ALF: The Animated Series (1987-89) was a prequel spinoff to the extremely popular live-action ALF primetime show (1986-90). While I wasn't the biggest fan of ALF overall, he was hard to avoid in the era of 5 television stations. Plus, as a young kid, the humor was just raunchy enough to make me laugh. I was aware of the animated series but only have vague memories of it (there was also another series, ALF Tales). Mostly I remember ALF's home planet Melmac having the feel of 50s diner, which I thought was a really unexpected choice. But the strongest memory was the new design of ALF's girlfriend Rhonda. Her outlandish pink hair and doo-wap outfits were very fun (and a far cry from her bland live-action appearance the year prior). But surprsingly, I had nearly forgotten all about this show until last Summer when I walked into a vintage seaside toy shop while on vacation and found this little PVC of Rhonda. The rush of nostalgia for this little piece of plastic was palpable. Let's check out Rhonda below!
This Rhonda figure originally came with her pink Runabout scooter.
This would normally be a fun accessory to hunt down, but she is just a tad too pre-posed to look good standing on the peg in the footwell of the scooter. There's not even a pretense of holding the handlebars. Since I found this figure loose, I only discovered the existence of the scooter tonight when I scoured the internet for packaged pics (thanks, eBay!)
Time for a Comparison Pic!
Cheers!
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