Rubber trousers?! That's GENIUS! It hides the joints typical of articulation, and makes the joints look more realistic on living figures.

Dr War is clearly a master of unarmed combat.

Doctor War without a helmet is just Kryten from Red Dwarf

The roadwork fellow is clearly a very specific 80s slasher villain. He works as a hotdog vendor by day and does horrible things to horny teenagers by night.

"Doctor War, what is he good for? Absolutely nothing! Say it again."

That road worker looks like he's from a Devo cover band that got sued by Devo and had to change their costumes just enough to not get sued again.

Ashens X Buckethead: The crossover we didn't quite know we needed, until we got it.

I love how they gave Dr. War a proper detailed face, far more detailed than the original Airfix figures.

I wasn't expecting Dr. War to be the spitting image of Kryten. Maybe those arms are actually supposed to be vacuum cleaner tubes.

I mean… mid-seventies was the time of disco and punk, so wearing latex trousers wasn’t *TOO* strange a thought!

"Aw shit here's batman" is my favorite Penguin quote

The Sheriff beard removal is the most I've laughed in about 2 weeks. Thanks for another great review.

I could have sworn that when we saw Dr. War's face we were going to get a Kryten impression.

"Futility belt" Thanks for the new term Stuart

The Autons reference made me really laugh out loud. Gotta love those classic Doctor Who series!

He’s not actually meant to be a road repair worker. If you read the back, in German it gives you a little bio. He’s actually Bert, the anthropomorphic traffic cone. They discontinued this figure after they kept turning up on top of statues heads mysteriously

that road worker looks like the prisoner work crews that work on the sides of the roads in the US

Dr War is actually an evil Kryten Robot if you look at his face he does look like Kryten

"Doktor in Friedens- und Konflikforschung" does not roll off the tounge as nicely as "Doctor War".

If he's a water-adjacent police of course he needs a hat that large to act as a boat in an emergency, or at the least a very portable flotation device.

Is it just me, or is Doctor War the best Kryten action figure never made?

Dr. War has taken inspiration from the POP Station fighting game by throwing his own arms at his enemies.

Dr. Jeff War, Professor of Wood/Metal Shop, Corrugated Confections and pyrotechnics at Cambridge (High School, not the University). What a jolly face for a villain! :D

Nothing says "Action Star" more than "Road Work Guy"\"Barber-Pole Man"

My father is a roadworker, can confirm they've never looked like that.

Credit where it's due- rubber trousers on an articulated figure, and the fact they haven't turned to snot by now are really impressive! I wonder which extremely toxic material is still keeping them in shape;] (I'd be very disappointed if they're just made out of silicone... Old toys made out of safe materials? Preposterous! At least, looking at the accessories, we still have the good old choking hazard.) Also, I love that Doctor War (PhD, no doubt) looks like Kryten from Red Dwarf after a rough night out:D

the box where you pointed at to say "realistic detail in the arse mostly" says "Action Stars can sit properly" basically showing that you can put them in and on scale models of bikes and whatnot

The road crew guy looks like a prisoner on a chain gang. Orange jumpsuit and all.

Doctor War, famous at university for taking the Art of War and turning it into a Science , wrote an entire dissertation on it and everything.

Dr. War has a BA in Marketing, and is an undergrad in Hospitality Services.

I hope Stuart knows that he has effectively created an army of Dr. Wars with his prize offer

The Cowboy's hat is too tall? As an American, I'll just say that a lot of the old westerns had the cowboys wear ridiculously large hats. Look up the character Hoss from the show Bonanza and you'll see for yourself. The figure is actually pretty close to scale when compared to what was on TV at the time 😂

One of the best things about road work guy is that we see from the sheriff that they could make a vest, but it was a conscious decision to go with the smok.

With his helmet off Dr. War looks like a really cheap toy of Kryton from Red Dwarf.

Dr. War without a helmet looks like a pretty good Kryten action figure

I have to thank you ashens, for without you I would've never thought of the hilarious phrase "sad man's futility belt".

"Wasserschutz" translates most often into "water conservation." So that guy being arrested on the box must've been throwing empty beer cans into the Rhine. That gun seems like a lot of ordinance for catching litterbugs.

The roadworker is giving me serious Devo vibes

That chuck Norris/auton moment had had me laughing for around 10 minutes now. Every time I stop it finds its way back into my head

The water police and the futility belt of justice! 😂

Doctor War? or... Evil Kryten? Bloody loved this episode. And to think, Airfix went from making Combs to producing the finest Model Kits in the World, via these crappy figures. Excellent episode Ashens.

That Batman figure reminds me of that episode of Only Fools and Horses where Del dressed up as Batman XD

I'm mostly just impressed that the near fifty year old rubber pants haven't turned into goo or dust.

i love it when you get excited about toy history

That first figures face looks a bit like the British comedy character Jimmy Krankie and Dr War looks like the actor who plays Kryton from Red Dwarf 🤔

Hey Ashens, along these same lines there was a line of Dragon Ball Z toys produced by a company called Irving (or something like that) here in the US. I dont know if they were ever produced across the pond, but they put out this line that had four figures in it, and the draw was that they could be normal or super saiyan. Instead of just coming with extra heads or whatever they had these ridiculous full body rubber condoms that you'd slip over them making them chunky and off model, and, of corse, destroying any and all articulation. It's glorious.

The second Dr. War's helmet came off, I swore that was Kryton from Red Dwarf!

The “candy man” road worker looks like one of those people that your parents warn you about not taking candy off of at the park when you were 7. 😂😂 either that or someone who is advertising aquafresh toothpaste in the 80s/90s 😂 Or as Ashens said, kfc bucket man or barber shop pole man 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

i think the sheriff on the box looks more Charles bronson to me, also, this might be the first time i heard Ashens say the ''MF'' word in his whole videos and it was really weird.

7:08 That is the best description of anything I’ve heard in a while. I usually don’t bust out laughing at simple jokes but that hit different.

I wasn't planning to go to any conventions any time soon but the idea of cosplaying as Doctor War is almost too perfect to resist

I remember these 😢 a shop called Fords in Allenton, Derby used to sell these - we had sooo many over the years. Everything exactly as I remember

The 3rd figure looks like a prisoner doing comunaty work lol

"Must have been difficult to tear off the last one" reminds me so much of the Young Ones bit. "Oh I've tried that Rik, you can't drive the last nail in!"

5:22 that sherrif's "beard" looks more like a mask for one of the ninja characters from mortal kombat

I was so convinced he was saying "Doctor Wall!" and somehow that's even worse than what it actually is

If the feel of the rubber legs freak you out, you should try a Phicen. They look hyper realistic, super flexible but no visible joints barring ankles and wrists, but they feel like human flesh, dense, warm, velvety. They're also surprisingly heavy so the combination of texture and weight makes most people nearly drop them upon first holding them 😆

The road worker looks like Buckethead wearing a Christmas themed pillowcase

The later proper size action men had rubber legs with knee joints inside on an armature, I wonder if they got the idea from this.

I can fully see Doctor War being a Doctor Doom type character. He just needs a bit of a costume redesign and an interesting backstory.

Is Dr. War good enough to be a candidate for the shelf of interesting items?

Dr. War looks like a Chinese Hopping Vampire (mostly due to the stiff arms) cosplaying as a mixture between Darth Vader and a generic robot.

War, what is it good for? Not grabbing stuff, apparently!

I genuinely laughed for the first time in months when I saw the Sheriff's face with out his removable beard and hair

I’ll have you know Dr. War earned his PhD-his thesis was titled “The influence of rocket jetpacks and low-visibility helmets upon history” and it had an impact on global strategic planning for decades, until the weaknesses in his theories were shown by the failures of Commando Cody

My Christmas list is now complete. River Police James May, Sheriff Covid, Megalomaniac Kryten and wet weather Batman. Marvellous.

5:39 Kryten is looking very shocked at seeing a double Polaroid.

Captain Eagle and the military policeman were my favourite figures, and the Mummy's tomb playset was as cool as any toy I'd ever had. Good video.

Doctor War's helmet looks like it was modeled off a drawing a seven year old made of one of the Pigs in Space 🤷‍♂️

I lost my shit when you took off Doctor War's helmet. He looks like Kryten from Red Dwarf.

I was busy folding laundry while the vid was going and got startled by the intro of Dr War. Damn you, Dr War!

Dr War with the police hat reminds me so much of Florian Schneider from Kraftwerk.

I was just watching the Aunt May figure review and then this happens... the joy, the happiness the... fuck this, i'll just watch the damn video.

These are some of the coolest action figures I've ever seen, and Ashens reacting to them is just the toupee on top of these odd German figurines

The ‘road worker’ is clearly the most efficient worker ever…he is dressed as a traffic cone 🤣🤣

Dr Wars PhD is in psychology - imagine wasting his time for that! 😝

5:40 It's Kryten from Gunmen of the Apocalypse.

Now i know from where Count Binface got his inspiration for his helmet!!!! Mystery solved. Thank Ashens!

Lord Buckethead's Minister of Health.

Never before have i associated Airfix with tat.. That has now changed... (The therapy required will be to purchase a Spitfire kit and assemble it i think)

Thumbs up for Buckethead! Weird dude, but super talented. His guitar is a bit unusual too. Those red dots are buttons that act as a killswitches that can cut the signal from the pickups.

The road worker looks like he is wearing either a popcorn bag or a peppermint candy costume.

Doctor War's infamous catch phrase is, of course "spin my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska"

I'm 99% sure I had the batman and superman that my grandparents bought me from a home store attached to the local Kwik Save. And a Evil Kinevil with the same crappy cape style too

Surprising coming from Airfix actually, I still think of them as decent quality so weird to think they did weird looking cheap stuff

Jesus Christ, the sheriff getting his beard ripped off sent me into the most prolonged laughing fit I've had in a very long time! Thanks Stu!

I've only recently stumbled on your channel through your old wish cameras video and I haven't laughed and cringed at the same time so much, I love your content man...definite sub, keep it coming

Absolutely insane figure Dr. War is, I immediately went and purchased one

7:02 Yes, you're referring to someone, named Buckethead. I had a friend once who was was really into them.

Perhaps he is a doctor of etymology and WAR is actually an acronym of Words and Rockets.

6:30 He honestly looks like someone advertising Whataburger, but doing a very bad job at it

I misheard Ashens.. I genuinely thought he said re-furnaced not repurposed 🤭 Also am I the only who thinks that the silver rockets 🚀 on Dr war, Dr war, Dr.. well u get the idea, look like suppositories? 😁👍 Dr war can also be seen moonlighting on starbug "smeeeeg heeeead"

Wow! "Futility belt" is really strong. Can't believe I haven't heard that one before. I promise to steal that at some point!

Just the beard on the sheriff makes him look like Bane from Batman

Dr. War achieved his PhD in WAR studies from the University of WARwick

That must come as a big disappointment to everyone but at least in 70's germany there where readworkers running around in vests that where not far off the figurine. And a bit shorter version (for running away 'n stuff) is still widly used even whit that odd striped pattern.

'These things are approaching...fifty years old, almost? That's terrifying.' And so are you, mate. 😉 Also, Doctor War. Huh. What is he good for? Firing his own arms at you, apparently. Is he one of the playable characters in City Fighter?

Dr War sans helmet looks like Kryten if he tried to make his face less angular

Your fixation on just the weirdest garbage is just so interesting from the 2nd hand enthusiasm.

"Realistic detail"; if you have no butt crack. And did you really say "His futility belt"? I am so happy, that's the best quote I've heard all month. Dr War looks like his helmet is also his furry suit with the fur removed. Cute doggie ears or horsie ears? And seeing that awful Batman atrocity makes me hate them. How disappointed were kids that got these sorry things for Xmas, especially the road worker guys. Nobody wants to pretend you're a road worker, for chrissakes. Why?