Cute little bounty hunters - Does it get any better?

As has been shown previously, I have an unnatural love of 4-LOM. That insectoid bounty hunter who gets only .002 second of screen time but has lasted a lifetime in my heart. You can take your C-3P0, your EV-9D9 - Give me 4-LOM.

This little bugger came out as part of Medicom's Star Wars Series 1 Kubrick Line.

4-LOM even comes with a cute little blaster rifle.

Not too much else to say about this guy - what an adorable robotic death messenger!

This is one of 4 sets made by Medicom in 2002. Each set featured a Lightcycle, a figure, and some third item.

Have I mentioned that I am a total TRON nerd? Oh man, I love that movie, and because I am an obsessive collector, I have to buy all TRON merchandise I can get my hands on.

This is one of 4 sets made by Medicom in 2002. Each set featured a Lightcycle, a figure, and some third item. This set (Set C) contains:

• Warrior with staff
  
  
• Recognizer
  
  
• Yellow Lightcycle
  
  

Yes, that’s right, a RECOGNIZER toy! How cool is that? The recognizer actually has two modes; flight mode and attack mode, where the legs come together to smash opponents. Medicom really pulled this off well. They even managed to make the parts of the toy look like they were floating by using a piece of clear acrylic to hold it all together. Genius.

The Lightcycle is equally cool. While smaller than the TOMY version, this Lightcycle still looks just like it did in the movie. The canopy is removable, but there is no seat for a figure. One cool addition is the addition of a motion trail. It’s a plastic piece that replicates the trail left behind the Lightcycles as they raced around the game grid.

The warrior figure is your average Kubrick. The sculpt and paint are great, and it comes with a staff.

I got lucky with this set. I stumbled upon it on a clearance shelf in a Tokyo Toy store for a measly 500 yen. Now I have to hunt down the other sets….

Maximillian comes from the Disney live action movie The Black Hole. It is part of Medicom's Disney Characters Series 6 Kubricks.

Kubricks are small toys based around a common block frame. Maximillian doesn't look like a Kubrick at first, but separate the halves and you will notice a Kubrick upper torso inside. He's about 3" tall, and comes with a clear stand.

Maximillian's head and arms rotate, and the legs pivot on hinges. Some assembly is required.

Old B.O.B. comes from the 1979 Disney movie "The Black Hole". Bob is one of the last service robots left on the U.S.S. Cygnus, a spaceship from earth. Voiced by Slim Pickens, Old Bob helps the heroes escape from Dr. Hans Reinhardt, who is bent on traveling through a Black Hole.

Medicom Toys of Japan released Old B.O.B. as part of it's Disney Kubrick line. He comes from series 5, and you have an 8% chance of getting him (The boxes are not marked as to which figure is inside.). Disney introduced a Maximillian figure in wave 6, so we can only hope for a V.I.N.CENT. in wave 7. these are the first new Black Hole toys since the Mego toys from the 80s.

Kubricks are blocky little action figures, all based off of the same body style. What makes Old Bob a Kubrick? Well, if you remove his top, there is a Kubrick chest piece inside. Check out a picture here.

Old Bob comes packed in a small box, wrapped in plastic, His only accessory is the clear stand, and you have to assemble his one leg. He has virtually no articulation, save for his rotating head. It's a beautiful sculpt, although a little cleaner than he looks in the movie.

This 3 pack was sold to promote the 2001 film "Battle Royale" starring "Beat" Takeshi Kitano. It features 3 characters - Kitano (played by Takeshi Kitano) an unnamed male student, and an unnamed female student. Kitano comes with a butterfly knife, the male comes with a shotgun and the female comes with a handgun.

Also included in the set is a map of the island and a green LED pen light, both enclosed in a clear vinyl zip-lock, that looks just like the one they had in the movie.

These kubricks also came packaged singularly, with battle damage stickers. you could stick little wound stickers all over the figure to replicate your favorite scenes from the movie.