Maybe it’s the new presidential term, the recent election, or LINCOLN’s buzzy Oscar run, but politics are certainly in the air, and with Presidents’ Day coming up (February 18th for those planning parties), Heroes in Action is getting in on the action with a slew of new toys depicting politicians as monsters. There’s Hilary Clinton as Hillvira, Sarah Palin as Van Palin, Abraham Lincoln as Lincolnstein, and many more (my favorite? General Eisenhowler or Igor Algor).
To commemorate “Presidents’ Day” 2013 later this month, noted toy company Heroes in Action Toys will unveil some of the newest entries in its wacky “Presidential Monsters” toy line during Toy Fair 2013 at the Javitz Convention Center (Feb. 10-13) in New York City. The “Presidential Monsters” toy line pays tribute, in “monstrous parody,” to many U.S. Presidents and other popular U.S. Government notables throughout the course of American history. Heroes in Action Toys will be exhibiting at Toy Fair: BOOTH # 5032.
Among the new action figures the company will unveil will be Hillary Clinton as “Hillvira – Secretary of Stake,” a female vampire. Another new action figure will be Sarah Palin as “Van Palin”—in a spoof on monster fighter “Van Helsing.” Unsuccessful 2012 President hopeful Mitt Romney becomes “Romney, The Robot” – a classic sci-fi robot, George Washington is portrayed as a Ghost with his “Spirit of ‘76” action figure toy, and Abraham Lincoln becomes “Lincolnstein.”
Other new entries within the “Presidential Monsters” toy line will be:
- “Dr. Benjamin Franklinstein” – Ben Franklin as a Mad Scientist
- “Algor” – Former VP Al Gore as Lab Assistant “Igor”
- “Jacksferatu” – Andrew Jackson as an Ancient Vampire
- “Yeti Roosevelt” – President Teddy Roosevelt as a Yeti monster
- “General Eisenhowler” – Ike as a Wolfman
- “Jimmy Pea Nutz” – Jimmy Carter as a “psycho”
- “Martian Van Buren” – the late president Martin VB as a Vintage TV Martian
- “Young Frankenford” – Gerald Ford as a Frankenstein
- “U-Headless S. Grant” – Ulysses Grant as a Headless Horseman
- “Lyndon After Midnight” – a spoof of President LBJ
These new figures, which range in price from $ 19.99 to $ 24.99, join a number of previously existing “Presidential Monsters” from the Heroes in Action Toys line, first launched in 2011. (To view these toys see: www.presidentialmonsters.com Previously existing toys include:
- “Baracula” — President Obama as Dracula
- “Wolf Bill” — President Bill Clinton as a Wolfman
- “ZomBush” — President George W. Bush as a Zombie
- “Monster from the Watergate Lagoon” – President Nixon as a “fish monster”
- “The Phantom of the White House” – President Kennedy as “The Phantom of The Opera”
- “The Ronmy”—President Ronald Reagan as “The Mummy”
