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  • @GmodPlusWoW
    @GmodPlusWoW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +635

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

    • @Stribog1337
      @Stribog1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Yes the little cartoony plastic humanoids look like real humans now .
      Reminds me of how HotToys covers the figures with rubber skin

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Almost as genius as diarrhea pants. You know plastic pants with the elastic ankles and waist that capture and contain your uncontrollable diarrhea

    • @bigconvoy9850
      @bigconvoy9850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Rubber trousers can deteriorate amd fucking crumble

    • @thecommenter578
      @thecommenter578 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah but why don't give them rubber torso as well?

    • @TheTurnipKing
      @TheTurnipKing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I don't know if genius is quite the right word.

  • @joshbi
    @joshbi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    Doctor War without a helmet is just Kryten from Red Dwarf

    • @Muzer0
      @Muzer0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yes! I thought so too.

    • @1975dlh
      @1975dlh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I was just about to say the same thing

    • @MediumRareOpinions
      @MediumRareOpinions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      If he fires rockets out of his hands I don't want to know what he's doing with the groinal attachment.

    • @jondoe-qi3vo
      @jondoe-qi3vo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Its spare head 3

    • @cryotek3624
      @cryotek3624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      With his helmet he is an acroyear from Microman

  • @SergeiMosin
    @SergeiMosin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    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.

    • @Stribog1337
      @Stribog1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      He sells them nfts

    • @superplushtiman7ti075
      @superplushtiman7ti075 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Just the idea of using his victims as meat for it sounds odd

    • @RarebitFiends
      @RarebitFiends 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I remember the exact scene he appears in Lucio Fulci's The New York Ripper.

    • @jonathanharwood1255
      @jonathanharwood1255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@superplushtiman7ti075 would be a very good story though. Hasn't been caught yet because the evidence is in the food he sells.

    • @superplushtiman7ti075
      @superplushtiman7ti075 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jonathanharwood1255 yeah, makes sense

  • @HO-bndk
    @HO-bndk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Dr War is clearly a master of unarmed combat.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Wilhelm Albert Reginald Krieg was born in 1906, he studied egyptology, but by the time he finished, it became clear that the golden age of egyptology was long gone. And it's a pyramid scheme anyway.
      Enraged by the realisation that he has wasted his like, he took on the moniker of Dr War (from his initials and the fact that he thought his family name sounded more menacing in english) and set out to destroy civilisation and create more ruins that he and his apprentices could study.
      His most powerful weapons are his arm mounted rockets, which he acquired after he ripped out his own arms and replaced them with elbow-less rocket launchers.
      His biggest weaknesses are the fact that he has only two rockets (really should've thought that through beforehand) and that he can't bend his arms. Driven to madness by an itchy nose, Dr War is the ultimate threat to humanity!

  • @linalmeemow
    @linalmeemow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "Doctor War, what is he good for? Absolutely nothing! Say it again."

    • @cvmaniac7286
      @cvmaniac7286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I get this reference, haha.

    • @linalmeemow
      @linalmeemow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cvmaniac7286 It's only taken someone 11 days, I am disappointed. Not in you though.

    • @cvmaniac7286
      @cvmaniac7286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@linalmeemow I did not watch the video when it first dropped. So, I was a bit delayed there, haha.

  • @WeirdWonderful
    @WeirdWonderful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +186

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

    • @An_Onion
      @An_Onion 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too bad that he was modeled by Kryten from Red Dwarf so he looks like a novelty condom.

    • @fietehermans9903
      @fietehermans9903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And he doesn’t have Lord Faarquad hair!

    • @martenmelin8595
      @martenmelin8595 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the face of Dr War is taken from the native americans in the Action stars series.

  • @mikececconi2677
    @mikececconi2677 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    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.

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's like a sus (🏳️‍🌈) Buckethead

    • @ALIEN-DUDE
      @ALIEN-DUDE ปีที่แล้ว

      Divo

    • @brianhebert6152
      @brianhebert6152 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Are we not men?
      We are OVED!

  • @TheZapp009
    @TheZapp009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +239

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

    • @OrangeHarrisonRB3
      @OrangeHarrisonRB3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Buckethead kicks ass, but he switched to a plain white bucket instead of KFC for trademark reasons.

    • @GmodPlusWoW
      @GmodPlusWoW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Didn't Buckethead do one of the soundtracks for John Romero's Sigil .wad?

    • @cosmicjenny4508
      @cosmicjenny4508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@GmodPlusWoW Yes, and he's also recorded lots of other songs for video game soundtracks.
      He also specifically recorded "Jordan" to be used in Guitar Hero 2!

    • @Murdocke89
      @Murdocke89 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cosmicjenny4508 I have the Jordan on expert achievement on Xbox 360, broke my fingers getting that.

    • @asteroidrules
      @asteroidrules ปีที่แล้ว

      Not to be confused with the Ashens X Lord Buckethead crossover.

  • @hjalfi
    @hjalfi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    I wasn't expecting Dr. War to be the spitting image of Kryten. Maybe those arms are actually supposed to be vacuum cleaner tubes.

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I think that you are correct. Dr War is clearly a Series 4000 service mechanoid that must have been subjected to serious reprogramming.

    • @frankowalker4662
      @frankowalker4662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@peterjf7723 I came here to say the exact same thing. As soon as Ashens removed Dr Wars helmet I yelled, 'Kryten !'. LOL

    • @Matt1yu
      @Matt1yu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It may have taken him 3 million years, but at least he cleaned up his act.

    • @markstammers1923
      @markstammers1923 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Beat me to it, I was going to say the same thing.

    • @ultradawg1
      @ultradawg1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The grumpy head version 🤣

  • @fietehermans9903
    @fietehermans9903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

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

  • @64jimboy
    @64jimboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +171

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

    • @chrisrobson8540
      @chrisrobson8540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      couldnt agree more ......i think some wee came out

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Stuarts laugh makes me laugh...

    • @theypeedonmyrug
      @theypeedonmyrug 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ooooooooohhh

    • @ara_ara-
      @ara_ara- 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was cursed

  • @SkeletonDanceParty
    @SkeletonDanceParty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

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

    • @BodywiseMustard
      @BodywiseMustard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      favourite*

    • @babykata-dt3ys
      @babykata-dt3ys 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@BodywiseMustardfavorite is actually closer to the original Latin root.

  • @cky2chris
    @cky2chris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "Futility belt" Thanks for the new term Stuart

    • @favoritemustard3542
      @favoritemustard3542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You know what...
      ...I never bother wearing mine...

  • @sabre0smile
    @sabre0smile 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    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

    • @Stribog1337
      @Stribog1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      A Road Kommando, implying traffic cones have a military presence in Germany

    • @tutunaku
      @tutunaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Stribog1337 I think they were part of the West German Operation Gladio-equivalent

    • @drworm73
      @drworm73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Please tell me you are being 100% serious. Please.

    • @TC-th1ey
      @TC-th1ey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My first reaction was that he looked like a tube of toothpaste with his cap as the screw on top.

    • @del-boysnostalgiatvads7416
      @del-boysnostalgiatvads7416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Stribog1337 your comment is inappropriate

  • @Ashmoleon2006
    @Ashmoleon2006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    that road worker looks like the prisoner work crews that work on the sides of the roads in the US

  • @sogero2
    @sogero2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

  • @mickmarston8748
    @mickmarston8748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

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

    • @DevinGates
      @DevinGates 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, spin my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska, I thought I'd be the only one :D

    • @TanjoGalbi
      @TanjoGalbi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I literally said out loud as soon as the face was revealed: "That's Kryten!" lol

    • @tasmedic
      @tasmedic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TanjoGalbi Me too!

  • @UntaintedSKS
    @UntaintedSKS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

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

    • @TanjoGalbi
      @TanjoGalbi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly! I literally said out loud "That's Kryten!" as soon as his face was revealed! lol

    • @TheTurnipKing
      @TheTurnipKing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm thinking Sparehead 3

    • @Ironman1o1
      @Ironman1o1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TanjoGalbi I legit said outloud "What the fuck, why is it Kryten!?" He must have got into his locked despair file.

  • @Atanar89
    @Atanar89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

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

  • @BrotherRobbie
    @BrotherRobbie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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

    • @favoritemustard3542
      @favoritemustard3542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @LabRat Knatz ...pretty sure everything pre-parentheses is the actual title!

  • @allygetch
    @allygetch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    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.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe the water police just had budget cuts and bought off old soviet hats

  • @Space_Reptile
    @Space_Reptile 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    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

  • @PunksterOS
    @PunksterOS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @Mckjaminn
    @Mckjaminn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @walkwithcrowdsjh9364
    @walkwithcrowdsjh9364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

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

  • @theantithesis1
    @theantithesis1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "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.

    • @douro20
      @douro20 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      These are the people who are responsible for enforcing river traffic laws on Germany's navigable waterways.

    • @BodywiseMustard
      @BodywiseMustard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ordnance*
      Ordinance refers to rules or law

  • @ethanisfancy
    @ethanisfancy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @Thumper17
    @Thumper17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @Avellania
      @Avellania 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      As a German I can confirm that even over here they never looked like giant candy wrappers.

    • @256ElNino
      @256ElNino 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Avellania but now I somewhat wished they did.

  • @DustyMagroovy
    @DustyMagroovy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @hydro_storm4527
    @hydro_storm4527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    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 😂

    • @Nomed38
      @Nomed38 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aye, the original Stetson hat was the height of the hat the character Hoss wore in Bonanza.

    • @peepo2560
      @peepo2560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Never too tall, buckaroo

    • @coyoteartist
      @coyoteartist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There was a very good reason for those hats.

  • @stephengrambsch4232
    @stephengrambsch4232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @BlackburnBigdragon
    @BlackburnBigdragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @Stribog1337
      @Stribog1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's a Strassenbau-Kommando, how cool is that?!

  • @lanog40
    @lanog40 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I hope Stuart knows that he has effectively created an army of Dr. Wars with his prize offer

    • @face4radio
      @face4radio 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      (bong rip) What if there was, like... An army.. MADE ..of war....

  • @kevinmaher4609
    @kevinmaher4609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The road worker looks like Buckethead wearing a Christmas themed pillowcase

  • @sebastianwlodarczyk
    @sebastianwlodarczyk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    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

    • @Stribog1337
      @Stribog1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ugh, talk about it... i got a Playstation 2 in a box and the joystick rubbers turned into practically - wet glue

    • @sebastianwlodarczyk
      @sebastianwlodarczyk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Stribog1337 Dang, I don't envy you... I've seen that happening on few appliances, but I'd imagine that coating on thumbsticks is much thicker than on, i.e. a wireless mouse- that must be a lot of sludge...
      You probably know that already, but IPA and a lot of patience might help cleaning that up (joysticks will end up slippery and definitely not mint condition, but swapping them for aftermarket parts- either just grips or the whole stick, might be the best shot for retro gaming)

    • @First-Name_Last-Name
      @First-Name_Last-Name 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's probably rubber infused with Lead, Asbestos, Thalidomide, and Agent Orange.

    • @RarebitFiends
      @RarebitFiends 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Stribog1337 Yikes! I wonder how it was stored, I've never seen that happen to a controller before. Did you crack open the console itself to make sure the internals have not similarly degraded? They were all stored in the same conditions. 😥

    • @luasdublin
      @luasdublin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Stribog1337 me fixing old stereos , every tape deck made before 2000, the belt drive has either turned to old cracked leather strips or black goo.

  • @CandGoods
    @CandGoods 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    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.

  • @brianm6337
    @brianm6337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Dr. War has a BA in Marketing, and is an undergrad in Hospitality Services.

    • @bletheringfool
      @bletheringfool 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dr Jeremy War. What a gormless grin he has for supposedly being sinister

  • @RastaSzopen
    @RastaSzopen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @SeraphimKnight
    @SeraphimKnight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @incredibleflameboy
    @incredibleflameboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

  • @Deadly_Laser
    @Deadly_Laser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @JanusVesta
    @JanusVesta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

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

    • @gateroozeink5061
      @gateroozeink5061 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was thinking exactly the same thing!

    • @DeAthWaGer
      @DeAthWaGer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      smeggin' hell we all think alike! Helmet on he looks like Gwar's Balsac the Jaws of Death with his mouth welded shut.

    • @jimhjortsberg2990
      @jimhjortsberg2990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe from a episode where Kryten becomes this ridicules character only to reveal he still has his normal personality once he takes his helmet off? Honestly feel like something right up the shows alley.

  • @robread-jones3698
    @robread-jones3698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Sheriff sans beard looks somewhat...umm...adult?
    Also, Buckethead is an awesome guitarist.

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Imagine how much better he could play if he didn't have a bucket on his head

  • @EvilDoresh
    @EvilDoresh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @gariko
    @gariko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @dylanmilne6683
    @dylanmilne6683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Earth's fate was sealed the day Dr Waugh's hospital discharge papers were misspelled following his accident at the cardboard tube factory.

  • @chrisdowns1987
    @chrisdowns1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The water police and the futility belt of justice! 😂

  • @cahillrebel
    @cahillrebel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @b.a.m.4135
    @b.a.m.4135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

    • @KasumiKenshirou
      @KasumiKenshirou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was the toy company Irwin?

    • @Powoga
      @Powoga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Definitely Irwin toys, and those specific figures were called _Secret Saiyan Warriors_
      Found a list of all the Irwin figures on a site called dragonballfigures, and the whole range was kinda all over the place. Figures with random weapons they couldn't possibly hold, some weirdly obscure characters (Remember Minotia, from _Wrath of the Dragon_ ? He has his own figure. Pretty sure that movie wasn't even dubbed in English at that point), Dragon Balls with inconsistent size and coloring... wild.

  • @user-uhhhhhIforgor
    @user-uhhhhhIforgor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @menkomonty
    @menkomonty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @Sleepysod
    @Sleepysod 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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

  • @funkyfox2041
    @funkyfox2041 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "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!"

    • @TheTurnipKing
      @TheTurnipKing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Immediately thought of Bender from Futurama

    • @fandangobrandango7864
      @fandangobrandango7864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheTurnipKing probably influenced by The Young One's.

  • @No1.OriginalTrilogyStarWarsFan
    @No1.OriginalTrilogyStarWarsFan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @tomsenior7405
    @tomsenior7405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    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.

    • @ultradawg1
      @ultradawg1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Definitely the Kryten with the grumpy head 🤣

    • @ArcticFox63
      @ArcticFox63 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      First thing I thought when he pulled the helmet off was evil Kryten.

  • @SDNimm543
    @SDNimm543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lord Buckethead's Minister of Health.

  • @pinkubusXtreme
    @pinkubusXtreme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

  • @asteroidrules
    @asteroidrules 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know a disparity between box art and reality is to be expected, but I gotta say it's really stark on these guys. All the artwork is drawn in that old comic style that covers them in wrinkles and makes everyone look like they're over 50, but then the actual facial sculpts look like children.

  • @ryanbouchard2907
    @ryanbouchard2907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @fourthdrawerdown6297
    @fourthdrawerdown6297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @daglemj
    @daglemj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @jezz2k
    @jezz2k ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @cyberleaderandy1
    @cyberleaderandy1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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 🤔

    • @scottobear
      @scottobear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I came to say the same! A rather good Kryten from Red Dwarf!

    • @SuspectCascade
      @SuspectCascade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fun fact kryten is played by Robert Llewellyn who also stared in a random movie called ashens and the quest for the game child

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SuspectCascade Well remembered, that had totally slipped my mind.

  • @VampireofEmotion
    @VampireofEmotion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @FappleJackity
    @FappleJackity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    i love it when you get excited about toy history

  • @RobertoRafaf
    @RobertoRafaf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine been called a roadworker and not an STRASSENBAU KOMMANDO

  • @conradhardman7254
    @conradhardman7254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The 3rd figure looks like a prisoner doing comunaty work lol

  • @billyd4eva
    @billyd4eva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @brianartillery
    @brianartillery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

    • @mrlordsotherson3091
      @mrlordsotherson3091 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Mummy’s Tomb was amazing. One of my favourite toys too

    • @brianartillery
      @brianartillery 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The big hat on the policeman made me think of the ridiculously big hat worn by General Ouromov (Gottfried John), in 1995's 'Goldeneye'.

  • @KPWSinister1
    @KPWSinister1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @ellaisplotting
    @ellaisplotting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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 😆

  • @CraftingStudios1337
    @CraftingStudios1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dr. War achieved his PhD in WAR studies from the University of WARwick

  • @wildkinraccoon37
    @wildkinraccoon37 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The roadworker is giving me serious Devo vibes

  • @ChristinaGXL
    @ChristinaGXL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @amstrad00
    @amstrad00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @jubuttib
    @jubuttib 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I mean that first hat at least looks perfectly in scale...
    For a North Korean general.

  • @EpicLebaneseNerd
    @EpicLebaneseNerd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @Kirk00077
    @Kirk00077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

  • @becky1992
    @becky1992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @matthew-Williams
    @matthew-Williams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @XH1927
    @XH1927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @wiggle_duck9063
    @wiggle_duck9063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doctor War must have a confusing time any time someone says "unhand me, villain!"

  • @HanMasho
    @HanMasho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @HansHackfress
    @HansHackfress ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @GarthBeagle
    @GarthBeagle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @thehobbyzoo6124
    @thehobbyzoo6124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The road worker looks like he’s from the music group Devo

  • @Firethorne
    @Firethorne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @PedroHMKLeal
    @PedroHMKLeal 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The road worker looks more like a human barber pole.

  • @freudinator
    @freudinator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @LoveofTech
    @LoveofTech ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:57 "Gray rubber trousers" is my favorite band. edit: the road worker is the lead singer.

  • @9Der6Ketzer9
    @9Der6Ketzer9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    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.

  • @deeconstruction8163
    @deeconstruction8163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Road Work 'Kommando" looks like he's from a 90's Pet Shop Boys video.

    • @Stribog1337
      @Stribog1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I laugh hard at the concept of calling a road worker a "commando"

  • @allyjoykiller
    @allyjoykiller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

  • @bkzach
    @bkzach ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @joshbi
    @joshbi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

    • @TheDeepImpact965
      @TheDeepImpact965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He don't need no education!

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You must be American put subtitles on lol

    • @joshbi
      @joshbi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samholdsworth420 I'm English lol just have crap headphones

    • @KasumiKenshirou
      @KasumiKenshirou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@samholdsworth420 The subtitles are auto-generated and also think he's saying "Dr. Wall", but not consistently.

  • @stephendowle4266
    @stephendowle4266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @barryhudson4238
    @barryhudson4238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @deathsyth8888
      @deathsyth8888 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I actually had a professor named Dr. War for psychology. It was for a criminology class.

  • @SupahLinkio
    @SupahLinkio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dr War looks like a love child of Kryten and Palpatine. I love his face.

  • @anumeon
    @anumeon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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)

  • @SuperPerry1000
    @SuperPerry1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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