Did I Ever Mention That André The Giant And I Were Cut From The Same Cloth - Or Mold Anyway...?!?

"I'm coming to get you!"
*LOL*

Aye, indeed
(no, not the "get you" part!)
Waaaaaaaay back in the 80's
the then-WWF
soon to be the WWE's
(after a butt-thumping of
momentous proportions
-meaning it hurt
where it REALLY hurts;
in the pocket book!-
delivered by a PANDA...)
Vince and Linda McMahon
authorized the widespread
and sufficiently publicized
pompous release
of the figure pictured above.
It was SUPPOSED to look like
ANDRÉ THE GIANT
aka LE GÉANT FERRÉ
aka ANDRÉ ROUSSIMOFF...
circa 1980!
Somehow, though,
it wound up looking
somewhat like ME
in the Notties -
the years 2000+!
A 20-year gap was bridged
by a ''prophetic'' toy maker
(one with luminous vision -
indubitably!)
who mass-produced in reality
the first ever
(and probably one and only -
snif, snif!)
LUMINOUS LUCIANO
ACTION FIGURE!

What were the odds, eh?
;)
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