We stumbled across this Italian company called SUK S.R.L., looking to get their product picked up in the US. While unknown here, their properties are big in Europe.
Enter VIRUS ATTACK. It's a line of collectable trading figures supported by a game and a cartoon which airs on Cartoon Network in Italy. I can't say much about the show, but the trading figures are INSANE.
Check these out. They come blind bagged or in multi-packs. Each has a firm rubber (think MUSCLE FIG) core figure with a soft sticky removable rubber outer shell.
Peeling the skin back is an amazing feeling, and you can take the outer part off and stick them to walls if you like.
There's a few different kinds of mini figures also - You have your humanoid type, which are the heroes, the aforementioned dual layer figures, and you also have these figures that can "eat" small scale rubber parts such as small boats, cars, and things like that.
But wait, there's more. There are also larger size rubber figures with clear insides that have parts floating in them, and even vehicles that can eat up the virus figures.
It's just an amazing toy line that really hits all the right points with me. Let's hope these get picked up for US distribution otherwise, we will all be importing them from Italy.
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7 comments postedthis looks really interesting. mostly falls into impulse purchase territory for me but some of those look great.
Those look great, I only worry that the sticky shelled ones will get filthy and/or dry out over time.
Just wash it in soapy water and its like new again
These look so freaking cool. I love the big muscly one with the tattered cape piece on top of it.
These are SOOOOO cool! I need all of them. I love the multi-media aspect of the hard figures with soft covers and accessories, and the in-scale human fighters.
Holy crap I want a million of these things!
We can contact Toys-R-Us, Walmart, Target, & K-mart to encourage them
to put these cool toys on their shelves.
Toys-R-Us >> http://www.toysrus.com/helpdesk/index.jsp?display=store&subdisplay=contact&stillHaveQuestion=yes
1-800-ToysRUs (1-800-869-7787)
Walmart does not have an online Contact form
>> their customer service number : 1-800-Walmart (1-800-925-6278)
It might be better to contact their corporate headquarters by snail mail :
Walmart Home Office
702 SW 8th Street
Bentonville, Arkansas 72716-8611
Target >> https://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/page.jsp?title=legal_contact_us
1-800-440-0680
K-mart >> their e-mail >> help@customerservice.kmart.com
1-866-KMART-4U (1-866-562-7848), from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. (CT) Monday - Sunday
I sent a letter to each of them. Hopefully we can get them all to carry Virus Attack.