The Tech Deck Dude Archive

Andie is one of 12 "dudettes," and is the first to show up numerically. It will be a long time before another dudette is named, which brings up questions regarding the validity/reasoning behind the numbering system. Either way, Andie's "G1" figure comes in 5 variants, the most of any dudette.

Crew 10 Variant #1 (2002)

Crew 10 Variant #2 (2002)

Crew 10 Variant #3 (2002)

Hot Feet Crew 1 Variant (2002)

3-Pack Variant (2002)

Came with Big E & Art

Sumo San is characterized by his sumo wrestler persona, body fat, and thong underwear. As someone who has collected Tech Deck Dudes for 15+ years, I was sure that Sumo San only had 5 variants. This year, I found that to be untrue as a sixth variant manifested.

Original Crew 3 Plug-Feet Variant (2000)

Crew 3 Magna Variant (2001)

Single Pack??? Variant #3 (2001 or 2002?)

This variant of Sumo San is very little known and extremely rare.
We at the site are unsure if this came out on a retail shelf or was an unreleased sample.

JCPenney Plug-Feet 3-Pack Variant (2001)

Came with Nick (white with black mask) and Bruce (red with black belt)

3-Pack Variant (2002)

Came with Henry and Brad

Rail Rampage Playset Variant (2002)

G2 Sumo San:

G2 DownHill Play-Set Sumo San

Downhill Dude Play Set version (2002-2003)

He was included with Lenny in the initial release and manufacturing runs of the play-set, but the two were replaced by Al Pine and Fred in later runs from late 2003-early 2004.

Note: This version was then re-used in an RC pack with RC Billy

G2 Evolution Crew Sumo San

Evolution Series 2 Variant #1

Hot Feet 3-Pack variant (included with Marc & Dirk)

Light blue is more common than the dark blue below.

Evolution Crew 2 Single Pack Variant #2

ULTRA RARE (note this one is Darker blue, not sky blue like his 3-Pack variant)

3-Pack (light blue, left) Vs. Rarer Single Pack (dark blue, right)

G3 Sumo San:

Sumo San has two molds in G3:

The first is a mold for the Magnetic Action Series, with extra magnets and accessories.

Magnetic Action Series 2 Single/2-Pack Variant (2004)
Scuba Squad

3-Pack Variant (2006)
Came with blue Astro-Nots Whiplash & blue Spec-Ops Lenny

Sumo San's Scuba Squad mold and accessories had a bit of a legacy on the toy line...

First, his sword was re-tooled in black with a slightly different hilt in 2005 for Evolution Crew 9 Ronin and his many variants across the toy line from 2005-2008.

His bitten fish was re-issued as Jimmy's dead fish Zood for Zoods Crew 3 (2006)

HOLIDUDE MOLD

The second mold is RARE (ONLY 500 MADE).

This Sumo SANTA was released at the 2005 X-Concepts Holiday party to guests.

I was lucky to get him, these go for about $50 since TDD is a very niche toyline, so even a 1 in 500 dude isn't going to go for hundreds of bucks, that'd be ridiculous.

Here's a look at his packaging; it's unique and boxed compared to the standard bubble single packs.

This Reindeer is actually Cluckers, who traded away his chicken suit to spread holiday cheer!

The Cluckers Reindeer design was used for the Holidude in 2006!

#005 - Stevie J.

Stevie J. is one of 3 dudes to have multiple "G1" molds, the others being Billy and Petey. The need for such confusion is beyond me, as some of the reissues look entirely different than their predecessors. In my opinion, they should have chosen between A.) Not redesigning any dudes within the same generation, or B.) renaming the reissue as an entirely different dude.

Stevie J. (1) looks like a generic finger with dreds. He is African American, unfortunately, Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American dudes were not that common in the original toy line. Likewise, those that were an ethnic minority (in America) were usually not just a dude. Rather, they tended to be stereotyped. (ex: Fu-Man the Kung Fu sensei in a conical hat/sugegasa, Stevie J the rapper, Rasta the Rastafarian, Bull wearing a feather on his head and moccasins).

There was maybe 3 dudes in G1 who were black, pretty low considering this was an American toy line which in G1 had 90 figures. There's more robot G1 figures to put this into context...

This version of Stevie J. has 5 variants.

Original Crew 1 plug-feet version (2000)

Single pack variant #2, now with magnetic feet (2001)

JcPenney 3-Pack variant, came with Flake & Fletcher (2001)

Single Pack Variant #3 (2001-02)

Single Pack variant #4 (2001-02)

Re-used in the Talk Back single packs

Stevie J. (G1, Version 2) is seen with cornrows, a bandana, and holds a microphone (like the other rapper TDD, Rap Masta Thumb).
Some may confuse them, but here's a simple answer: Rap Masta Thumb is the white rapper, while Stevie J was a black rapper. This version of Stevie J. also has 5 variants.

Crew 10 Single Pack (Main Variant) (2002)

Crew 10 Single Pack (second variant) (2002)

Stair & Rail Shuffle Playset Variant (2002)

3-Pack variant (came with Simon & Big E) (2002)

This variant of Stevie J. is sneaky rare. (2002)
He was re-used with added arms in Evolution Crew 4, as you'll down in G3 below.

G2 Stevie J

Dragstrip Race Set Exclusive Mold/Variant (2003)

G3 Stevie J

G3 Stevie J is just his G1 second mold with bendy arms added on each side, one of which grips the microphone that was just glued to the side of his G1 mold.

Evolution Crew 4 Single Pack Variant (2004)

Toys R Us 6-Pack Variant (2005)

Blastboard Series 2 variant (with an exclusive purple board) (2005)

The second G3 Stevie J was a bald taller version in Evolution Crew 5, this is the only time I saw a dude get two molds, just one crew after the other in the same year. The above Crew 4 mold and this Crew 5 mold are both on the back of a 2005 Toys R Us 6-Pack, but in separate packs.

Evolution Crew 5 Variant #1 (2004)

(the main version on cards and bio).

Evolution Crew 5 Variant # 2 (2004)

(The most common version, since the secondary variants were ironically the ones repackaged for Evolution Crew 5 dudes).

Evolution Crew 5 Variant #3 (2004)

Hardest of the three to come by.