Oh my god! I still have the VHS of the pilot episode I bought at Walgreens when I was a kid! It’s what eventually made me get a degree in computer animation! Man the memories! Thanks for another great video, Dan!
excessmaterial where did you grow up? Here in Texas, at least the small town I grew up in that wasn’t a thing. Liquor stores were off limits but drug stores didn’t have those limitations.
What I really like about what you guys do boils down to you repeatedly answering the all-important question " now what the hell is the name of that show I saw when I was a kid". It scratches an itch that was driving me crazy so keep up the good work!
"Most people who would have been interested wouldn't find out about it until 30 years too late on an internet TV show that declares them an oddity" ... Yup! Me! I would have loved the show. Had it made it beyond the pilot. Gonna look for these toys now!
whoooa my minds blown i had the Pepsi Transformer when i was a kid, when i tried to bring it up to friends who collect i was told i was smoking something. good to know kid me wasn't imagining it all these years
I remember having the Pepsi can when I was a kid. The inside parts got lost quick and I used to hide GI Joes in It. I never knew where it came from or what it was apart of until watching this.
2 inch figures are so under rated. I used to (I can't lie, I still do)collect all the different little figures I could find and mash them into their own tiny universe of my own imaginitive creation.
Never heard of these (before my time), but I'd have been all over this if they'd been around when I was a kid. A can of Pepsi that transforms into a hover jet? How could someone not buy that?
Micro Machines also had transforming playsets as well. I used to have an oil can that turned into a service station, and a few other smaller playsets. That was the one I recall the most. I also had like 2 of the Computer Warriors. I loved the idea, and it got me into working in IT as an adult.
I had this on VHS in the early 90s. Nobody ever heard of it. Couldn’t find the toys anywhere. The VHS has a ad on it that shows the full line. They looked so good. Glad to see some of the mystery solved Thanks Toy Galaxy!
I loved these toys when I was seven, had the VHS and everything. I was baffled as to why I could never find the show on TV or why they toys stopped appearing in shops. Then it remained long forgotten until Ivsaw this video. Thanks, Secret Galaxy!
What a coincidence. I just found a Computer Warriors figure and had to ask an Action Figure Identification group what it was. Thanks for the additional info, Dan.
Try Figure Realm- they have checklists for just about everything. It's my go to site for lines I don't recognize. And yes Computer Warriors is there as well as Convertors.
So As a kid I grew up with mostly M.A.S.K. Dino-Riders Sky commanders, when Computer Warriors started to come out I didn't even know it existed, until one day my grandmother took me to a toy liquidation store, if you don't know what that is, think Toys R Us where over stock toys or brands like the Computer Warriors went since they where so far into production before they got the Ax go, find some pretty interesting toy lines there, I stumbled across Computer warriors, marked down from retail, and I loved the ideas, the design and my Grandmother let me pick out a few pieces, they where about 5 buck a pop for each vehicle, so I got the Flashlight, alarm clock, and Calculator. Once I got them back to my grandparents place my grandmother helped me put them together, and put stickers on them, and then we played a little joke on my grandfather, he actually used the flashlight for a week before he realized it was a toy, to be honest I think he was just playing a long with the gag, but that Christmas I was surprised with the rest of the collection, and the first episode on VHS, I played that tape so many times, the tune is stuck in my head like Duck tales, and M.A.S.K. opening. Loved the line concept, had a lot of fun growing up with the toys because it kind of worked with my M.A.S.K. collection, Illusion is the ultimate weapon as it was pointed out in the video this line turned everyday items into pretty cool items... and not we jump to today and Hasbro comes out with bot bots. I seriously think someone should slap a CEO over the head and point Hasbro in the direction of what has been done in the past, only better. It would be like Action Masters 2.0 figures that can't transform but their vehicle/ playsets can. COME ON HASBRO YOU'RE BETTER THAN WHAT YOU'RE DOING!! As for what could be changed in the real world for their vehicles, run this one through your head for a second, they transformed a Computer, into a base, a book into an enemy outpost, calculator in a tank, soccer trophy into an armored tank, flashlight into fighter jet, pencil sharpener into fighter, computer boards into grid flyers, clock into tank, (lots and lots of tanks in this line) and Pepsi can into battle station, so with in reason they can change anything into a weapon, with in reason. I would love to see what they could have done with those BIG figs that was out in stores a few years ago, enter a new battle robot, move over Big Loo, make way Star Brigade. could have been the size of one of those life size Barbies could have had all kinds of hidden features in it like hidden leg mounted cannons, hands could have flipped around revealing hidden gatling neutralizer cannons. Chest could have opened to reveal a docking station for the fliers head could have been the command point where you could have stored you figures, and the mid section could have opened to reveal a jail cell. It could have articulation in the shoulders, elbows wrist head, hip knees and ankles, mid section would be limited due to everything crammed in it, but you could still put it into some wicked posses, best part since it would roughly be neutral piece you could decided if the instrument of destruction would be piloted by the valiant Computer warriors, or under the command of the devastating Computer Viruses. Yeah I know it's a bit much, but this line had SO MUCH it could have done if only given a chance, and it's not like they would have ran out of ideas for toys, new tech new toys. New wireless speaker, I give you Base Cannon, New gamming console I give you new battle station, Alien Ware computer tower, new advanced Battle base with new more powerful Computer warriors, new virus on the internet, new virus for the show, Blue ray player, blue beam blasters. so many things this line could have done through the years if only really given a chance.
I remember watching that on TV one Sunday morning. Maybe it was an obscure LA thing, as there were things in the 80's I remember that no one outside of So Cal remembers. --They also showed the "making of" documentary where they did the computer animation, printed out the frames, and inked and colored the cells.
Wow. I had COMPLETELY forgotten, I had the little blue clock. Seeing this brought it all back, I even remember now exactly how I used to play with it. That was a great toy. Thank you for reminding me!
Holy crap, I had some of these! I had no idea. I'm mostly a 90's kid but I had a ton of toys from the 80's that my mom got from garage sales and I had no idea what they were....This is definitely one of those toy lines. Thanks Toy Galaxy for helping me solve a mystery in the deepest parts of my memory that could have gone otherwise unsolved for all of eternity and I wouldn't have known or cared...but seriously you're awesome and thanks for that revelatory moment tonight.
When I was about five or so, I received a Megahert figure and the pilot episode for my birthday. I enjoyed the episode and liked playing with the toy, but I never had the chance to add anymore figures or vehicles to my collection. As an adult I've often wondered whatever happened to this toy line, and now- at long last- I have the answers to my questions. Thank you Toy Galaxy!
Yay, more about toys from RUclips Bruce Campbell! Didn't one of those modern action figure lines do an Evil Dead line? I feel like there are shenanigans possible with that.
I have legitimately either never heard of this... or completely blocked the memory of it. Given the unlikelihood that toys of little computer people would have been traumatic enough to cause me repressed memories, going with the former.
Holy cow. I haven't thought of these in years! My older twin brothers and I had a bunch of these. We had a few of the circuit board plans, the soccer ball trophy, the pencil sharpener, 2 calculator tanks, the alarm clock, and maybe another one, I don't recall now. I don't know whatever happened to them. Thanks for the flashback! Your videos are always so good!
This is the first thing you’ve covered that I didn’t know existed at all. Whoever came up with Transformers Bot-Bots is smirking in a corner right now.
Holy poo.... I had totally forgotten about this line... I remember a friend having the Pepsi can and soccer ball. My nostalgia is kicking it into RAD because of your video on them. Jeez there were a lot of toys during my younger years in retrospect... keep up the good work Toy Galaxy!
I think I was around 13 when this came out. I remember getting the VHS episode and thought it was so cool. I had a couple of the peg figures, the computer base, and the clock. Moving a whole bunch of times since then, I've sadly lost everything but the clock and the VHS tape.
I... I would have been there for this! I feel a great wave of (alternate reality) nostalgia for this toy line I just heard about... *imagines having heard about it 30 years ago * 😍
I still have quite a few of these, including the book. There was an "off brand" toy store near where I lived and I would spend most of my allowance buying these up. I even have the pilot episode on VHS. I LOVED these things.
thankyou for reminding me about harmony gold and its bastardization of Macross and its continued denial on allowing anything Macross related from being released in the west
I actually had the computer warriors pc boards. Found them at a dollar store and kind of unique but couldn’t find the rest of the stuff back in the day. Great video sir as always
Wow. I had a VHS of the pilot when I was a kid. Been years since I've thought about but I enjoyed watching it alongside my collection of transformer cartoons and the like. So this really brought me back to a piece of my childhood. :)
Wow, had completely forgotten about these things! Between my brother an I we had everything but the clock. The battery powered CD launcher that came with the PC was the best thing ever!
This video is the first and only time in my life (I'm 41) that I ever saw or even heard of Computer Warriors! I'm not sold on these toys or their concepts. If I would've saw them in the 80's, I probably wouldn't have liked them back then either.
I had the VHS version of Computer Warriors. It was a great idea that never got off the ground. It could be redone right now with CGI animation. It deserves a chance to appeal to a new young audience.
OMG, I was about to put a review of my complete Computer Warriors toy collection review on my (miniscule) channel! Hope you are ok if i link it when done. Love this line. Thanks for giving the history background! Glad the big tubbers like you gave it some love!
Blimey, I'd half-forgotten about these! I don't think we ever had the cartoon, but I did get hold of some of the circuit board vehicles, and the computer manual/base...
Me and my brother loved this movie and our parents got us all the single packs. Was going to suggest you do a video about them but double checked and you already had it covered, lol.
I picked up damn near the entire line at Toy Liquidators back in 90/91 or so. Only one I never got was Indexx's book base. They were nifty little toys at the time! I think one of my favorite features was that the circuit chasers (Their most basic little jet/circuit boards) had slots to store in the giant computer base that worked just like slotting in a PCI card in older desktops.
As a computer geek and a transformers fan, these were right up my alley. Sadly, they disappeared from the toy isles in my home town way before I could get my hands on them =(
I actually remember watching that video! My mom used to work at Erol's Video when I was a kid and it was on the shelf. I must have watched that video 50-100 times when I was a kid. Had no clue about the toys though!
I totally remember seeing the commercials on TV and seeing them in the stores. At the time I was "too old" for them but I remember thinking they were really cool toys and "Why couldn't these have come out a few years ago when I was still a kid?" Funny, considering I was buying up all the old He-man figures I could at discount prices since no one was into them any more and the stores were just trying to get rid of them to free up valuable shelf space for "the next big thing". I wish I still had all my old He-man stuff, but bills and stupid decisions as a youngish adult ya know?
Aww man!..it really sucks that I missed out on this one, I love me some Marcross/Robotech. Tron was one heck of a movie, it really burns my bottom to have missed out on such a beautiful Gem.
Wow !! That should have had a longer run than that . Though that being said living in bonnie Scotland i would've missed out on such a great concept for an animated series an cool toy line . Thanks again Dan n Greg these tidbits into toy/cartoon nostalgia are great !!!
For me this was more like Transformers meets M.A.S.K. If you weren't already romanced by all the big name toy lines, this was a simple concept with a lot of fun play value. Great episode to watch if you're able to find it. Still have my VHS that came with one of my figures.
As a kid I had the toys but I never knew there was a show made. I just remembering being at 1/2 Price Store, AKA Gordmans, and seeing how cool they looked.
There was another similar toy line around this time, ARMY Gear, those were very cool, M-16 broke down to multiple base components and vehicles for tiny figures.
I vaguely remember seeing an ad or two for these. I remember also there was a similar toy line in which you could get these toy guns and maybe even military vehicles that would transform into a base and there were these tiny little military figures that would come with them around 1989 or 1990 or so.
I had the soccer ball, the calculator, computer playset, the purple jet, and the clock. I miss that and wish it went somewhere. Kept some of the figures till highschool.
I remember these!!! They did not last long in stores. In fact I remember seeing them being sold at the Outlet Mall in North Richland Hills, TX (it was basically a dirt mall like the one in Mall Rats)
You are too right.... Wish I knew about this as a kid! I had built my first computer (with my Uncle’s guidance) and installed MS-Dos as it’s OS around that time period. Unfortunately TRON had released to early for me to really see since it would have depended on someone renting the VHS and even then, it wasn’t a very popular movie, so it was unlikely most video rental stores in our area would have had a copy. I don’t remember any advertisements for these, and since I would have immediately latched onto wanting them, I’m led to believe I never saw an ad for them. One would think that having brands like Pepsi and Timex having their products turned into a transforming toy would be enough to at least run half a season’s worth of episodes. Can I visit the alternate universe where TRON and Computer Warriors we’re both huge hits and had a crossover?? I can completely see how the original TRON could have easily crossed over with it’s story and it not conflicting much, if at all, with its own lore.
Wow! Never knew these existed! I would have sold my left arm as a kid for a transforming Pepsi can! Thanks for introducing these to me. Now I’m going to try to hunt some of these down
I had the VHS, a bunch of the figures and the flashlight and computer playset. Toy liquidators was flushing out the supply for next to nothing and my dad thought they were shine of the coolest toys he had ever seen. Lol. I'm still mad that I was robbed of a full series.
Had the Minus' (working) Pencil Sharpener and the Heroic Scanner's (gonna spell that right) Flashlights as a kid. Loved them both but always had a bit of a hard time getting the wings to fit back in upside down when converting back to s sharpener. You guys keep outdoing yourselves.
I loved these as a kid. Never had the pepsi can or the book, but I did have some of the cards and the computer. I loved that computer SOOOOOOOO much. sadly, it did not survive my childhood
I had (technically still have somewhere) all of these and the VHS tape, which surprisingly was just a VHS tape and not a hidden base. I hadn't really thought about them in 20 years. The crazy thing was that a lot of the things actually worked like the calculator and the flashlight. The Pepsi can leaked though...
Thanks so much for the nostalgia yet again Dan! I had the digital clock & the book. Haven’t thought about these in many years. The clock unfortunately didn’t actually work as a functioning clock to tell the time for very long tho.
For a moment I thought you were showing a clip from the uber obscure "Santa's Christmas Crash" until I realized that no, it was from the National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Which I actually saw for the first time last Christmas.
I had the Pepsi can one, and my brother had the soccer ball. Don’t remember them being from any series that was meant to have a narrative. All I knew was it was a gunhaver dude in a flying space chair, but in a soda can, which was enough for five year old me in 1989 to think was rad.
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Oh my god! I still have the VHS of the pilot episode I bought at Walgreens when I was a kid! It’s what eventually made me get a degree in computer animation! Man the memories! Thanks for another great video, Dan!
This is probably the best outcome Mattel could have ever asked for! Well, this--and buckets of money. But you get the idea!
Hm that's funny, because children weren't ALLOWED in Walgreens back then.
HMMMMMMMM.
excessmaterial where did you grow up? Here in Texas, at least the small town I grew up in that wasn’t a thing. Liquor stores were off limits but drug stores didn’t have those limitations.
@@excessmaterial um what?! How long was this? Walgreens is where i bought all my pre cartoon toy biz xmen figs and g1 transformers
I was joking guys lol.
I've never witnessed any store ban children. Though I bet it happens.
I love how the good leader's vehicle is apparently an expansion card for the computer base.
What I really like about what you guys do boils down to you repeatedly answering the all-important question " now what the hell is the name of that show I saw when I was a kid". It scratches an itch that was driving me crazy so keep up the good work!
"Most people who would have been interested wouldn't find out about it until 30 years too late on an internet TV show that declares them an oddity"
...
Yup! Me!
I would have loved the show. Had it made it beyond the pilot.
Gonna look for these toys now!
Combining Tron and Transformers, you say? Why, that would result in a super, next level Tron on steroids! Some sort of Mega-Tron, if you will.
...heyoooooooo!
Good job they didn't combine Transformers and He-Man. "Trans-Man" might have raised a few eyebrows from parents in those days.
whoooa my minds blown i had the Pepsi Transformer when i was a kid, when i tried to bring it up to friends who collect i was told i was smoking something. good to know kid me wasn't imagining it all these years
I remember having the Pepsi can when I was a kid. The inside parts got lost quick and I used to hide GI Joes in It. I never knew where it came from or what it was apart of until watching this.
2 inch figures are so under rated. I used to (I can't lie, I still do)collect all the different little figures I could find and mash them into their own tiny universe of my own imaginitive creation.
Never heard of these (before my time), but I'd have been all over this if they'd been around when I was a kid. A can of Pepsi that transforms into a hover jet? How could someone not buy that?
Technically the Pepsi can was a shell that housed the hover jet.
Still, no less awesone.
Micro Machines also had transforming playsets as well. I used to have an oil can that turned into a service station, and a few other smaller playsets. That was the one I recall the most. I also had like 2 of the Computer Warriors. I loved the idea, and it got me into working in IT as an adult.
i had the episode and the toys. I was super excited about this and was upset when they didn't make more. It had so much potential!
I had the episode, and the soccer ball and flashlight playsets. I always wanted the computer. Now I know why I only ever saw them once on toy shelves.
I totally would have been into this but yeah i didn't hear about it until i was today years old. I wonder what my fish tank would turn into?
I had this on VHS in the early 90s. Nobody ever heard of it. Couldn’t find the toys anywhere. The VHS has a ad on it that shows the full line. They looked so good. Glad to see some of the mystery solved
Thanks Toy Galaxy!
Oddities is probably my favorite series of this channel. Great information and always somehow unexpected. Thank you! :)
Thanks for the awesome flash backs Dan!
I loved these toys when I was seven, had the VHS and everything. I was baffled as to why I could never find the show on TV or why they toys stopped appearing in shops. Then it remained long forgotten until Ivsaw this video. Thanks, Secret Galaxy!
What a coincidence. I just found a Computer Warriors figure and had to ask an Action Figure Identification group what it was. Thanks for the additional info, Dan.
crowded mind -- Hi! What group do you use? I have something that I researched (ok, just googled the hell out of) with no luck whatsoever. Thank you!☺
Try Figure Realm- they have checklists for just about everything. It's my go to site for lines I don't recognize. And yes Computer Warriors is there as well as Convertors.
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Omfg. I’ve been trying to figure out what this was for YEARS!!! I kept trying to explain it and ppl thought I was insane. Thank you so much!!
So As a kid I grew up with mostly M.A.S.K. Dino-Riders Sky commanders, when Computer Warriors started to come out I didn't even know it existed, until one day my grandmother took me to a toy liquidation store, if you don't know what that is, think Toys R Us where over stock toys or brands like the Computer Warriors went since they where so far into production before they got the Ax go, find some pretty interesting toy lines there, I stumbled across Computer warriors, marked down from retail, and I loved the ideas, the design and my Grandmother let me pick out a few pieces, they where about 5 buck a pop for each vehicle, so I got the Flashlight, alarm clock, and Calculator. Once I got them back to my grandparents place my grandmother helped me put them together, and put stickers on them, and then we played a little joke on my grandfather, he actually used the flashlight for a week before he realized it was a toy, to be honest I think he was just playing a long with the gag, but that Christmas I was surprised with the rest of the collection, and the first episode on VHS, I played that tape so many times, the tune is stuck in my head like Duck tales, and M.A.S.K. opening. Loved the line concept, had a lot of fun growing up with the toys because it kind of worked with my M.A.S.K. collection, Illusion is the ultimate weapon as it was pointed out in the video this line turned everyday items into pretty cool items... and not we jump to today and Hasbro comes out with bot bots. I seriously think someone should slap a CEO over the head and point Hasbro in the direction of what has been done in the past, only better. It would be like Action Masters 2.0 figures that can't transform but their vehicle/ playsets can. COME ON HASBRO YOU'RE BETTER THAN WHAT YOU'RE DOING!! As for what could be changed in the real world for their vehicles, run this one through your head for a second, they transformed a Computer, into a base, a book into an enemy outpost, calculator in a tank, soccer trophy into an armored tank, flashlight into fighter jet, pencil sharpener into fighter, computer boards into grid flyers, clock into tank, (lots and lots of tanks in this line) and Pepsi can into battle station, so with in reason they can change anything into a weapon, with in reason. I would love to see what they could have done with those BIG figs that was out in stores a few years ago, enter a new battle robot, move over Big Loo, make way Star Brigade. could have been the size of one of those life size Barbies could have had all kinds of hidden features in it like hidden leg mounted cannons, hands could have flipped around revealing hidden gatling neutralizer cannons. Chest could have opened to reveal a docking station for the fliers head could have been the command point where you could have stored you figures, and the mid section could have opened to reveal a jail cell. It could have articulation in the shoulders, elbows wrist head, hip knees and ankles, mid section would be limited due to everything crammed in it, but you could still put it into some wicked posses, best part since it would roughly be neutral piece you could decided if the instrument of destruction would be piloted by the valiant Computer warriors, or under the command of the devastating Computer Viruses. Yeah I know it's a bit much, but this line had SO MUCH it could have done if only given a chance, and it's not like they would have ran out of ideas for toys, new tech new toys. New wireless speaker, I give you Base Cannon, New gamming console I give you new battle station, Alien Ware computer tower, new advanced Battle base with new more powerful Computer warriors, new virus on the internet, new virus for the show, Blue ray player, blue beam blasters. so many things this line could have done through the years if only really given a chance.
Holy crap I LOVED this toyline as a kid. It was so cool and unique.
I remember watching that on TV one Sunday morning. Maybe it was an obscure LA thing, as there were things in the 80's I remember that no one outside of So Cal remembers. --They also showed the "making of" documentary where they did the computer animation, printed out the frames, and inked and colored the cells.
Wow. I had COMPLETELY forgotten, I had the little blue clock. Seeing this brought it all back, I even remember now exactly how I used to play with it. That was a great toy.
Thank you for reminding me!
Holy crap, I had some of these! I had no idea. I'm mostly a 90's kid but I had a ton of toys from the 80's that my mom got from garage sales and I had no idea what they were....This is definitely one of those toy lines. Thanks Toy Galaxy for helping me solve a mystery in the deepest parts of my memory that could have gone otherwise unsolved for all of eternity and I wouldn't have known or cared...but seriously you're awesome and thanks for that revelatory moment tonight.
Oh, geeeez. i think I had one of these. The circuit board that turns into a (very flat) jet...
When I was about five or so, I received a Megahert figure and the pilot episode for my birthday. I enjoyed the episode and liked playing with the toy, but I never had the chance to add anymore figures or vehicles to my collection. As an adult I've often wondered whatever happened to this toy line, and now- at long last- I have the answers to my questions. Thank you Toy Galaxy!
Yay, more about toys from RUclips Bruce Campbell! Didn't one of those modern action figure lines do an Evil Dead line? I feel like there are shenanigans possible with that.
I have legitimately either never heard of this... or completely blocked the memory of it. Given the unlikelihood that toys of little computer people would have been traumatic enough to cause me repressed memories, going with the former.
Holy cow. I haven't thought of these in years! My older twin brothers and I had a bunch of these. We had a few of the circuit board plans, the soccer ball trophy, the pencil sharpener, 2 calculator tanks, the alarm clock, and maybe another one, I don't recall now. I don't know whatever happened to them. Thanks for the flashback! Your videos are always so good!
This is the first thing you’ve covered that I didn’t know existed at all. Whoever came up with Transformers Bot-Bots is smirking in a corner right now.
Holy poo.... I had totally forgotten about this line... I remember a friend having the Pepsi can and soccer ball. My nostalgia is kicking it into RAD because of your video on them. Jeez there were a lot of toys during my younger years in retrospect... keep up the good work Toy Galaxy!
I think I was around 13 when this came out. I remember getting the VHS episode and thought it was so cool. I had a couple of the peg figures, the computer base, and the clock. Moving a whole bunch of times since then, I've sadly lost everything but the clock and the VHS tape.
I remember I had the one that looks like a microchip and turns into a plane, the one @ 5:07, that was it
I had some of these toys and a VHS of the pilot, I loved these but of course, they were hard to find even when they came out. Thanks for the memories.
Thanks again for finding this and sending me the link! I loved this when I was a kid! The Pepsi can blew my mind 😂
I... I would have been there for this! I feel a great wave of (alternate reality) nostalgia for this toy line I just heard about... *imagines having heard about it 30 years ago * 😍
I still have quite a few of these, including the book. There was an "off brand" toy store near where I lived and I would spend most of my allowance buying these up. I even have the pilot episode on VHS. I LOVED these things.
thankyou for reminding me about harmony gold and its bastardization of Macross and its continued denial on allowing anything Macross related from being released in the west
Another great review Dan!
Love all the history behind all these! Thank you👍
Bill
The Computer Warrior's music was top notch too, I loved its main theme. It was simple, but it was damn iconic and memorable.
Said it before in previous installments but I absolutely love this series.
I actually had the computer warriors pc boards. Found them at a dollar store and kind of unique but couldn’t find the rest of the stuff back in the day. Great video sir as always
I remember seeing the cards that turned into the aircraft at someone’s house, (maybe a babysitter?) but I never knew what it went to.
Great video Dan!
Wow. I had a VHS of the pilot when I was a kid. Been years since I've thought about but I enjoyed watching it alongside my collection of transformer cartoons and the like. So this really brought me back to a piece of my childhood. :)
I totally had the Pepsi can and Sicerball. I absolutely loved them as a kid, but I had no idea what they were from. Thanks!
Wow, had completely forgotten about these things! Between my brother an I we had everything but the clock. The battery powered CD launcher that came with the PC was the best thing ever!
This video is the first and only time in my life (I'm 41) that I ever saw or even heard of Computer Warriors! I'm not sold on these toys or their concepts. If I would've saw them in the 80's, I probably wouldn't have liked them back then either.
I never had any of these or knew anyone who did, but I definitely remember seeing that Pepsi can jet in either a Kay Bee display or a Sears catalog.
wow somehow this entire franchise slipped through my childhood!
OMG yes, thank you so much for this one. I had the pencil sharpener and it took me forever to eventually find the information about it.
I had the VHS version of Computer Warriors. It was a great idea that never got off the ground. It could be redone right now with CGI animation. It deserves a chance to appeal to a new young audience.
I really enjoy this series. Love the oddball stuff.
OMG, I was about to put a review of my complete Computer Warriors toy collection review on my (miniscule) channel! Hope you are ok if i link it when done. Love this line. Thanks for giving the history background! Glad the big tubbers like you gave it some love!
Blimey, I'd half-forgotten about these! I don't think we ever had the cartoon, but I did get hold of some of the circuit board vehicles, and the computer manual/base...
The new series of videos is proving dangerous to my ebay browsing.
All I can add is the theme tune to Computer Warriors absolutely slaps
Me and my brother loved this movie and our parents got us all the single packs. Was going to suggest you do a video about them but double checked and you already had it covered, lol.
I picked up damn near the entire line at Toy Liquidators back in 90/91 or so. Only one I never got was Indexx's book base. They were nifty little toys at the time!
I think one of my favorite features was that the circuit chasers (Their most basic little jet/circuit boards) had slots to store in the giant computer base that worked just like slotting in a PCI card in older desktops.
The late 80s and early-90s sure had a lot of interesting themed Pespi products. From can shaped radios, dancing cans and even transformers?!
As a computer geek and a transformers fan, these were right up my alley. Sadly, they disappeared from the toy isles in my home town way before I could get my hands on them =(
I actually remember watching that video! My mom used to work at Erol's Video when I was a kid and it was on the shelf. I must have watched that video 50-100 times when I was a kid. Had no clue about the toys though!
I totally remember seeing the commercials on TV and seeing them in the stores. At the time I was "too old" for them but I remember thinking they were really cool toys and "Why couldn't these have come out a few years ago when I was still a kid?" Funny, considering I was buying up all the old He-man figures I could at discount prices since no one was into them any more and the stores were just trying to get rid of them to free up valuable shelf space for "the next big thing". I wish I still had all my old He-man stuff, but bills and stupid decisions as a youngish adult ya know?
Aww man!..it really sucks that I missed out on this one, I love me some Marcross/Robotech. Tron was one heck of a movie, it really burns my bottom to have missed out on such a beautiful Gem.
No kidding I had the computer and half the other toys damn this brings back memories
Another forgotten toy I had as a kid. I remember having the soccer ball tank but always wanted the Pepsi can one.
Wow !! That should have had a longer run than that . Though that being said living in bonnie Scotland i would've missed out on such a great concept for an animated series an cool toy line . Thanks again Dan n Greg these tidbits into toy/cartoon nostalgia are great !!!
i had one of those circuit board jets and it's figure and never knew what it was till today
For me this was more like Transformers meets M.A.S.K. If you weren't already romanced by all the big name toy lines, this was a simple concept with a lot of fun play value. Great episode to watch if you're able to find it. Still have my VHS that came with one of my figures.
As a kid I had the toys but I never knew there was a show made. I just remembering being at 1/2 Price Store, AKA Gordmans, and seeing how cool they looked.
There was another similar toy line around this time, ARMY Gear, those were very cool, M-16 broke down to multiple base components and vehicles for tiny figures.
This is such a cool line. I would see the Pepsi can around and other toys like the soccer ball, but I did not know what it belonged to.
I vaguely remember seeing an ad or two for these. I remember also there was a similar toy line in which you could get these toy guns and maybe even military vehicles that would transform into a base and there were these tiny little military figures that would come with them around 1989 or 1990 or so.
I had the soccer ball, the calculator, computer playset, the purple jet, and the clock. I miss that and wish it went somewhere. Kept some of the figures till highschool.
Damn, that Pepsi toy is some next-level product placement.
I just finished this collection of my favorite toys! Just in time. Shhhhhhh about it.
I remember/had most toys from the 80's
..but I have no memory of this.
What totally mundane item would shock me if it turned into a weapon? My pants. #Pantsformers.
That's especially disturbing in British English!
J S More than meets the fly, perhaps?
Muffin Tops wage-a-battle to destroy-the-ev-il forces of....the Bellbottoms!
I had that VHS tape when I was a kid. I'd give anything to see it again.
Love it! Can’t wait for you to do Army Gear.
I had a bunch of them and loved them.
I love the intro to Christmas vacation!!
I remember these!!! They did not last long in stores. In fact I remember seeing them being sold at the Outlet Mall in North Richland Hills, TX (it was basically a dirt mall like the one in Mall Rats)
A mundane pair of bookends by day, turning into evil killer robots at night...
Computer warriors looks fun. Ohh the 80’s and 90’s!
You are too right.... Wish I knew about this as a kid! I had built my first computer (with my Uncle’s guidance) and installed MS-Dos as it’s OS around that time period. Unfortunately TRON had released to early for me to really see since it would have depended on someone renting the VHS and even then, it wasn’t a very popular movie, so it was unlikely most video rental stores in our area would have had a copy. I don’t remember any advertisements for these, and since I would have immediately latched onto wanting them, I’m led to believe I never saw an ad for them. One would think that having brands like Pepsi and Timex having their products turned into a transforming toy would be enough to at least run half a season’s worth of episodes.
Can I visit the alternate universe where TRON and Computer Warriors we’re both huge hits and had a crossover?? I can completely see how the original TRON could have easily crossed over with it’s story and it not conflicting much, if at all, with its own lore.
Yep... only learned about it 30 years after the fact
Wow! Never knew these existed! I would have sold my left arm as a kid for a transforming Pepsi can! Thanks for introducing these to me. Now I’m going to try to hunt some of these down
I had the VHS, a bunch of the figures and the flashlight and computer playset. Toy liquidators was flushing out the supply for next to nothing and my dad thought they were shine of the coolest toys he had ever seen. Lol. I'm still mad that I was robbed of a full series.
Had the Minus' (working) Pencil Sharpener and the Heroic Scanner's (gonna spell that right) Flashlights as a kid. Loved them both but always had a bit of a hard time getting the wings to fit back in upside down when converting back to s sharpener.
You guys keep outdoing yourselves.
Wow! First time ever heard of it! Great vid!!
I loved these as a kid. Never had the pepsi can or the book, but I did have some of the cards and the computer. I loved that computer SOOOOOOOO much. sadly, it did not survive my childhood
I still have all these figures and the VHS. That theme song is ingrained in my mind and I still hum it to this day.
I forgot all about those! I had the clock and pepsi can as a kid. Good times.
I had (technically still have somewhere) all of these and the VHS tape, which surprisingly was just a VHS tape and not a hidden base. I hadn't really thought about them in 20 years. The crazy thing was that a lot of the things actually worked like the calculator and the flashlight. The Pepsi can leaked though...
Thanks so much for the nostalgia yet again Dan! I had the digital clock & the book. Haven’t thought about these in many years. The clock unfortunately didn’t actually work as a functioning clock to tell the time for very long tho.
Went to ebay n picked up a minifig after watchin sooo coool great retro review Dan n buds
For 35 years I thought that I imagined my calculator could turn into a tank... My reality has been shaken. Thank you.
For a moment I thought you were showing a clip from the uber obscure "Santa's Christmas Crash" until I realized that no, it was from the National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Which I actually saw for the first time last Christmas.
I had the Pepsi can one, and my brother had the soccer ball. Don’t remember them being from any series that was meant to have a narrative. All I knew was it was a gunhaver dude in a flying space chair, but in a soda can, which was enough for five year old me in 1989 to think was rad.
Loved these but forgot the name! Thanks for jogging my memory
On man, I totally remember wearing out that VHS as a kid.
The clock, calculator, flashlight, and pencil sharpener all worked, too.