Bernie is a Hamburgler style burglar with a money sack.
He is accompanied by his accomplice, a raccoon Zood named Filch
Filch is an old timey term to steal a small value thing, or pilfer.
Zoods Crew 4 Single Pack (came with Filch)
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Friday, February 28, 2020
#137 - Matt Hadder
Matt Hadder is a spoonerism for Mad Hatter of course.
This dude comes with a Zood named Cheddar, who rocks a Flavor Flav style clock chain.
Tech Deck Dude Zoods Crew 4 Variant (with his Zood Cheddar)
#138 - Radd
Radd is an 1980s style skater dude inspired by the fashion skaters wore in the mid-to-late 1980's.
"But I have a Snow Ballah and he is also numbered #138?"
Great catch my fellow collectors! I realized Snow Ballah must have been erroneously numbered #138, he should have been numbered #135. There is no #135 in the skate line and Snow Ballah came out first since he was released at the same time as Zoods Crew 4-5 (which saw dudes #134, #136, and #137).
Radd and Clobber (#139) came out AFTER these crews and Snow Ballah ^. Therefore, I would argue Snow Ballah is #135 due to the simple chronological order of when they were released and sold on the shelves.
#139 - Clobber
Clobber is a Mr T parody figure.
G4 Clobber:
Street Crew single pack variant (2007)
I have no idea why this Mr. T parody figure is Caucasian/fairer skinned? It always kind of bothers me, I also noticed some figures post-Spin Master had some interesting changes (ex: Rod (dude #115 and a tribute figure for Rod James) had a reissue in a 2008 3-Pack and was noticeably lighter than his original release).
Vanformer Action Set mold/variant (2007-2008)
This mold is the more common since it was featured in one of two post-Spin Master playsets.
The Vanformer is a clear homage to the A-Team van.
They had a second paint variant that would have been a clear homage to the Mystery Machine.
Possible homage to the Mr. T Saturday Morning Cartoon? Or even Mr. BLT from an episode of Scooby Doo in the 80s? No really, Google it!
#141 - Leon
Leon is a Spartan warrior and a clear parody of Leonidas from Frank Miller's 300.
Leon is not the only Frank Miller parody dude.
The designers also released Mickey (named after Mickey Rourke, a Marv Sin City parody), Fred (a Robocop 2 parody in his blue sequel armor), and Superfinger's Spawn and Batman variants (Spawn was, of course, a Todd McFarlane creation but was in a crossover with Batman written by Miller and Miller wrote Batman Year One, Dark Knight Returns, and more).
Leon has plunger arrows on his shield it's clear John does not play nice in Dudeville.
#143 - Coyne
Coyne is a James Bond/secret agent parody. Coyne is an Irish surname, so this is perhaps a Sean Connery reference?
G4 Coyne
Coyne wears a jetpack that is near-identical to the Magnetic Action Duke (from 2004), albeit with less deco and no wings on the side.
#144 - Outrage
Outrage is a parody of the character Onslaught from the 90's Marvel Comics X-Men crossover event of the same name.
G4 Outrage
Street Crew Single Pack (2008)
#146 - Aquamander Man
Aquamander Man is clearly Christian Jacobs from The Aquabats.
G4 Aquamander Man
#149 - Murray
Murray is a parody of Ghostbusters, with a mix of Bill Murray's real last name and Harold Ramis's haircut.
He came with a companion, not a Zood, that is a slimer with a head that is clearly Wet Willy from World Industries.
G4 Murray
Another Easter Egg, his proton pack is a near-exact reissue of Frank's Spec Ops radio pack.
#150 - Lucasberg
Lucasberg is a clear mashup of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
His "Indie Films" cap may be a double or triple entendre of jokes?
1. It references Lucas and Spielberg's origins as alternative 70s fresh-out-of-film school directors
2. It's a playful joke about how their films now (and since the 70s/80s) are the opposite of "indie", now making big-budget major studio movies.
3. Indie Films may be a joke about "Indy Films" since Spielberg directed and Lucas produced the Indiana Jones films. This dude dropped in 2008, the same year that Kingdom of the Crystal Skull hit theaters.
Great figure in terms of accessories, as he holds a director's megaphone and comes with a spotlight.
G4 Lucasberg
#151 - Stavron
Stavron is. a G4 dude that is a clear parody figure of Blofeld from James Bond and Dr. Evil (already a Blofeld parody himself).
#152 - Ventura
Ventura is a nod to The Predator from the film franchise, his usual dreadlock-like antennas are instead receded and long and, this was the hairstyle Jesse Ventura had at the time.
Instead of having sharp claws, he wears a brass knuckle with forks.
#153 - Dylon
Dylon (not spelled Dylan) is a clear parody of Cylon from Battlestar Galactica. He has blue armor instead of the usual silver.
#155 - Archerveld
Archerveld is Legolas from Lord of the Rings, instead holding a comical boxing glove bow.
Green Arrow and Hawkeye have used these boxing glove punch bows in comics and the TDD designers were clearly big comic and manga fans, so I believe this may be a nod to that.
#156 - Perry
Perry is a very clear Harry Potter parody, even having the same scar on his head to remove any shadow of a doubt.
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