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The Piranha Toys Figures are figurines by Piranha Studios in Newcastle, UK. They created five different types of toys of Crazy Frog. The Piranha Toys products were listed on the official store page, theannoyingthingstuff.com[1], alongside with other Crazy Frog merchandise. Erik Wernquist explained his choice of manufacturer in this quote:
"Piranha Studios are the obvious choice for designing and manufacturing the product line. The creativity and success of the company continues to go from strength to strength"[2]
Giant Bobbleheads
Riding Pose "Head Nodder"
Also known as "Sound Chip Nodder". Crazy Frog as he rides his invisible bike. The figure was distributed by Vivid Imaginations, Ltd. This figure has a bobbling head and a stand with a button which plays edited first half of 2TAKTARE.MP3 when pressed. Parts of the helmet, arms and legs are made from a rubbery PVC material, so they are bendable. There are a few differences with the pre-release version: the stand was black color and the music button had a "The Annoying Thing" logo instead of the white stand saying "Push Me" on the released product.
Features
- Requires three AG13 button cell batteries to operate
- Measures approximately 8.5" tall
- Head bobbles when touched
Regular figurines
Wheee! Pose "Desk Wobbler"
Crazy Frog with raised arms and legs as in Wheee! renders. The figure is attached to the metal spring
Wheee! Pose Musical "Computer Wobbler"/ "Air freshener"
This figure is similar to previous one, except it has a stand with button which plays sounds and freshes air when pressed.
Keyrings
There are words molded on every box says:
"A Ring Ding Ding D-D Ding Ding Ding Baaam Baaam Baaam Wheeeee!..."
Similar to the regular figurines, except they have straps to be attached to a keyring. They came in three variants:
- The Annoying Thing Pose
The physical representation of one of Wernquist's original renders.
- Riding Pose
- Wheee! Pose "Dancing Car Dangler"
- On this version of the figure, the head and the body made as separate pieces, and the toy is dangling because of little metal chain between them; and instead of a keyring on the rope, there are suction cup to mount to a car dashboard.
- There is a description at the back of the box says:
"Annoy 'ALL YOUR FELLOW MOTORISTS' with this totally crazy ANNOYING THING CAR DANGLER."
Phone Charms
There are a few different phone charms:
- Riding pose "Flashing Phone Dangler"
- The Annoying Thing pose (unconfirmed)
- Wheee! pose (unconfirmed)
There are also bootlegs that looks exactly like Piranha phone charms.
Other Prototypes
There were couple of unreleased types of regular figures. All of the figures have biker clothing and almost all have green grass as a stand except for the skating one. There is also an original mold for the regular The Annoying Thing pose.
- Boxing - Wears red boxing gloves.
- Baseball - Holds a baseball bat.
- Surfing - Stands on a surfing board.
- Soccer - There are two nearly identical figures, but different in the face and pose. Both figures have a soccer ball, which is placed on different sides.
- Tennis - Holds a racket and has a ball
- Skating - he's on a skateboard
Rare Versions
There is a rare collectable which is original retail edition of the classic Crazy Hits CD album, which comes with a regular 'Riding Pose' keyring in a special box.
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Gallery
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Wheee! Pose "Dancing Car Dangler"
Trivia
- At the back of every box CRAZYFROGSTUFF.COM was listed as official website instead of real website, THEANNOYINGTHINGSTUFF.COM. This error was made probably due to the copyright, but boxes were already printed.