This is a list of toys and other merchandise from The Tick comic books

The Tick (comic book)

The Tick was a comic book series created by Ben Edlund in 1988 and originally published in black-and-white by the New England Comics store in Boston, Massachusetts. The series provided modest beginnings for its title character, who would later feature in his own television programs and merchandise...

 and television series.

Action figures

These were 5" tall figurines of characters from Tick animated series, released by Bandai

Bandai

is a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...

. Each figure could move or perform in some manner. They were released in two series.

Series 1 (1994)

• Bounding Tick (jumps)
• Fluttering Arthur (wings flap)
• Pose Striking Die Fledermaus (strikes a dramatic pose, rare figure)
• Sewer Spray Sewer Urchin (sprays water)
• Projectile Human Bullet (head pops off)
• Growing Dinosaur Neil (torso telescopes to make figurine bigger)
• Grasping El Seed (vine hands grasp)
• Death Hug Dean (brings arms together in a death hug)
• Exploding Dynamole (explodes apart)
• Man-Eating Cow (jaw opens to reveal a human foot, rare figure)

Series 2 (1995)

• Hurling Tick (throws stop sign, comes in a rare color variant)
• Twist and Chop American Maid (does a karate chop)
• Color Changing Crusading Chameleon (changes color)
• Evil Tongue Thrakkorzog (tongue spins)
• Mucus Tick (oozes when filled with liquid)
• Skippy the Propellerized Robot Dog (collar propeller spins)

Bandai also released The Steel Box toy (a.k.a. "Cabinet of Terror") that could accommodate a Tick action figure, as well as a Deluxe 16" Electronic Talking Tick figure, which said several phrases from the show.

PVC figures

The original series of 3" tall PVC

PVC

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 collectibles figurines featuring characters from Tick animated series were released by Bandai

Bandai

is a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...

 in 1994. There were two versions of Dinosaur Neil, one released in Canada, with a bilingual English/French card and one in Australia with an English only card. The latter is very rare.

• The Tick
  The Tick
  The Tick is a fictional character created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986 as a newsletter mascot for the New England Comics chain of Boston area comic stores. He is an absurdist spoof of comic book superheroes. After its creation, the character spun off into an independent comic book series in...
  
  
• Arthur
  Arthur
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• American Maid
• Crusading Chameleon
• Sewer Urchin
• Human Bullet
• Dinosaur Neil (English card)
• Dinosaur Neil (French Card)
• Chairface Chippendale
• Dean
• El Seed
• Dyna-Mole

Tick Talkers

Released by Bandai, each 5" tall figure utters a different phrase.

• Natural Tick (says “Or maybe not!”)
• I Dig Dinosaur Neil Tick (Tick in Dinosaur Neil T-shirt, says “All in a Day’s Work!”)
• I Love Wheat Tick (Tick in “I love wheat” T-shirt, says “Mysteries abound!”)
• Tourist Tick (Tick in bathing trunks, says “Hang ten for justice!”)

Bendable figures

Released separately, and also in a gift pack including Tick, Arthur, American Maid, and the Terror.

• The Tick
• Gold Tick (limited to 2500 units released to celebrate the Tick's tenth anniversary)
• Arthur
• American Maid
• The Terror

Wind-up toys

Released by Bandai in 1995, the Wacky Wind-Ups featuring characters from The Tick animated series driving various forms of transportation.

• Hard Drivin’ Tick (in sports car)
• Wing Fluttering Arthur (on a scooter)
• Submarine Sewer Urchin
• Cannon Human Bullet
• Crop Dusting El Seed (in an airplane)
• Time Bomb Dyna-Mole (riding a wheeled bomb)

Series I

Five Tick toys included with Taco Bell

Taco Bell

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 Kids Meal in 1995.

• Tick Window Clings—stickers featuring characters from the animated series.
• Tick Finger Puppet
• Rolling Tick—Tick on wheels.
• Wall Walking Arthur—Thrown against the wall, Arthur walks down it.
• Thrakkorzog
  Thrakkorzog
  Thrakkorzog is a fictional villain in The Tick Comics, created by Ben Edlund and published by New England Comics Press.-History:Thrakkorzog is a massive gelatinous being from another dimension who hopes to create an army of gelatinous clones to take over the world.He first appeared in The Tick #11...
  
   Squirter—Squeezing squirts water.

Series II

Four toys included with Taco Bell

Taco Bell

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 Kids Meals in 1996.

• Balancing Tick—Tick balances on a brick wall.
• Gliding Arthur—Arthur glides when thrown.
• Submerging Sewer Urchin—Urchin dives and resurfaces in a tub or sink.
• Charles the Brain Child—Ball in hole game.

Carl's Jr.

Four water squirting toys included in Carl's Jr.'s Cool Combos for Kids meals in 1997. The bag the meals came in featured the Tick and Arthur on the front and a game on the back. The answers to the game were printed on the bottom of the bag.

• Tick Squirter -- Push button on Tick's back
• Arthur Squirter—Push button on Arthur's back.
• Speak Squirter—Pull squeaks tail to fill with water, push to squirt.
• Human Ton Squirter—Squeeze the toy to squirt.

Cost Cutter's

Given away with children's haircuts in 1997.

• Tick ball—rubber ball featuring the Tick.
• Tick Pencil—Pencil featuring Tick sayings with a Tick head topper.

Jack in the Box

Included in Jack in the Box kids meals in 1997. Each was include in a bag which featured the Tick and Speak on the front and a game on the back. Answers to the game were included on the bottom of the bag. Each toy also included a game sheet.

• Flexie Tick—Tick face puppet.
• Tick Ball—Inflatable ball with Tick sayings.
• El Seed Rolling Flower—The Tick in a wheeled flower pot.
• Tick Darts—Velcro Tick antenna darts to throw at villain targets.

Trading cards/stickers/pogs

• Tick Button Set—4 1" buttons mounted on a card. 6,000 units were made. Released in 1989.
• Tick Test Card Set—36 cards depicting images from the comic book series. Released in 1991.
• Fox Kid collectors cards—Released in 1995, there were 62 Tick cards depicting scenes from the animated series, plus scenes from other Fox Kids series, Spiderman, X-Men, Eek! Strava Ganza and Bobby's World. Released in packs of six cards and also a box of 18 packs.
• Suspended Animation cards—Two, semi-transparent cards featuring the Tick and Dinosaur Neil, plus several other Fox Kids shows. Released in 1995.
• Fox Kids Power Pop-Ups cards—Cards that folded into a 3-d image. Ten images featured Tick animated series characters, plus other Fox kids characters. Released in 1995.
• Tick stickers, released by Panini in 1995. 156 stickers depicting scenes from the animated series.
• Panini Sticker Book.
• Tick Collector Cards—Released by Comic Images in association with Fox Kids in 1997. 71 total cards including a Ben Edlund
  Ben Edlund
  Ben Edlund is a comic book artist and writer and television screenwriter. Prior to his involvement in TV, he was best known as the creator of the satirical superhero character The Tick. He is currently an executive producer and staff writer for The CW series Supernatural.-Background:Edlund was...
  
   autographed Tick card (limited to 500). The cards were originally released in packs of 8 cards including the original 65 and the chromium cards. It also came in a box of 48 packs.
• Comic Images Chase Chromium Cards—Metallic cards featuring the covers of the first six Tick comic books, tenth anniversary editions. Released in 1997.
• Comic Images Trading Cards Binder
• Tick Milkcap Pack—released in 1995, each pack included 7 pog
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  s and 1 kini (slammer). There are sixty total pogs featuring characters from the Tick animated series.

Live action series action figures

These figures were produced by N2Toys for the 2001 live action series.

• The Tick
• Arthur
• Captain Liberty
• Batmanuel
• Plush Talking Tick (says eight different phrases)

Shocker Toys

Shocker Toys

Shocker Toys

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produced an exclusive figure of The Tick; variants included a clear green "Mucus Tick" and a clear blue Tick.

External links

• NEW ENGLAND COMICS