Bugs Bunny Playhouse (Concept 2000)

Bugs Bunny Playhouse
Concept 2000
1977

Looking for the ultimate Bugs Bunny and pals playset?  Well, you missed it by about three to four decades.  For the best of the best, look no further than Concept 2000's 1977 release of the Bugs Bunny Playhouse.  This amazing thing had it all, straight out of any number of classic Looney Tunes shorts featuring Bugs and his pals!

It featured a rabbit hole with ladder, mailbox and tree trunk with television antenna, and that was just the top level.  The bottom level featured Bugs Bunny's private home with his bed, bookshelf, chair and hung picture.  For such a small company to get it so right was amazing at the time, and even more so amazing that nobody to date has topped it.

 

We don't normally take a look a loose items, but since the figures included were so cool, and the only way you could get them, we thought we'd have a more in depth look.

 

 

That's right, this playset not only came with Bugs Bunny, but also Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd.  What's not to love about that?  Unfortunately Concept 2000 never developed any further figures to be sold individually, and the Bugs Bunny Playhouse ended up being a one and done project.

It's a real shame that many toy companies today can't seem to do it right.  By that we mean show a little love and care for the products they're producing, and actually put a little effort into them.  If Concept 2000 could do it in 1977, there's absolutely no reason why it can't be done today.

This playset didn't have any moving parts or elaborate sounds and lights.  It was just a true to its television counterpart rendition of your average Bugs Bunny cartoon that left little room for complaint, and after all isn't that all that we as toy collector's want?  Take heed, toy manufacturers - Sometimes simple is better.

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Looney Tunes (Tyco)

Looney Tunes toys have been a childhood staple ever since Bugs Bunny first walked on the screen and said, "What's Up, Doc," in 1940 (the character was created in April of 1938, but didn't make his official appearance until July 27, 1940).

While you can find Looney Tunes merchandise of all kinds, action figure collectors have been a little more limited in options. While it's true that several variations of toys have been produced, most were simple one-shot figures, and not part of an actual series.

To find a series of figures, one can look to the 1994 series produced by Tyco toys. Small, hard to come by, yet relatively cheap, these five figures are fairly spot on renditions of their cartoon short counterparts - Though the accessories don't make all that much sense to the characters- such as Bugs Bunny's carrot launcher.

One of the best things to stand out from this series is the individuality of each package. Rather than just have a generic packaging for all the figures, each figure's package is specifically designed to coincide with the figure inside.

The series had great potential, but sadly never got the chance to thrive. Characters like Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, and even more Looney Tunes characters than one could ever list would have made for an excellent second series and beyond. While it's disappointing that more figures weren't made, for Looney Tunes fans, this series is a must.

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