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Hakuta imported and merchandised the Wacky Wall Walker, [1] [2] one of the best selling toys of the 1980s. The Wacky Wall Walker became a fad hit in 1983, and over 240 million units have sold. In 1983, NBC aired an animated Christmas special, Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls, to capitalize on the toy fad. [3]
This created a buzz, and people in the Washington area flooded local stores to purchase them. As the fad began to decline, over 200 million Wacky WallWalkers had been sold, raking in about 20 million dollars. [3] Because of his success, Hakuta became a consultant for other fad inventors, calling himself "Dr. Fad". [4]
The special is inspired by the Wacky WallWalker toys that were imported from Japan and merchandised by Ken Hakuta in 1982. [1] The toys are small plastic octopus-like figures molded out of a sticky elastomer ; when thrown against a wall, the figures slowly "walk" down as the appendages briefly adhere to the surface.
Skylanders epitomized the larger fad of toys-to-life, video games that included figurines that could interact with the game. BUY NOW. Getty Images. 2013: Rainbow Loom.
The Fender Bender 500 segment is a spin-off of Wacky Races, as well as a crossover series featuring characters from The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, The Yogi Bear Show, Top Cat, The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, The Magilla Gorilla Show, The Secret Squirrel Show, and Wacky Races. 50 episodes Syndication 154
Image credits: drawerofdrawings Lastly, D.C. Stuelpner shared with us the most rewarding aspects of being a comic artist: “A lot of my work-for-hire art jobs never see the light of day.
Doctor Fate (also known as Fate) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.The first version was originally created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, debuting in More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940).
Doctor Fate (also known as Dr. Fate, Immortal Doctor Fate, and Fate) is a series of American comic books published by DC Comics, featuring the superhero of the same name. Since its debut in 1985, various series introduced different incarnations of the character and has undergone multiple relaunches throughout its publication history, aiming to ...