Knock Off Toys - MOTU KO, Galaxy Warriors, Speclatron, Sun Man, Monster Castle, ... TOY HISTORY #5

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  • Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024

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  • @bronykingamethystrain5676
    @bronykingamethystrain5676 Год назад +4

    I came her for Sun-Man. A cool vintage line with a heartwarming origin story, just a shame that 4 of the figures never made it passed the prototype phase. But thanks to Olmec Toys partnering up with Mattel to add Rulers of the Sun Characters to the Masters of the Universe Origins toy line, Kikto, Duplico, Hypno, and Zap-Man finally have the presence on toy collectors' shelves that they deserve.

  • @wimvanderstraeten6521
    @wimvanderstraeten6521 2 года назад +7

    These knock- offs were the kind of toys you could find at fairgrounds during the 80's.

  • @Ave_Echidna
    @Ave_Echidna 4 года назад +20

    Never would I have guessed that the cheesy skull headed guy with a glitter filled torso my aunt got me for christmas one year would have been considered collectible...

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +6

      It’s the holy grail for motu ko collectors 😅🤘

  • @lesserz6310
    @lesserz6310 4 года назад +3

    I'm a transformer collector...but as a kid. He-Man, G.I.Joe and Star Wars were my toy box filler. I never got into collecting He-Man, just because of this reason. So many knockoffs and very little info due to no internet back then. I just bought most of the Mega Construx motu figures and sets. Gotta be honest it's rekindled that flame a little that I might try and collect motu, but some of these KOs are looking cool too. Thanks for giving me a little insight on ko world of the masters.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching 🤓 there’s a lot more ko’s so might be able to do a follow up on motu ko’s 👌

  • @kolocon
    @kolocon 4 года назад +35

    Here in Mexico we have a massive knock offs, some of them even more “valuable” than the original piece, and so much hard to find it. I have a little collection of knock offs and they are my favorites

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +2

      The stuff mad hunter show is always amazing 🤩

    • @kolocon
      @kolocon 4 года назад +1

      Ed's Retro Geek Out yeah! Rodrigo it’s a great guy, i did a few business with him, he have an amazing collection, he has some retractors here in Mexico, pretty much all of them are resellers that ask way way more than the normal price and Rodrigo put them on their place.

  • @kleeklee4572
    @kleeklee4572 4 года назад +42

    Not a collector but growing up in the 80s and 90s my parents never really bought me toys and I find myself always watching these toy videos on RUclips all the time. This channel is by far the best in the “RUclips toys history” videos, it’s the closest thing to Netflixs show “toys that made us”. I use to work in film production and I appreciate the production value, the research, and solid writing. Good job dude, keep it up and I’m sure you’ll eventually get picked up by some network somewhere.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +8

      Woah thanks so much 🤓 there’s a couple channels that do it way better than me like the toys that made us but also justice cury’s amazon show “plastic Crack”, pixel dan, toy galaxy, retroblasting and laura legends are all such great content creators i look up to

    • @roosarobin3383
      @roosarobin3383 4 года назад

      That is sad 😢

  • @ranwolf7650
    @ranwolf7650 4 года назад +3

    My family would all get together for new years and exchange Christmas gifts with family that didn't live close together. When I was a kid, Voltron was huge. That year I and my cousins got a LOT of knock off Voltron toys. There was one of 5 motorcycles that combined into a robot. I got 3 or 4 of those that year. From what I remember, it was actually a decent figure when combined.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +1

      Some of the ko’s were actually really good 🤓🤘

  • @80sfreak42
    @80sfreak42 4 года назад +3

    In Mexico they were everywhere in the late 80s and early 90s.....I remember buying huge 12 inch plastic figures

  • @zufalllx
    @zufalllx 4 года назад +5

    THANK YOU! I've been trying to educate these heathens about the differences between KOs and bootlegs and that they are NOT THE SAME THING!

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +2

      I had to learn myself 🤓 so i think it was fun to kind of open the video this way by example of the court case 🤘 thanks for watching

  • @fakename2212
    @fakename2212 3 года назад +1

    I used to have a couple of the speclatron figures when I was a little kid, back then I didn't know they weren't just odd MOTU figures. Glad to see someone mention them.

  • @tacoenvy
    @tacoenvy 4 года назад +2

    Kids these days don't know how amazing it was for Toy's back then, growing up in the 80's going to the Toy stores like Toy's R Us was huge, just PACKED full of action figures and vehicles like some of the pictures in this video. Seeing all those GI Joe figures and vehicles hits me in the nostalgia feels. Thankfully as a kid I got pretty much all the figures I wanted, I pretty much had everything you could think of. It's just sad we don't have stores like this anymore and never will again.

  • @patrickowens4294
    @patrickowens4294 4 года назад +19

    I love knock-off toys, especially the really crazy ones.

    • @yellowvegtables454
      @yellowvegtables454 4 года назад +1

      The transformers ones that are like "Ultimate robot with questionable power, equipped with laser sword and man."

    • @justsomerando4905
      @justsomerando4905 3 года назад +1

      @@yellowvegtables454 accurate

  • @AtariLegend
    @AtariLegend 4 года назад +4

    Grab a beer, throw yourself in the couch, Ed's here with some Toy History. Just when I thought 'the toys that made us' was cool...
    Fantastic series. Again amazing research. And that Castle looked really weird and cool!

  • @salamwati9281
    @salamwati9281 3 года назад +1

    Spot on🤗..i remember in mid 80's here where i am MOTU used to be only 7 bucks and what a great price..but alas i am still in junior school and can only afford to save money to buy a He-Man...Sungold Galaxy Warriors were only 3 bucks and sold side by side with Motu..needless to say mum only bought for us those GW..😊

  • @superxereu
    @superxereu 4 года назад +17

    I remember when I was five and my mom asked me what I wanted for christmas and I said I want he-man, she replied is that the buff blonde dude wearing only his underwear, I said yeah that's the one, behold I ended getting hulk hogan instead of he-man hahahaha, I suppose is a very valid confusion

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +4

      I do get that tough i wouldn’t know paw patrol from other dogtype toys for my kids if i wasn’t so into toys 🤓

    • @superxereu
      @superxereu 4 года назад +1

      Ed's Retro Geek Out hahahaha i know exactly what you mean hahahaha

    • @vintagecapgunsatyourmomshouse
      @vintagecapgunsatyourmomshouse 10 месяцев назад

      Sad!

    • @dilbertfish
      @dilbertfish 10 месяцев назад +1

      Lol sounds like a good crossover.

  • @dravenvandross8281
    @dravenvandross8281 4 года назад +2

    Man that brings back memories I remember my father buying me so many knock-offs it's used to piss me off as a kid so Thanks for the Memories man I still have a lot of those Masters of the Universe knock-offs figures and the real figures of He-Man and Masters of the Universe as well.

  • @kenner7870
    @kenner7870 4 года назад +2

    Yet another interesting and educational Toy History lesson Ed! The only Knock Off toy I remember getting and still have is a Shockwave G1 Transformers that I got in Hungary back in the day. Looks exactly like the original apart from the slight colour difference and different packaging of course that has nothing to do with Transformers, but in both robot and gun mode has the same light and sound effects. And I still have this in my collection and it still works! Funny enough I never ended up getting an "original" G1 Shockwave. Maybe time to add the "real one" to the collection...?

  • @tallmetalhead2307
    @tallmetalhead2307 4 года назад +1

    I remember getting knock off Ninja Turtles for a Christmas gift exchange in the 4th grade. I was so let down because I already had them. Swapmeets were my second home and still are. I still have them.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +1

      I wanna go swap meet hunting again 😭😭

    • @tallmetalhead2307
      @tallmetalhead2307 4 года назад

      Ed's Retro Geek Out Me too. Sunday’s aren’t the same without swaps.

  • @2000Comics
    @2000Comics 2 года назад +2

    2:30 Skull Man! My favourite! I miss him!
    2:34 Guana! My first ever MOTU-like figure!
    5:22 Kobra! I still (barely) have him in one piece!
    9:30 I had a very similar skull with clear chest filled w/water and glitters - or was that one? Water finally leaked out.

  • @MonsterGrove
    @MonsterGrove 3 года назад +1

    Well done informative, me and my puppets enjoyed all the great pics!

  • @kristinaneuner7058
    @kristinaneuner7058 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for making this video, I didn't realize how many Warlord action figures I owned as a kid. Deep down I knew they weren't MOTU, but I still paired them up in epic battles.

  • @MannyTheMan316
    @MannyTheMan316 4 года назад +2

    Wow, I’m so happy that I grew up in the generation, when kids had a strong imagination and we played with these awesome toys!

  • @trence5
    @trence5 4 года назад +1

    yeah, I remember seeing some these toys at the dollar and discount stores back when I was a kid.

  • @MadhunterJuguetesAntiguos
    @MadhunterJuguetesAntiguos 3 года назад +1

    Amazing video! Thanks

  • @twig8523
    @twig8523 4 года назад +1

    Sunman & his villainous enemy Pighead! 😆 that's on-brand marketing!

  • @kolocon
    @kolocon 4 года назад +1

    Great! Another video! Thanks for making my childhood revival. Again im glad to be here and watch your channel grow! Love love love the content!

  • @AL13NM
    @AL13NM 4 года назад +1

    Great vid! Loved the old knock offs! Convertors were my Favorite!

  • @giannistoysdios7152
    @giannistoysdios7152 4 года назад +1

    Great review!! I just realized that I used to have a couple of Gallaxy Warriors figures as a kid. Thanks for sharing!!!

  • @kafan439
    @kafan439 4 года назад +2

    Really interesting and colorful video. I found it fascinating. I grew up during this time and had no inkling those other ones even existed, besides the DC characters. Also the room you're shooting in looks like a paradise. I remember going to a Toys r' us later and someone complaining about all the pvc. The smell oddly always cheered me up and made me nostalgic for all the good parts of my childhood. Thanks for the memories and knowledge bomb.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching 🤓 been collecting for 12 years so the room is getting pretty packed . I have a room tour vid up as well

  • @jamesoblivion
    @jamesoblivion 2 года назад

    I had Remco's Warlord figure as a kid. He definitely made guest appearances in my personal MOTU play narratives.

  • @thegeorgiealityshow359
    @thegeorgiealityshow359 4 года назад +3

    WOW I caught a flash back.Hey I had that sunman action figure the muscle pig man.My pops bought it thinking it was a He-man toy.I ain't care he blended well with my toys.Thx so much Ed be safe be blessed take care everyone.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад

      Pigman has some outstanding colors love that figure 🤘🤓

  • @FelipeManoelCollector
    @FelipeManoelCollector 4 года назад +1

    MOTU bring good memories to me ..... congrats to the video. Stay safe

  • @ToyKennections
    @ToyKennections Год назад

    Gosh. How have I not seen this ep yet? Loved this one. Great topic.

  • @tobiasvosh3878
    @tobiasvosh3878 4 года назад +1

    Love the videos friend. Entertaining and informative. It's clear you love what you do. Keep up the incredible work.

  • @80svillainstoys63
    @80svillainstoys63 4 года назад +5

    Toy history!!! Cool series of videos!!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤘🏼

  • @duellcollins7989
    @duellcollins7989 3 года назад +1

    I remember the warlord toys. But, I didn't know there was one for the TMNT. Those things were hilarious looking.🤣🤣🤣

  • @TheMichelob
    @TheMichelob 4 года назад +1

    Definitely my fav toy history video so far! Keep em comin dude!

  • @oxwah
    @oxwah 3 года назад +1

    Wow. I had that Sungold devil skeleton guy (at 5:50)! Lost a long time ago and completely forgotten about until now. Wow. I remember seeing so many of those generic Sungold knockoffs throughout my childhood. They just used whatever heads they felt like putting on that body! I recall troll doll heads, various monsters, etc.

  • @canalretrotv2512
    @canalretrotv2512 4 года назад +2

    That was pretty cool. It would be awesome if you do something similar with tmnt and its "inspired" lines like the fighting frogs, the Street sharks, the samurai pizza Cats,...
    Or a video of Ed about his knock-off James McAvoy 😁😁😁

  • @lunardemon1106
    @lunardemon1106 4 года назад +1

    I had that 2 headed dragon. Loved that toy.

  • @ripsnort8194
    @ripsnort8194 4 года назад +2

    Great video man

  • @RussLyman
    @RussLyman 4 года назад +2

    great stories about the 5.5 figures. I loved collecting MOTU toys growing up and I'm sure I have a knock off in my collection, I'll have to take a look and send you pic ha.
    This series is really awesome Ed and I can see if taking off big for you. Keep up the great work

  • @mattm6580
    @mattm6580 4 года назад +1

    I had that sword at 7:36! All these years I thought it was a genuine He-man sword. Alas, I now learn it was a knockoff. A little piece of my childhood just slipped away.

  • @brianbuchmeier
    @brianbuchmeier 4 года назад +3

    Another great video, Ed. Olmec also made G.I. Joe knock-offs called Bronze Bombers.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад

      Ooh i’ll look into those i just found some remco gijoe scale toys 🤓🤘

    • @danielferstendig
      @danielferstendig 4 года назад

      what about lanard corps figures

  • @dreadwing01
    @dreadwing01 4 года назад +3

    Ahh the memories, I used knock offs as the bad guys.

  • @DoraKage
    @DoraKage 4 года назад +1

    Wholly Shyt! I completely forgot that I used to have that All red guy and the cobra head guy from Galaxy Warriors.

  • @jeremygregorio7472
    @jeremygregorio7472 4 года назад +1

    I once saw the greatest knock off ever. It was a Super Powers figure of the Hulk but they used Kingpin's body. For some reason they gave him hair, but being an 80s figure it was frizzy.
    So it was a pot bellied afro'ed Hulk. So majestic.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣 whaat i gotta look that up!

    • @jeremygregorio7472
      @jeremygregorio7472 4 года назад

      @@EdsRetroGeekOut sadly I can't find it now. It was on an old toy bootleg site from the 90s

  • @saschaeller9256
    @saschaeller9256 4 года назад +4

    As a kid i had many of these Knock-off Figures,actually i connect them with The Masters of the Universe 😂and i had the TMNT knock-offs😂

  • @m.nic.5080
    @m.nic.5080 4 года назад +1

    80’s knockoff toys are genuinely my favorite thing. I collect knockoff kaiju and dinosaur toys (Imperial, Dor-Mei, etc.). Imperial Dragons are my lifeblood lol. I’d take a weird knockoff over an official any day.

    • @kwhuisman
      @kwhuisman 4 года назад

      The orange dor-mei ankylosaurus could be seen in Terminator 2 (inside the offices of Cyberdyne,) I noticed because mine was sitting on my TV back then!

  • @papaelgeek1578
    @papaelgeek1578 Год назад

    This is a great video. I actually purchased Sun man from the new MOTU Toy line and now I appreciate the figure even more.

  • @genesanford9412
    @genesanford9412 4 года назад +1

    Thanks ,nice post.I love hearing about these figs.I collect boots , k/o,s , and shoddy look-alikes.Mostly DC/Marvel stuff.

  • @spacepiratejacen2258
    @spacepiratejacen2258 4 года назад +2

    Totally awesome material! 👍

  • @CouchCit
    @CouchCit 4 года назад +1

    Holy shit, I cant front I totally didn't expect you to cover Sun-Man, I was ready to comment about that line because it was so impactful on me and my brothers/friends.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад

      The whole Olmec corp story is pretty interesting and the sunman figures are some of the best quality and imaginative wise in the motu ko galaxy 🤓

    • @CouchCit
      @CouchCit 4 года назад +1

      @@EdsRetroGeekOut Well thanks for the awesome and informative video, I enjoyed it

  • @cajuntacos8423
    @cajuntacos8423 3 года назад +1

    God you just opened up a Whole Can of Worms for Me!!! Lol Great Video

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  3 года назад +1

      There’s even more working on compiling a follow up with a whole new batch of awesome 5.5’s 😁

  • @residentvania7733
    @residentvania7733 4 года назад

    Wow....This video series you are doing is incredible. Keep up the hard work and I will keep watching. JUICY STUFF!!!!

  • @GamerAhmer
    @GamerAhmer 4 года назад +1

    This is great!! Awesome Video! Loved it!

  • @joeriveracomedy
    @joeriveracomedy 4 года назад +2

    Now I know where all those random dragon toys in my older cousin's hand me downs came from

  • @acertainshape
    @acertainshape 4 года назад +1

    Just discovered your channel and I'm loving it. You are very knowledgeable.

  • @JohnPatterson-kz8jr
    @JohnPatterson-kz8jr 11 месяцев назад

    I love bootleg,knock off and innapropriate toys!!😂❤😊
    Theyr'e just so freaking hilarious!!😮😂❤

  • @Solwid100
    @Solwid100 4 года назад

    Love this video :) i remember birthdays where my family would buy knock-offs, and still loving it ;)

  • @IamHedgehog
    @IamHedgehog 4 года назад +3

    The galaxy hole!!! The bootleg zones overall score is 9 ... Oops wrong channel lol great video as always ed

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +1

      I haven’t watched his stuff yet cuz I didn’t wanna copy anything but my buddy who has a big ko collection did recommend his videos 🤓👌

  • @VHSMikey
    @VHSMikey 4 года назад +1

    Your merch looks excellent, great video as well. Def going to catch up on your work

  • @williamwright9079
    @williamwright9079 3 года назад +1

    Good stuff here my man! Thank you! Just found this content and I is into it!

  • @audiebavington8789
    @audiebavington8789 4 года назад +1

    This is a brilliant video. Thank you and peace from downunder! Subscribed!

  • @willywampa84
    @willywampa84 4 года назад

    Awesome video! There was a toy company called Soma that made knock off MOTU figures as well as knock-off power rangers and more. I never had any of these figures as a kid, but if I ever come across any, I'd pick them up. The only thing of theirs I had were tiny 2" vinyl figurines of pirates, ninjas, and robots.

  • @bootlegtoysvietnam5516
    @bootlegtoysvietnam5516 4 года назад +1

    You had me at "knock off toys"! Great stuff as always Ed.

  • @TRobotMike
    @TRobotMike 4 года назад +2

    Great video!

  • @genesanford9412
    @genesanford9412 4 года назад +1

    Dam ! Ed ,this post kicked ASS ! ...info ,photo, & MORE photo,s..love it ,and you didnt made all those dumb noises & sounds like that OTHER knock off info channel.I grew up broke ,so k/o were a way of life.I had the MOTU main guys ,but the other 12 were Galaxy Warriors ,et. thanks for the good vibes !

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +1

      Some of tge galaxy warriors were really cool looking and defenders of the planets were simply amazing 🤩

    • @genesanford9412
      @genesanford9412 4 года назад +1

      @@EdsRetroGeekOut yepper ,there were SO many combo,s too.

  • @micshork
    @micshork 3 года назад +2

    I wish I could collect the Galaxy Warriors/Galaxy Fighters and Galaxy Adventure Girl figures.
    I also kinda liked “Defenders of the Planets”.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  3 года назад

      Defenders of the planets were high quality i added some since this video 🤓

  • @manwithnoname3024
    @manwithnoname3024 3 года назад

    Wow man. Great videos. I never knew there were so many knock offs. I really really dig the guys with the snow globe torso. Wish I had some myself.

  • @warface4881
    @warface4881 4 года назад +1

    Man when I was a kid I never saw any of these knockoffs. I feel like I truly missed out.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад

      They look pretty sweet some of them 🤓👌

  • @jorgeldejesus8465
    @jorgeldejesus8465 4 года назад +1

    I had some AWA wrestlers from Remco and they have the same he-man chest and Leg configuragion, memories

  • @elcowabungahe-man6156
    @elcowabungahe-man6156 4 года назад +1

    Love the video MOTU is my primary collection love any figure base of my favorite line

  • @pabcalderon
    @pabcalderon 4 года назад +1

    I think I still have a surviving Galaxy Warrior brown wolfman knock-off doll action figure bootleg whatever somewhere. I had a few of them back in the day along with MOTU and TMNT long gone murdered toys 😣

  • @geoffreychauvin1474
    @geoffreychauvin1474 4 года назад +1

    Two toy lines stand out to me with being subject to myriad knockoffs; Transformers and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. So many companies brought out transforming vehicles and twelve inch dolls with similar points of articulation(fingers, multiple points in each appendage, swiveling joints with a ball bearing). I don’t really recall a lot of others that didn’t have their own cartoon or comic book associated.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад

      Mmpr had some weird ko’s 🤓

    • @geoffreychauvin1474
      @geoffreychauvin1474 4 года назад

      Ed's Retro Geek Out what’s crazy is I looked into it and some of the knock offs in the US were rebrands from other Sentai shows that the companies must have licensed on the cheap.

  • @francescorengifo
    @francescorengifo 4 года назад +31

    My mom once brought me a He-Guy when you pull back the string it said "MEh"

  • @snukastyle
    @snukastyle 4 года назад +2

    -I've spent hours watching Phelous showing off the various knock-offs of Galaxy Warriors and their spin-offs, which he's nicknamed "The Galaxy Hole."
    -And now you show us other galaxies!
    -The Sun God figures looked so good!
    -So, what happens when you push the back of the Speclatrons? Is it like a pump mechanism that makes the glitter move about?

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +1

      His videos are amazing! And yeah it worked kinda like the mosquitor action 🤘

  • @Kai0nTheMoon
    @Kai0nTheMoon 4 года назад +1

    Oh sh...nap. I forgot a lot of these even figures existed until seeing them in this video. I had a ton of those Warlord figures. Probably all 600 feet underground in a landfill by now. Would really suck if the premise behind 'Toy Story' was real...
    You now have another subscriber BTW.

  • @_The_Worst_
    @_The_Worst_ 4 года назад +1

    Holy schnikes...😮...It has glitter...🤯

  • @YoursTrulyMew
    @YoursTrulyMew 4 года назад +1

    I remember seeing knock off megaman X toys in Mexico which were done really nice and will changeable armor

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +1

      I think the best megaman toys are ko’s 🤘🤓

  • @Dragonsrage012
    @Dragonsrage012 4 года назад +2

    You really should do GI Joe and Transformers. So many knock offs of both of those.
    Also I think it is funny that some people still think Go Bots was a knock off of transformers. HAHAHA.

  • @IAmSamThatIAM
    @IAmSamThatIAM 4 года назад

    I don't think we will ever grow up. I introduce my kids to transformer, and all other action figures that now they still collect them even reissues ten years later. My son got all sorts of Transformers line from old to new ones. I got into it to with the new Master of The Universe new toy line. I just can't believe that I now own the first wave, and looking forward to the second wave. I'm just buying it out of nostalgia, and soon I look forward to passing it along to my grand kids.

  • @PelinalDidNothingWrong
    @PelinalDidNothingWrong 3 года назад

    I kinda like Sun-Man and Pig Head. They fit right in with MOTU and Sun-Man feels somebody who would've fought alongside King Greyskull

  • @MyHeroMYLIFE
    @MyHeroMYLIFE 4 года назад

    I love your toy history!!!! It’s sooooo good!

  • @entrailzent
    @entrailzent 4 года назад +1

    Your channel is Awesome by the way I just found it today really good stuff so far

  • @pairofsneakerheads
    @pairofsneakerheads 4 года назад +1

    My favorites are TURLY GANG which were TURTLE action figures in the MOTU style.

  • @supersaiyanshonathan
    @supersaiyanshonathan 4 года назад +1

    I had some of those knockoffs. Some weren't bad. I'd just use them with my He-Man toys

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +1

      Some really gave motu a run for their money 🤠

  • @littleBIGrobots
    @littleBIGrobots 4 года назад +3

    Action figures are dolls, the same way that dolls are action figures. You play with both of them, "mimicking" human movement or actions. Some people think "dolls" means "for girls" (as though girls never played with action figures like He-Man or boys never played with dolls with dresses, etc) so that's where the distinction comes from. It's a stupid distinction. lol
    I make toys, collect them, etc. Toys are always toys -- meaning to be played with -- unless they are statues, busts, etc that are meant to just sit somewhere, not to be played with.
    Great video, subscribed :)

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад

      Thanks so much 🤓🤘

    • @Alex-km9uw
      @Alex-km9uw 4 года назад

      I agree, I never quite understood why some collectors get so mad when you call their action figures dolls lol, it's the same thing.

  • @RetroCynical
    @RetroCynical 4 года назад +16

    Time to sell the house so I can get a Speclatron figure.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +4

      🤔theres 2 on ebay for 1400$

    • @RetroCynical
      @RetroCynical 4 года назад +5

      @@EdsRetroGeekOut yeah my wife totally wont kill me

    • @Kai0nTheMoon
      @Kai0nTheMoon 4 года назад +3

      I had four of them as a kid. All long gone. Yet another reason I'd like to go back in time and slap my younger self in the face.

    • @ExaltedMarauder
      @ExaltedMarauder 4 года назад

      @@Kai0nTheMoon 😆 I had the swimming tmnt for Xmas their 1st year out cuz No one anywhere had the nonswimming tmnt figures. I remember being upset but still thankful for them. Today now it's a ton easier to get the tmnt figures but no one I talk to remembers the swimming tmnt figures! Lol how much would they go for now you think? My older brother and I had the swimming donatello and swimming Leonardo. (We eventually got all the figures from the first set but it took 2 years.) I bet my parents was sick of ninja turtles lmao.

  • @spaceace3048
    @spaceace3048 4 года назад +1

    This channel is the perfect toy channel love it! :)

  • @wiibrockster
    @wiibrockster 4 года назад +3

    One of the best knockoff lines was Biker Mice from Mars.

    • @geoffreychauvin1474
      @geoffreychauvin1474 4 года назад

      Eh, that’s not really a knock off. It had its own cartoon.

    • @IMIatix
      @IMIatix 4 года назад

      There was a knock of those figures called Jupiter Power

    • @zufalllx
      @zufalllx 4 года назад

      @@geoffreychauvin1474 It was a KO. Just cus it had a cartoon dosen't make it not a KO

  • @werewolf74
    @werewolf74 Год назад

    I had a Remco - Craven and a Galoob Blackstar -- Tongo. He was cool a sort of yellow tiger with glow in the dark weapons and a weapon pack.

  • @dusk78
    @dusk78 3 года назад +1

    Knock offs were great for army building and world building

  • @NuMBERNYC
    @NuMBERNYC 4 года назад +1

    As a kid I had that toy C-2132 from your video @ 10:02 I was probably in the 1st or 2nd grade. I was a happy kid, still am 😄

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад

      Wow id love to have that dragon looks so cool!

  • @vandalistica
    @vandalistica 4 года назад +1

    Wow, I remember seeing that warlords ad in comics. That was a loooong time ago.

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад

      Ive never seen the figures they did look cool tough 🤓

  • @actionsfeatured5536
    @actionsfeatured5536 4 года назад +2

    Hahahaha! Yessss, great vid, I want a spook chasers now 👻

  • @RetroMargo
    @RetroMargo 4 года назад +1

    Cool video brotha ...channel is growing nicely 👌🏼

  • @jamesbrooking1287
    @jamesbrooking1287 4 года назад +21

    i really want that mecha thomas the tank engine

    • @NicholasBaugh11779
      @NicholasBaugh11779 4 года назад +4

      james brooking who doesn’t want the mecha Thomas

    • @justinmoss1163
      @justinmoss1163 4 года назад +5

      I have one, think I got it on ebay or aliexpress, paid like $25 a few years ago. Plastics really cheap on it, it's exactly as bad as you would expect it to be... but at the same time its awesome

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад

      It looks so bad its gotta ve good!

    • @Gappasaurus
      @Gappasaurus 4 года назад +4

      It’s an awesome figure for KO collectors 👍🏽 It’s a bootleg of the “Loco Squad Commander” train combiner by Leader Shine (aka Champion Crown) who made all of those generic transforming robot dinosaurs, animals, insects, reptiles, etc in the 2000’s that kinda **looked** like Beast Wars but weren’t 😅 Aside from the Loco Squad, one of their best figures was the Appliance Robo combiner 😄 No lie, it was a refrigerator, TV, stereo, etc that combined into a big robot 😆 Some of my favorite KOs of my collection 😎

    • @northumbriabushcraft1208
      @northumbriabushcraft1208 4 года назад +2

      It's one of those figures which is so shitty you have to have it if you collect retro toys. Just like that 'Sense of right alliance' pack of superhero figures, which i think has Superman, Spiderman, 2 Power Rangers, Shreck and the car from Disney Cars. Fucking epppiiiccc

  • @Zey-The-Mouse
    @Zey-The-Mouse 4 года назад +1

    Hi, As a life long fan of the original 'He-Man' line, i do remember there being knock off's, as 'Power Ranger's' did too i had Tommy the Green/white ranger :)

    • @EdsRetroGeekOut
      @EdsRetroGeekOut  4 года назад +1

      Power rangers had a lot of weird ko’s 🤓

    • @Zey-The-Mouse
      @Zey-The-Mouse 4 года назад

      @@EdsRetroGeekOut Yes, i'm sure, :)

  • @salutemastertv4737
    @salutemastertv4737 4 года назад +2

    Vintage FOREVERRR!!!😎💙