I remember getting these as a kid and I hated them. After playing with them the rubber ripped

The quality wasn’t everything with these but did we damn sure love these growing up I still have the trunks figure with out the rubber one ofc

You said GT sucks so that's why Goku always comes with open hands almost all the time But in all seriousness I have no idea why Goku came with open hands all the time, maybe they think we'll have Goku only do Kamehamehas and Spirit Bombs?

You can never hate Funimation enough.

Didn't know this movie had an edited version. Thanks for telling me.

Don't have anything to add about the hands, but I like seeing the different figures from the line highlighted, so thanks for that.

I had Trunks, but he tore up.

Yeah it's a shame I love ultimate uncut and seeing get cancelled for a shitty DVD set makes me angry they should at least re do ultimate uncut and this time finish it but no instead we get expensive blue rays that are slightly close but I wanna be able to have a complete collection of ultimate uncut and the inhouse dub on DVD without anything skipped so yeah I hate the orange bricks with a bigger passion cuz it's not only the worst release cuz the quality is garbage it's also the reason why they never finished ultimate uncut

They couldn't even use katakana right, that shit translates to nothing at all 😂

I remember when these came out. They changed the game

This brought back memories I forgot i actually had 3 of these figures, the original goku, the gohan and the majin buu The buu actually made sense in the fact that he was a rubbery blob so of course he didn’t last long cuz i would stretch him and play with him lore accurately lol My goku i just ended up salvaging the super saiyan hair and putting it on a krillin figure

Bro wait until you see Fusion Reborn Edited where Janemba dies from Gogeta's mere stare. I remember that straight on cartoon network.

YES!!! New Chronically video!

Great video as always

Kogu's name in Japanese is literally ゴクア, Gokua

I watched Dragonball in the 90s. I remember at the time not liking all the new voice changes.

The worst thing is I'm pretty sure that shot of the transformation gimmick in the commercial is just reversed footage of the figure being pulled out. The rubber snaps back way too fast and cleanly for something stretched out that far.

I miss the z store. Like the commercial said they had a lot of really cool stuff.

Luckily I recorded the remaining ultimate uncut episodes cartoon network aired on my VCR and can still watch them on the VHS tapes I used to record the episodes.

W Legacy of Goku 2 music

I had a similar figure of Majin Buu as a rubber figure and kid buu as a standfard figure that would fit inside it.

Those screen captures you did of the old DBZ site where it’s only red and black… the “Japanese” is the Katakana script they use, but what they’ve written is absolute gibberish. Similar to how the Matrix would just use a bunch of different Japanese characters to emphasize “futuristic technology and cyberpunk.” I honestly can’t believe they were doing that when they could easily have asked someone who can translate or even look up the written Japanese names 😂

Man, I recall being annoyed by this as a kid. There was so much left to be desired from the DBZ toylines back then. I always hated the over use of washes on those figures, just didn't fit the aesthetics of the show imo. I always wanted Vegeta in his 1st appearance armor (not the green & orange color scheme) but we didn't get that until some years later when I wasn't even into DBZ anymore. I recall seeing that Jakks finally released one but it was hella expensive on the 2nd hand market. After some months in 2009 I was able to score a MOC one for like $20 off of ebay. It was a cool looking figure, but his crotch busted apart as soon as I moved his legs to display him in a cool pose. Had to glue it back together and leave him standing straight. Too bad we didn't have stuff like those SH Figuarts figures back then, where they covered different outfits and all that stuff. I remember ToyBiz usually had almost everything covered back in the 90s with Spider-Man and X-Men figures, always left me wondering why Irwin couldn't do the same with DBZ. Also, one of the things that drove me nuts was how figures would never be consistent in scaling with DBZ.

I quit buying these at a certain point. I think earlier figures looked good like Trunks, Super Saiyan Gohan, Perfect Cell, and the Androids but there was a lot that looked so cheap too. Also Goku actually got his driver's license in the manga. So he's really not a bad driver.

The wave of nostalgia seeing these old Irwin and Jakks Pacific toys is hitting hard. Either fishing for these toys at a local PX (Military family), Walmart, Target, Kb toys, and Toys R US. Even making rumors off dragonball movies before they were released dubbed. But damn those toys are ugly as sin. You gotta talk about the IF Labs/Jakks movie figures.

I had Gohan 🤣🤣

The DBZ Ocean Dub is a gift from God.

All I really want is the Japanese Dragon Boxes unaltered with the option to turn on English Subtitles. They can leave out the Funimation names and of characters & attacks and just keep their Japanese names. The only additions I'd want to add are a handful of animations as bonus features from video games in the 90's. Such as the animations in Dragon Ball Z Side Story: True Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans - Space Saga and the opening Ultimate Battle 22 & Final Bout. There might be a handful of other odds & ends missing but generally I wouldn't want anything post 90s added. The extended dream would also include packaging it with English translated versions of the Daizenshuu books and GT Perfect Files.

6:14 Omg base Majin Vegeta looks sooooo wrong

I remember seeing that Vegeta figure w/ "Special Beam Cannon" as a young kid and thinking "WOAH he can do special beam cannon too?!" . 😂 Thanks for sharing this greatly informative and nostalgic video friend. Subbed.

I was weirdly fortunate in my childhood to have tons of figures from the super battle collection, Irwin, jakks, and ultimate figure series lines as a kid. Constantly I was breaking these figures during battles, trading with friends, or losing them during various outings with family. With all of that said, my absolute favorite Goku as a child was the jakks one shown at 8:17, I had him for a week before dropping him and snapping the ankle peg. Bought him again as an adult and I'm still keeping an eye out for a sealed one. These videos are great for my nostalgia, I always felt like the odd kid for knowing about the differences between Irwin and jakks. Friends at school would say something about having a character for trade and I'd hit them with "Irwin or jakks?" It always got a weird look in response lmao

Could you do a episode on them messing up "Bardock's name? On the back of the old toys they wrote "Badack, or Bardack". I'm not crazy bcs my mom,me,, and all my siblings remember that. The old DBZ toys were so janky but still love em.

I was 8-10 back in 1999 or earlier, I stayed up late and saw the 2 episodes where "Raditz Arrival" and the fight.. I was hooked instantly. I was syunned when Goku abd Raditz got blasted by this green dudes beam attack and bled. (Piccolo and his soecial bean canon.) I remember when my mom found the older figures , they weren't posable but I loved ❤ em. Piccolo was my first favorite.( until Vegeta and Broly came) But we could never find SS Goku or "Badack". (They spelled his name wrong on the old packaging. ). Then the day she did I was so suprised! Now I got a SSJ3 Goku and SSJ3 Vegeta tattoo. (Google SSJ3 Vegeta tattoo) I've played every game seen every episode. Love DBZ Abriged. When the SH Figuarts came out in 2013 I bought them from Japan instantly. It was my literal dream to have super posable DBZ figs and fiinally get a good SSJ3 Goku.(SSJ3 my fav form!) Dragonball was there for me in my darkest hours. My fav characters became Vegeta and Broly.

this type of videos are really cool!

My angel Goku has been my families Christmas tree topper for years now. The hands help him grip the top branch haha.

Kids these days are so lucky the action figures are way better, although to a kid it hardly matters but the dragon stars line while not perfect is light years beyond those 90s figures

I like how you slid in that skit from Nellyville, classic

I have the Buu one

Ocean also did the voice work for Beast Wars and Beast Machines

I appreciate you highlighting just how companies mistreat and abuse our love of a franchise

This was so worth the wait Keep up the great work

These companies are losing any concern for legacy and reputation.

Another great video! I was wondering if you’d be willing to cover the Agen Kolar figure that was packaged with a green saber despite it being based on his appearance in ROTS. I know he uses a green saber in AOTC, but every release of Kolar is based on ROTS and he’s given a green saber. The Legacy Collection version of Kolar packages him with a green saber even though the character profile and back of the card that shows the figure depict him with a blue saber.

I remember going down this rabbit hole back in '05. Nice recap! Thanks for the memories!

Discovered your channel from a Retroblasting livestream and have had no regrets. Great work once again!

You know i've seen some really bad dbz figures but these are way uglier. 😂 8:43 not to mention this one even the Owner feels angry

awesome video

What are some of your favorite figure variants?

Well done, sir!!!!

Jack's specific toys literally look like bootlegs it's crazy the quality drop especially considering they made great in WWE figures at the same time and I'm pretty sure they also used some of the same parts and molds