Funskool Quick Kick

I'm not a Quick Kick fan.  I never have been.  Even back in 1985, I didn't find much use for the figure.  I had Snake Eyes to engage in epic sword fights with Stormshadow.  So, I had no need for another guy who wasn't part of the story and really didn't fit the ninja aesthetic of the time.  This was not the case for my peers, though.  They loved Quick Kick.  One of them loved him a bit too much and overused him to a great extent. But, to me, the character never really mattered all that much.  He simply wasn't someone around whom I could build adventures.  And, his only real use was as a generic civilian type militant who would get wasted by the Joes or Cobras when they tried to attack.

Much of my malaise towards the figure, though, was due to simple timing and luck.  For me, it was good luck.  For Quick Kick, it was bad luck.  Back in 1985, I found the new Snake Eyes figure very early in the year.  He was among the first 6 or 7 figures I acquired that year.  This was an anomaly as I had been very lucky to find an unstocked case of Joes on the floor of our local Toys R Us.  Inside was a Snake Eyes.  With Snake Eyes in hand, there was no way that Quick Kick was ever going to matter.  For my friends, though, this wasn't the case.  One of them had to wait until nearly Christmas to get his Snake Eyes figure.  With no other foil to his Stormshadow, Quick Kick became an integral figure to his collection.  Had I not found Snake Eyes on that fateful spring day 40 years ago, I might have found the same importance for Quick Kick.  Fate's cruel hand, though, dealt Quick Kick a fatal blow from which he hasn't recovered.

As I came online, though, I learned that many collectors view Quick Kick in a manner that's closer to that of my childhood friend than they do to me.  For many, Quick Kick was the only option to battle against Stormshadow.  And, he may have even been their only figure who carried edged weapons.  And, in this context, Quick Kick would be a vital childhood memory.  I, still, could not find much value in the figure.  He's among the least photographed figures from my childhood sweet spot of 1984-1987.  That doesn't mean, though, that he's a bad figure.  Quick Kick features all of the quality that was evident on other members of the 1985 figure class.  He is a cohesive design that creates a memorable character.  He just wasn't one that resonated with me.

But, seeing other collectors enjoy the character has, at least, gotten me to examine him on more than one occasion.  I feel it worthwhile to challenge my pre-conceived notions about figures...especially those from childhood.  Maybe I missed something.  And, as I've collected for over 3 decades, now, it's worth going back and trying to uncover an aspect of a toy that I may have overlooked or simply not appreciated as a child.  I find this a valuable exercise since it leads to self discovery as well as identifying items I've owned for years that can feel new and exciting again as they capture my attention.

With that in mind, I decided to take another look at Quick Kick.  He was the subject of a theme month at ARAHGallery.com and that gave me an opportunity to photograph his various versions.  I had a bit of fun with the various releases that I own.  As Quick Kick isn't an often participant in my photoshoots, I thought of a few ideas for him.  While R.T.G. has found success foiling Quick Kick against 1987 Cobra villains, I didn't find such a pairing.  Due to his release year, I see Quick Kick as more a pairing with more of the traditional Joes instead of the martial artists.  But, Quick Kick doesn't really match up with the missions on which Flint and Footloose would lead.  So, this still left the character with no real purpose and no real home.  In a couple of years, I'll try again and see if he captures my attention, then.

Quick Kick was a world traveler.  After Hasbro was done with the mold,  he was released in both Brazil and Argentina.  Both of these figures have coloring variants to the Hasbro and Indian figures.  Brazil even produced a large number of Quick Kick figures that were then available from Hasbro Direct as a mail away offer in the early 1990's.  These figures are identical to the Estrela figure released in Brazil.  But, they are fairly common and cheap, today.  Finally, Quick Kick went to India where Funskool released him for a long time.  An oddball figure using Quick Kick's body and Budo's head was even released as a Funskool promotional figure.  Hasbro never bothered to ask for the mold back.  And, Quick Kick was even among the Funskool figures who got a re-release in 2009.  The mold is, likely, still in India.  Maybe someone will resurrect it one day.  But, we probably have all the Quick Kick figures we need at this point.

At his core, the Funskool Quick Kick isn't all that much different from the Hasbro version.  The skin tone is more pink.  The pants are a shinier black.  And, in general, the accent colors of red and blue are more vibrant on the Indian figure.  The paint applications tend to be a little sloppier than Hasbro's.  So, there's really nothing that this Funskool release offers that you don't also get with the Hasbro version.  So, it's really just a bragging point or international Joe collectors and a figure to cross off a list.  

The Funskool version includes the same accessories as the Hasbro version.  The nunchuks are more flimsy than the Hasbro versions and feature a very thin chain that breaks easily.  The sword isn't as hefty as the Hasbro release, either.  It's noticeable when you have them both together.  His backpack is a dark black instead of the grey from the Hasbro release.  It's the most visually distinctive difference.  I'm loathe to use the nunchuks due to the fragility.  And, if the plastic dries out, they'll likely snap even if I've never used them.  I do like giving Quick Kick's sword to Budo as an alternative look for him.  That's about the most use I've ever gotten from the weapons.

There are many variants of the Funskool Quick Kick figure.  As he was in production for a long time, color nuances became the norm.  Generally, figures with very pink sashes are the rarest and most desirable.  Excellently conditioned samples can run upwards of $500.  Those variants, though, were not among the widely imported Funskool figures from 2001 and onwards.  All Funskool figure pricing on common figures from that era is stupid right now.  Quick Kick was available from American dealers for years and years.  Which makes sense that people trying to sell the figure in the $40-$50 range don't tend to do well.  But, supply is still very low.  So, you see carded figures sell for upwards of $50 all too often.  Left to market pricing, Quick Kick is about a $30 MOC figure...which is still way too  much for a figure of this stature and supply.

You can get a mint and complete Hasbro Quick Kick for about the same price as a carded Funskool version.  While a loose Funskool Quick Kick will be a lot cheaper, they are also harder to find.  So, it's probably worth it to just solve your Quick Kick needs with a Hasbro figure and call it a day.  I have this figure because he was $4: like every other Funskool figure that you overpay for today.  He was worth that price to me.  But, he wouldn't be worth much more.  But, it's also likely that my take on Quick Kick was forged by experiences that few others share.  So, to them, this figure has much more value.  And, if the character is important to you, having the option of another international variant makes collecting him much more fun and interesting. 

Rarities - 2009 Funskool Carded Figures

Funskool stopped producing Joe figures in 2004.  Sales had been slipping for a while.  So, the line was cancelled even though Funskool had some additional new figures slated to appear later that year.  However, in 2009, Funskool fired up the molds again in an attempt to cash in on the G.I. Joe movie.  They re-introduced several figures from molds they still had in their possession.  While there were no "new" figures produced, they did create several more minor variants of their existing paint schemes.  On top of the oddball figure and accessory changes, each figure featured a new cardback with an explosion more akin to the pre-1986 version on Hasbro cards.

These figures were not heavily imported to the US.  Dealers didn't really bother with them as, at the time, most of the figures in the assortments were still pretty common.  And, many US dealers were still dealing with overstock from their Funskool buys more than 5 years earlier.  As there were no "new" figures in the assortment, there wasn't much incentive for anyone to really track them down.  A few people did import some cases.  And, those are the source of most of these figures today.  In 2009, no on really thought that Trip Wire would become a $200 figure.  But, the Funskool market of the 2020's has proven to have a short memory of what were once common and pegwarming figures. 

The assortment that was released doesn't really have a theme beyond the molds that Funskool still had.  We had a pretty good idea of which molds Funskool returned to Hasbro in 2003 just due to the last production run of bagged figures that Funskool ran.  But, seeing Scrap Iron in here was a surprise.  But, we've long known that the 2004 Hasbro Scrap Iron was a brand new sculpt.  So, maybe his retention by Funskool shouldn't have been so unexpected.

The cardbacks were updated to show the new figures that were put into production.  Some feature just 11 figures.  While others feature 17.  There are 18 total figures in the series.  The one figure difference is because Funskool did not put the actual character who you were buying onto the cardback.  So, Scrap Iron doesn't appear on the Scrap Iron cardback while Blaster does.  But, on the Blaster cardback, Scrap Iron does appear but Blaster does not.

Desert Scorpion

Back in February of 2001, the Funskool Desert Scorpion was among the first cheap Funskool figures I ever bought.  The Desert Scorpion is another figure that doesn't have many variants.  It's also a figure that's gotten somewhat expensive in recent years.  This later release doesn't appear to be materially different from the earlier figures, though.  This figure features the 11 back card.

Budo:

Budo has a variety of subtle coloring variants.  He also has an upper arm variant.  You'll note the very dark hair on this version and that his upper arms do not have the red pockets.

Scrap Iron:

In 2004, it was somewhat assumed that Scrap Iron was returned to Funskool.  However, when the 2004 Scrap Iron figure was released by Hasbro, it was obvious that they had made an all new mold for the character.  Funskool kept the figure.  Scrap Iron was among the first Funskool figures to appear in the 1990's.  After he was taken out of production, he appeared again in 2002.  Now, he's also appeared in the 2009/2010 timeline.  

Blaster:

Blaster is one of the biggest and easiest variants to notice.  The Roadblock machine gun has been removed and replaced with a black version of Mercer's rifle.  It makes you wonder if Funskool returned the 1992 Roadblock gun mold to Hasbro when they returned the figure mold.  And, if that's the case, it really makes you wonder why Hasbro didn't release it with either of the 1992 Roadblock repaints they released in 2004 and 2005.

Deep Six:

There's no obvious differences between this Deep Six and those made earlier.  Surely, though, there are slight shading differences.

Dialtone: 

The original Funskool Dialtone has an upper arm variant.  There are color shading differences on his chest, too.  As the Tunnel Rat mold was returned to Hasbro, this 2009 version features different upper arms than the most common early 2000's era figures.

Tripwire:

Tripwire is probably the most desirable figure from the 2009/2010 releases.  While he was always interesting, the figure has taken on a spectacular aftermarket appreciation in recent years.  This late version features the new explosion back but also has a variant filecard.  The 2003 era figures have a more closely cropped picture of Tripwire on the filecard.  The figure itself does have variations on the "Bomb Squad" text on his chest.

General Hawk:

There are many variants on General Hawk's red/orange highlights.  So, it's likely these are different than the earlier releases.  As General Hawk debuted in 2001, most of his figures tend to be of very poor quality and feature bad paint masks and construction issues.  I do need to pick up one of these General Hawks and see if the quality is improved.

Mainframe:

Continuing the theme, Mainframe is pretty similar to his earlier releases.  Funskool Mainframe's are one of the few figures that's not known for its variants.  But, with just grey, black and silver, there's not a lot of color matching to create noticeable differences.

Wild Bill:

Wild Bill also debuted in 2001.  And, there are two main variants as the figure can have either black or silver sunglasses.  For the 2009 releases, all of them I've seen have featured the black glasses.  This is another figure, though, I'd like to compare to my earlier samples to find any other changes.

Croc Master:

Croc Master features quite a few shading differences among his figures.  It appears that the wrist guard on his right arm is a darker grey than earlier figures.  And, his upper arms appear to be changed, too.

Cobra Commander:

The Funskool Cobra Commander figure never really got popular.  That's likely due to the fact that the collectors who knew this mold as the character didn't really come of age until after the era of cheap Funskool was long over.  The original Funskool figure isn't know for variants.  And, this figure appears very similar to the original.

Sci Fi:

Sci Fi is known for his belt color variations.  This version would have to be checked against the earlier figures.  But, it's likely there's another variant in the later production run.

Lifeline:

Lifeline is another once common Funskool figure that has seen a sharp upturn in popularity and pricing in recent years.  I'm not sure why.  This version features yellow arms with a green chest.  I got this same combo back in 2001.  But, this 2009 version likely has color shading differences on his green plastic parts as well as the painted highlights.

Psyche Out:

The Funskool Psyche Out is great because it's an easy and still somewhat cheap way to get a complete version of this figure mold.  The Hasbro version has gotten expensive.  But, the Funskool has stayed affordable.  Sadly, though, the figures made in the early 2000's are starting to badly discolor, even if they've been taken care of.  Hopefully, the 2009 plastic is different.

Dodger:

The Funskool Dodger is fairly obscure.  Even during the Funskool heyday, you didn't see him often.  His face paint looks a bit different than the earlier figures.

Blocker:

Blocker doesn't appear all that different from his original release.  His card art features a weird dart coming out of his gun with some bubbles around it.  There are likely color shading differences between this figure and the earlier releases, though.

Quick Kick:

The Quick Kick mold has been around forever.  And, the Funskool variants have a ton of sash and belt color variants.  

There's the 18 figures that comprise the later run of Funskool figures.  At this point, Funskool could still have these molds and make more figures in the future.  Or, the molds could be gone.  We're not sure.  The fact that classic Joes didn't appear to coincide with the Snake Eyes movie in India, though, implies that there probably isn't a domestic market for these figures any longer.  Though, I wouldn't mind if Hasbro got a couple of these molds back and put them into production.  But, that will never, ever happen.

Funskool - Maltova Promotional Figures

Maltova is a chocolate drink marketed towards kids.  Funskool makes toys directed for the same market.  So, it was only natural that the two would team up for a cross promotion.  Funskool made some exclusive figures in the vein of the Calcium Sandoz figures that were either included with Maltova products or as a premium.  (Based on the ties on the packages, I lean towards them being attached to some product.)

I have no idea how many figures there might be.  Below are pics of a few of them.  Sadly, these figures have the same issues as other Funskool promotions in that they have crappy straight arms that make the otherwise exclusively terrible paint schemes less valuable for a loose collector.  But, for collectors in general, they are highly desirable and some will fetch stupidly high prices.  Each figure has a new code name included on the bio card.

Dial Tone (Navigator):

Here you have a 1994 Dial Tone torso and head that are colored similarly to the Funskool release of the figure.  It looks like he has Dodger legs.  But, I didn't look them up and am going from visual memory.  So, please offer corrections in the comments.

Cutter (Tracker):

This figure is one of the more interesting concoctions.  The figure uses the body of Cutter, but the Countdown head.  The coloring is reminiscent of both Cutter and the Funskool Grunt figure.  With swivel arms, this figure would simply be a must have.  It looks great and would be a perfect addition to either a Whale or Flagg crew.

Here's another oddball: a Quick Kick body with a Budo head.  The figure's name starts with Karate, but I can't see the rest.  I've never seen a Quick Kick custom using the Budo head and the design is kind of ingenious.  I'd easily buy this figure (if he had swivel arms) and I hate Quick Kick.  Sometimes, though, you strike gold.

Decoder:

The colors here are just iconic Funskool.  You have a Red Blocker head with an orange Psyche Out chest.  I'm not sure about the legs.  But, the whole ensemble is a great way to enjoy Funskool.

Croc Master (Snake Shadow):

This is probably the least interesting figure since it's a barely painted Croc Master.  Every other Croc Master release is better.  So, this figure would be an easy pass.

Budo (Scorpion):

Looks like Budo was a cheap mold to get into production.  This version isn't painted much at all, even though the colors of the base plastic are decent.  But, again, the production figures are better and this guy's value is as an oddity.

With all things Funskool, it's probable there are more variants out there.  But, all of these promotional figures are interesting looks at Funskool's attempts to entice new customers through other products.  Hasbro rarely did this in the Joe line.  But, they did go it.  And, Star Wars had an exclusive figure available with Fruit Loops cereal as recently as 1996.  So, there is ample precedent for such cross promotion. 

As a kid, my parents weren't too keen on tie ins if they were with brands that they did not, normally, buy.  But, I ate a ton of Fruit Loops in 1996 to get a couple of the Han Stormtroopers.  And, were even poorly articulated figures like these released as promotional items in the U.S., I'd most likely buy enough to get a full set.  But, that's what collectors do. 

Sigilo - Plastirama Quick Kick (Argentina)

The character of Quick Kick never really appealed to me.  Despite first appearing in the classic 1985 series, I never found the figure all that interesting.  As such, through the years, I mostly ignored Quick Kick's existence.  I acquired a complete one in an early lot of figures I bought and never really thought much about him.  However, as I turned towards foreign Joes as the major growth area for my collection, I found that Quick Kick had a large contingent of international releases.  Again, though, I heavily avoided these: spending my time acquiring figures I liked more instead.  In time, though, I realized that I would "need" to get the Quick Kick variants at some point.  So, when I found a dealer selling several Plastirama figures I was missing from my collection: I went ahead and added the Argentine version of Quick Kick (named Sigilo) to my collection.

Quick Kick was never really important to my childhood collection.  There's a few reasons for that.  The first is that his look was just too far out there.  A guy with bare feet and bare chest was tough for me to really get behind.  The second was that he only included a sword and nunchuks as weapons.  Had he been released in 1984 as an enemy to Storm Shadow, I might have found Quick Kick more interesting.  But, with the 1985 Snake Eyes as Storm Shadow's foil available the same calendar year, Quick Kick never stood a chance.  The final reason is more trivial.  But, one of my friends simply loved Quick Kick.  He was annoyingly attached to the figure.  (I suspect it was because he could not find the 1985 Snake Eyes at retail.  So, he didn't have Storm Shadow's natural enemy.  I recall him ordering Snake Eyes from either Sears or JC Penny's: getting several figures he already had since he couldn't find the figure he wanted at retail.)  He had Quick Kick out duel Snake Eyes.  This, to me, was ludicrous.  And, it helped sully the Quick Kick figure for me.

Yet, I did find uses for Quick Kick.  One of my favorite Special Missions adventures centers around Quick Kick and Stalker being trapped by South American terrorists.  From stories like this, I found that Quick Kick could have some value.  Yet, I found the figure constraining.  So, in time, Quick Kick joined the legion of nameless, faceless minions who would represent enemies of both Joe and Cobra.  He might be a radicalized student, a dissident or just a general terrorist.  He was joined by my broken figures, Dreadnoks and other knock offs in this role.  He also served as a stand in for Viet Cong soldiers during the time I was obsessed with "The 'Nam" comic book.

Beyond that, though, the figure never found a place.  Even as an adult, Quick Kick hasn't grabbed my attention.  I have few photos of him on the site and he rarely even makes a background appearance.  If I'm rattling off the 1985 lineup, Quick Kick will be the one figure I forget: even over the obscure Listen & Fun Tripwire.  The bare chest and feet don't really lend themselves to much usage.  And, Quick Kick's lack or firearm further limits his value.

The main differences between this figure and the American release are subtle.  Sigilo's (the name means Stealth) skin tone is definitively pinker than Quick Kick's.  That's the most noticeable difference.  He has a red belt with silver pockets.  These work better than the American colors and are more unifying in appearance since they also tie with the silver wrist gauntlets.  If you come across a loose Sigilo in the wild, he's different enough that an experienced collector will instantly recognize him as being different from the American figure.  But, he's still similar enough that he doesn't really bring anything to the Quick Kick character that you don't get from the Hasbro version.

Sigilo's accessories are the same as Quick Kick's.  The Plastirama backpack is a shiny black color.  (It's the common color of many Argentine accessories.)  The sword and nunchuks are still silver and are functionally indistinguishable from the Hasbro versions of the same gear.  Quality Control for these Plastirama figures can be spotty, though, and it's not uncommon to see carded Sigilo figures missing the nunchuks. The black pack is something different for the figure, but isn't really enough to be interesting.  But, at least the figure contains the full complement of gear.

Quick Kick was quite the world traveler.  Despite that, though, he never really got an interesting variant.  After his release in the U.S., Quick Kick appeared in Argentina and Brazil.  The Estrela release from Brazil is notable because Hasbro actually had Estrela produce a large quantity of Quick Kick figures that were made available to North American collectors via Hasbro Direct.  So, anyone who had a later mail away Quick Kick figure actually has the Brazilian variant.  Despite this major difference, these mail aways remain remarkably cheap.  Though, massive amounts of overstock were put into the collecting community that helps sate demand.  From Brazil, Quick Kick migrated to India.  There, Funskool produced a Quick Kick figure for many years.  Like both the Brazilian and Argentine versions of the mold, the Funskool figure is a very similar to the American release.  There are a few very difficult to find variants of the Funskool Quick Kick, the most famous being a version with a light pink sash.  It does not appear that Hasbro got the Quick Kick mold back from Funskool in the 2000's and it could still be there.  Frankly, I'd go for at least one variant of Quick Kick that gave us a substantially different visual from the other figures that were released around the world.  But, that's never going to happen, now.

In the early and mid 2000's, mint on carded Sigilo figures were ubiquitous on online auction and dealer sites.  They would sit, unsold for $10.  If you were patient, you could get them for half of that.  Sgto. Slaughter, Alado, Fuego and Sigilo comprised a quartet of completely undesirable figures that collectors ignored.  Slowly, though, the supply of all the Plastirama overstock has dried up.  These days, MOC Sigilos are around $25 figures.  Loose, they will run around $15 or so.  That's still pretty cheap.  But, there are tons of Quick Kick figures out there and most of them are similar enough that once you have one, you have them all.  But, you simply don't see Sigilo (or any of the once easy to find Plastirama figures) with the frequency you did just a decade ago.

If you are a foreign figure junkie like I am, this is good since you can still get a foreign variant for really cheap.  If you don't really care, it's good, too, since this Sigilo doesn't really offer anything you don't get with the regular Quick Kick version.  Since I'm still not a Quick Kick fan, this Sigilo just sits in a box with some other Plastirama figures.  He's fun to display with Sgto. Slaughter and Alado from time to time.  But, I rarely have occasion to pull him out and use him on his own merits.  Quick Kick is a character that's never resonated with me and the figure has kept him buried in my collection.  Having a foreign version of him is kind of fun.  But, in the end, this Sigilo is still constrained by the same issues as the American figure.  For those who like Quick Kick (and, he has a lot of fans) that's a good thing since it allows them more ways to collect a figure they enjoy.  For me, though, this figure checked a box and that's about the extent of his value to me.

1985 Quick Kick

I'll admit to the fact that I'm not much of a Quick Kick fan. As far as figures from 1985 go, he is probably my least favorite and is a figure for whom I've never had any significant role in my collection. But, even with all that, the figure is still remarkably well done and stands proudly next to the other, high quality releases from his year.

I never really used the Quick Kick figure all that much when I was a kid. My main memory of him occurs in late 1986, shortly after I acquired my Tomahawk. A friend of mine was over and we decided to have the Joes be in Vietnam. We needed a Viet Cong soldier so we took Quick Kick, gave him the V1 Snow Serpent's AK-47 and made Quick Kick the enemy. For many afterward, this was the role Quick Kick filled. He would be an affiliate of the Dreadnoks, an anarchist student or some other domestic terrorist who would plague the Joes. I just couldn't bring him into the Joe team. His bare feet and chest were just too much to overcome when trying to use him on a mission in the field.

I did, though, enjoy some of Quick Kick's adventures in the comic. His work in Borovia as well as in the issue of Special Missions with Stalker were great uses of the character. After reading these as a kid, I wanted a Quick Kick figure that was up to the character portrayed in the comic. I tried various body combinations with Quick Kick's head, but simply couldn't get anything to look right. So, the character faded away into obscurity and was never really part of my childhood Joeverse.

As a mold, Quick Kick isn't terrible, though. Bare chest aside, the figure features the nicely detailed sash with throwing star pockets. His feet actually have toes and the general sculpt is muscled and detailed. His accessories are strong, but were clearly inferior to Stormshadow's from the prior year. The sword was bulkier than the line had previously seen and the nunchuks were a bit bigger than those from the Cobra ninja. His pack is small, but can hold the sword with ease. It seems Hasbro learned from the brittle Stormshadow accessories and improved Quick Kick's with increased girth and quality.

The Quick Kick was a world traveler. After his initial release in the US, the mold was shipped on to Argentina and released on a standard, single card. From there, it made its way to Brazil. Again, Quick Kick was released as a carded figure. Both of these releases are very similar to the American figure. The Brazilian release, though, is more familiar to American collectors as Hasbro imported large quantities of bagged Estrela produced Quick Kicks and used them to fulfill mail orders in the US in the early '90's. As such, it is very easy to acquire a loose Brazilian Quick Kick. After this, the mold appeared again in India where it was released by Funskool. Once again, the figure is nearly identical to the American release of the mold, though. So, while the discerning collector does have 4 unique versions of Quick Kick to track down, they are all, essentially, the same look and color combo. After the mold's appearance in India, the trail runs cold. It is likely that Hasbro has the mold back under it's control. But, there isn't a lot that could be done with the mold overall. So, it's failure to appear in form should not be construed as proof that it no longer exists. Personally, I could go for another Quick Kick figure. Maybe something that was less Bruce Lee and more subdued. Even a figure with a different torso would make a world of difference and would be something I'd enjoy having available.

Quick Kicks are not expensive. Even though he is an '85 figure, he hasn't achieved the same status as Snake Eyes, Shipwreck or Flint. Mint and complete, you can get a Quick Kick for under $10. However, if you are willing to sacrifice something like the nunchuks, or accept a little paint wear, you can halve that price. Foreign Quick Kicks from Argentina, Brazil and India are also cheap and readily available. So, anyone wanting one or more Quick Kick figures has a wide variety of cheap alternatives available. Today, I find this figure useful to complete the 1985 series of figures. But, beyond that, Quick Kick still remains a figure of little use value to me. Few collectors feel that way, though, and the character has a solid following. Were Quick Kick a 1987 release, I would not have one. But, being a 1985, he gets some leeway due to the quality of his contemporaries.