I almost had the whole collection. Even though these look like low-budget figures, they were very cool and could mix and match with GiJoes and other small action figures. I had a lot of fun with these figures.
Very interesting line! I think I may have had the two headed guy at one point. A suggestion- I use a black light or uv flashlight on my glow stuff, it charges instantly and glows much more intensely than with room light exposure.
I love these bendy weirdo toys! I scored a near complete collection of these for the pre pandemic price of $300... just need Castle Zendo Moc and Antor. At the time i couldn't believe i was dropping that kind of the cash on bendy figs. Glad i did! Frog-acula would be a way cooler name, but I think the swamp monster guy is called Frog-a-cuda. As a kid, i had the scaffolding from the castle in my pet garter snake's tank for years. Thanks for giving this obscure "toyline" some love!
For the most part these toys are affordable but then you get into some that are just rare and expensive. Good score if you got the lava man and weapon master in there you did very well. That scaffolding for the castle seems very brittle surprised it did not break
Sure did get the mintiest complete weapons master and lava man ever! All the figures are in completely unused condition with all their accessories. The scaffolding was broken and just tossed in as terrain for the snake to climb around... I was a kid, but now my snakes all have beautiful bioactive planted vivariums, so vintage toys stay in my collection where they're safe! You and Robo are my favorite toy channels dude... no over the top fake sounding voices, and only real enthusiasm for things you are excited by. I also appreciate that you don't whine and complain all day... it's fine to express disapointment when things let you down, but i love that you address any issues and move on hoping for future improvement. Keep up the great chronicles of forgotten playthings!
Best video ever Mike. You're probably the first person to cover the entire toyline. Thank you. This might be the most underrated toyline out there and for me personally it's the best toyline ever. These are the first action figures I remember playing with as a kid and the only toys I've held onto for the last 40 years. I just love the colors and the creature sculpts and mogs and jipps are fun to army build. This toyline is the reason I started collecting vintage toys 10 years ago. To answer your question. Lava man is only half a head higher than Raidy. (yeah, I have 3). The crocodile monster is called frogacuda, not frogdracula. And there's also a castle zendo version that functions as a shooting gallery with a dart gun. And if you want to show the glow in the dark feature properly just blast them with a UV lamp for a couple of seconds.They'll light up the room with an eerie green glow. 😁
Yep this line is a bit hard to nail down details on with conflicting resources and very little coverage here on RU-vid. Yep I got the Frog name wrong but he does look like he could be a dracula figure. NOBODY HAS 3 LAVA MEN! That sounds like a line from back to the future
I think this was overshadowed by the more popular He-man and Masters of the univerise action figures that were also sold during this era. But Zendo was a pricey hobby, you probably first buy the castle, but's thats you get, all of it's action figures were sold serperately.
Awesome collection. We had a lot of these as kids. I was poor, so these must have been really cheap compared to MOTU and other contemporaries for us to have so many of them. And FYI, it's Froggacuda, like barracuda haha not Frog Acula lol
Oh man I got some of the figures in this toy line from a trip to my grandmothers house is a very small town at the Family Dollar store back in the day…
I always felt like the fantasy lines that are described as “knock offs” were more deeply rooted in sword and sorcery fantasy than MOTU. I always loved the Frazetta style artwork on Galaxy Warriors packaging, ect. MOTU has sword and sorcery elements for sure, but the darkness and edges were not as present, due to the tie in with the childrens tv show.
Incredibly unique and creative line, The Other World was, thank you for covering it with all these new details, Tydirium! I had the hawk, the dragon, hero, mini figures, the castle and that plastic map. Great series and art work/packaging too. Thanks! For some reason, it reminds me of the BlackStar figures and animated Filmation series which I have on DVD.
@@tydiriumhanger1320 Agreed. Great collection you have, and clever improvisation with the Lava men and Catapult monster, as well as the tri-castle. Excellent, thank you for covering The Other World in depth.
Oddly there are many lines that have priced me out like Dinoriders, Battle beasts and wheeled warriors to name a few. The ones I collect are still in the realms of reality LOL
Definitely would like one of the better toy manufacturers to do these in 7 or 6 inch modern figure styling (either MOTU Origins Style or NECA Style 7 inch D&D Figures)
@@tydiriumhanger1320 Suppose it was easier to produce and cost less, seeing they were the cheaper of the fantasy brands at the time (most probably sold in dollar stores)
Cool and weird line for sure! My parents didnt have much money when I was growing up so I received these figures instead of Masters of the universe. I had the two headed dragon, the giant bird the green guy with the 4 arms, the little trolls, and the red guy that looked like the guy with the 4 arms. I had no idea there was so much to this line. It's great to see these again, brings back a lot of memories thanks!
One of the fun parts of collecting vintage is finding out the rest of the line and what all was made. As kids most of us only got a small portion of the entire collection of any given toy line because there was just sooo much stuff out there fighting for our money
OMG Mike, (I thought) I never heard of this toy line BUT 15 seconds in I realize I had (and possibly still have) at least 3 of this bendy figures, the chick, the four arm guy, and the "He-Man"
It is so interesting deep diving into these early toy lines and seeing what all they made, crazy names and characters. Oddly I get a kick out of what parts they reuse and what they do not reuse
Super offended by your lava men figures. My father was a bendy lava man... 😂 Top notch craftsmanship, way better than $400. Complete with bendums action. Zang.
