Worst Villain Ever - Airfix Action Figures | Ashens 

Doctor War without a helmet is just Kryten from Red Dwarf

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

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.

Dr War is clearly a master of unarmed combat.

"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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Futility belt" Thanks for the new term Stuart

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 😂

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

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.

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

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

"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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 🤔

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.

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.

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

The water police and the futility belt of justice! 😂

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

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

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.

The roadworker is giving me serious Devo vibes

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

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

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 😆

"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!"

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 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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 love it when you get excited about toy history

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

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

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.

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

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.

The road worker looks like Buckethead wearing a Christmas themed pillowcase

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

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.

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.

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

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 3rd figure looks like a prisoner doing comunaty work lol

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

Doctor War reminds me of the robot seen in those "Beyond Software" advertisements seen in Speccy magazines in the first half of the 80s.

I CANNOT tell you how awesome this is! i had the diving adventure figure back in the day, it was wonderful but i had no idea what line it was from!! absolute brain saver! if your entire youtube career has helped no one else, you have helped me today

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

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

I haven't seen these guys in years! Great find!!! I had a few of the Soldiers, back in the day when this line was new.

Great video, I picked up one of these at Stafford Toy Fair last year.

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"

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 remind me of a similar late 70s early 80s action figure range that came in small brown oblong boxes and looked a bit like smaller versions of Playmobil figures. They came with accessories such as road work signs or motorbikes. Can't remember their name for the life of me.

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

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

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

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

i have been watching this channel since the pop station days and i can safely say that you're my favourite youtuber. please never stop making these videos about random tat

'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?