011 Rozz

Rozz is the original TDD alien. 

His name comes from Roswell, New Mexico which has become synonymous with "aliens" because of the famous "UFO incident" of 1947.

There was also a popular TV show about aliens called Roswell.  This show aired from 1999-2002.  The show went off the air the same year that Rozz hit the market.

Coincidence?  Or phenomenon?

The G1 Rozz was available in green, gray, and purple.   The green one is the hardest to find.

Rozz returned in G3 with a brand new sculpt. There are at least seven versions of this figure: green, bright green, yellow, blue, purple, pinkish gray, and black.

Rozz was part of Zoods Crew 1.  His zood is a little dude.  There are four versions of this zood, as the first series of zoods was the only series that had variants.  His name is #10566.  This suggests that he is just an unnamed specimen collected by the alien visitor. 

Turns out, this is the zip code for Peeksill, NY, which is about 50 miles north of New York City.  Peeksill is home to the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.  A quick Internet search shows that there have been several UFO sightings over this power plant since 1984.

Coincidence?  Or conspiracy? 

It seems like if they wanted to name the zood after the zip code of a place with a UFO sighting, they would have just gone with the zip of Roswell: #88201.  Duh, right?

Anyway, Rozz got a second G3 sculpt with a new name: Rozz Cow. 

Now he is an alien dressed as a cow.  Kinda weird, but still a better sculpt than many TDD.  This figure has four color variants: Dark brown, light brown, green, and white. 

In G4, the same white Rozz Cow was included in a space-themed series.   This figure has no magnets and was packaged with a small UFO figure about the size of a zood.

In that same space series, we finally got some brand new aliens: Ventura (Predator parody), Dylon (Cylon parody), Katsuji (Keyop parody), and Ziggie (Ziggy Stardust parody).