sideshow toys VTG Rat Fink ‘Rat-A-Tude’ Green Collectible Figure by Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth -

Rat Fink Rat-A-Tude Action Figure on skateboard. “SideWalk Surfer” Produced by Sideshow Toy in 1999 based on the character created by Ed Big Daddy Roth. #Y2K The figure is unopened in its original packaging. Mint with slight packaging bends. Features a green Rat Fink figure with a black shirt and yellow RF logo, riding a skateboard with a stylized engine. This is a vintage licensed collectible from the Kustom Kulture art movement Size - approximately 5” Rat Fink is one of several hot rod characters created by artist Ed Big Daddy Roth, one of the originators of Kustom Kulture of automobile enthusiasts. Roth conceived Rat Fink as an anti-hero to Mickey Mouth. Rat Fink is usually portrayed as either green or gray, comically grotesque and depraved-looking with bulging, bloodshot eyes, an oversized mouth with sharp, narrow teeth, and wearing red overalls with the initials R.F. on them. He is often seen driving cars or motorcycles... or this case, a skateboard. Rat Fink was advertised for the first time in the July 1963 issue of Car Craft. The ad called it The rage in California. Also in 1963, the Revell Model Company issued a plastic model kit of the character. The initial run of the kit was from 1963 to 1965, but the Rat Fink kit, along with Roth's other creations, has been re-issued by Revell over the years. Rat Fink continues to be a popular item to this day in hot rod and Kustom Kulture circles in the form of T-shirts, key chains, wallets, toys, decals, etc.