This is a "Rockin' Ricky" by Nikko America, Inc. I was really disappointed with this right off the bat because it smelled like cigarette smoke. Please do not smoke around fine collectibles.
There are a couple of really interesting things going on with the packaging here:
The claim "Unbelievable!" is very confident.
I like it that Ricky turns soundwaves into dance, but life-like is doing his whimsical design a disservice.
I don't have Swingin' Suzy, so my excitement is one half of its apparent potential.
I really like this claim and I would love to see it move into widespread usage.
After reading all of the packaging, I was ready for Rockin' Ricky to blow me away. If you are like me, the first thing you wanted to know was if he had eyes.
No, he doesn't.
Ricky.
I was ready for Ricky to turn sound into fun:
Something is happening here, but I feel like I don't know what it is, and I have a sense that Nikko might have mislead me.