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Post by Joe Neglia on Jul 25, 2019 17:08:00 GMT -5
#20 is up, and it's Doozy Bots - the first attempt to market Gundam to the West.
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Post by Paul on Jul 25, 2019 18:26:53 GMT -5
These are great! Thanks for sharing them!  |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Aug 29, 2019 16:10:41 GMT -5
#21 is up, this time looking at PacToys' Lords of Light line.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Aug 29, 2019 19:52:22 GMT -5
In the hands of a better toy company and not one in financial trouble, the idea of action figures with a glowstick gimmick could be done better.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 30, 2019 3:16:22 GMT -5
The glow sticks seem like a neat idea, but strike me as something that would end in choking or kids biting them open, killing the company with lawsuits. If there wasn't a risk, some other company would have ripped it off rather than sticking with more costly electronics.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 30, 2019 7:34:53 GMT -5
I would love it if someone compiled the Gi-Joe family tree, detailing how many lines span off from the original 12 inch doll, and the lines that came from spin-offs of spinoffs. Action man, Microman, Henshin cyborg, Diaclone, Transformers, Lords of light, Micronauts, Blockman, Diakron, Action Force, the Brave Saga... The list is seemingly endless.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Aug 30, 2019 7:38:39 GMT -5
I would love it if someone compiled the Gi-Joe family tree, detailing how many lines span off from the original 12 inch doll, and the lines that came from spin-offs of spinoffs. Action man, Microman, Henshin cyborg, Diaclone, Transformers, Lords of light, Micronauts, Blockman, Diakron, Action Force, the Brave Saga... The list is seemingly endless. Or if someone compiled all the knockoff Joe lines, especially in the 80s, because it seemed like everybody was making a 3.75" action figure line of soldiers and stuff. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 18, 2019 20:13:38 GMT -5
Episode 22: The Probably Mostly True Story of Operation: Aliens
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 6, 2019 1:06:19 GMT -5
Episode #23 is up, and this time it's a look at Pepsiman.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jan 9, 2020 17:05:24 GMT -5
#24 - Stretchoid Warriors
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jan 9, 2020 19:03:25 GMT -5
I miss the weird attempts to import Japanese toylines into the west where they'd just completely reinvent them to try and make them more palatable. Sometimes you'd get Transformers or Gobots, sometimes you'd get stretchoid warriors.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 9, 2020 19:54:33 GMT -5
Always good stuff. And glad Toy Galaxy has stayed so light hearted; the other channel I used to watch bout 80s toys Retroblasting got so weird and douchey about Star Wars I unsubscribed.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 5, 2020 21:25:38 GMT -5
Episode #25 - G.I. Joe: Manimals
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 5, 2020 21:36:12 GMT -5
I'll never not find it funny how Hasbro let the Joe line die twice in the exact same way: Introducing aliens, cyborgs, dinosaurs, and size/brand changes. Always good stuff. And glad Toy Galaxy has stayed so light hearted; the other channel I used to watch bout 80s toys Retroblasting got so weird and douchey about Star Wars I unsubscribed. Yeah, I dunno what's going on with Retro, but he's gotten quite unpleasant in the last few months. It's a shame, I loved his toyline/toon retrospectives. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 5, 2020 22:24:39 GMT -5
Same here, his stuff was always fun and informative, but the videos around the time of the last Star Wars just got unpleasant.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Mar 6, 2020 8:06:16 GMT -5
A bit bummed he didn’t touch upon another planned space expansion for Joe in ‘95 to go along with the Manimals. Namely, the Replicators, a subset with familiar Joes and Cobras being replaced by aliens and the figures would do a flip-morph gimmick to reflect this.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 8:44:58 GMT -5
A bit bummed he didn’t touch upon another planned space expansion for Joe in ‘95 to go along with the Manimals. Namely, the Replicators, a subset with familiar Joes and Cobras being replaced by aliens and the figures would do a flip-morph gimmick to reflect this. I still have my 1994 JoeCon guidebook which is chock full of info & pics of the cancelled toys. What a way to find out GI Joe is cancelled -- going to the convention (USS Intrepid, NYC) and finding out in the event's handbook that there'll be no more toys and here's all the stuff they cancelled (to be fair, none of it wow'd me back then either; I find it more fascinating in my 40s in the historical sense). |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 16, 2020 16:09:26 GMT -5
Episode #26: The Infaceables is up:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2020 16:32:11 GMT -5
A bit bummed he didn’t touch upon another planned space expansion for Joe in ‘95 to go along with the Manimals. Namely, the Replicators, a subset with familiar Joes and Cobras being replaced by aliens and the figures would do a flip-morph gimmick to reflect this. GI Joe and aliens just don't go well. The Invaders, who ironically predate Cobra, should have been a stern reminder. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 16, 2020 16:46:01 GMT -5
A bit bummed he didn’t touch upon another planned space expansion for Joe in ‘95 to go along with the Manimals. Namely, the Replicators, a subset with familiar Joes and Cobras being replaced by aliens and the figures would do a flip-morph gimmick to reflect this. GI Joe and aliens just don't go well. The Invaders, who ironically predate Cobra, should have been a stern reminder. The Intruders, not Invaders. The history of Joe's downfall in the toy aisle is interesting to me, because Hasbro repeated the exact same mistakes TWICE, and not just one mistake. As the original 12" line started faltering, they tried to prop it up with cyborgs (Atomic Man), aliens, monsters and dinosaurs (the Intruders, Gor, Terron) as well as re-brandings and size scale changes (Adventure Team, Super Joe) As the Real American Hero line started faltering, they tried to prop it up with cyborgs (Robo-Joe), aliens, monsters and dinosaurs (Manimals, Lunartix, Dino-Hunters) as well as re-brandings and size scale changes (Sgt. Savage, Extreme) |
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