King of the Hill

 King of the Hill

 The Loyal Subjects and Sunny Days Entertainment

King of the Hill was a great show.  One that stayed consistent with it’s storytelling and characters through it’s run before bowing out at 13 seasons...both Simpsons and South Park could only hold up for about 8 before the cracks began to show.  It was always on the edge of cancellation, playing opening act for the Simpsons at a not-quite prime time slot, or being preempted by NASCAR or Major League Baseball.  I’m glad it endured, and that there are still fans out there now working on toys like these.

There were some KOTH figures produced a long ways back (Toycom...who?) that have since become pretty rare and expensive.  These may never get to give us a full roster of characters, but any Hank Hill is better than nothing.  And these $7 bendable figures wont break the bank either.

Bobby and Hank stand close to a 5-inch line.  They have all the mobility you could expect from bendys.  Since Hanky is more lanky, he’s the more flexible of the two.  Poor, rotund Bobby can really only move his arms.  Still, they look like decent 3D representations of their 2D counterparts, if just a lil too flat in the back.  Sorry, Hank...didn’t mean to bring up your flat butt situation again.

Sporting more articulation, albeit in a more bizarre, exaggerated form, comes the Loyal Subjects’ Hank from their Animation Collector Packs.  Hank is packed out with Bob’s Burgers, American Dad, and (barf) Family Guy characters.  There are Dale and Bobby figures in the line, but they are chase pack-ins...WTF?!

  

Even Hank is packed out less than some, but 1/24?!  1/48?!?!  Are you kidding me?!  Ugh...I guess I should be happy that they went with window boxes and not blind bags?  Shame...Hank is a fun little (about 3 inches) figure.  He comes with a propane tank, Alamo beer can, and collector card, all for about $10.

So, Loyal Subjects may be a dead end.  Perhaps Sunny Days can produce the rest of the cast...box set?  Here’s hoping!