G4 Single Packs fell under the name "Street Crew" with the new slogan of "Ridiculously Awesome".
The first two crews still had magnetic feet like G3 figures but added holes in their backs to plug into the new dude display stands. Each dude no longer came with a card or Clash cube pack.
Rather, they either came with the aforementioned display stand or an accessory.
The removal of magnets was for safety reasons and/or cost-saving. I tend to think it's more the former than the latter. If it was for just cutting costs, then why simultaneously decide to give each figure a display stand to plug into, custom cardboard backgrounds, and accessories? This was likely a swap out because the team knew they needed to work on a new feature with the magnets ripped out for safety reasons.
Anyways, back to the dudes. Each crew had a theme (i.e. street, warriors, comics, etc).
Everything you see below was very well-compiled by a fellow TDD blogger named Steve Rotters, now known as Toy Insanity on Youtube. Huge shoutout to him, much of what our group knew going into collecting in we learned from him. For the rest, we were able to correct or build upon his work by scouting eBay, finding rare items, and exploring the Wayback Machine for the X-Concepts LLC and Tech Deck Dude websites.
2007- "Street" (the first and only Street Crew packs of 2007)
This is also the only Street Crew series with magnetic feet and boards (although the scale of these boards is much smaller than in G1-G3)
These are the first figures with plug-backs- although strangely there would be 3-pack and 6-pack figures in 2008 without the plug-backs).
NOTE: FROM HERE ON... The Toyline single packs no longer have different colored boards. In fact, almost every dude from this end-of-2007 Crew to 2009 when the line was canceled all have the same monotonous red boards with the exception of three TRU-exclusive 6-packs in 2008.
071 - Eddie - street punk (Near-identical to a Toys R Us 6-pack from 2006, now with green hair)
082 - Barney - street cop (Near-identical reprint of E9 crew)
096 - Turbo - street performer (Bendy armed reprint of the E3 single pack variant)
124 - Cheeze - "street enforcer" (The Warriors) (Near-exact reprint from Clash Crew 1)
138- Radd - 1980's skater
139A - Clobber - Mr. T
"While many TDD characters have had different versions of sculpts, Clobber is the only character to ever have both an "A" or "B" marker as part of his molds. Both figures came out around the same time. #139A is the regular "Street Crew" version, and #139B is Clobber in a hot dog costume. 139B was exclusive to the Vanformer playset. Also, when Spin Master took over, Clobber became the mascot or spokesperson for the toyline. He can be seen in the TDD commercials of 2008."- Steve Rotters
2008 - Martial Arts
This crew still has magnetic and shrunken in-scale magnetic boards from the ones above.
019 - Nick - Snake Eyes
020 - Bruce - Kato (Bruce Lee) (Near exact reprint from Evolution Series 9)
032 - Fu Man Finger - Sensei Wu
052 - Ronin - samurai
133 - Feng Long - Long Feng (Near-exact reprint from Zoods Series 3)
140 Robo Supreme - Ultraman
2008 - Warriors
Correcting another misprint, the original image from the Tech Deck Dude Museum shows Green Henry in this series and another below, but the Henry in this crew is blue.
This is the first crew with plug-feet and no magnets, but their boards had a metal strip for compatibility with older dudes.
038 - Erik - viking
047 - Aztec Bull
048 - Henry - knight (Near-exact reprint from Evolution Crew 5 single pack)
099 - Aztec Cluckers
141- Leon - Spartan (300)
142- Mulungu - Zulu warrior
2008 - Movies
041 - Bull - Sitting Bull
047 - Duke - John Wayne (Reprint of Zoods Crew 5)
068 - Frank - Frankenstein
119 - Phinger Tut - The Mummy ("Finger" on G4 package) (Near-exact to his Zoods Crew 1 variant)
125 - Neal - a movie producer (Near exact to his Clash Crew 2 & Zoods Series 6)
143 - Coyne - James Bond
2008 - Comic Books
Now Each Crew had 8 Dudes, rather than 6.
008 - Zobo - Dead Clown/Joker color variant
016 - Superfinger - Batman color variant
114 - Thunder - X-Men color variant
120 - Shadow - super-villain (Gunslinger Spawn?)
126 - Lump - The Hulk (magenta variant rather than purple)
144 - Outrage - Onslaught (Marvel)
145 - Mood - Dr. Doom (Marvel)
146 - Aquamander Man - Christian Jacobs (Aquabats)
2008 - Halloween
010 - Shik - mime
030 - Bonz - Grim Reaper
031 - Draco - demon/dragon (also in fantasy series)
034 - Adam - zombie
055 - Jack - Headless Horseman
147 - Nate - TMNT
148 - Stuart - Teen Wolf/Michael J Fox
149 - Murry - Ghostbusters/Bill Murray
2008 - More Movies
040 - Fred - Robocop
053 - Brad - Godzilla
054 - Arnie - Terminator
089 - Shanks - The Dude (The Big Lebowski)
127 - Hunter - Hunter S. Thompson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
150 - Lucasberg - George Lucas + Steven Spielberg
151 - Stavron - Blofeld (James Bond) / Dr. Evil (Austin Powers)
152 - Ventura - Predator (named after Jessie Ventura, who was in Predator. What's really funny is that this dude is not built like The Predator, instead the figure is bald with a bit of a belly like circa 2008 Jesse)
2008 - Space/Sci-Fi
011 - Rozz Cow - alien dressed as a cow
029 - Boog Rogers - Booger in a with a laser, parodying Buck Rogers
038 - Space Erik - space viking
042 - Cosmo - astronaut
049 - Mort - Megatron (metallic variant)
153 - Dylon - Cylon (Battlestar Galactica)
154 - Katsuji - Keyop (G-Force/ Battle of Planets)
155 - Ziggie - Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)
2008 - Fantasy
031 - Draco - demon/dragon (also in Halloween series)
046 - Willy - cyclops
048 - Henry - knight
079 - Art - Kratos (God of War)
121 - Theodore - wizard
156 - Bob - Bob Ross
157 - Archerveld - Legolas (LOTR)
158 - Perry - Harry Potter
2008 - Ocean
006 - Sven - beach bum
017 - Tiki - Polynesian tiki idol
027 - Woody - pirate
044 - Rasta - Rastafarian
058 - Rick - diver
081 - Splinter - Jacques Cousteau
159 - Momona - luau singer
160 - Kip - Chuck (Cast Away)
2009 - More Comic Books (The First and Only Street Crew of 2009)The Final Street Crew and Tech Deck Dude Single Packs released.
014 - Petey - Hellboy
016 - Superfinger - Spawn color variant
085 - Simon - vampire (Twilight?)
161 - Mickey - Marv (Sin City)
162 - Mad Freak - Madman (Image Comics)
163 - Nightwatchman - Night Owl (The Watchmen)
164 - Mite - The Tick (New England Comics)
000 - Ultimate Zero - Forbush Man (Marvel)- Technically, Ult. Zero was released with Magnetic feet as a Comic-Con exclusive in 2007, but to the general public collectors he might as well be a "new dude".
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