Odious Ogre ! What an awe inspiring name !! LJN produced a line of PVC non poseable figures for TSR and in 1982, they produced the Odious Ogre complete with a spellbook treasure. This orange skinned, green haired monster was one of my favorites back in the day. Of course, any monster with treasure was in demand !
The PVC AD&D figures required a bit of imagination. Stuck in a pose, you really have to integrate movement into play instead of articulate it. These PVC figures are a bit rough around the edges as far as detail goes. Honestly, they look hand sculpted, but their play value is certainly is not diminished at all by it. Heck, being made from a big chunk of plastic , they are pretty durable !
The PVC figures pale in comparison to the articulated line but add so much play value to them. A horde of rubber monsters for the adventurers to beat up on, what more could you want ! These figures were also a gateway toy for the WWF Superstars Non Poseable Wrestlers, coincidentally made by LJN !
I never had this one. Always wanted one. I always thought the regular line and this one were not supposed to be together...For SOME weird reason.
ReplyDeleteActually, I know what you mean. There is a disconnect between the lines. The PVC line has human characters and such. The difference in quality is stark! My opinion is that they produced the PVC line, then conceived the action figure line and improved upon it. IDK, mayber there is a sepeartion between em.
DeleteAh now we have some memories here! I had this very toy way back when and he was always a minion of Warduke.
ReplyDeleteWarduke got all the good minions !
DeleteAwesome figure!
ReplyDeleteThanks ! This is one of my favorites !
DeleteStill got this bad boy, and most of the other PVC ones in my attic, they are durable and hurt if dropped on your fort :)
ReplyDeleteYES ! Very heavy and hurt ! Pull those guys out of storage and display em !!
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