Forgotten 80s Sci Fi Toys #1
in this episode we will be talking about some
forgotten 80s science fiction toys so stick around [Music] hello fellow dorks and dorkettes and welcome
to plastic ghosts my name is Rob and in this episode we'll be talking about forgotten
80s science fiction toys now yeah I took everything that is space related but
not robot related or sword and sorcery related and jam them together in the Sci-Fi
category and I mean we're talking about the 80s and they really loved bending different
genres and sticking them together so I kind of sifted through everything and this is
what I ended up with so if there's any questions about you know what I have on this
list or any of the ones I have planned for the future just hit me up in the comments but
anyway enough of that let's get to number one foreign number one is just a beautiful
mess of borrowed pieces from other toy lines cobbled together to create something
that really needs to be seen to be believed these are the nebular Warlords
released by Chang Ching toys in 1985. okay the first thing that I will talk about is
what I see as the crowning achievement of this toy and that is each one of the action figures comes
with a motorized mechanical speed for the figures to ride on in theory I mean everything
from robotic Lions to rhinoceroses and they're motorized battery operated action of small
rubber Wheels in its base I doubt the actual legs have movement because that would require a lot
that as you'll see this toy line doesn't seem capable of producing and I don't mean to speak
ill of any toy as I've said in the past but like I said they have cobbled together different
aspects of other toy lines to achieve some of these figures now the nebular Warlords had
two different styles of action figures one I don't see how can ride these little motorized
steeds because the figures are like twice the size non-posable from what I can see and they're
made from that like cheap balloon plastic you know the hollow stuff that you know
just doesn't really hold up [Music] I mean these action figures in the line are
yeah I mean they're pretty cool they're you know that space Warrior fantasy-esque type
design now the second action figure that was being offered in this toy line are the ones
that I was mentioning that happened to be cobbled together from you know various parts of other
toy lines two toy lines in particular sectors and starriers yeah they have sector heads jammed on
top of starrier bodies now I don't know from what I've seen if the bodies still have the wind-up
functionality that the original starrier toys had but it just looks so freaking
weird to see this humanoid insect our head just jammed on this you know
chunky robot body and with those chunky robot bodies they aren't posable either to be riding
on the motorized you know Mechanical Animals that they come with the pictures on the box
show them riding them and I think that is highly improbable with the action figures that
they're offering neither of them have posable legs and I mean some of the starier legs did move
but that's just you know up and down and I mean I guess they could ride you know like a
like Frankenstein on the thing but yeah this is just a really weird yet very interesting toy
line I would love to learn more about it but yeah the info I could find is very scarce maybe
when we do our toy hunt we'll you know uncover some nuggets about this toy line on eBay if
any of them are actually being offered that is the slim and none in my opinion but I'm
really interested to see what we uncover and what these things could actually
be going for in the collector's Market but anyway I can't really elaborate too
much other than just how weird these are get how awesome in my opinion but weird they are
and I can't really add anything else I mean like I said I can't really find any breadcrumbs
online about these toys at all but yeah they just seemed cool enough to look at and talk
about so yeah anyway let's get to number two number two is again another weird one I must have
been in a weird mood when I put this list together because these are toys that don't really scream
sci-fi other than the packaging that they were in these are the Space Rangers released by
Imperial in 1986.
Now the Space Rangers look like your typical run-of-the-mill cowboy
fully clothed posable action figure and I mean I don't know how to classify these because this
was like one of those toys that I would stumble upon in flea markets and stuff growing up I mean
I think they were like you know like the old marks action figures that were released back in the day
you know cowboys Pirates things like that that you know they had removable clothing and hats and
holsters and guns and they were pretty cool only this time Imperial decided to give it a Sci-Fi
spin by putting it in sci-fi inspired Packaging now at this time bravestar had you know come
onto the scene and I guess there was a thought that you know Space Age Cowboys will be all the
rage oh and Galaxy Rangers can't forget that beautiful great cartoon but anyway yeah Imperial
just kind of took some of their old figures slash Dolls laying around put them in this new packaging
and said they're in space there is nothing wrong with that but at least give them a ray gun of
some sort or a laser Blaster they still have their normal six shooters and cowboy boots and
hats and that's about it I mean space helmets or make the clothes silver I don't know somehow
sci-fi it up but they didn't and again no idea really anything about this toy line
because other than you know one or two listings I can't find any other information about it and like
our first uh entry on this list I'm really curious to see you know if eBay offers any nuggets about
it and if collectors are clamoring for something like this even if it exists at all but yeah
I mean I give it it's due I mean it's [Music] our next toy comes from our friends over at
sungold who is a very popular manufacturer on these lists well once you hear the name of these
toys you may question my categorizing ability but hear me out the toy is called MX robots but they
don't look like robots at all you can see their faces inside you know EXO armor so that's why I
am putting them in sci-fi toys and not robot toys even though the name would lead you to believe
that they are robots and maybe they are in Sun Gold's mind but not mine anyway MX robots were
released by Sun gold in 1983 but these figures actually look kinda cool they either have humanoid
or alien faces you know behind this awesome armor and I just think they look like fun toys and
there's some pretty imaginative characters so let me grab my phone and I'll give a rundown on their
names and what they look like because I don't know if I'll be able to find pictures for each and
every one of them or have available real estate to post them so let me grab my phone and we have
the human Captain tolma the human Colonel Stan first name or last name I'm not sure but Stan's
cool in my book we have Master bolt that is a blue-skinned alien we have space ant that is
a green insect alien we have spoiler that is a eye patch wearing gray skinned alien and
we have X7 that is kind of a fuchsia burgundy type of character alien character and one of the
things when you take this armored cow piece off the molds to the heads are very similar
to other toy lines Sun gold put out so in typical Sun gold fashion they are repurposing
their molds for new and inventive toy lines and I say inventive because I am a big fan as I've
pointed out in the past of you know armor pieces that go onto characters and now these don't have
a Masters of the Universe build to them they are something completely different they're a little
bit taller more erect looking and like the dude spoiler actually has like a cybernetic you know
Blaster arm so that's cool so I have to say sun gold actually did a good job with these figures
these are ones that I would have loved to have as a kid and I wouldn't mind having them in my
collection today and yeah I'm really interested to see where they are on eBay if they are even
on eBay like a lot of the other ones on this list and I'm really interested in that hunt so yeah
tune back in in a couple days when we go for the hunt and we'll see what the fate of MX robots
is nowadays and yeah are they just cashing in on popularity by calling them robots when they
are you know just dudes in suits that's cool this is Earth Force released by Pace in 1985.
there were three figures in total and they are very brightly colored which I love very you know
comic bookie in appearance and each one of these basic action figures came with gear that snapped
on them and made them ready for Space Adventures now the only real problem with these figures
was that they lacked any character of Their Own each one was named Explorer team flight team and
Sky Team I mean they're just members of specific teams and I guess you could troop build on them
and have many members of the team I don't know but like I said I really like these and my favorite
is actually the flight team guy I just the colors popped to me he has really neat accessories a
helmet a chest plate and boots and different guns and a shield I mean these just look like
fun basic action figures and from what I can see in some of the pictures that still have
price tags attached to them they sold for about three dollars a piece and unfortunately
I don't remember seeing these at all as a kid but I would have loved to have them and I
just assumed that they're probably Masters of the Universe scaled and they would have been
really neat additions to your you know He-Man play time in your living room I mean they could
be different alien friends Invaders you know new faction altogether that has come to Eternia
or vice versa He-Man goes to you know Earth to hang out with Earth force or what have
you I mean they just look like just a fun playtime experience and yeah I would
have really liked these when I was a kid our last toy is one that I find so interesting
Innovative and exciting and it had a play feature that included one of my most favorite things
as a kid and heck something I love still to this day glue sticks yes something as simple
as little you know snap and Shake glow sticks went into these action figures and they were
Lords of Light by Pack toys released in 1984. now something about these figures reminds me of
the micronauts type of figure and that's probably because of the Die Cast joint structure and the
translucent bodies but with those translucent bodies that's where you jam the little glow
stick and these dudes would light up that's taking it a step further than glow in the dark
albeit it has a limited lifespan but who cares it's super awesome but Pack toys was smart enough
to release refill packs but anyway there are four characters in total and if I had to venture a
guess all four of them are bad they just look bad I mean they look awesome but they look like
bad guys in the big scheme of things you had Lord dementia that is some purple big-headed
alien dude you had this awesome like red you know dragon-headed dude that had wings you had
two different you know bug type of guys one with wings one without and they're all awesome and like
I said they're very reminiscent of the microman toys and all their different offshoots and I
think that's awesome I mean they probably fit to that you know scale of toy I think I mean
I'm not 100 sure I haven't seen one of these in real life or next to another action figure
to get a true sense of their scale but they look very posable in the arms and legs and
you know like I said they're big standout feature was you know translucent chests that you
would Jam these little you know glow sticks into I just I mean I see these and boom the childlike
imagination that I still hold on to just I can see so much fun you know night time playing in
my dark living room with different action figure lines all coming together to battle these Lords
of light or the Lords of light being the good guys however I want to spin it because just because
you're monstrous looking doesn't mean you're automatically bad I mean these could be good guys
I mean they're Lords of light that kind of says they're good guys but they kind of don't
look like good guy I don't know it's a big a big enigma wrapped into a fortune
cookie inside of a puzzle box I don't know but they look like fun and that's
all I need to know okay folks this was our first plastic Ghosts episode talking about forgotten
science fiction toys of the 1980s and there are plenty more because science fiction has always
been a very popular toy genre I mean it has reached back for many many many many many many
many many decades because ever since the first books and comic strips and radio shows and movies
and serials and you know there's always been toys to go along with that be it different you know
spaceships ray guns helmets what have you science fiction has been around forever in the toy world
and I'm sure it'll go on for many many many more decades from now so it's very exciting to finally
jump into these forgotten sci-fi toys of the 80s and I can't wait to do more and I'm excited to
jump into our eBay hunt to see if any of these still have a presence in the world today I really
hope so because some of them look really awesome and I really hope they have a reasonable price
tag because I would like to add some of them to my collection thank you so much for stopping by
the laundry room and checking out these forgotten 80s sci-fi toys and come back in a few days where
we go on a little virtual hunting shopping trip to see if any of these toys have you know lasted
through the test of time and have a presence online at all like I said a lot of them
didn't offer that much of a bread Trail to follow so yeah I'm really shooting in the
dark and just going on what limited you know exposure they do have and a lot of them I'm liking
what I see and I'm really excited to see if you know they're out there for a reasonable price but
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