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Charge! The History of Hasbro's ARMY ANTS! (1987)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2019
- Hasbro's vintage Army Ants go marching along through the latest Toy History episode!
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Never had these, but I did collect the GUTS small toy soldier line from Mattel. I swear, the 80’s was literally a toy buffet.
I've noticed that the toys today aren't anything like what we had.
My stories always had the orange ants the heroes and blues ants the villains. 🐜 🐜 🐜 Now all ants are villains, cannot get them out of my house.
It was different for me, Blue were the good guys and Orange were the bad guys.
@@flip1sba same here
Me too lol
Funnily enough I allways played them off as bad guys, I would plair them with the six gi joe figures I had and the ninja turtles (the storage shell verity’s in particular because those are the ones I had) I would usually mix the blues and orange together indistinguishably
As toy/model channels go none can even compare. Most impressive.
Still love how the toys of my childhood had guns and characters smoking
I wonder if the Army Ants ever battled the Food Fighters? Who would win? 🤔
They tried, but the barnyard commandos came along and wrecked the place.
@@Zeno4XX lol I actually had all those toys!
@@ryancampbell955 me too! Roll in the Biker Mice?
I begged my mother to drive me to the store so that I could get 2 packs of each color. She reminds me every 6 months or so.
I've had these random figures in my toy collection for 30 years and I never knew what they were from. Thanks to this video, I know now they were Air Raiders - Thanks for solving that mystery.
Hasbro was making some amazing toys that year. I definitely had most of those figures, Battle Beasts were my favorite but the Visionaries holograms were absolute showstoppers at school! I never saw Ninja Warriors around me or I would have had those too!
I had the blue Special Forces Team. Loved their squishy guts! I wish I had more for elaborate warfare. I had to mix them with other small figures.
I still have all of mine from my childhood, along with all of their accessories! :) (Same with Battle Beasts and Visionaries!) The 80's were great!
I always loved toys that were 1:1 scale. Having these little guys duking it out on top of the kitchen table or in the bake yard would have been a blast.
I had a few of these. But M.U.S.C.L.E were the main "IT" thick rubber mini figures to have, back then. Oh, and those California Raisins figures. I swear, if you threw one, you could kill someone.
Outstanding. Btw Knockdown was a Joe with BattleForce2000
In my playtime as a kid, the Army Ants (both blue and orange) will always be the mortal enemies of my Battle Beasts.
Edit: Haha as seen @4:30
As a kid, my friend and I would arrange both armies at the end of my bed and we would lob the bomb that ozone carried at the other side of the bed. Basically it was a kind of miniature dodgeball game. Fun times!
Looks like another superb addition to the Toy Museum...💯✔
Guts that Squish and squash is the most cursed sentence ever
Than you for that trip down memorylane! :D Had almost all Termitors back in the day!
Thanks for watching!
Up down hills
Kick their tails
as we hit the dusty trails
Army Ants, we go marching along.
We are bad
We are boss
we've got guts you squish and squash
Army Ants, we go marching along.
So it's high high hee
for the ant artillery
shout out your orders loud and strong
Grab the Eggs!
So wherever we go
folks will always know
Army Ants, we go marching along
Army ants and battle beasts were awesome . Especially the battle beasts had the whale play set but dont remember them being around too long. Cool video
Just love your vids. Big fan from South Africa! Difficult to get classic figures here. You ever had the Weirdball collection? Its not the horror heads but full figures.
Thanks for taking me back had these as a kid
Wow, you put a lot of work into this video! Great job! Very informative
I wish i still had my Army Ants! I don't know where they crawled off to, but i only have Loadout now.
Why was this video so amazing? Like I actually wasn't expecting the sheer level of production mad ups 👏👏
Michael thanks for all you do I love your videos and the toy museum keep up the fantastic work
I love Bug themed toy lines because with all the types of bugs out there you can make some pretty sick toys
Very toyetic
I remember going to Toys r us and getting both good and bad guys. My parents hooked it up lol. I remember it was night time coming home looking at em in the boxes so cool 👍🏻
I used to have the Army Ant teams combine forces and take on the few Food Fighters figures I had....
Great History video! I'm loving this!!
I remember getting these in the 90s in blind bags but they were silver and maybe clear
Your reviews are always the best! I had a bunch of these when I was a kid.
Thanks William!
Just got some of these for Christmas! They are really cool
Ohh hell yeees !! Almost forgot them..another treasure you found !! Great work michael ! Nerdmastè
I vaguely remember these. Thanks for sharing.
Loved these toys!!!
Great memories. Awesome vid! Thanks.
Reminds me of the “worms” video games where you had two armies of worms killing each other in hilarious ways
Same here! Loved that game.
Gosh I love this review so much!
I had these for sure and I remember I used to bite their squishy butts with my teeth when I was a kid 😂
Really great video. This was a joy. Once upon a time I had a handful of the Orange Army figures and I even learned how to play the Caisson Song on the piano because of the commercial. Never made the connection between the names and the later G.I. Joes, that was cool to learn. And will definitely check out that crossover issue, thanks!
Wow a love of Army Ants lead to learning the song on the piano, that's so cool. The comic book was surprising to learn about. Crossover are so fun.
These were cool my parents got them for me on Christmas had them all set up having a battle on the table when I came down. I always wondered where they had gotten them from since we never went to toys r Us with the nearest one being an hour away. Course I always thought the blue ones were termites as I never saw the packaging. 😅
Michael I love your videos. Keep em rolling man
Thanks!
I remember these in the UK from my local News Agent . They were each individually sold in blind packets and moulded in five alternate colours; blue, green, grey, black, and my least favourite, pink.
I liked the orange ones best because of their beaks, and my favorite was Bullseye.
I still have the orange scuba diver one.
I would've love this as a child
Wow! Had completely forgotten about these:)
Lol they had a cameo in IDW micronauts
Oh different ants
That song has been suck in my head sence the 80s
I got in trouble for bringing these with me to elementary school.
They weren’t always in these exact sets. I had all of the bazooka team and aerial assault team, & mega-hurts pig out, ozone,and at least one other blue guy, but definitely not road rash.
I remember taking trips to Walgreens with my mom and without fail she'd buy me a pack of three every time. I had most of the figures. I regret giving them away a few years back because I took especially good care of my toys as a kid and they still had the accessories. It pains me.
i had dozens of these and havent thought about them in maybe 20 years. thanks for the trip down memory lane. now my only choice is to go to ebay and pay 10x the price to get the complete set again.
I actually remember these, nice!
Yes! 😎👍 🐜🦟 I’m glad you did a feature on Army Ants. They were an odd sort, but I still played with these; I liked the character designs. I was one of those kids trying to collect all of the Muscle Men, so go figure. ... Cobra Commanter... LOL 😏
As an entomologist and someone who used to have those toys, I can tell you that the leg inconsistency is not the only anatomical issue with those toys. But they're toys, so they get a pass from me.
I hade a few of them most of them was orange but hade a few pink gray and apple green
Great! I never heard of them
Man I remember these. I might still have some.
I had a few of the european ones you you could pick up at the newsagent, I still have them somewhere 😊
Man I missed these in 1987 with being into Joes and Transformers. Cool!!!
I had these they were cool
thank you Michael Mercy let me know about army ants and then being part of IDW Scarlett Strike Force I'll have to check out that comic
Ants with guns, ahhh the glorious 80s
I do not remember these...I'm sure if I dig deep in my VHS tapes I'd find them. These are cool!
Army ants are awesome
I remember buying a pack of these suckers! They were fANTastic!
I loved learning about a toyline that I'd never heard of so I thank you good sir. I was wondering if when you have time you could check out an 80s T.V series that I absolutely loved as a kid and it's here on TH-cam. It's a show called Starfleet and is done with puppets. It has the most awesome robot ever called Dai-X. With this in mind I wanted to tap into your considerable knowledge and see if you could find any toy's released because I don't think there ever was. If you don't have the time please, please don't worry. Again Michael this was a f-ANT-astic video. All the best my friend.
Great review.. Almost forgot about these. (side note: use a blacklight to show "glow in dark effects" better. Especially with 80's toys lol) Keep up the good work! Go ANTS!
Oh my goodness, yes, that would definitely make those guts glow like crazy. Good idea.
Still have mine
Totally forgot about these until I watched this. I had several of these but oddly enough only of the blue kind. Either I wasnt aware there was an orange kind or I had subconsciously pledged allegiance to the blue army.
I had one of these ants, cast in shiny metallic light blue greenish plastic, and with his butt made out of a clear sparkling (glitter) plastic... =)
*disney pixar’s a bug’s life 2: War On Earth*
Michael,
Very cute video! Lol
Those things are cool. Not sure if I ever owned any of those. Go to love the 80’s!😁👍
Thanks Bill!
@10:32 This guy never stood on his own, lol
I'm curious to know if the plastic on your Army Ants has broken down at all like it has on mine. With the exception of my Tron figures, these have gotten the most gooey over the years.
Also, I appreciate the "pork chop sandwiches" reference.
I have not heard of these before , interesting
Never heard of these guys but I’ll check out that comic they showed up in
I had these and mussels, i had alot of the orange one some blue and didn't know they had names, i would make them fight my mussels in my yard
General Mc Anther had a pipe accessory
nice intro, I love your Chanel you got a new subb
Thanks Evandro! 🙏
So Antz vs A Bug's life
Can't remember if I had these or a friend did.
All of those tiny plastic goodies 😲 from Battle Beasts to Army Ants 🤤 wish I had them all
Great video Mr Mercy ✌🏽👍🏽
I wonder if anyone anywhere has complete collections of them, that would be amazing to see.
Luana Mercy I agree, to this day I’ve seen maybe 8 different Army Ants live, the rest only on pictures
And they never made an animated special about this.
Oh my God I use to have these... might have to start a new hunt.
I had a few of these growing up. I was obsessed with them for some reason. I’d never actually play with any of my toys, I’d just collect them and line them up in order and fight with my sisters when they knocked them over.
I wish I had my army ants
This is amazing cuz we have modern toys just like that but different because we have cheese ball army man I'm not sure if I got the toy right but but I'm really surprised that there was a toy just like that but without the vehicles and the other things
Cool subject
I don't think I ever owned a single Army Ant . but I did have a bunch of monsters in my pocket and battle beasts :)
@3:33 the glow in the dark abdomens were my favorite to play with.
These remind me of the, tiny little green men toy, it came out a couple years ago.
Repeater is also the name for a plant from Plants versus Zombies
Did we get these in the UK? Can't remember them at all.
Do Barbyard Commandos!
What about battle beasts ! Would that be in that group too?
If I am not mistaken, the blue have 2 arms
Lol'd @ '...what the hay?'
AKA "WTH?" 😁