03:00 CET

Well that's the link of the month for me so far. Fantastic! I didn't even know you could get bootlegs of Buffy figures.

Simon | April 17, 03:04 CET

Time for Mr Whedon to speak to Mr Lawyer I think...

zz9 | April 17, 03:16 CET

Can anyone else not tell the difference between those and the real deal? If they hadn't pointed it out I wouldn't have noticed it said 'POWER SLAYER' on the front... ;)

Grounded | April 17, 03:21 CET

Those have got to be the worst I have ever seen!

Angel_1 | April 17, 03:21 CET

Time for Mr Whedon to speak to Mr Lawyer I think...

And possibly Ms Gellar, as well…(for her image on the packaging)

brownishcoat | April 17, 03:27 CET

They changed her image so much I don't know if you could even say it's her.

charisma | April 17, 03:57 CET

Kinda wishing SMG wore a few of those outfits on the show...

IMMORTAL | April 17, 04:40 CET

Dark Horse will have to get in on the suing as well, since they're using an image from one of the early comics.

I'm more fascinated by the outfits however. The yellow shirt number sure, but what's with the red/silver super hero get up? Or the flaming short shorts? Talk about tacky. eek.

[ edited by icafreak on 2005-04-17 03:40 ]

icafreak | April 17, 04:42 CET

Edited because of further research.

[ edited by Christopher on 2005-04-17 07:41 ]

Christopher | April 17, 05:22 CET

You hadn't seen this before?

Craig Oxbrow | April 17, 05:59 CET

I've seen this before too! I could've sworn it was on this site but I guess not.

Firefly Flanatic | April 17, 06:43 CET

Oh, I think there's definitly a case there for a lawsuit. They've got SMGs likeness in the background and an image from a Buffy comic on the front. No mistake on who they are ripping off.

Firefly Flanatic | April 17, 06:44 CET

Wow. These are just ... stunningly bad. They remind me of the kind of things I used to love making fun of with my friend Dennis in the toy aisle at our local Big Lots (a retail discount chain we revered for its selection of unintentionally kitschy/discontinued/downright strange merchandise. What can I say? It was summer in the 'mid-80s and we were young(er), broke and understimulated in the South, so we made our own fun. ;) The costumes (and never did the description of something looking 'painted on' have so much meaning) are one thing, especially that breast-baring heart-shaped number, but the crazy scifi/'Conan'/psychedelic orange weapons are just too much.

I know it's wrong to appropriate someone else's ideas and images so blatantly, but it's nothing less than a bottom-up marketplace confirmation that Joss's concept of 'The Slayer', and the Buffyverse, have become truly culturally iconic. It demonstrates in a twistedly respectful, if illegal, manner that the people responsible have some vestige of good taste. Questionable ethics, mind you, but they did know enough to steal from the best.

Wiseblood | April 17, 12:20 CET

Oh great, another thing to worry about. I'll not comment now because I'm too upset over this matter. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6....

Madhatter | April 17, 12:46 CET

I saw this before and was aghast. It reminded me of a bit from The Specials in which the heroes all got their own action figures, most of which had gone horribly, horribly wrong. This is the fifth grade fanfic of action figures.

Ocular | April 17, 17:30 CET

It's almost "Lego figure" bad.

Maybe THIS is how we can get a 'Verse show on air! Forget "Buffy Animated", make "Buffy Lego Figure Animated"! Just like the Monty Python Holy Grail in Lego that's on the DVD! Maybe Seth can do a few scenes on Robot Chicken?

zz9 | April 17, 21:16 CET

I wonder if they are planning a "Power Angel" series with Angel in skimpy outfits with impressive codpieces? This could be just the thing to reinvigorate David Boreanaz's interest in playing the character.

Serapion | April 18, 05:55 CET

Hahahahahah, these are so bad they're fantastic! I would buy one of these just for a laugh. 'Cept of course I don't want my dosh going to bootleggers. I love the big breasts. What a crack up. :)

nixygirl | April 18, 06:14 CET

These have definitely been around for quite a while as one of my friends got one for Christmas a few years ago. It caused us great amusement, I had forgotten about it until this link so thanks for that :)

Paul_Rocks | April 18, 18:00 CET

OMG, I NEED a barf bag!!!

The horror! The horror! The utter horror of those monstrosities!

I'm traumatized...

Emma Frost | April 19, 11:17 CET

Buffy the Pneumatic Slayer. "Charmed" meets BtVS. This melts my brain. Gone!

catalyst2 | April 19, 12:51 CET

If anyone in the room has a question on figures, please give me a call. That's all.

Madhatter | April 19, 23:00 CET

And a hair color for every day of the week. Brilliant.

blutortu | April 21, 01:55 CET

Cordelia Chase, your comments made me laugh even more than those crazy Buffy's! I have tears in my eyes.

buffbuff | April 21, 22:44 CET