Toyriffic reader Aleksandur contacted me last week to let me know he found the Imaginext Series 3 Blind Bagged figures at a Target in Pasadena California, had bought the whole wave, and had cracked the code (so you don't have to!)
On the back left top of the packages, there is a number embossed in the packaging. Catch the light just right and you can read it to see what you will get without having to resort to the oh-so-embarrassing 'squeeze method'!
34 - Gill-Man/Creature from the Black Lagoon
35 - Zombie
36 - Guy with fur hat and swords(Cossack?)
37 - Skateboarder
38 - Punk Rock Guitarist
39 - Vampire/Dracula
40 - Hazmat Suit Guy/Walter White
41 - Bomb Squad Guy
Aleksandur also sent along these pics!
Before I was able to make this post, I found the wave at Target while out shopping with my sister and nephew. Thanks to Aleksandur's codes, my nephew and I were able to find just what we wanted. Thanks to my sister, I didn't even need to pay for them! Sometimes having an older sister has it's advantages.
Below are the ones I grabbed:
Bomb Technician ala 'Hurt Locker.' What a crazy figure! Imaginext pretty much steers clear of military themes, and while this guy could be working for the police department, his green costume is far more military looking than policeman blue. This guy comes with a robot for dis-arming bombs, and it even pops into a peg on his back, making him top heavy but a neat feature for carrying his robot around when not in use.
My next 'must have' was this figure clearly inspired by the Creature from the Black Lagoon. His helmet even has modled 'bubbles' so it appears his dome is full of water! Brilliant!
Without his helmet he is a pretty fair representation of The Creature, without crossing any copyright lines.
"Eeeeevvvviiillllllll!"
Probably the craziest figure in the history of Imaginext is this guy in Hazmat suit who is undeniably inspired by...
MethMaster Walter White from 'Breaking Bad.' An incredibly inappropriate character for a line aimed at kids aged 3 to 8, which means it's exactly the kind of thing I had to own!
And speaking of things inappropriate for pre-schoolers...
There was some speculation as to why a zombie would wear a one-eye-hole sack over his head and carry a weed-whacker. Then someone over at
AFI pointed out that in the Friday the 13th film series,
Jason Vorhees not only wore a single-eye-hole sack over his head before his Stanley Cup fandom began, but he also used a weed-whacker at one point to kill some hapless victim who shouldn't have 'gone in there' in the first place.
Without the sack...well, it's a zombie. Which is incredibly cool. But the Friday the 13th inspirations push him right over the top!
This stuff is insane! I hope the Imaginext designers continue to push the limits as the blind bagged series continues!