Saturday, May 30, 2020

#036 - Norman

Norman sports a hockey mask, some belt buckles, and most hardcore of all, sneakers with thick laces. 

He resembles Jason from Friday the 13th/Freddy vs. Jason, but the designers were clever enough to name him after Norman Bates from the movie Psycho. Probably to swerve any copyright claims from Warner Bros (who had legal battles with TDD over their Batman and Harley Quinn parodies). 
Norman is interesting in the sense that he is the only TDD to have 3 "Hot Feet" variants. He also shows tremendous variation between his 7 representations, perhaps more than any other figure. His orange and red "Hot Feet" figure is incredibly hard to find.

Crew 4 Single Pack Variant (2001)

3-Pack Variant (2001)
Came with Draco [named Incubus] and Booger

Deluxe Crew 1 Variant (2002)

Hot Feet Crew 2 Variant #1 (2002)

Hot Feet Crew 2 Variant #2 (2002)

3-Pack Variant (2002)
Came with Ralph & Rick

3-Pack Variant (Hot Feet Version) (2002) 
Came with Ralph & Rick


Here is a Paint Master of Norman (magnets would be added in production using the master). 




No magnets in the master or copyright stamp, compared to a regular G1 Norman.

G2 Norman 

Evolution Crew 2 Single Pack Variant #1(2003)

Evolution Crew 2 Single Pack Variant #2 (2003)

2004 G2 3-Pack variant (2004)


G3 Norman 
There are 3 molds for Norman in G3:
The first is a Bare Knuckle Grind figure, included with a G3 version of EC1 Jack. This is just the Evolution Crew 2 Norman with bendy arms:
BKG Bendy Arm Norman (2004)

The Second Mold Came Later in 2004:
Evolution Crew 6 Single Pack Variant (2004)
Toys R Us Exclusive 6-Pack Variant (2005)

The Third Mold Came in 2005:
Dude Rides Variant (2005- came with a Red Truck)
Deluxe Dude Rides Variant (2006- came with a Maroon Truck)

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