The Story of ROM Spaceknight: From Failed Toy to Important Comic Character

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3 жыл бұрын

ROM the Space Knight was originally a toy created by Scott Dankman, Richard C. Levy, and Bryan L. McCoy for Parker Brothers.
After the toy was licensed to Marvel Comics, Rom became a character that debuted in the Marvel Universe in the eponymous American comic book Rom: Spaceknight (December 1979 - February 1986).
And while the original ROM toy failed after only a year on the market, ROM the character went on to play a major role in 2 different connected comic book universes, one by Marvel and one by IDW.
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@qwaurk985 3 жыл бұрын

"At least as hard as Adamantium and Vibranium and twice as fictional." Genius. Pure genius.

@RabbiJoeInJerusalem 3 жыл бұрын

I thought you were here to complain that your brother's being Ferengi wasn't even mentioned.

@sfcspectacular 3 жыл бұрын

IKR

@Harkness78 3 жыл бұрын

I mean, it's not genius. Your bar for genius is pretty low .

@z.z3925 3 жыл бұрын

If you read Rom you would know what he was made of. Better than adamantium. If it were real....

@joshua2814 3 жыл бұрын

I love how non-committal that commercial is: “you can imagine he comes from another galaxy.” We’re not committing to that, but you can imagine it if you’d like.

@adamgardiner5869 3 жыл бұрын

Ha! totally. It's like the script was written by a polite Englishman "one can imagine, if one so desires, that he (perhaps) comes from another galaxy" lol

@slacknhash 3 жыл бұрын

Or maybe it's 'you can imagine' but they really mean 'you *may* imagine'. Before the advert was released, only the copyright holders were permitted to imagine Rom was from another galaxy. The rest of us were only allowed to imagine he was was a low-level office worker in an unsuccessful accountancy firm, or a night cleaner in an abattoir until then.

@xheralt 3 жыл бұрын

@@slacknhash Or maybe there were fears that actually claiming to come from another galaxy would be regarded as infringing on Star Wars's "galaxy far, far away..."

@samfrito 3 жыл бұрын

If Rom cameo'd in Toy Story he would be one of the first toys to be self aware. "My child, bless his little entrepreneurial spirit, made me the owner of a sub shop where I made 3,000 subs an hour even with hands with no fingers. Ah how I miss my little Drufka."

@C0ldIron 3 жыл бұрын

There’s another commercial that’s a lot better. Dark room with echoey voiceover. Even talks about his backstory a little.

@seszw6159 3 жыл бұрын

"You couldn't swing your arms in the toy aisle without knocking over space robot toys.... I mean, you could but they would ask you not to.". Comedic gold.

@SequentialTreasures 3 жыл бұрын

Bill Mantlo is one of the most underrated and underappreciated comics writers of all time and ROM is one of his greatest works.

@PHToysBuildGawa 3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame about his accident. I think his Marvel Rocket Racoon money is helping him out on his medical expenses.

@truefanforum3273 3 жыл бұрын

@@PHToysBuildGawa And I believe there was a foundation set up to help with his expenses as well.

@Gojitron1 3 жыл бұрын

Absolute truth. Mantlo's work was huge in my childhood. Such imagination.

@davidjollyamazingmr.j-magi6507 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. You folks are all spot on! So many of his works highly underrated. His dark, moody Spider-Man original Carrion saga is still a personal all-time favourite. His "Crossroads" tales of The Hulk allowed for infinite possibilities each issue, like Dr. Who...Hulk could literally go anywhere! There was an excellent tribute mag to Mr. Mantlo a few years ago, raising money for his medical expenses. Highly recommended.

@stevenbaker7696 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your note and from the replies I went to wiki having no idea of Mr M's misfortune, so sad.

@aintrabar 3 жыл бұрын

I'm close friends with Mike Buscema (Sal's son.) And i just sent this over to him to show his dad (who is doing well) Rom was one of his favorite books he did. I'll let you know what he thinks!

@RomSpaceKnight 3 жыл бұрын

Please let us know! Thanks

@paulodasilva3977 3 жыл бұрын

Sal Buscema is a legend. Loved His Rom series and Hulk. He kind`ve changed his style when he did Spiderman series. Man, it would be awesome to meet him.

@TabooX1984 3 жыл бұрын

Rom was my favorite book back in the day. It was difficult to get because there were no comic shops in my area. I got it from a Circle K that was down the street from my house. Ya know, if they gave Rom a "kung-fu grip" he could have been more popular as a toy. My GI Joes held all manner of things, from utensils (spoons and forks) to sticks and Star Wars action figures. Ah, the good ole days

@samfrito 3 жыл бұрын

Good to know Sal is well. Read a lot of his books and made such a connection to his art. Marvel really had some ingenious artists that could adapt to many characters books.

@TheHorndOne 3 жыл бұрын

@@TabooX1984 If they had not gone with the lowest-end thinnest, cheapest plastic & electronics stuffed together &rushed to the market, it might have survived to become a far better collectible that the nightmare it continues to be.

@katarhall3047 3 жыл бұрын

Literally one of the best comics ever produced by Marvel. A completely (basically) original idea, which became entwined into the entire Marvel canon. This and Micronauts, will never be forgotten.

@michaelmilstead1304 3 жыл бұрын

Still one of my all time favorite comic book characters.

@mikeleng449 3 жыл бұрын

He has that Bobba Fett aura about him.

@mrspeigel3593 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yes. Rom was my first comic book hero

@Harkness78 3 жыл бұрын

Your comic book experience must be pretty shallow if ROM is in your top 50 characters, let alone top 20.

@mrspeigel3593 3 жыл бұрын

@@Harkness78 no one said he was the best character just one of their favourites, besides without Rom, Rogue might not have become a hero. Dont be such a snob

@mikeleng449 3 жыл бұрын

@@Harkness78 It was indeed a simpler ttime... compared to superheroes comics ROM reallly stood out. Remember the ''New Universe'' Marvel tried to establish? DP7 was a great titlle , ahead of its time...

@themadatheist1976 3 жыл бұрын

I remember reading my uncle's ROM comic everytime we went up to visit the grandparents.

@themadatheist1976 3 жыл бұрын

@@ImSonnyBurnett idk, this was in the mid-ish 80s.

@stevie_616 3 жыл бұрын

Rom is an amazing comic it is a shame it has never been reprinted.

@SMDoktorPepper 3 жыл бұрын

There was a site that let you read all those old books, but it was shut down.

@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 3 жыл бұрын

IKR Not even in those cheap B&W collected volumes :(

@paulgundrum9059 3 жыл бұрын

Though not reprinted, IDW has been publishing ROM comic books. They've also included him in crossovers with The Transformers.

@LordM46 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulgundrum9059 Yes they have and the IDW comics with him a space knight that hunt evil alien sorcerers are good.

@anotherbig976 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulgundrum9059 Not the same though

@Coolestmovies 3 жыл бұрын

ROM is still out there hunting dire wraiths, but don’t call him Shirley.

@mahoutsuguy863 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when James Gunn wanted to put ROM in Guardians of the galaxy but couldn't because of all of this. One of the few videos I knew answers to before Dandalorian could inform me of it. A shame though...imagine ROM in the MCU

@JeffreyPiatt 3 жыл бұрын

He is part of the the Hasbro CU and the IDW comic kept the cyborg aspect but had to rename the species name of his people. Also Hasbro owns the Dire Wrath's in full because they were named on the back. Of his box and the Paltoy comic that Hasbro owns Hasbro aquired both Parker Brothers and Paltoy ( Paltoy was part of the Kenner/Tonka purchase from General Mills). It sounded like he was complaining that he could not adapt the Marvel comics whole sale because Parker Brothers agreement was not as well written as the ones Hasbro had for there comics.

@megan_alnico 3 жыл бұрын

ROM and Howard the Duck! Throw in Destroyer Duck too! Steve Gerber would be spinning in his grave fast enough to solve the world's energy problems but James Gunn could definitely make it entertaining.

@truefanforum3273 3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine ROM in the MCU, and it is glorious.

@Avvy89 3 жыл бұрын

A space knight (not ROM, sadly) was part of a team in Marvel called the Annihilators which included powerhouses like Quasar, Beta Ray Bill, Silver Surfer, Gladiator and Ronan the Accuser. This was in 2011

@alanguages 3 жыл бұрын

@@KasumiKenshirou Hasbro with Paramount is making a Micronauts movie and presumably it won't even resemble anything in the Marvel comics. It definitely will be a disappointment, just like Hasbro/ Paramount would have a disappointing ROM movie if it ever gets made. I read the IDW comics of ROM and the writing just does not seem engaging.

@pious83 3 жыл бұрын

Collecting older X-Men comics in the 90's was my introduction to ROM. I thought he was really interesting, as I do have a soft spot for sci-fi stories. It is a shame when rights issues get in the way of that.

@MysteriousTomJenkins 3 жыл бұрын

My first introduction to him ironically was in a comic he didn't show up in. It was a Fantastic Four comic where the FF were dealing with the aftermath of an event that happened in Rom's book and this was mentioned in a little section but all I saw was a Dire Wraith trying to kill The Thing. I later got his full story from Linkara in his ROM Retrospective which made me really want to read the comic but it seems like it'd be difficult to do that. Funnily enough they still do occassionally use ROM stuff in their comics, a Dire Wraith showed up in another Fantastic Four run where it murdered three alternate reality Reeds and was a part of an alien version of the Inhumans. Kind of like how Marvel still uses their lesser known things like ROM, New Universe and Squadron Supreme.

@jonmcgee6987 3 жыл бұрын

I actually had a bunch of the comics from this series. One i had was my first introduction to Mystique and Rogue.

@juniorjames7076 3 жыл бұрын

I was in elementary school in the early '80s, and his comic book was everywhere, but I never knew there was toy. I never saw any commercials nor did I ever see it on the shelves (not in the NYC area). Its completely news to me that it was also a toy.

@kenip9800 3 жыл бұрын

I've never clicked on a Toy Galaxy video faster.

@kevinconn 3 жыл бұрын

DON’T TELL ME WHAT I CAN IMAGINE, VOICE OVER GUY!!!

@jackmakinson-sanders7279 3 жыл бұрын

ROM was and is one of my top 5 fav comics of all time. It was so dark. Buscema and Mantlo put together such a deep and ultimately sorrowful story.

@toyhappyutube 3 жыл бұрын

I “discovered” ROM in about 1985 when I was 13 and loved it. I quickly went out of my way to get every issue of that original 75 issue run.

@thatcomicdad1687 3 жыл бұрын

If there is ever a Rom Omnibus it would sell out immediately!

@Doctorgoatboy 3 жыл бұрын

A Romnibus?

@drmayeda1930 3 жыл бұрын

The original series had Rom as one of the space knights that had organic bodies to reclaim. Rom had an earth female that was in love with him. They moved to Galador to repopulate the planet.

@tejayschwartz7681 3 жыл бұрын

Rom and the Micronauts are the characters that started me reading comic books

@Gappasaurus 3 жыл бұрын

ROM’s scanner is one of the sounds from my childhood that will forever be seared into my brain 😱 ...in a good way 😁

@Gappasaurus 3 жыл бұрын

After digging, i guess maybe it was actually his translator i’m thinking of: www.toysyouhad.com/romtrans.wav Although all of them now kinda remind me of mysterious numbers station sounds 😄 sauce: www.toysyouhad.com/Rom.htm

@marcoevans2155 3 жыл бұрын

I'm only 52, was fascinated by the ROM comic series and actually sat still for this entire video

@Animedad 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up in WV, ROM was always one of my favorite characters because he crashed to Earth in WV. We didn’t show up in comics much back then. 😃👍

@jackofallclaws6672 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, Mr Larson! Rom is a franchise that doesn’t get that much attention, so having you talk about him will hopefully get more people interested in the character.

@chicostephenson 3 жыл бұрын

once upon a time ROM was the man!

@davidalangay1186 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the Volume 1 era of ROM during my teen years. He was a gallant soul, yet a tragic hero. Seeing Brandy become Starshine was heartbreaking, but that transformation was shortlived thankfully.

@BigEOT3 3 жыл бұрын

“When you are waiting to see if Dan will ever cover Battlebots and Robot Wars on Toy Galaxy”

@benadrylthundercrotch7144 3 жыл бұрын

I really wish Hasbro would make a Rom figure for Marvel Legends.

@ajclements4627 3 жыл бұрын

This is the one set I wanted with ROM in it, but its not Marvel Legends. www.actionfigureinsider.com/hasbros-sdcc-2017-exclusive-revolution-comic-crossover-preview-mega-set/

@Clay3613 3 жыл бұрын

Disney needs to do some legal finagling.

@whiskeystone6188 3 жыл бұрын

The Marvel Legends team said they can do ROM whenever they want. Probably wouldn’t be sold in a Legends wave or have the Marvel logo on the package, but it would be in scale. I bet it will be an SDCC exclusive some day when 1 out of every 3 Californians isn’t COVID-19 positive.

@Marneus28 3 жыл бұрын

Hell Yeah! I would buy that in a heart beat. Hell i would buy a whole line of figs of all the Spaceknights.

@SpikeBrave 3 жыл бұрын

ROM is the whole reason I got interested in Marvel comics and made me a lifelong fan of Marvel.

@p.d.l7023 3 жыл бұрын

ROM after defeating the "Dire Wraiths": So I have to go chasing after these assholes now?!

@Rojixus 3 жыл бұрын

That random shade-throwing at Robocop at the end had me laughing my ass off!

@oddcreatureX 3 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how many Marvel comics had Rom and the Wraith War feature prominently here and there, or guest starred in Rom’s own book. One of my favorite characters and I hope we get a six inch Marvel Legends style figure, similar to the 3.75 inch Comic Con exclusive we got a couple of years back.

@ajclements4627 3 жыл бұрын

You have the 3 3/4 inch figure set? Lucky human person lol

@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 3 жыл бұрын

Funny how the Shapeshifting Dire Wraiths attempted to take over Earth like the shapeshifting Skrulls but people remember the Skrulls sooner.

@AllBreaksLoose 3 жыл бұрын

I had the entire Rom series back in the day. Wish I kept em now knowing what happened there. And I also had that spaceship toy you featured in the beginning too! An anime series would be totally appropriate for Rom. Thanks for the awesome videos...

@superpaul79 3 жыл бұрын

If Hasbro owns ROM, and they make Marvel Legends, then when can I expect a ROM Marvel Legends figure?

@AllBreaksLoose 3 жыл бұрын

Good question

@JeffreyPiatt 3 жыл бұрын

He was never a Marvel character during that Era marvel stuck all there licensed IP books in earth 616. Godzilla was in 616 with the transformers and GiJoe at one point with Barbie. They stopped doing this because when you lose the rights mid story line then you have to finish off godzilla by first making him stop looking like godzilla.

@Gojitron1 3 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't have to be a Marvel Legends, they could just release a Rom figure.....and for that matter, Micronauts, MASK, Inhumanoids, Visionaries, etc., but they won't because Hasbro hates us. 😆

@Gojitron1 3 жыл бұрын

@@KasumiKenshirou Not talking about comics. Hasbro owns all those properties I mentioned, they can release new toys any time they want.

@the_architect.. 3 жыл бұрын

Why would they make it in the Marvel Legends line? That's like them making a Marvel Legends Darth Vader

@jedikfc 3 жыл бұрын

Even I sold my comic book collection my complete ROM run was one of the free things I kept.

@tomroberts1105 2 жыл бұрын

I always had a weird theory that part of the reason Rogue tried to change and leave the sisterhood of mutants and join the X-men was the time she tried to 'steal' Rom's powers, only to find, and absorb, the memories of a man so committed to doing what was needed to defend his people, and all the peoples of his and other galaxies from an evil he had inadvertently released on them that he'd given up his humanity for two centuries of endless battle, and was committed to continue for as long as it took. Because he believed everyone deserved to be protected from the threat. And he was just...human. Unpowered. I imagine it's kinda hard to hold onto a 'all humans bad' kinda mentality in the face of that.

@RichardCooperRJCooper 3 жыл бұрын

I loved the comics so much. You guys just got me right in the "feels"! Keep up the AMAZING work!

@MegaBlizzardman 3 жыл бұрын

Got the ROM toy for Christmas in 1979 and still remember running around the house detecting if my family members if they were "good" or "evil"

@josephbrickson5952 3 жыл бұрын

Mannn as a KID i wanted 1 of these SOOO BAD!!!!

@michaellang8408 3 жыл бұрын

"They were...Not kind to ROM" Whoever "wrote" the first Thor movie definitely played with ROM as a kid. I think you should do an Episode about Space 1999, There was a short run action figure line, including the cool ship! Just a suggestion. Also, I miss Starbird, that thing was super badass at the time!

@OneEyedJack1970 Жыл бұрын

I had that! You could pop the engines and the cockpit off the main body of the ship and hook them together to make a short little shuttlecraft.

@toytripperv8488 3 жыл бұрын

Hoping for a modern toy of this !!! Never grew up with ROM , but i liked the history

@needfoolthings 3 жыл бұрын

Funny how if they use the old design, it's gonna be everything but modern. That thing the most 80s thing I've ever see .

@catfishkempster 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted a Rom Space Knight so bad when I first saw the commercial, but never got one. Years later, a friend in Highschool had one that he showed me - while a little disappointed, I still wanted that damned toy... A few years before that there was another robot toy, marketed to a slightly younger audience, that was semi-popular: Tobor the remote controlled (sorry, "telesonic" controlled) robot that used audio clicks from the "controller" to change it's direction (forward, or turning).

@gtexodus 3 жыл бұрын

I still have dozens of the comic's 75 issue run. It was really good.

3 жыл бұрын

Even though I was born in the 2000’s, I was fortunate enough to have my dad’s childhood toys as a kid. So, even though I was born in the 2000’s, ROM was one of my childhood toys. It had all its accessories, electronics worked perfectly and even lighted up. Loved that sucker.

@macariogutierrez9224 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for getting around to this video! I’d seen his books around stores in the early 80s. I was ten years old when they stopped publishing. I would pick up a random issue from a used bookstore several years later. It was so cool. ❤️

@Rom2814SK 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite comic character! I was thrilled to see this posted. LOVED the comic growing up and have collected pretty much everything related to the character (not exactly a lot of merchandising). Just had a commission done of Rom and Starshine by Sal Buscema. :)

@RetroPillowcase 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have the overpower power card? Looks kinda like a poker card. I think it’s a number 3 or 4. 4 different symbols and it has wolverine and Spider-Man on the back?

@Rom2814SK 3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroPillowcase Yes I do - there are actually two Rom overpower cards (the other has him and Torpedo together).

@RetroPillowcase 3 жыл бұрын

@@Rom2814SK ok yeah. Does it say double shot? With like a burned red border?

@DoctorMagdaki 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for covering Rom. One of my favorite comics as a kid.

@aldusxenon 3 жыл бұрын

O.M.G! I was just thinking about ROM last month December 2020! I saw another youtube video talking about the Marvel comic and how it's in limbo. I was a huge fan of ROM as a kid.

@logruszed 3 жыл бұрын

My aunt got me one of these for my birthday, I was so excited because to my recollection it was the ONLY comic book related toy around and I loved comics. I was so disappointed with it she took it back and got me the Star Wars droid workshop/playset.

@RFSKannon 3 жыл бұрын

I was fairly young when I started a subscription to ROM comics, I started with issue 36 until the final issue only missing one thanks to it never being delivered in the mail. It also happened to be the end of the Wraith war.. One finger salute to the post office for that one.

@MK-ut2bj 2 жыл бұрын

I bought the first issue when I was a child. Used to love Rom. Wish I still had that 1st issue.

@paulo23pd 3 жыл бұрын

This was such a great comic with some fantastic stories and artwork, especially with covers by Micheal Golden, Mike Zeck and Frank Miller. I managed to get the entire series at a Fan Expo for $45. I was like: "Take my money already!!"

@drewwilson9149 3 жыл бұрын

My editing teacher in 1994 cut the Rom toy commercial. He screened a film print of it to demonstrate how you could make something fly that doesn’t.

@rhomcampbell6765 3 жыл бұрын

It’s how I got my name Rhom. When I was a kid loved seeing a comic close to my name

@alwaystinkering7710 10 ай бұрын

I was 23 and only reading X-Men in the early 80s but I got hooked on Rom. I loved his self-sacrifice and sense of duty and honor. It was a clear-cut good vs. evil story. Those pretty much disappeared in the next decade as all heroes had to be flawed and the lines between good and evil had to blur. I read his story to the end with him returning to Galador, reclaiming his human body, and joining with his love, Brandy Clark to restart and rebuild the planet. I was very glad that he got the happy ending he deserved, and Marvel gave the comic the chance to finish the story.

@FuzzyDan 3 жыл бұрын

I just completed my collection of Marvel ROM comics including all the issues he guest starred in. I always loved the character.

@jenniferlemke7884 3 жыл бұрын

I was eight years old when the Starbird ships hit the toy stores, and I distinctly remember wanting them so badly at the time. I did get ROM the next year for Christmas, though. Btw, "Dandemonium" would be an awesome channel name.

@mikeleng449 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the comics! Never heard of the figures... Now, thanks to another great video, I'll be sure to hunt down one!

@papi139 3 жыл бұрын

I have ALMOST the entire comic book collection. Loved it as a kid and hated when it ended.

@VideoWorkbench 3 жыл бұрын

I had this toy as a child and played with it a LOT! I also have the comic book series and a limited edition garage resin model kit. I would LOVE to see a movie done with ROM! It can be done!

@maninhades 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video ... Been waiting for this one from you guys ...

@TylerMumford 3 жыл бұрын

I got a ROM action figure for Christmas when they first hit the shelves. And I had issue #1 of the Marvel comic. Thanks for the nostalgia!

@DrFroyd123 3 жыл бұрын

ROM the Space Knight was my favourite comic growing up. I miss the era when people had big ideals!

@PondoSinatra680 3 жыл бұрын

That Galador logo reminded me of how much I missed Caldor’s department store.

@perrymathis4557 3 жыл бұрын

Wow , I still remember getting ROM for Christmas. Thanks for the history fill in. Never knew.

@rdaj12 3 жыл бұрын

Funny story: my Mom bought me a ROM toy when I was a kid but I'd never heard of it. I thought it was very cool but could never quick figure out the combinations of the two buttons on the back to control the sounds. Thinking it was just broken, my best friend and I disassembled the toy and used the sounds and lights to retro-fit my Millennium Falcon and Tie Fighter with sound and laser canon lights. So, it appears that in my head canon, ROM gave his life for the Rebellion and the Empire. LOL! That said, the ROM toy is still around (albeit without effects) and the other two have been lost to history. Apparently, ROM is forever. : )

@JPBlock73 3 жыл бұрын

I got ROM for my birthday in 1980. Being *totally* into any toy with electronics, my 7-year old self thought he was the coolest thing ever, probably my favorite gift from that birthday. Until my cousin broke his backpack switches from pressing too hard and the lights & sounds stopped working like they were supposed to 🤦🏻‍♂️. Still have fond memories of ROM to this day.

@jsly621 3 жыл бұрын

I like how the commercial gives us permission to imagine a set number of things.

@justbuggin67 3 жыл бұрын

Well, looks like im off to eBay to find some comics and a Matt Trakker action figure. Thanks again Toy Galaxy.

@DisgruntledDoomer 3 жыл бұрын

And where is M.A.S.K. anyway? Wasn't there supposed to be a revival? I'd definitely buy a Vanessa Warfield doll!

@thebourbonknowitallsbakyah9096 3 жыл бұрын

I became a fan of ROM when I purchased some old comics of his at a flea market in the early 90's. I did not know there was a toy line.

@gregoriojaro8963 Жыл бұрын

ROM THE SPACE KNIGHT DESERVES AN MCU ANIMATED SERIES OR A LIVE-ACTION FILM ADAPTATION! 🚀🎬🎥👍

@mrf19741 3 жыл бұрын

I still remember seeing the commercial for the electronic ROM action figure. One of the kids who lived down the street from my Grandmother had one, which made him the coolest kid on the block for a while.

@Brownstone2004 3 жыл бұрын

This brings back memories. Rom was one of my favorite Marvel characters, still is. Really appreciate this upload. Thanks for posting...😁👍

@nicholasolson7032 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, I had a Star Bird as a kid. It was a hand-me-down, so I never had any idea what it was. My memory of it was so fuzzy I had no idea how to even describe it! All I could describe was one of the "interceptor" pieces, and I knew the bridge cowling came off. I know it's not the point of this video, but seriously I never would have gotten that without this. THANK YOU!

@jamesoblivion 3 жыл бұрын

ROM was the title where I first saw Bill Sienkiewicz's art. He's still my favorite comics artist.

@Present4 3 жыл бұрын

OMG. Rom! I remember this from my childhood 4 decades ago

@Alaska-Jack 2 жыл бұрын

Rom’s look is reminiscent of the Day the Earth stood still robot. “Gort”

@Dismythed 3 жыл бұрын

ROM comicbook grabbed me in 1980. Space warriors in shiny metal armor always got my focus: ROM, Silver Surfer, Iron Man, Robocop, Cyclops, Colossus, Dr. Doom, Darth Vader, the Stormtroopers and the redhooded guards. Even SilverHawks. (Though War Machine was too ridiculously over the top for me, showing that my joy for the trope has its limits.) My favorite Joe figures were Snake Eyes, Destro, metalmask Cobra Commander and the Crimson Soldiers. This showed that my psyche was already well damaged by that time to always want my head encased in metal. I even wore the white knock-off Darth Vader helmet with the laser sound effects and orange stickers.

@mrf19741 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another Great video, Dan! I loved the original ROM comic book series and recently got a copy of issue #1.

@Tiberon098 3 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this one, I read the Transformers/ROM crossovers and was instantly hooked.

@zo3019 3 жыл бұрын

First, thanks for covering Rom and giving me an update on this character. One of my favorite, underrated Marvel characters. I have every issue from 1 to 30...the stories and art work was starting to get lane. Rom meets the X-Men is a classic. Plus the Dire Wraiths were more dangerous and darker than the Skulls. Even Galactus is scared of the Dark Nebula, it narrowly killed him. Now knowing the real reason why Marvel couldn't do everything more with him, makes sense. I thought they cancelled he long ago.

@AntiDecepticonCampaign 3 жыл бұрын

Ok im convinced y'all come from an alt universe where childhood was straight up magic! I have never heard of a lot of things you cover on this channel. Great work.

@garenosborn 3 жыл бұрын

This brings back some memories. I had two of these, first one I got for Christmas and I played with it till it just wore out and I got another for the next birthday. Plus the comics. So many awesome toy memories from my childhood on this channel.

@edaniels240 3 жыл бұрын

The cover of Rom Annual #4 with him fighting Gladiator was awesome

@Dariushellstrome 3 жыл бұрын

I remember getting a Rom when I was very young, did not get any other accessories than what the basic figure came with.

@shawnmcloughlin42 3 жыл бұрын

ROM is still my favorite comic run of all time. The last 25 issues is some of the greatest comics ever written.

@nilsnyman6767 3 жыл бұрын

OMG I had both the Star Bird and Rom toys and remember having a few of the comics. Nostalgia overload!

@danospitpatio6236 3 жыл бұрын

I have been waiting for this! Thanks so much you guys! I still have my big ROM figure from like Christmas 1980!!

@JClif 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, Marvel's ROM was one of my favorite comic books. I never had the toy but loved the comics. I wish Marvel could republish them in a graphic novel or Omnibus.

@bryana297 3 жыл бұрын

Watching a toy ad I watched as a kid in modern times on my handheld space modulat-or is like an out of body experience. Time travelling

@GComas-jn2yc 22 күн бұрын

ROM Spaceknight!! Ive always dreamed one it'll be a MCU movie! Also have been waiting for the Micronauts! Imagine Micronauts meet Antman & the Wasp! That'll be sooo out of this world!!!

@rodrickadamginsburg8960 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations 🎉🎊🍾🎈 on over 200K!!!!! You guys more than earned it!!!!!

@VB-3 3 жыл бұрын

ROM is easily one of the best comic runs in Marvel’s history. It was dark, had real stakes, and ROM was a tragic figure that experienced loss on a regular basis. He has to return to Marvel and continue his proper story and origin. An MCU appearance MUST happen.

@seszw6159 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, the Star Bird!! I totally had that and had forgotten all about it. Thanks again, Dan, for bringing some childhood memories back.

@zeegeeecs 3 жыл бұрын

I love 80s and 90s nostalgia shows like these. Thank you KZfaq for making those possible... teardrop... 🥲

@Deephouse_Gent66 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, excellent research, and as always, amazed at how you include all the important talking points in just a few minutes. Never actually saw a ROM toy in my life but collected and enjoyed the Marvel comic. Have not read any of Rom's adventures at IDW.

@RaindancerAU 3 жыл бұрын

Wow I only knew of the comic here in Australia when I was a child and I also had a silver Star Bird and never knew what it was called until now! Thank you! ROM was an amazing thing for me to read as a child too. So happy I found this video by chance!

@xhagast 3 жыл бұрын

I love Rom and have the original comics as a treasured part of my collection. A fun fact: In the late 80s X-Men Storm lost her powers for several years. It was due to a weapon Forge made for Shield to fight the Dire Wraiths which Peter Gyrich wanted to repurpose to use on mutants.

@rmglover3191 3 жыл бұрын

Ho hoooo, my childhood seriously thanks you. I remember this toy. For the life of me couldn't remember the third accessory after the Neutralizer and Translator; guess they dialed back the need for the Respirator when confirming that space knightyness. I HAD that Starbird ship! You could shrink it by removing the middle section. And good ole Rom. Sal Buscema's art was...okay. but Mike Zeck's covers really made you wish they could've gotten him to do some interiors, dammit. Not until now had i realized the parallels between Rom and the silver surfer, and also, of course, beta ray bill. Some damn tragic and interesting storylines from then. The dire wraiths ate your brain, via drilling tongues, when they assumed your identity and murdered you. Intense stuff for a kid at that time. Great video.

@ALCPEREZ 22 күн бұрын

Rom #58 was the first comic book I ever read. It featured Ant-Man and I never looked back, I loved Rom and comics ever since.

@bunny7741 3 жыл бұрын

I got a job at a comic store when I was a kid just so I could get Rom and Spidey comics the second they hit the shelves. I still have all my old comics but my favorites were always the original Rom Marvel series and the team-ups he was featured in.