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Star Wars toys are commonplace in the toy aisles these days. But there was a time where there was a Star Wars action figure drought, and fans were hungry for new products to collect. There had not been any new Star Wars movies since the 1980’s, but suddenly Star Wars was experiencing a renaissance in the 1990’s!
Thanks to Kenner, Star Wars made it’s grand return to the toy aisle in 1995 with the new Power of the Force line of action figures! In this episode of Toysplosion, take a trip back to reminisce about the grand return of an action figure mainstay and learn the history behind it!
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@imp2247 5 лет назад

Luke really does look like he could take on the whole Empire by himself.

@BeatRoot14 Год назад

Luke Schwarzenegger. I still have that toy but sadly his light sabers missing.

@coledakers6127 3 месяца назад

8:06

@Toybinging 5 лет назад

"Monkey face Leia"....now that's a name I've not heard in a long time, a long time.

@lawrencejelsma8118 4 года назад

The thing about Leia is her action figure changes so many times 1995-2013! Lucky Monkey Face (her worst likeness) ended in two years 1995 and 1996 before she looked really great in Slave Leia, New likeness and Hoth with Freeze Frames. Also the four 2-packs ending 1996. Then Leia Ceremony 1998 her most beautiful face! 1999-2002 less sequels but more Prequels until 2003 and on Leia got greater looks!

@EDFCentral 3 года назад

Leia's the dog faced gremlin

@trooper326 3 года назад

You know her?

@RemyJackson 3 года назад

I remember her being referred to as the Anthony Kiedis Leia

@manumercado1127 3 года назад

its was anthony kiedis leia, even in the toyfare toyguide appear like that..

@DeckyStrikesBack 5 лет назад

When I first seen POTF compared to the 77 line, it was like how I see Hot Toys now. This line blew me away in 1995.

@Royinszki 4 года назад

What do you mean, you think theyre good or shitty?

@JeffryRodriguez-mt6df 4 года назад

@@Royinszki x2

@heros670 3 года назад

They blew you away with disgust for sure, no freaking way anybody likes this ugly looking figures

@parkerewanart 2 года назад

@@heros670 Standards were a lot different in 1995. You must be pretty young.

@NitroCigarette 5 лет назад

I can just go to my local Wal-Mart if I wanna see a toy aisle without Star Wars.

@markorollo. 4 года назад

Same here in the UK with Asda stores (owned by Walmart) I got lucky with a full wave once, not seen a thing since, and it's not just Asda, other stores are no better here.

@AdvancePlays 4 года назад

@@markorollo. Your big superstores always had them, but those are relatively few and far between admittedly

@lamarravery4094 2 года назад

Walmart just sells their Star Wars figures online, mostly.

@MrM-u3h 5 лет назад

I didn't like how buff they made the main characters but the aliens in this line were great, and I liked the two packs of things llike Jawas, Ewoks and Ugnaughts.

@M613M 5 лет назад

I still remember being so blown away when the Episode 1 toys came out. Seeing Maul's face where Vader's used to be seemed amazing to me! Too bad you can find those toys everywhere for $6.

@Knightfall182 5 лет назад

Star Wars Toys in 1995. Releasing at midnight, people fighting over them. Crazy lines. Huge demand. Star Wars Toys in 2019... in the bargain bin at Dollar Stores.

@Ghidorah96 5 лет назад

Knightfall182 can't believe we have less articulation now

@skunk12 5 лет назад

I remember one shopping trip to Toys R Us. I was 20 years old and pushed a nerdy autistic kid down onto his butt. He was holding an Obi Wan Kenobi figure which i swiftly ripped out of his hands. His mom got all uppity with me for putting my hands on her 8 yr old boy. Guess she must've been really surprised when her cheek caught the back side of my hand. Somebody called the cops, but i was already pulling out of the parking lot when they arrived from the opposite side.

@MrM-u3h 5 лет назад

Thank you Kathleen Kennedy.

@skunk12 5 лет назад

@@MrM-u3h yeah, "Thanks Kathleen Kennedy" she cured me of my Star Wars addiction.

@MrM-u3h 5 лет назад

@@skunk12 In a way she created mine. I wasn't collecting but then all this stuff started showing up in the dollar store. Started with those die cast ships.

@connormetcalf7049 5 лет назад

May The 4Th Be With You Pixel Dan! Also RIP Peter Mayhew!

@orinanime 5 лет назад

The overly buff body types remind me of the oldschool poster art. Where Luke looks like a frazetta painting. I'm fine with it.

@darrellr267 4 года назад

At least this release gave us our long over due Rebel Fleet Trooper.

@ThatJunkman 5 лет назад

The figures looked like the common action figure in the mid 90s, thats why they are so big, it was what was selling the most at the time.

@funnypicturescomics 5 лет назад

The Leia figure without the robe...is just SCARY!!!

@lawrencejelsma3937 5 лет назад

The Princess Leia of 1995 or 1996 is termed Monkey Face Leia! In 1996 with Slave Leia and the 2-packs Kenner or Hasbro tried to get Carrie Fisher's better looks! The 1995-6 Monkey Leia was retooled into Princess Leia Organa of ANH in 1977 with a better looking Freeze Frame action slide Leia in 1997!

@RansomeStoddard 5 лет назад

She looks like the Hungarian lunch lady I had in my junior high school. Seeing her every day set back my puberty by at least 3 years. The Leia figure was disturbing.

@MartasZLA 5 лет назад

@@RansomeStoddard :D :D

@Justin-fn4oe 5 лет назад

As a 10 year old when these came out, I was obsessed with these! Trying to find a Princess Leia or Stormtrooper was almost impossible to find as well as a Boba Fett!

@ghostman5620 5 лет назад

Buff characters...oversized weapons...questionable likenesses...in 1995 none of that mattered to me as I yanked my wallet at lightspeed.

@lamarravery4094 4 года назад

Me too. I should've waited 15 yrs later. The figures were a lot better.

@lamarravery4094 4 года назад

@Robd1 replies I'll be donating those older power of the force figures to goodwill. Those suckers take up space and won't be going up in value.

@FPalace 5 лет назад

The Mail Order Exclusives 😍. You can’t imagine how exciting it was as a kid to wait and finally get B’omarr Monk or Oola. I spent a lot of allowance money on those Exclusives.

@randywilliams6248 5 лет назад

I was in love when the 95 line came out. I grew up watching the VHS tapes every single day after school. Thinking about it now..... I feel the boom of 90's toys/games was an attempt to get kids back on board because George finally decided to move forward (although backward chronologically) with new movies. Brilliant marketing

@pauldouglas9999 5 лет назад

More like the Power Of Grayskull! Those early 95-96 figures were jacked! Lando was so buff his puffy blue shirt had abs sculpted on it!

@seanahmed9079 Год назад

What an awesome line. The Luke X Wing with the affixed figure is legendary!! Also the deluxe figure sets were so cool. and the battery operated R2!! I could go on forever

@deviantmonkey1 Год назад

The mid 90s were my Era for star wars toys. Had several storm troopers to make up a unit . Cheers for the memories

@jasontompkins8180 3 года назад

LOL. I love these so much. We all thought they were collectible gold. I bet their are more still in the package than ones that were opened. I vow to liberate as many as I can.

@ceeece 3 года назад

Probably so. Everyone wanted to keep theirs MIB for resale later. I am one of them!

@Pantheragem 5 лет назад

The only toys you could really find between 1985 and 1995 were bend-ems. Oh nm, I see you covered it. Anyway. When the new figures launched, I was 21. After going through my dark, heavy metal teens, I found my happy place again. Visiting Toy R Us was like going to Disneyland. I went a few times a week. Wish I could go back in time.

@evanescapades2513 9 месяцев назад

The stormtroopers particularly the sand troopers in this line were the greatest thing ever!!!!!

@stevebragg4256 5 лет назад

Star Wars MicroMachines ships were also out in 93-94

@markorollo. 5 лет назад

i still have two packs of those.

@thecarpenter4 5 лет назад

Yes, MicroMachines, BendEms and Action Mastees were the only things available in the early 90s

@patrickwilson1459 4 года назад

I have a lot of the 93-97 Star Wars Micro Machines ships and vehicles

@aboutthemetal8783 4 года назад

I liked the micro machine play sets that were a bust of certain characters, I still have c3po, stormtrooper and darth vader.

@RA-VEN8 3 года назад

I had those.

@tperson8347 Год назад

I loved the 90s POTF. This was my drug as a kid. The buffness never really bothered me that much. To me, the 1995 Luke figure looks alot like the old Star Wars poster of Luke with his lightsaber raised high above his head. :) I started collecting in 1997 after I saw Star Wars Special Edition in theaters. I WISH I could've seen it in 77, but this was the next best thing. Once I exited the theater, I was absolutely pumped. I was HOOKED.

@tperson8347 Год назад

I can accept that buff physique was a bit much, but the head sculpts were dead on. They looked great

@chaosbringer666 5 лет назад

these were the best, I still have them at my parents house, These were great to play with even though the toys dont look the part. I also loved that they made alot of expaned universe figures, Dark empire luke, kyle katarn and even Thrawn!

@dakotaroot_8816 3 года назад

I love these, and i will always have a special place in my heart for their simple, durable designs and the sheer amount of characters we got

@melkor2301 5 лет назад

Great look back! Never saw these figures in Germany somehow, but in the mid 1990s I was anyway completely out of the action figures world. That‘s why my initial Star Wars encounter was Super Return of the Jedi on the SNES. 😂

@breakingbasha 5 лет назад

While i did not experience it myself my father and brothers bought a ton of Potf star wars stuff so it must have been available somewhere!

@julianstier3821 4 года назад

I bought the whole line at vedes back then but they were harder to find in regular stores

@evra91 5 лет назад

Leia looks like Han with cinnamon buns attached!

@IllPlayTheBluesForYou 5 лет назад

I scarfed up everything I could from this line! So much fun peg hunting these toys🤘 Toysplosion is awesome!

@scottgordon8902 3 года назад

They were the final peg hunting days.. that was the end of store magic.. I believe

@sdevine182 5 лет назад

Love this episode. i was 15 in 1995 so I went all in collecting these since I couldnt do the old toys as a kid. So many memories and i remember surfing the web just too look at Star Wars toys back in 96-98 when the internet was all new and would take like 5-10 minutes to load that one picture! Nice to see a Dan and Dan collab as well! Thanks guys!

@darthwizzywizard 3 года назад

I was the same age 15 in 95, but I still had all my original vintage.

@patrickwilson1459 2 года назад

I first became a Star Wars fan in 1995. Just a short while afterwards this brand of new toys first came out. I had a few of the action figures from the first two waves of those back then as well as the X-Wing and TIE Fighter.

@bubby14 5 лет назад

When I saw the advertisement in the back of a toy magazine (yes, there were a few publications) for these I was so excited! I cut out the picture and would carry it around with me so I could daydream about the time they'd be in my hands. I requested and got a TMNT Technodrome playset when I finally got these figures in hand to double as the Death Star!

@peterdunlap7126 5 лет назад

great video i was so happy that star wars toys returned in 95 because it allowed me to collect all the star wars toys i never had in the 1970's and 80's

@phantomsidious2934 5 лет назад

Love the power of the force era, toy shops packed with figures, I was 8 at the time, so seeing all those toy aisles full with star wars was overwhelming, the special edition release brought star wars back to being as popular as it ever was, probably my favourite year for star wars

@jedipoodoo 5 лет назад

Yeah they had funky proportions, but for someone like myself who missed out during the vintage line (was just a little too young, born in '82) it was exciting to finally have some figures (the bend-ems were a disappointment, sorry not sorry) and vehicles to get. In my area at the time, the two hardest figures to find were C-3PO and Princess Leia, and felt a sense of triumph when I got my mitts on them. Good memories.

@lamarravery4094 5 лет назад

I went crazy and bought too many of these back in the day.

@aboutthemetal8783 4 года назад

I remember going to the local towns independent toy shop in 1996 for new figures and they had actually found some return of the jedi figures in the back of the shop that had fallen down the back of the shelves and stayed there for the last ten years, and they were on sale, needles to say I brought them.

@BATBOMB82 5 лет назад

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! SO GOOD! I'll always have a love for these particular Star Wars toys.

@mikeyfourbarrel8473 5 лет назад

The Galoob Micromachines packs from around this time were an obsession for me and my friends.

@tmartinez8622 2 года назад

I'm surprised even til this this day that the power of the force 2 line from the 90s is strong and you can still find plenty of carded figures til this day making it easy in some respects to still get like new figures from that line that still look great til this very day.

@EDFCentral 3 года назад

I worked at ToyRUs during the Star Wars resurgence and it was cool. I was buying up all the figures and decking my wall out with them. I didnt care that they were buff. I remember the vehicles lining the shelf. So cool.

@shipped_my_pants_3000 5 лет назад

I don't have to imagine what Toy aisles would look like without Star Wars. All I have to do is go to Walmart...

@matthewpahnke2613 5 лет назад

Yup. This is the new 1985. Even stores with product have the smallest about of racks of figures I've ever seen.

@lawrencejelsma3937 5 лет назад

@@matthewpahnke2613 ... The better ones are bought up ... but still oversaturated to ever be a collector value even though people buying them think so (like the black series 3 3/4 and 6 inch many many people outside the U.S. in many nations are buying up)!

@ThatJunkman 5 лет назад

hard to keep them in stock?

@behindthescenesphotos5133 3 года назад

Mine didn't even have a spot for Star Wars figures when the last movie was released. Though, I did get a nice Robby the Robot and Godzilla there around that time. It's telling when characters from 65 year old movies and the third Jumanji are considered a safer choice for retailers than Star Wars.

@MoteofLobross 4 года назад

I remember these. I was a senior on high school at the time. Had a college age friend that was the manager of a local Toys R' Us that would never put the POTF figs on the pegs. Instead she'd sell them to a crowd of people on the loading dock for three times as much as they were worth and pocket the difference. When I asked her if she was afraid of getting fired doing this, she told me Corporate knew exactly what she was doing, but didn't care as long as she put the MSRP of the figs back into the register after she scalped them.

@willywampa84 5 лет назад

Great episode! I love this toy line, I still have all my figures and ships from this line. It was so fun to collect for it as the toy line grew there were SO MANY figures to get. One of my favorite was the Swoop vehicle and pilot from the Shadows of the Empire line.

@tperson8347 Год назад

YES! SOTE was one of my favorites. Loved the book, but I never had the video game. I wanted to track down the soundtrack at some point

@nikkist-zapp1833 5 лет назад

Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much!

@tedoyle99 5 лет назад

YAY more toy splosions I haven't seen another episode in a while you should make more of these on a constant basis

@phillytee9106 5 лет назад

The only thing good about those 'Bend 'Ems' 'figures' was the free Topps Star Wars Galaxy trading card, included inside every pack, the figures were trash. As for the 1995 'The Power Of The Steroids' line of Star Wars toys it was cool just to have them back again even if they did look very pumped.

@locobrodie8810 5 лет назад

Star Wars is forever!

@ceeece 3 года назад

I am pretty sure i got one of each of these figures back in the day. I still have them packed away. You are not kidding when you said we collectors were eager for new Star Wars figures.

@Retsler54 Год назад

I loved the return of the Star Wars toys. Contributed to make also the 1990s to be a good decade.

@backyardbassist893 5 лет назад

Hard to believe this potf line is 24 yrs already. When released in 95 the original kenner line was only 17 yrs old. Crazy

@lamarravery4094 3 года назад

And the POTF figures aren't worth much like the originals are.

@goldcanyon340. Год назад

Sadly i was one of those 80’s kids that missed out on new star wars toys when i needed them the most. Unfortunately i was left to only find them randomly at goodwill.

@TOKYOTOYBANZAI 5 лет назад

Great to see a video of these!! Back in junior high, I was all about these!! Still have a dozen or so carded, hidden above the doorway of my kid's toy room :) Great video Dan!!

@andrewthielmann5342 5 лет назад

Man I absolutely loved these toys. Jedi Luke was my favorite thing for so long.

@nihar2009 3 года назад

I had got luke with a desert standing vehicle with luke , luke in training kit ,storm trooper, vader with battle platform , somw red dude on a red speeder bike , a tie fighter pilot type dude ,c3po and the snow speeder very cool .

@RetroBusker 5 лет назад

Theres reason why Starwars was reintroduced around 1995 was full circle beyond toys, Directors cut was shown in cinemas of the 3 films, I remember seeing New Hope in cinema in 1996 I think, one of those years

@jamiebraswell5520 5 лет назад

Those were released in 1997.

@RetroBusker 5 лет назад

I said "around that time" 1997 would make more way more sense to see that film as I remember seeing it with my cousins. Then they got carried away soon after that around 1999 Episode 1 came out

@Bls-of1ld 3 дня назад

@@RetroBusker it was the special edition

@neoseeker71 5 лет назад

I remember when these came out ..., it was awesome .... I still have fond memories of those first released figures even if they had been “working out” ...

@renamay0846 3 года назад

I have had every single bend-ems since I was a kid in late 2000s, I didn't have too many stormtroopers so i remember absolutely loving the stormtrooper bend-em

@whiteandnerdy69 3 года назад

Thank you for such Video, Dan!

@archangelrutherford1461 5 лет назад

Love these toysplosions, keep it up!

@SonGara 5 лет назад

Got this entire line (minus the vehicles) for that Christmas and it was the best. These figures were a big part of my childhood. Thanks for the great video Dan.

@classicactionfigures3454 5 лет назад

Great Video and nice to see more Dan & Dan collaborations. I still have all of my POTF2 figures and vehicles. I was so excited when I saw Star Wars back in toy stores, and even more excited that I was now an adult and could buy whatever I wanted with my own money :)

@RansomeStoddard 5 лет назад

So how did the 1994 marketing meeting go? "Hey, let's bring back Star Wars figures, but let's make them ugly!" "Yes, ugly is good, but also let's make them look like big bulky wrestlers." "You're a genius, Roberts, a genius! But let's also give them ridiculously large weapons! Let's make Han's pistol larger than his head!" And that's how Star Wars returned in 1995.

@jjny03 5 лет назад

Great 👍🏻 information, fun for the whole family to watch together - thanks for keeping it G rated.

@eliotbenitez8362 5 лет назад

I started collecting Star Wars figures in 1979, when I was 2. I never knew about these other lines.

@slothstradamus89 5 лет назад

I was born in '89, so was at that ripe, perfect age to need something to latch onto right when the og Trilogy was released as a set on VHS and this toy series released. I lapped up as MUCH as I could lol. I actually just found my Boba Fett PotF figure last week. He's missing his Wookie skins, though :( hahaha

@danielson78b 5 лет назад

Great episode Danny! Thanks - looking forward to what's next!!

@heros670 5 лет назад

Hahahaha im surprised they didn’t make a he-man looking R2D2

@chalito8toonchannel964 5 лет назад

well he got a big third leg... that's something!! hahahaha

@trooper326 3 года назад

Even 3PO was jacked.

@greyjedi6430 3 года назад

They did ram man 🤣🤣🤣

@XueEntertainment 5 лет назад

Great episode Dan, keep these coming!

@Cuddy75 5 лет назад

Thank you for this video it was very informative about this line of Star Wars toys. Didn't know why they were so buff, now I do. Thank you again.

@tassosk.5414 5 лет назад

Awesome video Dan!!! 😍

@toypocket6871 5 лет назад

Great episode! Love seeing @toygalaxy

@frenchabortion 5 лет назад

Another great video Dan

@acereview7968 5 лет назад

Great video! I want to see more Toysplosion toy history! I loved having Dan Larson and Pixel Dan in the video!. Double Dan!

@anondalorian3719 2 года назад

This is the line my Dad got me for my 1st birthday. Literally the whole line

@theflyingninja1 5 лет назад

1993-1996 was when I was a Star Wars fan. Best time to be one. You had only the original great films, minimal merchandise, no abundance of poisonous fanboys.

@fandabidozi3191 5 лет назад

Remember hunting down the OST box set (still the best collection). I think I got the only copy in my city. Also got Steve Sansweets first book for Xmas. Oh, and Heir to The Empire books and Dark Empire comics, I bought all the figures and vehicles,,, good times!

@juancarlosredondo9369 5 лет назад

Loved this vid. Please keep doing videos on this line... Loved it.

@eugenerusselnash 2 года назад

Great show! Love the Intro and a Great Tune!

@shadowscout33 3 года назад

Great video. I LOVE THIS LINE. I hope they will make special collection with these blisters

@Nckwealey 5 лет назад

I still have a big bag of my original figures from this line! My daughter plays with them now.

@Transfixed 5 лет назад

Same, except a small bag :)

@joegoesretro 5 лет назад

The physiques on these characters are kinda like the very early Star Wars Marvel comics. Luke looked pretty jacked in those too!

@enyawd1977 5 лет назад

I really liked these figures back then and still do...they are unique in SW toy history, and remind me a lot of the 70's-80's Marvel SW comics.

@MinuteMuncher 5 лет назад

This was great... and always fun to have some Dan on...Dan in... Dan with other Dan action. 😃

@wadehinden5940 Год назад

The bendem line is incredible not only single but boxed sets that came with cards. Also Boba Fett is so rare it's highly collected.

@DJ50068 5 лет назад

Good times😁 tan vest Luke. Nuff said. Hope there's a part 2. And yes this was huge for Star Wars fans. Was a perfect storm because it was right around the time the internet was taking off

@isidora1299 5 лет назад

I like how you fade out just to fade back in the room

@thachocolategod 5 лет назад

Power of the Force is the line I grew up with in the 90's. They hold a dear place in my heart even though the figures were kinda goofy because Kenner made them all muscular. This was a great video though Dan,it was great to see Dan in one of your videos, and that Star Wars shirt you have is FREAKING AWESOME. Keep up the good work Dan!

@robertdanker6193 5 лет назад

Dan+Dan+ Star Wars action figures = RU-vid gold!!!

@andrewcreech2691 2 года назад

I love the POTF2 line have about the entire collection of them

@exoticcarfactsofficialchan7050 4 года назад

Great video! Your videos are so professional and have such high production value, you deserve to have your own show on Netflix.

@nypinstripes 5 лет назад

Awesome episode. Grew up with these toys.

@ohionerd 5 лет назад

Another fantastic video! Love the channel you were one of my inspirations to start my own toy RU-vid channel. I’m just starting out but it’s always so much fun to make videos

@mattiasohlin6339 4 года назад

Great video! I love these figures.

@jroc00725 5 лет назад

Love the series Dan. Great work

@Fernando-go5un 5 лет назад

I love these videos they're so awesome seeing toys from the past

@8ByteBrian 5 лет назад

I loved the original figures from Kenner, but this was the series I grew up with as a teenager. I had practically every figure & playset from the line(except most of the vehicles)and even had duplicates left sealed in box & on card. From the Rancor to Mos Eisley Cantina I couldn't get enough of them, the Emperor was one of my favorites to display, especially because of the blue lightning you could attach to his hands that really made him look like he was using the force. Sadly as years went on, most of my collection was damaged in a flood in my basement in the early 2000's after heavy rains from hurricane Andrew. All I was able to save from my collection was a handful of loose figures & accessories. Also Dan...you need to win award for that shirt! Very cool. May the 4th be with you my friend!

@ThatJunkman 5 лет назад

Kenner lol that was Hasbro with a Kenner sticker ;)

@Pemechan76 3 года назад

Too old to play with Star Wars toys, too young to collect them as memorabilia, I remember us not being too excited about these Star Wars toys...but I remember the beginning of the 90s as a heaven for buying used vintage Star Wars toys on flea markets...rate was 1$ for any figure...heaven;)