167 Tag

Tag is the "forgotten, but not gone" Tech Deck Dude. He does not appear on the poster, in the trading cards, or on their website (when it was active).

He was never given a number. #167 is just something that I added for convenience.

Tag is among the first generation of TDD made by X-Concepts.  He was released in 2001 as part of Crew 4. The numbering-system was not created until Crew 10, and Tag was not given a number when the numbers were introduced.  He was never re-released in any form.

I think Tag was dropped from the roster quite intentionally.  Because of both his characteristics and his name, this figure was ripe for controversy.  He is clearly a graffiti writer.  He carriers a spray-paint can on his back and wears a respirator (as many graffiti writers do, so that they do not inhale the aerosol paint).  In typical Tech Deck humor, his occupation is described as being an "exterminator." We can assume that this means a practitioner of pest control, but the term certainly can have darker meanings.

Regardless, we have a figure wearing a gas mask, who looks to be ready to "tag" his name on a wall in graffiti -- a typically subversive and illegal activity.  So long, Tag!

He was released in two paint schemes.  There is possibly a third, but I have not encountered it.

He is not particularly rare, showing up quite frequently in eBay lots. However, he might be a bit of a puzzle for collectors to identify, since he has no release number molded into the figure.  This post (or my post showing all the G1 Crews) should solve that problem for anyone hoping to identify this figure.