15 of the WORST Action Figures Ever!

[@AnakinsDomain1]

That Aunt May figure looks like Gary Busey 😅😅

[@williamhunter8028]

I was thinking the same thing I was going to comment that it's like Gary busey Mrs doubtfire 😂😂😂

[@bostonrailfan2427]

…thanks, now i can’t unsee it!🤮😳

[@mathieuduval7544]

Yep, Busey going to an halloween party dressed up as Norman Bates dressed up as mother!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@mathieuduval7544 when you put it that way, that’s a very Gary Busey thing!

[@J-man1017]

When i scrolled.thru I seen it that was the first thought in my head too... I bet if they tried to make a Gary busey figure.they'd probably do a shit job and not even look like him lol

[@RetroPixelLizard]

Extreme Troop Baroness looks like Daria joined Cobra.

[@davidleavitt835]

Or a Meg Griffin cosplay. 😂😅😂

[@jjdillon1207]

Thumbs 👍

[@tomservo5347]

LMAO

[@carlswicegood4519]

That Luke could stand in for freakish Dick Jones as he's falling from the OCP building in Robocop

[@BrianGeers]

The reason why Meteorbs look so egg-like is because that’s exactly what they were meant to be. Mattel imported a Japanese toy line called “Tamagora” and gave them a new backstory and folded them into the MOTU lore by making them Stondar/Rokkon-adjacent rock beings. Tamago = Egg in Japanese.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Ineteresting. Wow, they really didn't even try, did they?

[@Takeshi357]

@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal Well they were trying to cash in on Transformers' success. And then Transformers tried to cash in on MOTU success with Pretenders, so it tracks 😁

[@jamesiagulli1482]

Aunt May looks like Gary Busey is playing her.

[@eversosleight]

Sweating wrestler reminds me of Nasty Boys tag team where they rubbed their opponents faces in each other's sweaty arm pits 🤢

[@dmnsword]

Ah, the old Pitty City move 🤣

[@kennethhill-d1g]

That April O’Neal looks like Peggy Bundy

[@Davidgoldenswan]

@@kennethhill-d1g peg was better looking 😂😂

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Why would the turtles be fighting the Hand? 😄 That Aunt Mae figure looks like Gary Busey in drag.

[@superveryman]

IIRC the April O'Neill figure was originally a different character in the Toxic Crusaders line but got cancelled.

[@GAMEPRODELTA]

Explains the different hairstyle and outfit, plus makes sense playmates would want to make something they already created a mold for.

[@jasonchislett3282]

I'm in Hollywood, hungover as hell, from a concert last night, I feel rough, really rough, I crawl out of my bed thinking this morning is hell, and I see this video and all is right with the world. You keep on saving me dude 😂 😂😂

[@JoshuaFante]

In Hollywood and went to a awesome concert but your life's hell from a self inflicted decision and your life's hell? You tell us why? But try being completely broke, about to be evicted from your ghetto apartment where everything falling apart, struggling to survive, got no food, trying find a new job we're I can actually afford to live, might b working at McDonald's honestly cuz I lost my job, etc. Or worse go skid row look around u. THATS life is hell etc, They can't drink glass coffee and take some Advil n be back to ok. You don't know hell on earth because a hangover you literally paid for. C'mon now dude. Ppl got real issues. Smfh

[@jasonchislett3282]

Dude, I was expressing my joy to watch a video from a KZbinr I really like, yes, I was hungover, and felt like hell. Not sure where the malice is coming from, but I work my ass off to provide my family a life to do as we wish, it's a fucking video about toys, @@JoshuaFante

[@TheNaturalGamer1]

What a simp

[@Jaster_Xocab]

Great way to spend a Sunday morning looking at action figures that suck. Lol Glad I caught you here.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks!

[@madmadhatter]

Aunt May looks like she wants to fight Strawberry Shortcake…

[@SOUTHERNPRIDE246]

Maybe I am just weird but I feel like I want to collect everything on this list.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Oh totally. I';m buying all the Over Top Man stereotypes as soon as I can

[@jslaughterofthesoul4939]

Man, River City Ransom was the best video game

[@SofaKingWeTodEd666]

Aunt May looks like Gary Busey in drag LOL 😂

[@skippermatt7939]

"Destroyed Cassandra" from the Doctor Who line was pretty stupid. The character is a human face stretched across a life support frame. Well the "destroyed" version is just the same figure with the face removed, so it just looks like a weird empty picture frame.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Oh yeah, that is a good one

[@redphoenix298667]

Too bad it couldn't talk, it will tell you to "moisturize me"

[@skippermatt7939]

@@redphoenix298667 But her face wasn't even in the frame! The figure was from those few seconds of screen time after she "popped" to death and it was just an empty mechanism. Like it was just the same Cassandra figure with no actual Cassandra. 75 cents worth of plastic with no articulation or even an actual character included.

[@redphoenix298667]

@@skippermatt7939 that sounds kinda freaky

[@PixelsNcreatureS]

I made a little comic strip using that shapeshifter punisher and a Megatron figure arguing about transforming into a gun

[@Releasethebats123]

Great channel. I can’t wait to see it blow up soon!

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks! Appreciate it!

[@GreatCaesarsGhost1111]

The Baroness looks like Kennedy from MTV and Fox news.

[@jslaughterofthesoul4939]

Luckily it didn't smell like her

[@markcastellanet9672]

I low key wanted a transformer that wanted to transform into a sky scraper.

[@MayumiTakezoC-chan9377]

Looks like the Tall man’s mother from Phantasm (scary movie my husband showed me years ago) 😱

[@JurassicCreator]

I know Im gonna get torched for this, but the original kenner Han Solo looks weird as hell. They straight up gave him a bowl-cut.

[@intzbk1]

Even Kenner realized this and changed the mold for the head. :)

[@cjflan32]

Yes, that Luke was poorly sculpted, but back then Hasbro was making figures from specific scenes in the films. This Luke was clearly designed for the scene where he cuts Vader's hand off. If you used a Vader figure to grab the rail and kept Luke's arms behind the back it's good for a throne room diorama.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

The fact those Extreme Troop figures were then re-imported to India and sold as official G.I. Joes by Funskool is so bewildering.

[@Raggedyman72]

Clown Mikey looks like a green Homie the Clown.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

Homie don’t play that!

[@shauno5888]

That figure was 100% Homie. He even came with the sock full of tennis balls. Of the "birthday edition" Turtles figures, I feel like the Leo with built in noisemaker should've made this list before Mikey.

[@PaganLyon]

That Wolfsbane figure was from a set of repaints sold mostly at KB toys I think. Originally a sculpt for Deathbird. They really messed up that one.

[@arctrooper999]

Who knew Vince McMahon put on a fake mustache and ran the Daily Bugle?

[@f.a.p.8169]

For me, it was Toybiz X-Men Spy Wolverine. I remember as a kid thinking oh cool, another Wolverine action figure! Then I move his goggle type mask out of the way.... hmm okay. He looks like Sylvester Stallone with googly eyes. Good figure, bad head sculpt design.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Maybe for the sequel?

[@SculptviperTommy]

I grew up in Japan. Meteorbs over there were called "tamagorasu" . transforming eggs basically. explainis why they were all egg shaped!

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Aha! that makes sense.

[@feralstorm]

Probably not intentional, but Grimlock's Pretender shell looks a fair bit like his cartoon voice actor, Gregg Berger.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Interesting!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

…that’s not a coincidence given how late in the line that came out and how string the cartoon still chugged along in repeats

[@CarniviusPrime]

Shame Jazz's shell looked nothing like Scatman Crothers. I enjoyed the Pretenders but couldn't imagine Scatman's voice coming from Jazz's very caucasian shell.

[@CarniviusPrime]

Also just remembered my profile pic is a Pretender Transformer! :P The character Carnivac. The Marvel comic (particularly the UK) one made some of the Pretenders into great characters. Carnivac, Bludgeon, Thunderwing... :)

[@olivierf2938]

The Tarzan McDonald's toy is pretty infamous too for similar reasons. Idk how these can have been greenlit.

[@meltedcopper9247]

What's wrong with street walker April ? She is doing undercover news reporting!

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

She is objectively awesome, but maybe not for a kid?

[@versebuchanan512]

Bad sculpting to facilitate a single cool pose bothered me so much as a kid. I remember having a Nightcrawler (he was my favorite X-Man; still is, actually,) that had little suction cups and was designed in such a way that he really only 'worked' if you had him stuck to a wall or window.

[@Davidgoldenswan]

May be the turtle dress like clowns for a party 😂 they can get some free pizza 😂😂

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Well Michelangelo is a clown so it kinda suits him.

[@buzzbomb6650]

That Attack of the Clones era had some really sucky figures. Those poses, terrible.

[@harrybehemoth2751]

They used that Aunt May in the old Twisted Toyfare Theater strips.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Are they horror ? Because Aunt May makes everything a horror

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

That Tarzan figure is hilarious. Did nobody notice that it looked weird before it was released?

[@valthenvega2434]

The Episode 2 were an interesting experiment really, if you were a kid you didn’t really ask much, and “on/off” action on the removable sabers was cool; if on the other hand you were an adult, you could easily collect the figures sealed keeping the shelves appeal, or put them in a diorama on your desk

[@PaganLyon]

That JJJ figure was from another repaint, reuse set. The head was an alternate head for Chameleon. The body looks like a recast of Mister Fantastic. since there wasn't a good suited body to use, I guess somebody thought the cloth clothes was good enough. That person was wrong. Very wrong.

[@PaganLyon]

The wild thing is that Jonah would have been the selling point for that box set being the only "original" figure in the set.

[@8SwordStyle]

AFAIK Tom Cruise has some weird deal where his likeness is not allowed to appear on any merch. Thats why he is never in any videogames and part of the reason the toys look nothing like him

[@joeszymanski3540]

Man... I don't know if that Ahhhh-Ahhhh caption was in the original Tarzan toy or not... but that made it so much worse😂😂

[@Valandar2]

If you think Pretenders Grimlock is the worst, you never saw Staxx. And at 21:20 - I think that version looks like Daria from the 90s cartoon cosplaying as the Baroness, in the Daria art style. :D

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Okay, I will check out Staxxx. I always had a crush on Daria. She was my type!

[@CarniviusPrime]

Pretender Grimlock was a fun toy. The G2 Powermasters were garbage. Simplistic ugly things that came out in 1995.

[@johnmorey720]

One of the Pretenders turns into a two-headed human. it's great.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

That disguise will only work in an A.I.-generated world.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Some of the evil ones are kinda cool. But 50s dad larper Grimlock sucks hard

[@serveaux]

6:09 Finally, a cosplay for my body type besides Wario! 😂

[@EnjoyingMyWork]

I could not agree more. I was cracking up. Thank you 🤣

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Outlier68]

I still have a Maximum Sweat Undertaker kicking around somewhere.

[@planetschlock]

I have the Rock, Big Show, and Triple H ones proudly displayed on my wrestling shelf (along with the Jim Ross whose shirt says WAR TONY instead of WAR ZONE).

[@boardgamesonthemoon]

Why did this one crack me up so much?, I don‘t know, but thank you! Hilarious

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks!

[@aspectratiosYT]

bro i thought those sweating figures were so badass when I was 7

[@PaulJuser]

I didn't remember Meteorbs until just now, and now I remember how bad I wanted them. The only time the Go-Bot version was better. I don't think I ever got a Meteorb, and that was disappointing until right now.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yes, Meteorbs are not worth wanting.

[@meissean]

Awesome list! Please do a sequel!

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Will do!

[@ChaosZero1031]

That Wolfsbane looks like it actually has a pretty decent sculpt but the hair is ridiculous. They probably should have gave her flocking similar to like what Playmates did for the original Movie Star Splinter from the 2nd Turtles movie which makes me wish Neca would release flocked variants for their Splinters.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

She looks like wolvesbane with a bunch of hipsters mustaches stuck to her

[@dennissmith5807]

Everything from AOTC was horrible. Sculpt. Paint. Articulation. It’s also the worst SW movie

[@brandonleblanc955]

Star Wars POTF2 released an atrocious R5-D4 that had a feature where it split open and shot a projectile. Even if those first few waves in 1995-96 had them too muscular (more or less following the trend of the times), this one was just ridiculous. Later Hasbro SW figures that were pre-posed, from the late Power of the Jedi through AOTC and the Saga line were just awful, too. There was one Obi-Wan that had a spin-kick feature and it had one leg that stayed perfectly straight and the figure pivoted to simulate a roundhouse kick...

[@TK-yz3wt]

All the main characters were buff on the Power of the Force relaunch line. Guess Luke got so bored on Tattooine, he started working out. Only Vader made sense since David Prowse had been a bodybuilder.

[@leslietarkin]

I know many of us who grew up watching Transformers in the '80s like Megatron but, the toy looks awful when he's in robot mode. The trigger guard between his legs is too funny.

[@Releasethebats123]

Can you do an episode on the resident evil 2 toy biz collection from the 90s? Some were hit and miss and i own them all if you need addition pictures for your channel😊

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yes, definitely.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

I may do a sequel. So the Resident EVil could be good for that

[@LordZolric]

That Luke Skywalker figure looking like he had too many death sticks. 🤣

[@tomservo5347]

Along with the batin' Tarzan, there was a Spiderman action figure that looked like he was shooting splooge instead of webs. No way the toy manufacturer wasn't aware of the implications...they knew what they were doing which makes it even more hilarious in it's own sad way. Fisto from Masters of the Universe didn't require much imagination over why his dominant hand was hugely oversized.

[@totenkopf8814]

18:47 of course they wouldn't do a transformer rip off since Hasbro makes both transformers and g.i joe. Why compete with your other brand?

[@WILLIAMWILKINSON-r4b]

The dessert ratsass figure or anything else made by Valahurt should be on the list

[@jasonking3182]

I really don’t think a lot of G1 Transformers have aged all that well. The current line starting with War for Cybertron is a great representation of what I imagined Transformers was as a kid. If only we could get them with Vac metal

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yeah, they always moved badly, except for a few. The new ones move well but you need a degree in engineering to transform them

[@jasonking3182]

@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal That’s always been the trade off with Transformers, the better the robot mode the more complex the transformation becomes

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Ironically, the Meteorbs formula works better in the Ultraman toyline, in which they have egg-shaped toys that transform into any of the monsters and aliens Ultraman fought.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

20:42: That’s not Baroness. That’s Meg Griffin in a Baroness costume being forced to go to a cheap comic convention that she hates.

[@scarleyautja3986]

Daria themed Baroness ?!

[@poorcollectibles4827]

In 1978 the toy store was called KIDDIE CITY. My very first action figures were C-3PO, and Luke Skywalker. There was a whole rack of Star Wars figures. I wish my dad bought the entire rack ...but who knew. Lol. Thank you dad for buying me 2 figures. I still remember that day like it was Yesterday. I was 6 years old. 😄

[@intzbk1]

I was 6 as well, my first was C-3PO from a local drug store for $2.99 and I paid in pennies. The drug store still had a candy and soda shop so I spent a lot of time there buying penny and nickel candies.

[@MrDrokkul]

The Gore-illa Meteorb looks like he has the worst case of gas ever.

[@maximusprime3459]

I remember being disappointed Man-At-Arms from Masters of the Universe's original figure didnt have a moustache. I remember painting one on him just to be more "accurate" to the cartoon.

[@CarniviusPrime]

I remember finding his toy's face really creepy with how squat and wide it was. :O

[@cjflan32]

In mild defense of the Episode II figures, if you had the arena playset a lot of those posed figures fit in well.

[@brandonleblanc955]

I remember when they released the Eeth Koth figure at the tail end of POTJ, and at the time I loved how dynamic the pose looked. But really, if you want to use him in a Jedi Council scene, he looks like he's gone crazy and is about to slaughter the whole council. But yes, as a one-off use in a very specific scene, it looked fine.

[@Davidgoldenswan]

I'd have brought April 😂 she is packing bazookas 😂😂😂

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Oh, I am buying one. Immediately

[@Davidgoldenswan]

@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal 😁👍😂😂😂

[@NuMetalfan1996]

I tell you what I think is underrated, is knockoff figures that you would find in cheap stores, of wrestlers, transformers, etc etc. As there is a creative imagination to it that I find charming.

[@Goldenwolf808]

Wait your telling me my Gary Busey action figure is actually Aunt May , Ah man 😂😂

[@k1df1n]

I think a lot of Transformers fans would say G1 Broadside is the worst. Total brick in all modes, no features, bland color choices, and the scale is absurd. However, be prepared to hear a very long rant about Action Masters and/or gold plastic syndrome if you're brave enough to ask a TF fan about bad Transformers.

[@TK-yz3wt]

I'm surprised the TF Action Masters weren't listed. I read about how these figures arrived late in the line and took away the gimmick. TFs that couldn't TF, stuck in bot mode.

[@ClaireEClairePoole]

the J stands for jacked as all hell

[@GobelZachuration11]

I used to pretend that the over top man with a flat top was guile from street fighter when I played with him. I had no clue what the toy lines name was until now.

[@ScarlettShana]

21:16 I joked that Destro and Darklon has annoying cousin. Baroness: Who is that your descent cousin? Darklon: The most annoying and stupid brain rot in the world that walks the planet.

[@jahredsplitfoot]

The "Destroyed Cassandra" figure from the Doctor Who toyline is possibly the most pointless thing ever

[@TalentlessCooking]

I had a Jesus of Nazareth action figure, it made me feel bad... He had to hang out with the ninja turtles, but he wouldn't fight, he would just get preachey with the good guys over pasivism.

[@MrJermeyp]

4:27 lmao no way , memory jog , I had Gore-illa Tuskor and Cometoid I remember cometoid vividly now 😂😂😂 had NO recollection of it being associated with He Man at all , lmao I think it might actually still be in my grandmas attic now that I think about it lmao wow.

[@RshadowA]

Totally. I had the crocodile, the astro-lion and the rhino that looks more like a hippo. The funny thing is that I had no idea what they were until now. We thought they were just, like, cheap Egg Transformers, lol. That's what my older sister and I called them.

[@totenkopf8814]

19:27 Look what they did to my boy 💀

[@13banger82able]

The hand or the foot

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Foot. Did I say hand? I probably did. I assume the Foot is a ripoff of the Hand, right?

[@Nerfherder1426]

Those STAR WARS figures are truly horrifying!

[@paulcloss1]

Road Dogg never looked that jacked his whole entire life, lmfao

[@dallasbigelow3869]

I remember seeing The Dark Knight Rises action figures with that “quick tek” gimmick and thinking just how shit they were, and how glad I was that I didn’t grow up with toys in that era.

[@ValentineMohlere]

I literally gasped out loud. I had that Pretenders Grimlock

[@redboone1509]

I have always thought the Aunt May figure looks like Gary Busey in Drag. Also I think the worst looking TMNT figs would have to be the mutating turtles and the pizza blasting turtles. They both have terrible sculpts and the mutating turtles have their back legs being used as front legs and it just looks bad

[@Davidgoldenswan]

@@redboone1509 people love turtle's man😂 they will buy them all😂and do😂

[@sik7476]

I'm 47 seconds in and I'm making a prediction.... and if it's not here, it should be. Lol! ...toy biz Emma Frost. Sik

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

I'll put that in the sequel. Thanks!

[@doriangreen3231]

The Overtop Man figures had some cool shading on them, especially for being el cheapo toys.

[@totenkopf8814]

13:03 Lol so true 💀

[@stephens4175]

I bought that ravishing reporter figure when it was new, I was like, hey they made her look hott for the Turtles? they were always with her.. lol

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Oh yeah, I want one.

[@INMATEofARKHAM]

I started this video thinking Crystal Ball woukd be on it but quickly realized he was a 10 out of a 10 compared to most of these monstrosities. 🤣

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Oh yeah, Crystall Ball is nowhere near the level of crap. That shield they gave him is the lamest accessory ever

[@jeffjordan5503]

I had one of those metoroid things. I never realized they were from the MOTU line.

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yeah, MOTU was going downhill at that point.

[@barfyman-dm6zx]

CHUCKLES. When I got this figure as a gift as a kid? Wasn't feeling it. Is this a fucking joke? As an adult? CHUCKLES rips🤘

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yeah, Chuckles is now awesome. Mostly due to the IDW Cobra Series.

[@Davidgoldenswan]

I love those over top man figure's 😂 great talking points at a party 😂😂😂😂

[@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal]

Those things will get you cancelled!

[@Travestyshard]

That Grimlock head looks like a left over WWF Scott Hall

[@xenofett7008]

There was a action figure of the super hero "The Phantom" based off the flop Billy Zane film of the same name from the late 90s. It looked cheap and like it was sculpted by a 5 year old. It's obscure, but I'm suprised it wasn't on this list.

[@gabrielgonzalez3502]

I have the displeasure of owning a 2006 Marvel Legends Emma Frost and that thing does NOT live up to the looks of the character that it's supposed to represent.

[@redboone1509]

Gi Joe did not do a transformers rip off that I know of but they did team up. Equally as bad

[@amirahmuhammad8721]

Road Dogg isnt anywhere near that muscular either

[@ricksuddarth7200]

That WWF figure is sweating because just judging by how it looks, he's struggling with a compacted shit 😂😂😂

[@Sailor-Khione]

The worst one I've gotten was a flygon but it's eye was upside down on the other side. But it was more like an imperfection and not that all toys where supposed to look that way

[@Dorelaxen]

I got that Aunt May at a flea market for 10 bucks. She's awesome. I think she's getting some side action from one of my Mego figures, though.

[@kryptonianmju]

The worst in the tmnt toy line was the og shredder. He was their main baddie and that toy was nearly impossible to deal with. Always in fighting stance. It was terrible

[@thebigmarbowski84]

"Beard...or...something"😂