If you aren't aware of the war that has been raging upon Taco Bell, where have you been??? (see post). Their BellHedz toys have caused a storm amongst the toy community. Not because, god forbid, Taco Bell have made a vinyl toy (I mean who hasn't??), but because they chose some second rate designer (and I have read all the positive comments about what a great designer the guy behind the figure is... but if he was that good he wouldn't sell his soul and plagiarise a design so blatantly, even if it is what the client wants, just say goodbye to your design reputation) to steal a well known and loved design and stick on a new head shape. You can't call a design a homage or a reference if you steal 99% of the original design ( the body, the packaging, typefaces and actual designs on the figures), its just a blatant rip-off, lets face it!

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In response to these figures making out of a dark hole, Kidrobot organized a death to false vinyl rally, giving away over a thousand dunny, and t-shirts to supporters of the cause.

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Taco Bell (in the end) decided not to release the BellHedz toys from the Bellbus, I'm guessing because of KR's weight upon them, and instead enrolled some Marvel web guy and gave out free taco's. Still they got the press, good or bad, its all promotion, and I'm sure this one's not dead yet.
 

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Unfortunately, the power of the Taco's we're too much for some, and defectors were seen!!