TDD Playsets

These are the Tech Deck Dude playsets that we know about.  We are only featuring playsets that include dudes.  Tech Deck branded sets without dudes are not relevant to this site.   Also, G1 Deluxe Packs, G3 Action Packs, and the RC Dudes are featured separately.  If you know of any other sets that should be featured here, drop us an email.

G1: Daredevil Race Set
This set came with the version of Tank with the "Z" on his helmet.  I don't know what the Z means.  There is no context for it.  Also, it seems like this set would have two figures since it is a "race." Most likely, there is another version of this set with a different exclusive G1 dude.  Basically you buy this set twice, you get two exclusive figures, and now you can race them.  Other sets shown on this page do the exact same thing.  At any rate, I don't know what other figure would have been a part of this set.  For example, there is no other figure with a random letter on his head. 

G2: Launch-A-Dude: Lighted Stunt Set
As shown, it came with a weighted Hot Feet board and exclusive red Tek.
A set with the same box-image and parts instead came with the G2 version of Dave.

G2: Downhill Dude
Now this is a race set! 10 feet instead of 3 feet. Came with real-metal boards for extra weight.
Came with two tracks and two exclusive dudes: Lenny and Sumo San.

G2: Dragstrip Race Set
This is the playset that features the exclusive G2 Stevie J.  This red-shirt Stevie J is the only G2 figure of this character.

G2: Dragstrip Race Set
This is a re-release of the playset above. This image has a G2 version of Jack, but shows Moto on the box.  We can assume that these were both available in separate sets.  I don't know if these color variants were exclusive or not -- the box does not specifically say.  I know G2 Jack also came in green and purple.  Perhaps they also came in this set or, more likely, some other package type.  The gray version of this figure is G3 (bendy arm) and came with the PC game Bare Knuckle Grind.

G2: Loop & Grind Race Set
This image shows the G2v2 version of Tek, but has Fred on the box.  We can assume they both were available within separate versions of this playset.  This sculpt of Tek has several color variants in both G2 (static arms) and G3 (bendy arms).  The G2 Fred seems to have only one coloration and probably is exclusive to this set.

G3: BlastBoard Obstacle Course
The BlastBoard characters were the first bendy arm figures. This set came with Timbo -- shown on the box wearing black.  There is also a version of this figure wearing yellow and another wearing red.  They definitely came in other package types.  It is also possible that another character could have come with this same playset (like the examples above). 

G3: Big Bounce Action Set
Came with a version of Whiplash that I have only seen in green.  The regular G3 Whiplash is a similar mold but does not wear glasses, he is sitting down, and he has a magnet in his butt. The figure in this playset does not have a magnetic butt.  He also has a bulls-eye target on his head instead of Whiplash's usual cautionary vectors.

G3: Bowl-A-Dude Action Set
Came with super-boring Crash.  A black-and-gold variant of this Crash figure came in a G3 "Sport" themed 3-pack with Moto and Cluckers. A third version of this Crash figure has a white hat and came in the single pack.

G3: Last Dude Standing
This is the first appearance of Aztec Bull and Aztec Cluckers.  They both appear again in G3 single packs, and G4 single packs.  Those versions are slightly different by paint and plastic.  This is the only time they came with two weapons each.  The inspiration for this playset was surely the movie Apocalypto which came out at the same time.

G3: Dude Rides
The Dude Rides are pickup trucks with magnetic attachments.  The truck molds are the same, and there are five sets.  They correspond to the themes of the Magnetic Action Packs.

Red truck: Came with Norman (Scuba-Squad)
Green truck:  Came with Dr. Digit (Special-Ops)
White truck:  Came with Boog Rogers (Astro-Nots)

Blue "deluxe" truck: Came with a variant of Boog Rogers and all the attachments from the other three sets.  Also, Boog Rogers has a variant within the G3 single packs. Another variant of Boog Rogers was also recycled in the G4 single packs.

Maroon "deluxe" truck: Came with a variant of this particular sculpt of Norman plus all the attachments from the regular Dude Rides packs.  These are the only two versions of this sculpt that I have seen.  It would stand to reason that Dr. Digit also has a "deluxe" truck with a variant figure.  However, I have yet to find any evidence of it.  There is a red version of this Dr. Digit sculpt, but it came in Clash Crew 2 packaging.

G4: Vanformer Action Set
Came with an exclusive Clobber and a tiny Sturgeon (in the outhouse).

The existing Vanformer was colored to look like the famous GMC van of the A-Team.  The designer (Paul Wilson) also submitted specs for a version to be colored like The Mystery Machine of Scooby-Doo fame.  That one was never produced.

G4: Serpent of Doom Action Set
This playset came with an exclusive version of Art.  He does not have bendy arms.  This is the only figure from either the G3 or G4 run without poseable arms.  Such an odd thing to change.  But as noted elsewhere, Spin Master did not really care much for consistency.