Freaky Flickers (toyline)
Freaky Flickers was a toyline created by Toy Toy Toys, Inc..
Premise[edit | edit source]
In the outrageous lab of the eccentric Doctor Flick A curious discovery was made
Dr. Flick was working on an amazing new rubber compound when he noticed something bizarre in his petrie dish. It was an oddball world inhabited by the Freakiest characters he had ever seen. These microscopic creatures were spinning, blocking, bombing and bouncing all over the place. Dr. Flick accidentally spilt his new bouncy rubber into the dish and Kersplat!!!!! The freaky scene began to grow. The little critters seemed to be absorbing the rubber compound and the characters fashioned themselves special gear as they grew. And just like that they weren’t so little anymore. This is how they came to be Freaky Flickers.
History[edit | edit source]
The product was distributed in the USA and Canada by Interactive Toy. Interactive Toy is a Canadian based toy company who is a leader in the RC market. They will be launching Freaky Flickers in the city of Chicago IL in October 2009. Several major retailers have committed to carrying the product line.
Peasy Toys was the master distributor for Freaky Flickers in the UK and the rest of Europe.
Peter and David Gantner created Freaky Flickers in 2005 by Gant Turn LLC. in Arizona. One of the first molds created was of a dinosaur, and the first prototype was the inspiration for Moby Flick and Chomp the Shark. Brian Paulus' P&P Motorsports announced a partnership with Toy Toy Toys, Inc. to promote the new Freaky Flickers line. Peter Gantner stated, "Both Brian and Dawne (Pender) are into doing things to promote the sport of sprint cars to kids. Brian also has some really cool characters of his own, (the Who Monster) and more in the works that can be made into flickers. It will get the name out to the many thousands of fans at the Knoxville Nationals as well as the millions that will be watching the event on Speed Channel. There are some very creative things we can do to promote this product through the racing program and are excited to be working with P&P Motorsports."
Decline[edit | edit source]
The line was a total failure, commercially and financially. As of 2012, most sites about the line have closed down (key information with them), and information on the line has decreased to little more than this very Wiki.
The line's failure may have had something to do with another line that had been around near the time Freaky Flickers was introduced, this line having to do with the flicking of... something else. Its decline might also be contributed to the fact that most kids just weren't interested in it when there were so many more interesting toylines such as Transformers or My Little Pony. But the most likely reason for the line's failure may have been that, because it went well in test markets, the creators assumed it was "the new toy craze", and marketed it as such, even going as far as to attempt an entire feature film based on it. Of course, saying you're really popular when everyone knows you're not isn't exactly going to get you anywhere.
Whatever the reason, other toylines or the nonexistent "phenomenon" it kept shoving down our throats, Freaky Flickers simply didn't survive.
Creation Process[edit | edit source]
- Clean the plastic.jpg
- Freaky Flicker mold.jpg
- Freaky flickers parts.jpg
- Loading the- machine1.jpg
- Molding freaky flickers.jpg
- Polish-the-freaky-flickers-.jpg
- The machine.jpg
Examples[edit | edit source]
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