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CONAN EXCLUSIVE: THOR SCANDAL! Marvel Toys steals from Conan! Reported By: Randy Jennings Thursday, December 18, 2003 A couple of nights ago, I was out Christmas shopping at a Walmart (for your mom), when I cruised by one discount aisle with Marvel action figures. I'm not much of a Marvel fan but something did catch my eye. It was a massive and muscular Thor figure. Naturally I thought of Arnold and picked it up for a good laugh. Soon I was shocked as I discovered this WAS Arnold! You really need to see these figures to believe it for yourself. Obviously this toy sculptor, in charge of Thor,
was a huge Arnold fan and I would not be surprised if he is reading this story now. Thor's face IS Arnold's. The
exact same mouth, eyes and more. It gets better.Each figure comes with a special stand. Thor's was a mound of skeletons and battle armor. First I noticed a skeleton wearing a cool Conan-esque helmet. Nice, I thought. Then I saw Rexor's Helmet. CROM, what an outrage to steal from Conan! Then I got a real shock when I rotated the package and made out all the rest: there was Thorgrim's hammer, the Atlantean sword clutched by a skeleton, Conan's Ax and even the Father's Sword - speared through the rib cage of another! I suggest for all you Conan collectors - you go run out and snag one of these figures and collector stands before Conan properties sues the pants off of Marvel! I bought it and plan on customizing my own Conan figure. Just decapitate Thor's head(in perfect Arno likeness), cut off the wings on his helmet and give him a new body. Display him proudly on one bad-ass collector stand! ![]() ![]() ![]() ----------
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