This was a very weird time for Revell, being owned by a French Co. that wanted show biz tie ins, but, they where mostly for some odd stuff.
Tom West told me about this and tried to talk them out of doing some of this stuff, but, they insisted and the rest is history.
I remember seeing them on the shelves, but I found them a bit too silly for me at that time. Should have bought them all when they cleared them out at $2 bucks a pop!