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Recycled Toys: Toys Reused
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- čas přidán 12. 08. 2024
- Today we look at He-man, Robin Hood, Star Wars and other toy lines that used old molds. From Kenner to Hasbro to Mattel toy companies save money but reusing their old toy molds for new lines.
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Love that deleted Star Wars tooth brush screen haha! Funny Luke’s uncle sounds a lot like That Junkman 😀
Cool deleted scene! 😆
You could use HE-MAN as DRAGO and DEMOLITION MAN as ROCKY to re-enact ROCKY IV!
8:00, Hey, you forgot to do the chant! "Bowl cut! Bowl cut! Bowl cut!"
You really can't blame the toy companies. When I was a boy ( which was a lot more years than I want to think about ) a model car mold costs upwards of 100 grand and the model for a sailing ship with a few hundred parts were 2 million bucks in molds. The higher the details the more costly the manufacture of the molds. The larger the scale the cost goes up.
My first hand experience as a kid realizing recycled reused molds was Robin Hood prince of thieves line reusing Star wars stuff
The Six Million Dollar Man toothbrush which was used as the Luke Skywalker toothbrush was also later used as the Marty McFly toothbrush for their "Plaque to the Future" toy range.
My first thought when I saw this video in my feed was the Star Wars Mustafar playset; I think that set has been used for GI Joe, Swamp Thing, and Indiana Jones
Thats intresting..should do a comparison
I have the Mustafar and the Indiana Playsets..I think it works best for Indy.Just a much better fit.And the collapsible stairway they made for the Indy set is pretty cool
@@cheddarcheese7928 I also like the fact you can set up those mail away aliens with it
Sundance kid was played by ( greatest American hero) William Katt. Who was on of the actors in the running to play Luke Skywalker.
Walmart released a Batman toy line in the late 90's that reused the Batman/Batman Returns figures with new heads and vibrant colors. The Super Powers Penguin was recycle for the Batman Returns Line as well, it was just changed to black and red.
Thank you, Junkman, for this unsolicited video.
Kenner was notorious for recycling molds. They did this for their Congo line in which they borrowed parts and molds from their Aliens line. I think they even did this in their Jurassic Park line too.
Mr. French now on a t-shirt! 😂
I dont know who it is, found it at Goodwill and liked it ;)
Good examples would be the original Beast Man and Moss Man figures and the original Mer Man and Stinkor figures of the MOTU line.
Yep motu had 2 bodies and 3 sets of arms and legs. The original heads and armor were all that made them different... But Mattel pioneered this with Barbie and still reuses parts to this day
you forgot the most obvious example FAKER!!!!
@@helrod and right before heman there were all the Mego figures doing it too!
@@TheSickNeeds well yeah. They had the barbie business model. One body unlimited costumes.
Clothes arwccheapwr to produce than plastic molds.
But even when megobwwnt to 3" figures they reused parts
"Blach hole was a failure But the bodies were reused for the mego line that crushed star wars " the dukes of hazzard " the star trek tmp figurescparts were used for love boat figures
@@helrod I was saying "right before Heman" as in between the birth of Barbie and the birth of Heman Mego was "the middle child" of that. Not quite sure what you meant by "the mego line that crushed star wars"?
Using Green Arrow to make Robin Hood, brilliant!
I've seen a few Big Jim Wolfpack accesorys show up in MOTU (eagle colored purple) .Camping equipment. Corvette, GMC MOTOR HOME. Barbie had versions of Big Jim stuff like the command jet. I think it's 😎 cool.
I LOVE THAT SHIRT!!!
4:45 Desaad, not Darkseide
Old joke
"the toy was so fun kids want to get their haircut to look like it" That line really made my day Hahah!
I have said it before. Kenner missed a bunch of opportunities., to recycle the deathstar playset. Bat cave, Bespin. Jabbas place, prince jhons tower. Random skyscraper for the super powers line. I could go on.
Reusing all these parts was probably a smart move. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves didn't exactly send children or collectors rushing to the stores, haha!! Would love a part two to the series.
They used the star wars Ewok playset for their Robin Hood one!
While expected, U.S. Agent in Marvel's line just being a repainted Captain America irritated me since he was my favorite. Then when they released his new costume Force Works figure in the Iron Man line, it was super rare.
I think He-man was the Biggest one that reused the same toy over and over again. They started the He-man Franchise from a Failed Figure line to begin with. They Just Kept the bodies and popped different Heads on the same body
What line? They seemed like Conan wrestling guys to me.
I know a lot of people dislike reusing parts, but not were we use to it back in the day, I always actually found it more creative than just making an entire new figure. But, to each their own.
great video, I think it would be cool if you got a treehouse haircut wig
The kids hair looked exactly like the toy...lmao
Man I remember how cool them star wars blasters were, ya really felt like taking on the rebal scum!!! 😎 dude them Van's are bad ass, I've got to get me a couple of them, the search begins!!!!
This was such a fun watch! Well put together and presented. Thanks so much !
The playsets for star wars were all the same playset just painted different colors. Hoth set with cardboard ATAT, tatooine playset with cardboard Jawa crawler and Jabba place and the Droid factory were the same too.
look at MEGO, they were the best at recycle when recycle wasn't cool.
Great vid as always Junkman! This has become common practice for toy companies. Also, where can I get that uber-cool "Frenchy: You Tube Cop" shirt? You know his Landspeeder is cooler than yours or mine - cause it's HIS!!!
Another good example would be Remco’s “Lost world of Warlord” line becoming the A.W.A’s exact body mode with the boots, trunks and even kept the wrist bands on their hands. They actually used a couple of the heads to create the referees. I’m not hating though. I love those figures.
Saddest thing in life, is to be given Gammorean Guard legs and butt.
Wasn't the Cringer/Battle Cat figure originally a black panther from a Tarzan line that they reused for Big Jim and later MOTU?
Yes.
We love your videos junkman! big fan of your content 🙏 always looking forward to watching them!
I know the Robocop motorcyle mold was used for Batman toyline as one version of Batcycle.
12 inch hard plastic battlestar galactica cylon and warrior with "laser action" taken from Major matt mason toy line!!
My “Colonial warrior” was practically mint in the box for the longest time cause it was so irrelevant.
The toys for the 1989 Batman movie and the Robocop toy line , there was a Robocycle and a Batcycle that were of the same mold. I don't remember which came first.......
You know I heard of that deleted scene but never scene it
You could do a follow-up about vehicles that were retooled. I got a He-Man Skullcopter that was previously released in the Defender's of the Earth line.
They just be pulling the wool over our eyes by putting a little cotton robe on them or slapping a different little paint scheme on them...💯✔ It's brilliant...💁🏻
OMG Besbin Luke w/a mustache. Ummm more like from an (ahem) adult movie....
Everybody knew that Masters of the Universe toys were based on the same molds. It was obvious. Faker was just the most extreme example.
Superb interesting vid. I liked the gamorrean guard item best.
Your vids have been great recently Junky dude.
As a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan, I was surprised that it took me many, many years to learn that two of the vehicles from that line were purchased from another company. The Pizza Thrower and Ninja Grappelor were both from another line by Tomy until Playmates bought the rights to them. And they certainly got their money's worth from the pizza thrower since they have recycled it about half a dozen times now.
Ewok village also was re used for Kenners Jurassic Park line.
Remco in 1980 and 1981 had a line of 9 inch glow in the dark Universal Monster figures that had.crushingbaction and a glow feature,all of the bodies were the same,one was painted to look like Wolfman hair,and the mummy had this silkscreened jumpsuit with the bandages the creature had the same .jumpsuit with the scales print and a few fins sewn on,Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster,Phantom of the opera all had the same boots,I'm sure that the mini monster playset was recycled from something as well
Happy Memorial Day JM
That deleted scene was a classic. Who could have known uncle Owen was really into oral hygiene 🪥
As well as moisture farming.. 🤣
Love it JunkMan 👍🏻
@That Junkman There was a Kenner Super Powers ''Darkseid'' action figure. But that was actually a (Desaad) action figure. (Desaad) is one of the followers of ''Darkseid'' from the planet of Apokolips.
The treetops definitely made the Ewok playset look better.
I want a Big Jim tiger.
I remembered a couple of those, like the Robin Hood, but most of the others I didn't. Thanks for the info Junkman.
Kenners Raiders of the lost ark action figures use the young Butch and Sundance buck giving them more articulation and the quick draw gimmick. I always wondered why Kenner never used it for Star Wars. It would have really helped out the power of the force line stand out from the rest of the vintage line.
remember the 90s WWF toys? Every single one was the exact same body with a different paint job lol
That Superpowers figure is Desaad not Darkseid as mentioned around 4:46 (sorry if someone else already mentioned it).
Yep
What a classic shirt!
I think the Tiger was another one for the Tarzan line before the Big Jim line.
I think when it came as a Big Jim tiger it was white with black stripes. Maybe, I'm pretty old...🤤
It started out as an orange tiger for Big Jim (white tiger was GI Joe), then a black panther for Tarzan ( who was just Big Jim with a different head and fur shorts) then ended up in MOTU. Mattel got a lot of milage out of that thing.
They also used this tiger with Action Man. It was a set called Save the Tiger. It had a Action Man in jungle survival gear along with the tiger.
Hey Junkman, off topic, but I have to say I watched a bunch of Sanford & Son the other day for the first time in over 30 years. That show has aged like a fine wine and is funnier now than when I was kid.
I'm commin Elizabeth!
It’s great
I just realized big bad beetleborg vehicles were from COPS n crooks lol
The most obvious repaint figure was the Moss man figure from MOTU was just a repaint of Beast man
There is one infamous figure I own. She-hulk 10 inch figure that was nothing but Xena repainted figure
2002 Episode II speederbike almost identical to 1983 ROTJ soeederbike. Better materials and different colours 2nd time around.
The Sorceress eagle from Masters of the Universe was also originally used for Big Jim and then later shrunk down for DC Universe Classics.
My brother and I got a bunch of Robin Hood toys for Christmas in 91. He got the Battle Wagon and I was so confused because I remembered that being the Ewok battle wagon. Freaking Kenner!
Mattel is famous for that,hot wheels and MOTU with the same basic Three bodies,with the exception of some.special
I remember finding the Robin Hood forest playset at a yard sale for $3 and getting super excited because I thought I had scored a super rare version of the Ewok Village.
The Robin Hood Dark Warrior's legs are from Super Powers Shazam
Weren't the Tusken Raiders' legs recycled from Obi-Wans? If not, then why not? They're virtually identical.
Also, I believe Bib Fortuna's coat is the same pattern as Endor Han Solo & Jedi Luke is the same cloak as Prune Face. I think.
Palitoy went to Kenner to re use their six million dollar space boots and gloves for their action man space rangers.
I wish there was a different way to make the panther look smooth without using the flocking method.
(Flocking being the application to make something look velvety)
I hate flock, it's fine, comes off easy, becomes airborn .. and it gets EVERYWHERE. :)
I've always really liked the Azeem figure, that one's my favorite besides the Robin Hood.
The sheriff looks terrible.
I could've sworn they made a decent Alan Rickman head sculpt.
I am gettin' old. :)
I think the Glamour Gals display would be perfect for The Dark Knight Collection figures.
Maybe get a replacement backdrop and put "The Dark Knight Collection" over the Glamour Gals logo even though the cityscape looks nothing like Tim Burton's Gotham City. 🦇
Thanks for the video
Kenner is always reusing molds for new toy lines to save costs.
Why the hex Kenner made a Batman Sonic Neutralizer gun. Everybody knows Batman hates guns.
I never was able to get any of the Robin Hood figures when I was a kid except for Robin Hood himself.
The Robin Hood and Hook lines were shameless. Kenner did have the best molds tho.
This is a wild card but if they made a figure of barranca from raiders of the lost ark, I have a butch cavendish figure from Gabriel’s legend of the Lone Ranger line they could reuse. And if Kenner were to make a rebel trooper from the first scene of Star Wars, if they released rebel friend, he would be the same figure but red instead of blue. If you want a Kenner rebel figure you can get one at the fans strike back.com, but you’ll have to be a good painter to make a rebel friend.
The Western Cafe Playset was actually a vast improvement all things considered.
Looks like they reused Michael Cohen's face for Demolition Man. 🤣
Juunkman you rule!
GI joe also reused body parts over and over in the 80s and 90s
transformers did this a lot using the same mold for different toys
I think my little brother might have had the family tree house. Or I just remember it from a catalog...been a lot of years.
Where have I seen that face on that shirt before? Lol!!!
Were they being cheap bastards or was it genius? Hmmm🤔 Didn't know this, great vid.
I remember Glamor girls. I had the Cowgirl theme dolls.
No ones mentioning the T shirt with the Retroblasting guys face on it
I remember this toy the green house dont think it was ewalk
In 1983, A special order Jabba the Hutt Dungeon playset (mightyjabba.com/2011/01/15/vintage-jabba-the-hutt-dungeon-action-playset-by-kenner/) retooled the earlier Droid Factory playset.
I miss the closet days but, I'm glad you came out of the closet. 😂😉
Where can I get one of those t shirts😂
JunkmanMerch.com (on sale this weekend)
Nice shirt
Damn, Kenner were being cheap asses for some of these movie tie in action figure lines lol.
That's Desaad, not Darkseid.
yep
I got a ultra Magnus transformer when transformers the movie came out... Already owned Optimus prime.,. Imagine my horror realizing they were the same figure just one was red and one was white. That was their way of continuing to sell off what was left of their Optimus prime merchandise after the movie.
The trailer was what made ultra Magnus look different.
Dude, that tshirt has me rolling 😂
Dessad!
Hey Junkman, didn’t you already make this video?
Masters of the universe beastman/ moss man
Merman/stinkor he man/faker…
Now we know how they was able to mass produce them so fast by recycle molds so not gotta make so many different molds and take longer to make figures any. wonder if still do it now since stuff seems to sell so fast lol cause of greed lol.
Hasbeen/Disknee remade the SJW Sequel Troopers with the clone body and the Ninja Turtles head
Of course as.kids we didn't know this
I sae it now