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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.
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Dr. Tachyon is a geneticist from the planet Takis, whose people naturally developed various telepathic powers. Interbreeding among these psionic peoples created a royal caste system with various specified powers. Tachyon's royal House Ilkazam created what human doctors called "Xenovirus Takis-A"—the Wild Card virus.
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