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[popculturizm]

Hi can't find anything about this one, premium? soft rubber - unpainted

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[popculturizm]

Hi can't find anything about this one, premium? soft rubber - unpainted

Figured it out, most likely a Hardee’s “Dinosaur In My Pocket” cool that it's in second series "pink" plastic

Edited by popculturizm, 12 December 2009 - 07:35 PM.

[Strontium Dog]

Are the Hardee's figures "official" MIMP then? There doesn't seem to be much attention devoted to them by the collecting community, and the numbering of the figures themselves is way out of kilter with the established order.

[Rick]

Are the Hardee's figures "official" MIMP then? There doesn't seem to be much attention devoted to them by the collecting community, and the numbering of the figures themselves is way out of kilter with the established order.

Yes, they're definitely official MIMP figures.

However, they're kind of like prototypes: the four Hardee's dinos (unpainted) were later replaced by the first four dinos from Series-6 (painted). If the unpainted Series-4 figures were released before the painted Series-4 figures were, then that might be a fair analogy - except that these 4 dinos were also completely re-sculpted for Series-6 (and one of them was even renamed: "Brontosaurus" was corrected to "Apapotsaurus").

You're right: there isn't much interest in the Hardee's dinos, despite the fact that the Hardee's dinos might be even rarer than the "Secret Skeleton" dinos!! Rare doesn't necessarily mean valuable. It's probable, though, that most collectors aren't even aware of the Hardee's dinos; this might explain their low demand and thus their low value.

The numbering of the Hardee's dinos is, in fact, perfectly sequential. The MIMP line goes directly from "Super Creepy"/Series-5 figure #144 to Hardee's dino #145. However, the numbering of the Hardee's dinos is a bit unusual in the sense that numbers 145-148 occur twice: with the Hardee's dinos and, later, within Series-6. This is the only instance I know of where the same numbers were used more than once - on different figures. (There was some unusual numbering of the later figures on the MIMP "Fact Cards", but that's a whole separate discussion.)

Hi, I got the pink Hardees dino from popculturizm. Does anyone have the other 3, I'd like to have the complete set.

[BaltanII]

I think Marty/THEGODBEAST had the Tyrannosaurus for a while, but since his pics aren't updated, I don't know if he still does or not. Used to have a sealed Hardees Stegosaurus too, but I'm sure that's gone.