The Chaos Effect Tanaconda creature looks a bit like Vertigo from the game Primal Rage. - Also I had completely forgotten about the Swamp Thing cartoon.
I really think You History is your best series and if you push it and keep it up with this quality it's going to get you the increase in subs you deserve. The rest of us need to not only like, comment and subscribe but we gotta share these vids and tell our friends. Let's get Ed to 100k as quick as we can!
Which might be the #1 reason I taught myself to customize. For the most modern form of Indiana Jones figures, I took some personal pride in expanding the line. Captain Katanga, Rene Belloq in casual attire, Indy covered in cobwebs, Marion Ravenwood first appearance, Marion in white (breakaway) dress, Satipo (Sapito?), Walter Donovan (with swappable "chose poorly" mode), and more.
Willie and Shorty were dogs that either George Lucas or Steven Spielberg owned (or one or the other) and a great play on the fact that "we named the _dog_ Indiana..." . Is Frankie someone else's dog? Ed? Are you trying to tell us something?!
Alligator Swamp Thing would've been a cool action figure! I remember one kid who used to live a block before me, had the Snap Up and Camouflage Swamp Thing figures. Then I remember the glow in the dark Swamp Thing figure was also made. Excellent video! :)
Just want to say thanks for making the videos. I had a great collection more recently my favorites where the turtles in time figures by Neca. But lost them all in a house fire sadly. Figures least of my worries but glad I can still enjoy figures and turtle goodness through you. Keep up the good work!
Mine is buried away somewhere, I scooped up a lot of the Swamp Thing line on sale, or clearance. A few spares went into sculpture fodder, I think I made a Marvel's Abomination out of one Swamp Thing (Emil Blonsky still has that extending wrist vine thingy built in) and one of that scrawny guy from Swamp Thing became a Marvel's Mephisto in my collection.
Boy oh boy I could educate you on Jurassic stuff for ages. I have seen the kenner bible concerning Jurassic Park series 2, and insane insider information.
@@EdsRetroGeekOut it's absolutely true. I can only offer descriptions otherwise I'd be in trouble, but they were planning to make more animals, some which made it into TLW, some which were ultimately canned. They were planning to do a TON of vehicles though. We missed out.
Great video, thanks. Swamp Thing, I had one as a kid that could stretch apart and put back together until the stickiness wore off for the figure. It was really cool though while it lasted. I never saw or heard of that figure ever since.
@@EdsRetroGeekOut Yes, very much but you could pull the limbs off. I got it at a department/hardware store as a kid and wish I could track it down to see if someone else ever had it too. It may have been a knock off but it said Swamp Thing on there. He was like an olive green color. Very cool and maybe 5 inches tall I think. Thanks for the awesome videos Ed!
@@EdsRetroGeekOut Update. I'm sorry, just discovered it was Manglord stretcher, who resembles Swamp Thing. I was a tiny kid so not sure how I mixed the two up.
Clicked as soon as I saw the Chaos Effect Ultimasaurus! I have a Resin copy Ultimasaurus I bought which was expensive and easily breakable horns but the next best thing to owning a actual prototype cause the ones I seen on Ebay don't last long and extremely expensive. Actually have some of the Chaos Effect Dinos that did got released like the Raptor, Omega T-rex, the Mutant Brachiosaurus and large Raptor.
Oh man, I had the glowing cactus Swamp Thing and the camouflage Swamp thing. Really cool tooling on both! Barely any articulation though. but when i was that young i really didnt care.
Swamp Thing’s producer had a brother who lived next to my family in Michigan. His nieces got to go to the opening of the movie. He also put their first names in an episode of a cartoon he produced. I watched it. Two of the kids in a classroom scene are named after his nieces. Something with dinosaurs I think. I saw it in the theater. I think I loved it.
Probably the GI Joe Ones just because I would have had a Blast Crossing Just One over with the TMNT Toys Pretending that they are from Demission 0 or something
The Manimals also remind me of the Mega Marines line. Monstro Viper was unlike anything else in the GI Joe lineup (aside from the other monster in that series) and is one of my favorites as a result.
Actually saw the entire Manimals wave in person as a kid, attended the G.I. Joe conventions during the 90s with my family as dealers. A family friend actually had received an entire prototype wave of the figures from Hasbro directly, and always had them on display in what I believe was an official prototype display from Hasbro too. Was super excited when they ultimately came out, though missed out on getting my favorite Vortex. The announcements for all of the other figures planned for the line always seemed pretty awesome as well.
I'm not really into toys, but your content is super interesting and very well done sir...ended up binge watching all the episodes lol.. honestly this is great stuff...
I wish I still had my swamp thing figures. I was a huge fan and had him and Batman(my other DC favorite and all time favorite hero) team up all the time against Joker and Arcane, and eventually other villains once the kenner Batman The Animated Series toys came out
I rarely ever got the big toys as a kid. I had tons of toys but very few playsets, vehicles or large action figures. One of the few I DID have though, was that giant Jurassic Park T-Rex that was able to eat things. It had a slit in its stomach to get the toys back out. I have no idea how I ended up with that, haha. I also didn't realize this as a kid, but I had a complete Swamp Thing collection. I would fucking LOVE to have that now. Those definitely got sold in a yardsale.
I mean I love Indiana Jones but lets be honest here, there really isn't anything interesting about an Indiana Jones toy line. Not everything is good for a toy line and thats OK, Indiana Jones just happens to be one of those things. You weren't going to get people racing to get a Marcus Brody or a Sallah figure and, outside of generic "solider" because they weren't gonna make Nazi figures there just really isn't much there outside of Indy
@@lutherheggs451 Not everything can make a toy line, but Indiana Jones has what it takes to be one. Off the top of my head for a set idea: "Boulder Attack™! Help Indiana Jones escape a crushing fate in the new Boulder Attack play set with Real Action®! Use the Whip to avoid the pitfalls! Dodge the Spear traps! Escape with the treasures! (Includes Indiana Jones and Benny figures other figures sold seperately)" This could sell. It's exciting. Play sets with traps and moving parts were amazing. Temple of Doom also had other scenes that could be made into a play set like the 'Duel on the Bridge' where the bridge can 'snap in two'. Lots of great ideas there but poor execution led to it being a cancelled idea.
I had that six inch indiana jones figure. Weirdly enough, I lost the figure and kept the hat. The hat ended up in my Wicket figure after I lost his hood. lol I don't know if I still have those anymore though.
Please send any unproduced Jurassic Park stuff to your friends here @ Ed's Retro Geek Out or Laura Legends who will love them & share them with collector's on here!
I'm always curious to find more info about a cancelled figure/line I was interested in. The figure was advertised in a magazine in a 2 page spread showing his massive wingspan. I believe it was the figure Ra from a line called War Godz. Anyone know anything about it?
I will never understand how Star Wars had a decent Han Solo but they could never capture Indiana Jones likeness right. But that short round is a class figure 😆
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The Chaos Effect Tanaconda creature looks a bit like Vertigo from the game Primal Rage. - Also I had completely forgotten about the Swamp Thing cartoon.
Primal rage yes! Even the color scheme looks like thise primal rage characters
Those Jurassic Park toys look so Sick! I’d love to have that whole set!
The wacky colors make em look alien 🤓
I remember Swapthing, the tv series and the animated one. That Crocklooking Swampthing could be awsome to have it. Great info Ed, thanks dude! 👍
Thanks for watching buddy 🤓
“A serpent head of three inches unfurels” same!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 on hinges?
that croc SwampThing is a SHAME was not produced... it could be probably the best variation of the line
Yeah i think the whole line deserves more love
@@EdsRetroGeekOut The cartoon ABSOLUTELY deserves more love. It's criminal that it only had five episodes
I really think You History is your best series and if you push it and keep it up with this quality it's going to get you the increase in subs you deserve.
The rest of us need to not only like, comment and subscribe but we gotta share these vids and tell our friends. Let's get Ed to 100k as quick as we can!
Thanks buddy 🤓
oh my God the tanaconda brought back some great memories.
Great video Ed! Looks like a TON of research went into this one. So many great feats of engineering that would have been awesome to play with.
Thanks for watching 🤓
I love the Stretch Armstrong sitting on the shelf in the background of your videos in his underwear lol, that dude has no shame.
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Who ever disliked this video probably still mad because these toys were never released. Great content buddy keep it up 👏👌🏆
Thanks buddy 🤓
I have a small JP collection and honestly, I hate the JP logo so obvious on them.
Great video as always Ed!
Who dislikes this man’s videos, just a fellow nerd geeking out over the best aspects of our childhood.
Love your content man, keep it up bro!
Thanks buddy 🤓 afterall a dislike is just a thumbs up down under!
Love these Toy History videos. The only problem is, they always make me jump straight on eBay and buy something (in this case: a Swamp Thing figure!)
I have the same problem i find out about the toys and then i want them 🥲
Which might be the #1 reason I taught myself to customize. For the most modern form of Indiana Jones figures, I took some personal pride in expanding the line. Captain Katanga, Rene Belloq in casual attire, Indy covered in cobwebs, Marion Ravenwood first appearance, Marion in white (breakaway) dress, Satipo (Sapito?), Walter Donovan (with swappable "chose poorly" mode), and more.
I really like your videos! these toys are way older than me but i still love love hearing about them
Thanks 🤓
This videos are pure gold, im learning a lot
Thank 🤓
Man Kenner just had no luck getting that Swamp Thing tool to market despite all those attempts.
The cartoon series intro song is a newer version of wild thing where they swapped the lyrics with swamp thing 🎵 🤣
Discovered this channel by random chance (and RUclips algorithms) totally subscribed! This channel is my jam!!!
Thanks 🤓
Indiana Jones love interest in temple of doom is Willie. I don’t know who Frankie is 🤔
Yeah i don’t know how that slipped in 😅
Willie and Shorty were dogs that either George Lucas or Steven Spielberg owned (or one or the other) and a great play on the fact that "we named the _dog_ Indiana..." . Is Frankie someone else's dog? Ed? Are you trying to tell us something?!
You don't know frankie?
Your streak of putting together not only an Entertaining episode but amazingly well done as well episode continues unbroken!
Thanks 🤓
@@EdsRetroGeekOut My pleasure! 😇
Alligator Swamp Thing would've been a cool action figure! I remember one kid who used to live a block before me, had the Snap Up and Camouflage Swamp Thing figures. Then I remember the glow in the dark Swamp Thing figure was also made. Excellent video! :)
Thanks buddy and yeah gotta love the one off glow in the dark figure in lines 🤓
Another awesome video, Ed! Brilliantly researched and with a great presentation, as always!
Thanks 🤓
Just want to say thanks for making the videos. I had a great collection more recently my favorites where the turtles in time figures by Neca. But lost them all in a house fire sadly. Figures least of my worries but glad I can still enjoy figures and turtle goodness through you. Keep up the good work!
Oh man that sucks to hear, neca has indeed put out some great tmnt 🤓
Damn! This channel is so well produced for being so small. Great job!
Thanks for watching
damnn I had the glow in the dark swamp thing, I wish I had taken better care of all my toys back then.
That glow in the dark feature worked perfectly with him 🤩
Mine is buried away somewhere, I scooped up a lot of the Swamp Thing line on sale, or clearance. A few spares went into sculpture fodder, I think I made a Marvel's Abomination out of one Swamp Thing (Emil Blonsky still has that extending wrist vine thingy built in) and one of that scrawny guy from Swamp Thing became a Marvel's Mephisto in my collection.
Awesome video Ed. Thank you for these 😊
Thanks for watching buddy 🤓
I loved the swamp thing toys. I wish that alligator swamp thing was released - looks so cool.
It’s a great line 😁
Awesome quality videos! Thank you for making these :)
Thanks for watching 🤓
That’s awesome! Loved this!
Thanks 🤓
The 90’s were the best for kids toys so it’s amazing that you make these videos seriously keep up the amazing work
Swamp thing was awesome. I like the toy that had his arms extend with string.
Awesome i only had a playset thing i picked up at a flea but never got any toys 🥲
@@EdsRetroGeekOut it's rough
I may have a bias point of view, but my favorite types were the vehicles. Especially ghost busters.
I miss the 90's they did not care what they put out.
Boy oh boy I could educate you on Jurassic stuff for ages. I have seen the kenner bible concerning Jurassic Park series 2, and insane insider information.
🤩 the jurassic prophecy! JP2 bible it can’t be true
@@EdsRetroGeekOut it's absolutely true. I can only offer descriptions otherwise I'd be in trouble, but they were planning to make more animals, some which made it into TLW, some which were ultimately canned. They were planning to do a TON of vehicles though. We missed out.
You can't disclose 20 year old toys that never where?? Nearly 25 years now that movie is from 1997....
@@nick0tripp312 nope
@@projectamis4772 sounds more like BS
Great video, thanks. Swamp Thing, I had one as a kid that could stretch apart and put back together until the stickiness wore off for the figure. It was really cool though while it lasted. I never saw or heard of that figure ever since.
Awesome was it like a stretch armstrong or different?
@@EdsRetroGeekOut Yes, very much but you could pull the limbs off. I got it at a department/hardware store as a kid and wish I could track it down to see if someone else ever had it too. It may have been a knock off but it said Swamp Thing on there. He was like an olive green color. Very cool and maybe 5 inches tall I think. Thanks for the awesome videos Ed!
@@EdsRetroGeekOut Update. I'm sorry, just discovered it was Manglord stretcher, who resembles Swamp Thing. I was a tiny kid so not sure how I mixed the two up.
Clicked as soon as I saw the Chaos Effect Ultimasaurus! I have a Resin copy Ultimasaurus I bought which was expensive and easily breakable horns but the next best thing to owning a actual prototype cause the ones I seen on Ebay don't last long and extremely expensive. Actually have some of the Chaos Effect Dinos that did got released like the Raptor, Omega T-rex, the Mutant Brachiosaurus and large Raptor.
The long fingers on the figure seem easy to break as wel 🤓
Thanks for the great vid as always Ed! Keep up the good work!
Thanks buddy
Swamp Thing would be the top grabs in my book
I had the JP T-Rex. I remembered as soon as I saw the removable meat chunk.
Cool stuff, excellent quality video brother.
Thanks 🤓
I had a Swamp Thing that you could pull his arms and legs and they would go back together because they were on strings.
Awesome 🤩
Oh man, I had the glowing cactus Swamp Thing and the camouflage Swamp thing. Really cool tooling on both! Barely any articulation though. but when i was that young i really didnt care.
Swamp Thing’s producer had a brother who lived next to my family in Michigan. His nieces got to go to the opening of the movie. He also put their first names in an episode of a cartoon he produced. I watched it. Two of the kids in a classroom scene are named after his nieces. Something with dinosaurs I think. I saw it in the theater. I think I loved it.
Awesome stuff, Ive been seeking unreleased stuff for my blog. some are so cool
Thanks buddy
Probably the GI Joe Ones just because I would have had a Blast Crossing Just One over with the TMNT Toys Pretending that they are from Demission 0 or something
The Manimals also remind me of the Mega Marines line. Monstro Viper was unlike anything else in the GI Joe lineup (aside from the other monster in that series) and is one of my favorites as a result.
Loved those 🙌 have em both
Great fun this history lesson 👍👍👍
Thanks Chris 🤓
Great video Ed! You did a great job with all those dino names! 👍🏼
Those weren’t easy and they’re still wrong probably 😄 blublablavino - just pop saurus at the end
Thank you
thanks for watching 🤓
Another great video 🏆
Thank you 🤓
Manimals are to G.I.JOEs like Beast Wars are to TRANSFROMERS.Nice video 📹 you stay having good stuff thx for sharing.
I loved the swamp thing toys and definitely would have wanted those
I hope to find some of that toyline i really like it seems like they’d match well with ghostbusters
Yeah, this is a major frickin' shame...😕...because I see a whole lotta unmade awesomeness...🤘🏼💯✔️
Indeed 🥲
Actually saw the entire Manimals wave in person as a kid, attended the G.I. Joe conventions during the 90s with my family as dealers. A family friend actually had received an entire prototype wave of the figures from Hasbro directly, and always had them on display in what I believe was an official prototype display from Hasbro too.
Was super excited when they ultimately came out, though missed out on getting my favorite Vortex. The announcements for all of the other figures planned for the line always seemed pretty awesome as well.
I'm not really into toys, but your content is super interesting and very well done sir...ended up binge watching all the episodes lol.. honestly this is great stuff...
Thanks mikey 🤓
Love this stuff man!😀😀😀😀💀👍
Thanks for watching 🤓
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What kind of likeness is that on Willie Scott & Short Round toy 🤣
Yes. Those are truly worse than some of the Star Wars likenesses back around the same era, right?
I wish that short round toy come out. 😀👍
Awesome content! Keep up the good work!!
Found a 1984 Imperial Battle Beast two headed dragon with the saddle at the flea market today! 😁👍
Awesome 🤘🤘
Awesome video
Thanks 🤓
Damn good video ✌👍 and the TMNT Cave line is one of my all time Favorit😊😆
Thanks 🤓
We actually had a chaos effect figure when we were kids, that brontosaurus looking one with the sharp teeth and dorsal plates.
Nice Video
I have a Compstegnathus from the Chaos JP line somewhere around here! :D
Awesome!
I hope one day to find that ultimasaurs I want it for my Kaiju shelf
There's a baby ultimasaurus that was released. I am fortunate enough to have it.
Yeah indeed 🤓 that’s awesome
Probably you already knew this, but the JP Dinosaurs were repacked and sold as basic figures for the JPIII line here in Mexico.
Oooh that’s awesome 🤩
Jurassic Park had the best toys.
That Dino boom was no joke in the 90’s, that shit was eeeeeverywhere
Que geniales figuras. Especialmente las de gijoe. Saludos
Ohh the chaos effect Jurassic park line😍😍
your t-shirt haha!🔥
Also, love this video so informative!
My shirt is the best 😄
I wish I still had my swamp thing figures. I was a huge fan and had him and Batman(my other DC favorite and all time favorite hero) team up all the time against Joker and Arcane, and eventually other villains once the kenner Batman The Animated Series toys came out
I would love to find those swamp thing figs. Awesome video , I'm a new subscriber 👍👍
Thanks for watching 🤓
I rarely ever got the big toys as a kid. I had tons of toys but very few playsets, vehicles or large action figures. One of the few I DID have though, was that giant Jurassic Park T-Rex that was able to eat things. It had a slit in its stomach to get the toys back out. I have no idea how I ended up with that, haha. I also didn't realize this as a kid, but I had a complete Swamp Thing collection. I would fucking LOVE to have that now. Those definitely got sold in a yardsale.
There is ONE toy and it's a BOGLIN!!!
😎 year of the bogs!
I start my weekend kickoffs with your videos.. Hope you'll be back soon and everything is okay.
Ed, you're awesome! I love your content. Have been binging everything. Hope you are doing well.
The cancelled Arcane figure was also a kitbashed figure using a lot of Robocop parts.
I was thinking we could see the Manimals in GI Joe Classified but it already failed so I don't think they would try it again. Thanks for the info :)
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Manimals were actually test marketed around the Ohio area. Thats where most of them have originated from.
I'd bet the reason those Indy figures/sets were cancelled is because the companies saw ToD and thought "welp, this franchise is dead."
😅 yeah maybe
I mean I love Indiana Jones but lets be honest here, there really isn't anything interesting about an Indiana Jones toy line. Not everything is good for a toy line and thats OK, Indiana Jones just happens to be one of those things. You weren't going to get people racing to get a Marcus Brody or a Sallah figure and, outside of generic "solider" because they weren't gonna make Nazi figures there just really isn't much there outside of Indy
@@lutherheggs451 Not everything can make a toy line, but Indiana Jones has what it takes to be one.
Off the top of my head for a set idea:
"Boulder Attack™! Help Indiana Jones escape a crushing fate in the new Boulder Attack play set with Real Action®! Use the Whip to avoid the pitfalls! Dodge the Spear traps! Escape with the treasures! (Includes Indiana Jones and Benny figures other figures sold seperately)"
This could sell. It's exciting. Play sets with traps and moving parts were amazing. Temple of Doom also had other scenes that could be made into a play set like the 'Duel on the Bridge' where the bridge can 'snap in two'. Lots of great ideas there but poor execution led to it being a cancelled idea.
So these unreleased jp toys inspired Indom Rex!
And here I thought Manimal referred to Dr Jonatham Chase, the actual Manimal😄
You should cover the land of the lost toy line of the 90s
40.2 K 🎊🎉🎂
Great vid bud.
Thanks 🤓
some of those JP figures would have been cool like that big T-Rex Tritops things and some of those Manimals look cool
I think so too 😄 would have loved some more 90’s jp’s to collect
If the Swamp Thing cartoon had gotten more episodes maybe we'd have seen Scorcher.
I had that six inch indiana jones figure. Weirdly enough, I lost the figure and kept the hat. The hat ended up in my Wicket figure after I lost his hood. lol I don't know if I still have those anymore though.
I actually have one of the manimal figures. I bought waay back when kb toys was still around
Awesome 🤘🤘
Interesting video as usual bro-'
Thanks buddy 🙌
That JP one looks like the Indoraptor!
Ah man the chaos effect line art work is awesome. Shame it didnt take along with the cartoon. Also nice t shirt....
Thanks check out toy division if you can they also livestream every wednesday 🙌🔥
Please send any unproduced Jurassic Park stuff to your friends here @ Ed's Retro Geek Out or Laura Legends who will love them & share them with collector's on here!
Laura is the JP Queen! 🤘🦖
Was that a Refused reference in your intro?
Evan you have great taste in music🦇🎵 yes it was
i still got the JP Chaos Effect Tyrannonops
Awesome 🤩
Did they use the Indiana Jones’ face sculpt for Frankie?
Not gonna lie I definitely woulda bought the Tanaconda. Chaos effect looks pretty cool
He was released so he’s out there 🤓
@𝘿!𝙘𝙠 Riding ǤƗяℓ Ellie what’s up with u commenting on all mine with ur spam profile?
I'm always curious to find more info about a cancelled figure/line I was interested in. The figure was advertised in a magazine in a 2 page spread showing his massive wingspan. I believe it was the figure Ra from a line called War Godz. Anyone know anything about it?
I’ll have to look into that 🤓
I used to have a bug eyes ghost busters toy that used to creep me out
Great toy tough 🤓
I will never understand how Star Wars had a decent Han Solo but they could never capture Indiana Jones likeness right.
But that short round is a class figure 😆
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Hold on a moment. Spasma? Zigzag? Iguanus? Those are the names of Transformers!
Indeed 🤯