Comments on: Kong King by Imperial Toy

By: Puppatoons

Puppatoons — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:01:09 +0000

OH! I still have this very same dinosaur–I got him at McCrory’s when I was a kid, and I remember him seeming so HUGE in my little hands. Even the display box he was in advertised them all as GIANT DINOSAURS.
His name is Thor, and for a while he sat on my desk at work…when I had a job.:(

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:51:17 +0000

@ Simon – Thanks for the support, Glad you like the site.

@ Fae Cthulu – Funny that we both did the mouth chewing thing. A modern dinosaur toy would growl, animate and have a chewing action all activated by the press of a button. Also, it wouldn’t be hollow, because it’d be filled with electronics.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:47:25 +0000

Wow, thanks for the insight AsianFan. Good to know. That’s pretty funny and coincidental. (I’m taking your word for it by the way.)

By: AsianFan

AsianFan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:02:47 +0000

Amazingly, in Asia KING KONG is called KONG KING. Kong actually means King in Korean whereas King has no meaning.

The more you know!

By: Fae Cthulhu

Fae Cthulhu — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:34:29 +0000

I totally had one of those dinosaurs when I was a kid, back in the eighties. I would attack the Star Wars figures with it for some reason, and the simulated chewing mouth movement was a must for me too.

By: Spok-spok

Spok-spok — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:47:47 +0000

I had a gorilla like that when I was a kid.

By: SIMON

SIMON — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:33:12 +0000

Hey Justin!
I just have to say WOW! All you’ve done on this site is so AWESOME!

best,
Simon

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:44:51 +0000

Thanks for the tip Bubba Shelby.

The car in Kong’s hand was a nice touch. Too bad I don’t have any small cars lying around.

By: BubbaShelby

BubbaShelby — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:15:54 +0000

I got that same Kong last year. It is an officially licensed King Kong, and I think it was released in ‘85 or thereabouts.

Check out my post: http://toyriffic.blogspot.com/2008/06/da-da-da-daaaaimperial.html

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:05:06 +0000

Man, your toy sounds so much cooler. I wish I’d found a roaring, laser-eyed gorilla toy instead.

By: Mistuh_thye

Mistuh_thye — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:27:43 +0000

I have a very similar Gorilla figure except it has two red led lights for eyes and a button on his chest. When you push the button he kind of makes a weird snoring/growling/moaning noise and his eyes flash on and off for a few seconds. It’s made of hard plastic too. but the sculpt looks to be the same.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:56:39 +0000

Wow. Good find.

I hadn’t even thought about that dinosaur until I started writing this blog entry.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:55:56 +0000

i actually JUST bought that same exact dino for 75 cents at a peddler’s mall in kentucky