The Weirdest Toyline of the 1980's? The Story of Power Lords!

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The Weirdest Toyline of the 1980's? The Story of Power Lords!

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Power Lords - The Extra-Terrestrial Warriors is a science fiction-themed action figure line designed by Wayne Barlow and produced by Revell in 1983.
Each bizarre figure has an action feature and included a file card, which provided a brief dossier on the character and demonstrates how to initiate its special feature.
DC Comics published a 3-issue Power Lords comic book series beginning in December 1983. A video game, board game, jigsaw puzzle and coloring book based on the characters were also released that same year.
In 2012 Power Lords were brought back to life by Four Horsemen Studios with a new line of action figures released in 2014 and what was supposed to be a second wave in 2017.
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@CraigZagorski 3 жыл бұрын

Uhh... Y'all just deadpan presented "Burt Backattack" as a legit character.... Well done.

@MasterShake9000 3 жыл бұрын

“Burt Backattack” is a criminally underrated name.

@LeatherRebel75 3 жыл бұрын

I may have to "borrow" that name if I ever get to play a rogue in D&D. That would be too good not to use in the type of irreverent campaigns my group likes to play. lol

@CandGoods 3 жыл бұрын

The trains and boats and planes, took this toyline away, away from me

@MaximumWarp2099 3 жыл бұрын

I saw your comment first and thought the name a joke from Dan. Nope! That was the name of an actual character. And it rules!

@CandGoods 3 жыл бұрын

@@MaximumWarp2099 I think that is actually just a Dan joke and an edited image, 'cause "Burt Backattach" didn't really return any relevant Google results.

@vanillajack5925 3 жыл бұрын

@@CandGoods It's really just "Bakatak".

@justbuggin67 3 жыл бұрын

“Sustains his essence by the anguish he causes his victims.” Sounds like my former HS math teacher.

@corygraves4351 3 жыл бұрын

We must have gone to the same school.

@Clay3613 3 жыл бұрын

Did he also act pervy towards female students?

@CrudeConduct666 3 жыл бұрын

He said this as I read it. Weird

@timvanboening9432 3 жыл бұрын

HOLY CRAP! I had Adam Power as a kid, and didn’t know who he was. I had many figures who I didn’t know what they were from growing up. I thought the figure was weird and didn’t like how his arms bent backwards and forwards. This line definitely was too weird to survive.

@robertathey8504 3 жыл бұрын

I had it too. It's almost as if he just crawled into my toy box one night.

@ChadCWatson 3 жыл бұрын

There are Power Lords stickers all over my vintage R2D2 toy box that I keep my instrument cables in here in my home studio. I was a big fan of them in the 80s

@eribertogonzalez2160 3 жыл бұрын

I was reading an old comic book that had this in the ads. I knew nobody who owned it.

@caseysmith3329 3 жыл бұрын

Now you do. I had Adam Power/Power Lord as a kid. Until this video I had forgotten the name of the character and line. 🤷🏾‍♂️

@chrishopkins209 3 жыл бұрын

@@caseysmith3329 I had him too...They advertised them in DC comics of the time

@namelessjedi2242 3 жыл бұрын

I knew someone who had one or two.

@jahmd8377 3 жыл бұрын

I had the Adam Power/Power Lord figure as well. Had to get it..... that ad was in seemingly every comic book I read around that time.

@Desslar 3 жыл бұрын

I saw the comic ads, but never the toys.

@djaxisravenguard 3 жыл бұрын

No joke the main villian from this line is currently sitting on my one shelf and has been with me my entire life.

@tawdryhepburn4686 3 жыл бұрын

Must have been a weird delivery process for the doctor.

@djaxisravenguard 3 жыл бұрын

@@tawdryhepburn4686 c section and nearly fatal for my mother.

@mrrictus 3 жыл бұрын

The same delivery condition for my younger brother and mom. Plus I also once owned Adam Power and Grip(four arm dude). But they were lost in the toy purge during the remodeling of the home basement. I may have been in my 20's then but goddamnit a head up would have been nice to receive, before all of my 1970's to 90's toys were chucked out 😨

@cernstormrunner7263 3 жыл бұрын

I found a Disguyzor at a thrift store last year. Best $.50 I ever spent

@Psychof1st 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrrictus I had Adam power, his vehicle, and Raygoth. Lost them somehow. I suspect my mom let some random kid or another that came by (either a kid of some visiting friend or some kid she baby sat) take a toy of mine here and there. Because, she did let my nephew get in to my toys. And I had to go dig some of them back out of the living room toy box some times. And some things, figs or accessories, would go missing for good. My TMNT Raphael figure's belt is lost just forever. I actually kept the vehicle past those dark times. But, I don't remember how I came to not have it anymore. Maybe, it fell victim to the process of lightening the load when moving out. And now I live with my parents again. Basement dwelling may be looked down upon but, I wish I had a basement. I need a ladder just to reach rock bottom! JK 'about that last part.

@privateprivate31337 3 жыл бұрын

I had that female nightmare inducing figure as a child. Knew nothing about it until today. Happy to know that at least she was a "hero" character and not some evil alien butt prober.

@CrudeConduct666 3 жыл бұрын

I read this as "evil alien butt sucker" and I don't know how I feel about it

@BroomPusher2024 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Kinda like a ripoff of V with that context.

@chadryan9900 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the Sheya character freaked me out when I saw her on the pegs at the time.

@willman85 2 жыл бұрын

I think it would have been better if she was evil, because she looks like a mutant with four feet pointing all over the place.

@joeholt9704 3 жыл бұрын

I had backattack as a kid. He was always a bounty hunter trying to catch He man! Lol!

@danielelliott4670 3 жыл бұрын

I get a backattack thinking about that transformation.

@michealcormier2555 3 жыл бұрын

I had Adam Power/Power Lord. I never saw the background story of this, so I created my own. Adam Power was an admiral of a star faring navy who doubled as a super hero.

@bigneon_glitter 3 жыл бұрын

"Weird" is right. The one toyline I _didn't understand_ as a kid. Looked cool though.

@caardappel 3 жыл бұрын

I also have clear childhood memories of confusion about these.

@avernikas Жыл бұрын

Same

@thegodfatheroftoys3349 3 жыл бұрын

In a very odd chain of events, my best friends dad lost his job when I was about 9-10. He got a job at a plastics molding place. They happens to mold the main black parts of Volcan rock, and the lava pool. So he brought a box of them home, so every kid on the street got one, with some to spare. It was used for every figure line but power lords. I ended up getting Adam Power at some point. I thought I was the k my one who remembered this line

@dadandvideogames 3 жыл бұрын

I have literally been waiting for this validation my entire life.

@Darusamon 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I love the work of Wayne Barlowe. I was like 4 or 5 when these toys were around, but I remember them. I had no idea Barlowe was involved in their designs.

@sk1ppman 3 жыл бұрын

I have his book on my shelf right now.

@josephmayfield945 3 жыл бұрын

God, you're channel is like a shotgun blast of nostalgia; straight to the face! I forgot about so many of these toys, until I see them on your channel, and immediately -- memories of playing with them wash over me; thank you.

@garywilson177 3 жыл бұрын

I actually found the Adam Power/Power Lord figure on the street when I was a kid sometime in the mid 80's. I took it home and I guess the range was already obscure and forgotten by that point because I never found out what range it was from until I was an adult. When I used him in my games, he was a Jekyll & Hyde type character who could turn evil at any moment.

@MacabreHouse 3 жыл бұрын

The queens alien form is horrifying. No wonder this line failed

@ironmaster6496 2 жыл бұрын

they look either disturbing or straight up stupid

@Gappasaurus 3 жыл бұрын

14:47 Dan: “...never turning their backs...” Adam Power: “Excuse me?! That’s LITERALLY all I do!”

@ThePhenomf4 3 жыл бұрын

That Burt Backattack figure has quite possibly, the most accurate head sculpt of any figure to have ever existed!

@maples328 3 жыл бұрын

I love ❤️ how Toy Galaxy can take a show (Manimal) or toyline (Power Lords) that I care nothing about and make it into a fascinating 🧐 expose ! Thanks 😊

@sugarfree1223 3 жыл бұрын

OMG Until now I assumed my parents had bought me these off the side of the road. These were some of my favorite action figures. I was the only kid who had them. They were so different from other toys. I LOVED them. I haven't seen anything about them in 35 years! Thanks Dan!

@jamesdlin7 3 жыл бұрын

I loved Power Lords as a kid; the designs were imaginative and unique, and the toys had great articulation. Adam Power and Disguyzor were among my most prized toys. My understanding is that one problem was that Revell, being a model-making company, was not experienced at making toys made out of non-brittle plastic.

@OscillatorCollective 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I’m getting emotional from seeing this artwork and hearing the mythology. I remember having this toy, but too young to remember any of the advertising or mythology. 🤯. THANK YOU, This is a video I never knew I needed.

@prestonvogel1431 3 жыл бұрын

Burt Backattack's backstory involved the tragic loss of his beloved. After that day he turned to the side of evil and vowed, "I'll never fall in love again!"

@peppermintspacecapsule9898 3 жыл бұрын

My Nan bought me the Adam Power figure back then and I loved it, until the day I pressed the button and his torso rotated... and flew spinning across the room, quite separate from his legs!

@subraxas 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, these alien figs are just AMAZING ! ! ! ! ! And I've totally loved and admired Wayne Barlowe's work. The geezer is a genius in my book!!

@myoman1977 3 жыл бұрын

You have nearly officially completed my 80s childhood. The only thing missing is mantech and remco mini-monsters

@tawdryhepburn4686 3 жыл бұрын

What, specifically, makes it complete in your mind?

@vryusvin3905 3 жыл бұрын

Man-Tech! Yes! God, I remember them as fondly as my Power Lords and Sectaurs.

@Gappasaurus 3 жыл бұрын

@@tawdryhepburn4686 Toys owned as a child, most likely 😊

@tawdryhepburn4686 3 жыл бұрын

@@Gappasaurus fair enough.

@Marneus28 3 жыл бұрын

@@tawdryhepburn4686 I think he just means Dan will have finished making videos based on all the figures he owned as a kid. Thus it will be complete. XD

@DragonTail49 3 жыл бұрын

First toy line to give me nightmares. Seriously... young me was *terrified* by Adam Power's transformed self, so much that I'd run out of the room if commercials came on TV and walk a wide berth around the pegs at the local toy store. It'd be years before I paid the toys any attention, all thanks to those memories.

@wstine79 3 жыл бұрын

I'd say Toy Galaxy is gonna run out of toys to talk about, but I'm sure they will find some in the back of the closet. Good work, guys.

@happiaxxident 3 жыл бұрын

Aiiiiir Raiders! Power is in the Aiiiiiir Raiders!

@andrewtaylor940 3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.pavone9719 Not to mention some of the more insane Japanese lines that the American stuff borrowed heavily from. Or the British variants such as Action Man/Action Force, etc

@Dynaman21 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewtaylor940 Lot of British stuff. They haven’t discussed Terrahawks yet.

@andrewtaylor940 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dynaman21 Really or much at all of any of the Gerry Anderson stuff.

@DBraeges 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, it's the weird, forgotten, back-of-the-closet stuff I find most interesting.

@yokaicustoms 3 жыл бұрын

I have Barlow's Guide to Extraterrestrials! He's an incredible artist. His series exploring Hell is really interesting also (Barlowe's Inferno)

@PeterSchmuttermaier 3 жыл бұрын

Oh. My. God. Arcus the evil dictator was actually my first action figure! I was barely three years old and in hospital. My memories are blurred, but I remember the boy in the bed next to me was visited by his grandfather, who bought him an action figure. He noticed how fascinated I was, and at his next visit, he brought one for me - it was Arcus! The boy next to me had Ggripptogg, I remember the red skin and the club. I don't know what happened to Arcus - maybe I lost it or it broke, but shortly after I got home it disappeared. Maybe my mother made it disappear because she was very religious back then and probably thought it's the devil... When I grew older I oftentimes asked myself what toy that was. Thank you for giving me the answer! Great channel!

@kforcer 3 жыл бұрын

I only ever saw these guys in comic-book ads but man, they really fascinated me as a little kid. When looking through my older brother's comics, I'd often linger on the pages that featured ads for them. My brother would read the text on the ads to me and tell me about them. At the time, I didn't have the pragmatism to just go and ask my parents to buy one. I don't know if I even realized that one "bought" Power Lords. They just seemed like awesome, mysterious cosmic objects that you could only hope might fall into your hands one day. The ads had a real cool look, with a dark, space sorta background and the toys caught in action shots as they transformed.

@CommodoreFloopjack78 3 жыл бұрын

My parents got me an Adam Power/Power Lord figure once upon a time and I had absolutely no clue what to make of it. It looked like a demonically possessed David Hasselhoff to me.

@themainmatt7057 3 жыл бұрын

I remember getting 2 of these toys for my birthday in '83 or '84 from my relatives. I had Adam Power and Trigore, but didn't know anything about them beyond that. Up until now it was just a fragmented memory from my early childhood, not being able to remember the characters names or toy line they came from. Thank you so much for posting and bringing back another hidden gem from the good old days that was the '80's!

@DarmokAtTinegra 3 жыл бұрын

Barlowe's Guide is an incredible book; along with the Terran Trade Authority books, among my favorite finds from used/rare bookstores. I would never have known it had any connection with a toy line. Thank you Dan and Greg.

@RalphBarbagallo 3 жыл бұрын

My cousin got these back in the day, we use to laugh at how stupid the flip around gimmick was and the hideous character designs.

@AaronLitz 3 жыл бұрын

I friggin' LOVED Power Lords when I was very little (I was 7 in '83.) I don't remember having any of the good guys like Adam Power, but I definitely had Arkus and it was my favorite toy for quite a while. I especially loved how his silver blasters clipped onto his triple-branched forearm.

@travezripley 3 жыл бұрын

“I mean Lookout” -Dan * I peed my pants with that quote

@Marneus28 3 жыл бұрын

I actually liked these a lot when I was a kid because I always had a soft spot for any of the weird and unusual looking alien type toy figure lines. Things like these and Sectaurs or Inhumanoids. Anything that was gruesome or crazy looking I wanted them. XD

@madcaptoys 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was a pretty strange toy line but I love the 80's figures no matter how weird they got.

@oxmeatpete 3 жыл бұрын

I totally had Trigore and the Adam Power action figure when I was young (Sorry I did not get a Burt Backattach). I loved it and it creeped me out at the same time. The two faced head and hands with the crazy fingers always gave me the creeps and if I’m remembering correctly he was too big to match my other figures. Man-E-Faces took over his position in the toy hierarchy quickly. Adam hung out at the bottom of the toy box mostly until his parental treachery disappearance. Good times.

@graumail 3 жыл бұрын

As a kid my brother had Barlowe’s Guide and it was one of my favorite tomes of secret knowledge, so-called because i could only read them when he wasn’t home for fear of retribution

@ashrafmourad2901 3 жыл бұрын

I had Adam Power/Lord Power at eight years old. I remember have him join forces with my He-man, because there was no point for me--even at eight years old--to collect the rest of the line because they were less-than aesthetically pleasing.

@flannelogue 3 жыл бұрын

Man, this is why I love this Channel. I would always see those ads in the back of comics and always wondered what the hell their deal was. What a stupidly awesome design. Thanks for this. Actually, that Burt Bacharach gag is why I love this Channel.

@Getwright- 3 жыл бұрын

I was so lucky to get a copy of barlows guide to aliens from a booksale at my local library as a kid. It changed my life. I cant read most classic sci-fi without thinking of his version of the characters most times

@mikelemosakaspacetrog 3 жыл бұрын

I still own that one 🤪

@leftygurl 3 жыл бұрын

getting here in under a minute is a deeply neat feeling tbh

@believein1 2 күн бұрын

I had and they still freak me out to this day. 80’s science fiction was scarier than any horror movie.

@keelerogers 3 жыл бұрын

I had Shaya as a kid and couldn't get over how odd she is.I have been trying to find her since.Thank you!

@jonathanhernandez3292 3 жыл бұрын

Barlowe's style is so unique that I said to myself 'these toys look very Barlowe-esque' before you mentioned that haha imagine that

@seibervideo 3 жыл бұрын

My god. I had Adam Power. Had him for all of 10 minutes and it broke. 🤷‍♂️

@orangetee9636 3 жыл бұрын

Same. I got upset when that happened and my parents refused to buy me any other toys for awhile because they thought it was my fault. I'll bring that up in therapy next time.

@seibervideo 3 жыл бұрын

@@orangetee9636 oh man I’m so glad it wasn’t just me. I remember being so mad about it. It was something my mom had just picked for me I think when she went into the store. Opened it up in the backseat, and the thing didn’t even make it home. 😅

@nigelflood7074 3 жыл бұрын

Same here, Adam Power hit the floor once and ended up two pieces

@441ld 3 жыл бұрын

Mine too

@tawdryhepburn4686 3 жыл бұрын

It was Precision Specialties, not _Durable_ Mass Productions.

@howardmoon2687 3 жыл бұрын

I had the main bad guy as a kid. I had no idea what toy universe it was from, I just remember it being a cool looking action figure.

@yoyodynetoys 3 жыл бұрын

My experience of Power Lords was all thanks to the clearance section at Kaybee Toys. Pretty sure I picked up all the major characters in the line for a song. Come to think of it, it's the same reason I had all the Crystar figures!

@mikeywood1516 3 жыл бұрын

"Burt Backattack". Oh, you GUYS...

@FlannelJedi 3 жыл бұрын

Well, that solves a mystery for me- as a kid, I had the helmet from the Shaya figure, but had no idea where it came from. Thanks, Toy Galaxy!

@LuccaZa 3 жыл бұрын

Wayne Barlowe was involved in TOYS? That's awesome!

@theincrediblemisternobody8724 3 жыл бұрын

I had an Adam Power figure when I was four years old. I never noticed how much he looked like Bentley from The Jeffersons.

@xmann10761 3 жыл бұрын

I totally had Tork growing up! He was Awesome! Even the biting beak action and spinning fists and body! He was my Hordak stand in, because I never got a Hordak...

@dianefranklin1690 3 жыл бұрын

I love this channel. It's so much more entertaining and informative than the others, especially Retroblasting.

@billpagan3070 3 жыл бұрын

The main bad guy Arkus looks like a vintage Micronauts Alien figure!👍😁. Love the colors on these!😁. Dan and Greg another great episode! Have a great weekend!👍😁

@Ultrazilla 3 жыл бұрын

Great art style on these toys, definitely left an impression on me as a kid. Grabbed 4H's Lord Power, but hope one day they can back the license and make them part of Mythic Legions in that scale. Heck they should look into buying the brand outright! Great show, and thanks for mentioning the lettering on the comics part. ;)

@greenlanternhg5141 3 жыл бұрын

I had Sydot, it was the only figure I found, yes it was a clearance sale. But! I’m surprised how much I liked it, it was well made and it became the villain for many of my toy adventures 😂 Great video Mr Larson, Producer Greg MP 👍🏽✌🏽

@mistagoat6713 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! This has solved a 20+ year mystery for me!! I had Sydot and Arkus as a kid. I never knew their names and Power Lords had completely faded from my memory. I've searched for Sydot for years but without knowing his name or franchise I'd always search for some variation dino/person (I was like 6, I remembered his head more dino like) so I never got any results. Such a relief to finally have this answer, I can't thank you enough!!!!

@noahhunt3930 3 жыл бұрын

The review I was waiting for. This explains why my memory of acquiring this action figure was next to a bunch of models. My soul is now clean.

@littleBIGrobots 3 жыл бұрын

Easily in my top 10 toys of all time. We need more original IPs -- I can't tell you how tired I am of finding toy hobbiests or channels that are nothing but GI Joe, He-Man, etc. YAWN. I wish we had more of these weirdos back then!

@RobCamp-rmc_0 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it bummed me out to hear that parents were unhappy with the designs, but that was the best part. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything that unique in character design, outside of Inhumanoids.

@sboinkthelegday3892 3 жыл бұрын

Well, Ben10 is new Ip (after this one I mean), but it's basically the same thing anyway. I'm too young for He-Man but in my retrogression I grew up with Blackstar and Conan the barbarian and Castlevania without feeling like I missed much, i pretty much feel the IP isn't that much of a factor. The sad cases are some things like Sectaurs that could have had its spirit carried forwards in the revival of Yars' Revenge in 2008, but that completely fell through with lack of popularity. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdWfhcRhqJrQqn0.html

@cowpuddles4851 3 жыл бұрын

Besides Dan’s neatly trimmed facial hair, the retro commercials are the best part of these amazing videos.

@someonesane 9 ай бұрын

If not for randomly stumbling onto this video, I would never have remembered owning the figure of Power Lord. I saw the thumbnail and it triggered an instant feeling of nostalgia. I have only a faint memory of showing someone the "transformation" and playing with the action figure in the yard. I would've been no older than 7, based the memory, as the yard was at the apartments my family moved away from at about that time. I don't remember much of anything about it, but I can "feel" the connection I had with the fun of playing with the toy. Life is pretty crazy...

@theonlyfaeronarr 3 жыл бұрын

WOW, I forgot that I even had Adam Power back in my childhood!

@stuartbagley2586 3 жыл бұрын

Totally forgot about that DC comics mini series. I still have it!

@lukecy8187 3 жыл бұрын

I've had Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials since I was a kid. I LOVE Barlowe's aesthetic, and I would never *ever* in a million years have him design a toy line for children.

@terrylight3086 3 жыл бұрын

Finally!!!!!! I've been waiting for this for so long. Thank you!

@kaministquiamahackamack336 2 жыл бұрын

Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials was actually his own visualization of literary aliens, not how he imagined them to actually be... that was covered in another of his books.

@RICOFRITO 3 жыл бұрын

Wow very interesting toy line! Sad to see it didn't become popular as transformers. The figures were very unique, and I never heard of these until now.

@dontwannaname 3 жыл бұрын

Got to love "Burt" Backattach

@darkdeity2012 3 жыл бұрын

I definitely had that Trigore three-legged vehicle creature. Toy Galaxy is getting really good at reminding me of stuff from when I was a kid that I'd almost entirely forgotten about. Those half He-Man, half tank figures are... unique.

@aikisteven0616 3 жыл бұрын

Another toy line I was too old (and OBVIOUSLY too sophisticated and mature) for, but fortunately my little brother wasn't, so I could sneak in & borrow the figures to play with when nobody else was looking!

@lcy-es6928 Жыл бұрын

Minor nitpick, but Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials was a collection of illustrations of aliens from science fiction literature. The description given for it in this video better fits Expedition, a field guide to an alien planet of Barlowe's creation, and an incredible coffee-table book!

@steve_bal4 3 жыл бұрын

These figures were so amazing looking (had no idea Barlowe had designed them, but then I only learned about his alien book just a couple years ago). Stupidly, I skipped purchasing Power Lords because they weren't 3 3/4", which was the sole focus of my collection(s) at the time. I'd LOVE to get my hands on some of the Four Horseman line of PL, they look incredible.

@nikkicoyotie8431 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! I remember finding these in a budget department store in the middle of no where small town I grew up in and i've been trying to figgure out what they were for DECADES

@cullenn2100 Жыл бұрын

As a kid, I collected these toys and loved their look; in middle school I discovered "Barlowe's Guide," but never knew the connection until now.

@raze238 3 жыл бұрын

I had Adam power, I think that was the last most exciting Christmas I had when I was a kid. The 80's was the best. So much creativity, I guess that's why I love drawing. Great childhood.

@pnastysavage5510 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the hand me downs (early 90's) and waging war with my battle tech toys the designs are really cool and I still remember these.

@VJFranzK 3 жыл бұрын

My thought at the time, and now: Because they were a model company, these figures were more detailed than the others of the time! Though indeed thin / fragile. The designs were weird and interesting!

@chrisandres6698 3 жыл бұрын

Omg! I’ve been a fan of Barlowe’s for nearly 30 years - I had know idea he designed the Power Lords - I want them all NOW!

@ivane5110 3 жыл бұрын

I completely forgot about this line. I first saw it thanks to backpage comic ads and then a comic mini-series (which I never did find the final issue to). By the time I saw it in person it had no hope of living up to my self-imagined hype.

@bl1zz 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I came home one day & my Mom had bought me the entire OG set(1st & 2nd wave, vehicles & Volcan Rock). Although I had no idea what they were or the story behind them I was SO happy. I played with them for years, making up my own back stories & using them with my other toys. This video has brought back so many good memories while also finally I get to know what the whole story was about them. Thanks for this

@mikelemosakaspacetrog 3 жыл бұрын

I had the good fortune of being able to illustrate some tee shirt transfer designs (it was the early 80s the transfers made the tees “bulletproof”, or so we liked to think), for the company I worked for (Photo-Lith International) that had the license to do shirt transfers. I fell in love with the toy line and little did I know they were designed by Barlowe who was one of my favorite illustrators.

@mathieu4204 3 жыл бұрын

The 4H line had fun potential, but it started with several repaints of the guards before the actual named characters were finally available. By then people had already stopped caring. As for the original line, I remember seeing the figures on the pegs, but never knew anyone who was into it.

@Exiled_Rouge 3 жыл бұрын

As a kid, I own Gripptog(?) but I never knew where he came from, the name of the figure, or who bought it for me. It must have been a Xmas or Birthday gift at some point. This video literally informed me of a 38-year-old mystery I lived with up until this day.

@jacoblear1265 3 жыл бұрын

As a kid who loved crazy figures especially on a budget I LOVED power lords - and barlowes aliens? Chefs kiss

@eviljoel 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Wayne Barlowe later designed creatures for Pacific Rim, Avatar and Hellboy (Hellboy 2 is basically just Deltoro recreating one of Barlowe's sketchbooks.)

@mikeddh2018 3 жыл бұрын

I still have Burt Backattack. Minus the quills and his removable right hands.

@moze-x 3 жыл бұрын

So glad you covered this. Took me back the Childrens Palace

@maxordman4100 Жыл бұрын

Cool video! Very strange toys! Another wonderful story! These are some of the main reasons I always enjoy watching your channel! Fantastic work on this video! You are a very humble and friendly speaker too! Always glad to visit your channel!

@tueferbenz7492 3 жыл бұрын

Wayne Barlowe also designed creatures for Avatar, Pacific Rim, Hellboy, Dante's Inferno, and Prisoner of Azkaban, a number of of which have been made into action figures.

@KalleVilenius 3 жыл бұрын

I found that Adam figure in a flea mart back in the 90's and picked it up on a whim. Took over 20 years to learn what it was. Live and learn!

@50footbrewery 3 жыл бұрын

You are my hero. I LOVED these toys and I had forgotten all about them. Thank you so much for digging this out of my brain-pan.

@bliskin8847 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I snuck an Adam Power action figure out of a drug store. When my parents saw me with the toy, they made me sneak it back into the store. I didn’t remember what it was, until I saw this video, thanks.

@BainesMkII 3 жыл бұрын

I used to own a copy of Barlow's Guide. While I could be wrong, I vaguely recall thinking Barlow's renditions didn't really fit the descriptions in the novels that it was supposedly illustrating.