Ten Video Games that Should Have Gotten Toys

When the popularity of videogames exploded with in the 1980s and early 1990s, it seemed like a no-brainer that toys would quickly follow. Characters like Pac-Man, Mario and Sonic were as familiar to kids as Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny. However, aside from the occasional PVC figurine, there were hardly any good toys of video game characters for many years.

Things started to change around 1997, when a company called Resaurus produced an action figure of Duke Nukem (back when he was still kind of cool). Resaurus was a pioneer in the video game action figure arena, nabbing the licenses for Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter and Quake 2, among others. Its success led other toy companies to take notice and the video game toy revolution began. Nowadays, we have action figures based on nearly any modern video game property you can name. But because companies were so slow to catch on, there are some classic video games that were passed by and still have no toys. Here are ten games whose characters are perfect for toy lines.

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