#4082: Trixie

TRIXIE SPEED RACER (RESAURUS) Though Speed Racer may be named just after the guy that drives the main race car, the series is actually quite an ensemble piece, with his whole cast of supporting characters getting in on the crazy hijinx. His girlfriend Trixie is a trained pilot who serves as Speed’s spotter during his races, meaning she’s frequently right there for all the crazy stuff when it goes down. Also, in quite a subversion of events for a show from the ‘60s, she’s not really a damsel in distress, always shown as being just as capable in a fight as Speed, and always given the villains a piece of her mind on the rare occasion she *does* get captured. What am I getting at here? Well, she’s really cool, is the main thing. And cool characters? They should have cool action figures. Hey, here’s a cool action figure of Trixie! THE FIGURE ITSELF Trixie was released in the first series of ReSaurus’s Speed Racer toyline from the ‘90s, alongside the standard Speed, Pops, and Captain…