Star Wars Bend-Ems | Ashens

[@traxthetrashwizard]

Huh... They were everywhere, they were made for a TON of franchises, and were mostly bought out of desperation. Are these the funko pops of the 90's?

[@K.J.S.est1994]

I thought that Tiger Handhelds were the Pop Vinyls of the 90’s?

[@damambinator7740]

@@K.J.S.est1994 Tiger handhelds were the smartphones of the 90's.

[@solar-e-clips9989]

What do you mean bought out of desperation?

[@traxthetrashwizard]

@@solar-e-clips9989 basically I mean that they were purchased because they were cheaper and easier to get a hold of than the proper figure of a particular character.

[@tomgriffiths2622]

Crimson Trax RIGHT but maybe not as bad as funko but extremely close

[@NotOnLand]

I had a skeleton bend-em as a kid and I always thought it was hilarious how bendy the bones were, I would pretend he didn't drink enough milk

[@tortron]

C A L C I U M

[@eclipticopossum8817]

Drink your milk kids! Because if you don’t I will B E N D Y O U

[@theprimo100]

"I always drink plenty of...Malk?"

[@yoymate6316]

skeletor spent too long in his vinegar bath

[@aborted4196]

Did you mean skeletor?

[@furiousgeorge6594]

We had these and when the paint flaked off we'd use red hobby paint to repaint the area to look like blood. So we had a bunch of wounded figures looking almost zombiefied. Happy days.

[@damambinator7740]

Cool.

[@noahfessenden6478]

So, you took these things and made them superior to the originals through red paint? Most impressive.

[@darkforestzombie218]

Darts zombie

[@disposable_income_andy]

real clever actually damn

[@koenvandamme6901]

Generic 70's Guy With Necrotic Lips was the best character in the movies!

[@Ragsna]

Necrotic 70´s Guy

[@andrewminelli5744]

Had the Chewie one. Worked at a Computer Company. We ran it over and dragged it around with a High-Lo it got pretty messed up. We used old computer chip cast offs and made him a Cyborg. It became our mascot!! Everyone loved Cybacca!

[@Sparrow9612]

Bendy-One Kacheapo: "If you strike me down, I shall become more flexible than you can possible imagine."

[@n0m4nic]

I had some pro wrestling ones. The only one that lasted was Yokozuna because there was so much rubber, you couldn't actually bend him.

[@roecocoa]

CantBendEms

[@Direwoof]

no blubber no blubber no blubber.

[@themeanestofgenes2409]

Well he was a very large chap.

[@Direwoof]

@@themeanestofgenes2409 he died in his 30s of being too fat.

[@wisewolftony]

I had some Gumby ones and they all snapped almost instantly after getting them.

[@mistermatix8241]

"Moulded rubber over a wire frame" , sounds like the world's crappiest terminator!

[@BrownSofaGamer]

Skynet started outsourcing it’s production of terminators to China after some budget cuts. These are the result.

[@MothLordDip]

If Stormtroopers had those giant arms then they wouldn't need guns. They'd just have to reach over to the enemies and grab them

[@SakuraAvalon]

And yet, somehow they would still miss.

[@JRSanchez93]

That's kind of a terrifying thought actually.

[@ccricers]

He seriously has Wookiee proportions when placed next to 3PO

[@jakublulek3261]

I find Stormtrooper's weirdly bulging crotch quite disturbing. Porn version, maybe?

[@kabelsalad8380]

My nightmares will now be haunted by platoons of noodly, Cthulloid Stormtroopers. Well done.

[@nakyer]

"None of these have the wires broken." Immediately starts twisting the right arm, risking it breaking after all these years.

[@raprot7829]

Is that a Steve Irwin action figure in the thumbnail?

[@SquishyZoran]

Gavin Cooke I think he means Raprot’s Gaming2’s avatar looks like a guy with a knife in his head since it does look like it.

[@SquishyZoran]

Gavin Cooke oh! I had no idea. I’ll shut up now.

[@SquishyZoran]

Gavin Cooke Thank you!

[@CommittingSloth]

Was hoping this comment would be here. Didn’t disappoint

[@bentramer682]

They made a giant stingray for him to fight..

[@MCOmegaX123]

"Bib Fortuna, that's a bit obscure." Dey wanna wonga? Nay Jabba no badda.

[@kanakawase]

I bet they made C3PO so small to save money on that metallic paint.

[@KairuHakubi]

he looks like stephen merchant, who is in a different scale to other humans

[@ccricers]

"Uncle Owen, got any tarnish remover? I gotta clean this droid up."

[@TheHutchy01]

@@KairuHakubi Stephen Merchant is a great actor, comedian and as far as I know human, but fuck me that man looks like a glitched Oblivion character.

[@thewrestlewrant5710]

I loved these as a kid - they were so cheap that I managed to pick up two box sets for next to nothing so I basically had an entire collection immediately lol

[@fattesttitsincairo]

I just realized the “original” Han Solo one looks a lot like the Ken doll from Toy Story.

[@DrBachur]

The next SW episode better have some alien dude named Bend-Ems.

[@mr.motormaster9881]

And a prob include

[@VelSparko]

I hope there's one named Chanticleer Hegemony.

[@howeyyadoing9070]

Ben Dems

[@snoballuk]

Or a droid named B3ND-EM5

[@glumpy6079]

Bend Obi Wan Em

[@GonzoAppreciator]

I love it when Ashens has Alec in videos

[@Emerje1]

That second Han is definitely Conan O'Brien. No question about it.

[@davidlevy706]

Came here to say that.

[@Braindeadlobotomite]

It looks like Kyle Maclachlan too

[@Enbious]

Before focus: "Doesn't seem *that* bad..." After focus: "OH HOLY SKY DADDY!!!"

[@pokemrstark7089]

It's 4 AM, time for another ashens video, naturally.

[@thetsarofall8666]

Damn its 4 am here too

[@howeyyadoing9070]

*naturally*

[@Iamadisappointment]

me too fam me too

[@changoelchango]

I thought I was the only one but it's good to know I'm not alone

[@AgentTasmania]

Half past two, time for a quiz!

[@xAlexZifko]

it took 26 years but people finally appreciate these things - solely because we got an ashens episode out of em

[@ArchangelExile]

Man, I remember having a bunch of these rubber-covered wire toys. I remember enjoying playing with them. Then again, I didn't have high standards when it came to toys.

[@Devilot109]

"Huh... C-3PO... he looks like an agonized Cyberman, right?" "Definitely."

[@meowistforlife]

Nezumi hey I found you

[@Leatherbubba]

So Bend-Ems were the Funko Pop of their day?

[@MistCellaneous-5]

Yes but unlike Funko pops, bendems actually did have a bit of a function which was bending, so in hindsight they did have a element of playability. Funko pops are just literally large lumps of vinyl plastic that do absolutely nothing but take a gratuitous amount of shelf space. literally the only thing they can do is change the poses of their head and that's not even fun. It Funko pops were smaller and they were articulated... And maybe not the way they were.... It would be far more interesting and I would probably have a lot more of them. But I have three at home and trust me they are probably the most worthless piece of merchandise I have am I collection.

[@joegower7669]

@@MistCellaneous-5 if they were smaller and articulated then they wouldn't be funko pops. Funk pops are collectibles, not action figures which is why they aren't articulated.

[@buenogoodlive]

Except Funko Pops are even worse because at least Bend'EMS are fun to look at. Funko Pops are just boring as hell.

[@infiltrat0rn720]

No. Bend Ems were for children, Funko Pops are for adults with too much money. Bend Ems were designed to be played with, Funkos aren't.

[@YadonTheCat]

@@infiltrat0rn720 Too much money, but not enough money (or taste) to get proper figures

[@spycrab5574]

3PO looks like that return the slab dude from courage the cowardly dog

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

The man in gauze! The man in gauze! KING RAMSES!

[@meatblazestudios3778]

To me, he looks more like The Bicentennial Man...

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

To me he looks similar to Axe bodyspray's chocolate guy.

[@Ephemeral_Style985]

Meatblaze Studios I completely forgot about the bicentennial man, that is exactly what I was thinking he looked like!

[@toajaton8593]

11:00 It's bendy R2 from the Holiday Special cartoon!

[@autoneurotic]

I was 10 years old in 1993. I had a couple of vintage figures as a child and wanted more - I absolutely loved them. I saw these pieces of shit in the shops and I hated each and every one.

[@jdmweeb8663]

I wonder how brightly they'll burn in the Drawer of Purgatory

[@ShaneSemler]

They're made of rubber so they'll burn for years like a pile of old tires.

[@howeyyadoing9070]

They’ll burn down to their wire frames like the Terminator

[@Dizz2K7]

Bib for what? Bib for tuna. Also, knowing that these are madd old and unbroken, watching him bend-em with reckless abandon was kinda anxiety inducing.

[@user-cr6ss8hn6t]

I've only watched this channel for a year but I. Try to watch as soon as it pops out on KZbin and it just makes my day just a little bit better , thanks so much for doing what you do :)

[@Inglott]

When you brought in Obi Wan, I thought it was Palpatine, and only realised that it was supposed to be Obi Wan when you brought it up close.

[@chuckleshelicopterwigwamjo7315]

11:47 "The part of C-3PO will now be played by the robot off the cover of Queen's News of the World"

[@adenanthony5257]

With C-3PO I'm gonna assume they're made so cheaply that the metallic paint / rubber was slightly more expensive. But I really don't know

[@davidroberts5250]

17:25 "Good god it's David Cameron!"🤣🤣🤣

[@AimForMyHead81]

Just as I was about to fall asleep. Thank you Ashens.

[@kruleworld]

you can sleep when you're dead. there's Ashens to be had

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

U do know videos don't go away if u sleep?

[@damambinator7740]

@@kruleworld IKR.

[@schalkespringer]

I love when Alec drops by! Sure to be solid laughs.

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

The instant you described what a Bend-Em is, I instantly recognized them. I had a couple cheap, rather abstract figures I didn't recognize from anything like that. One was...blurry. I don't have much memory of it. The one I paid more attention to when I was 3 was some sort of very tall, thin orange thing with a snout and I think it had a tail. Later on someone made a set of car maintenance funnels that worked by a similar principle. It was a sheet of thin metal encased in thick oilproof rubber, so you could bend it into the shape of funnel you need. I'm not an interesting person.

[@pixiepianoplayer114]

Obi wan is King Friday. Follows up nicely to Mr Han Rogers Solo.

[@koryandrews1665]

I had some WWF Bend-em's back in the 90's

[@BrendonTerra]

That out of box Han Solo looks like he’s from an alternate reality where the character is portrayed by the late John Belushi.

[@ohio_pig_]

Han looks like Bill Nye the science guy. Edit: The carded one.

[@srbnsn]

And the uncarded one looks like they somehow knew Alden Ehrenreich was going to play young Han Solo and they still messed up.

[@cheekeemonkee8808]

The manufacturers hadn’t seen Harrison Ford, but apparently they had seen a lot of Bill Pullman 😂

[@eelbrass]

5:03 looks like he's confessing his love

[@MarquisSmith]

Obi-Wan! Super-Star! He knows The Force and can speak Jawa.

[@GreyHulk2156]

Actually I think that 'unfixed' Han Solo looks more like Chandler Bing.

[@damambinator7740]

Mrs. Chanandler Bong.

[@TheJamsponge]

Could I *be* flying any more slow?

[@bentramer682]

The one in the box is actually Don Knotts, if you know who that is you get a cookie

[@MaximumCustoms]

There's actually still a bendems style toy today, they're called bendyfigs by noble toys, essentially the same but with better detailed molding

[@TheFreshSpam]

We need more Poundland tosh videos Ashens!! Much love

[@AgentTasmania]

TheFreshSpam he’s reported many times that there’s less and less amusing crap and suspect food as time goes on

[@saraschmidt5612]

16:10 That T-Posing Boba Fett is an instant favorite.

[@Sturmdude]

I had a Bugs Life bendy figure of Flick. His antennae broke, and then his arms just T-Posed forever.

[@JoesGuy]

That Darth Vader, tho. "Please, my lord, may I have some more Rep-Med Vita Paste?"

[@matthewcampbell3146]

i think I have a Woody one as a kid. I was obsessed with it

[@Gnomelotte]

"The lips have gone blue, or something." It is called green, Ashens. :-D

[@buenogoodlive]

Looked abit yellow to me

[@AgentTasmania]

Camcorder, youtube compression, display differences

[@russellharrell2747]

Definitely something.

[@lilyuttecht8298]

Would still rather something like this than more Funko POPs haha

[@loneshewolf74]

But I like Funko Pops. I used to have some bendable toys as a kid, and the wires inside would quickly break and poke holes through the plastic and rust.

[@KawaiiKaabii1993]

Simaginary Friend I would want funko pop versions of the team from Earthbound. It would somewhat match the clay models from the game, and please have Ness with a baseball bat!!!

[@AAhmou]

Personally I find funko pops unsettling.

[@ReluctantWarrior]

Same, wish Funko would scrap the Pops and go all in on the Reaction figures, which actually look presentable

[@b.parker1740]

Given how they've been doing both the Reactions and the He-Man style figures (and also Pez Dispensers), it wouldn't surprise me if they would try to resurrect these. It would be super lame, but they would probably use their reach in licenses to make some pretty hard collectables to turn down (which makes me both hate and respect them more).

[@4looming]

Omg I think I had Scooby Doo bend-ems. I think I ran over the Scooby with the lawnmower at one point.

[@manjackson2772]

Deliberately?

[@4looming]

@@manjackson2772 Haha no, but it cut scooby into pieces with surgical precision. Lol

[@CypressDeer]

7:12 Good lord is that baby-faced Franklin Roosevelt

[@craigheadalastair]

I googled Flintstones bend-ems. They actually look pretty good

[@Kertezium]

"Shit that looks like Tim Allen..." "I'm going with bloated Tim Allen" Always nice when you get that acknowledgement. :)

[@PercyPumpkinheart]

Wasn't the only Han Solo figure that looked like Tim Allen, either. I wouldn't say that Harrison Ford looks similar to him in the flesh, but in plastic form, yeah.

[@adrienfourniercom]

I spend my youth bending wires into those figurine to replace the original ones after they brake. I had a dedicated reel of wire just for that operation. Hours of fun.

[@cclyon]

You sound like a fun kid.

[@adrienfourniercom]

@@cclyon I was already highly depressed

[@cclyon]

@@adrienfourniercom Come sit by me.

[@andrewwebb3431]

The Han Solo in the box I'm sure is that guy from Ghostbusters that gets trapped in the statue with Sigourney Weaver. And the original one is definitely modelled on part-time absentee former PM and full-time c**t David Cameron.

[@SakuraAvalon]

Rick Moranis.

[@Quirderph]

@@SakuraAvalon He may never have played Han Solo, but he DID play Lord Helmet in Spaceballs.

[@SakuraAvalon]

Quirderph "You went over my helmet?!" "Well, not over it exactly, more around it"

[@DoctorInk20]

I had some Toy Story 2 Woody's Roundup Bend 'Ems. They were actually pretty well made, but I took some strange glee in the weird articulation. Must hunt them out some time. I imagine they've colonised the attic by now.

[@EmanuelGaldr]

I'd love a video exploring the folds and underside of those cushions.

[@TheSmokingCheddar]

I was bought a full set of these in the 90s as a child. I think I still have the Vader somewhere. It's the stuff of nightmares

[@shtuff8387]

The David Cameron one also looks like Jason Clarke from Terminator Geniyiyisyeishyhs

[@meanmanturbo]

The bendem I remember from my childhood was a pink panhter one. Thinking back on it that one would actually be quite sensible.

[@SideshowPatriarch]

Help me Obi Christ Kenobi. You're my only hope.

[@shuriKen469]

i wonder if she means old Water into Wine Kenobi.

[@MonographicSingleheaded]

10:05 erm, wait... I spaced out a lil, this ISNT Palpatine?! hahahahahah

[@georgesears934]

2:20 Travis Touchdown knows how to fix that.

[@comradeurod9805]

Yessss i was craving more of stu and Alec chatting about trashy figures

[@man_6667]

If they rereleased bendems style toys, but of a higher quality. They’d be really cool toys with a ton of articulation.

[@sabre0smile]

GODDAMN IT STUART ASHENS WHAT HAVE YOU DONE. TIME HAD STRUCK THESE FROM MY MEMORY.

[@zh84]

9:40 I genuinely thought that figure was the Emperor until it was identified as Obi-Wan Kenobi.

[@EddieHawkinsII]

14:08 - The before and after shot of Obi-Wan’s fateful trip to the Axis Chemical Factory.

[@Mahvelous21]

At my local antique store they have the full set sealed for $10. Also they have like 6 of them so...

[@socialmoon]

7:25 I never knew that Robin Tunney played Han Solo at one point!

[@1.21JJWatts]

And featuring Glenn Close as Disco Leia.

[@gaiaweylyn]

Been waiting for this video for years~ Did not disappoint.

[@mattleuty5285]

Is it a late night or an early morning then mate? I love the random. Hang on a minute, why the hell am I still bloody up?

[@nickarmitt4722]

Probably filmed a day or so ago, then edited it. And then put on timed. He probably uploaded it earlier today. This ensures catching the US and also that the video quality is full straight away.

[@kaioken654]

You are one entertaining witty Brit ! Your defentitly up there in my favorite KZbinrs.

[@LAKster]

vader looks like he jumped out of an episode of Adventure Time EDIT: The extra shit han looks like sylvester stallone with some strange makeup choices

[@loadedbrush]

Best couch ever. Bend some epic Bendems tat.

[@brycevo]

I remember the wires broke and the rubber gets sweaty. They're still cool

[@manjackson2772]

Bryce. Friend. Chum. Salt of the earth. They're in the video. We can see that they're not cool.

[@brycevo]

@@manjackson2772 they're kinda cool, for the little fact that they are cheap as hell

[@ShaneSemler]

@@brycevo Drawing a face on an empty toilet paper roll is cheap. And probably less toxic.

[@RIXRADvidz]

9:00, that's Katherine Helmond under plastic wrap in the movie 'Brazil'... Kenobi from a distance looks like Skelator!! Emppy looks okay.

[@vbonesy]

ok but where's the acetone bath

[@sirspookybones1118]

I feel that needs to happen

[@og4407]

Revealing their terrifying wire skeleton

[@bentramer682]

This type of rubber really stinks if you burn them, I'd stick with crucifying them.

[@Balc0ra]

2:28 A wangsaber? Had that discussion with a few mates a few years ago. And then that word came up by one of them. I'm sure he did TM it for his planned "toy" line.

[@adamoneal6476]

I had that R2, I always wondered why he had those rubber legs.

[@Mr.B.39]

I laughed too much throughout this video! 🤣 I still have the whole set of these abominations on their cards. Ghastly things!

[@tigian]

Stuart it’s 4am

[@SammyDrz]

Stu, it's 4am. Why are you reviewing toys at 4 in the morning?

[@ChrissehCat]

I used to have some 101 Dalmatians Bend-Ems because I was obsessed with that movie and puppies in general as a kid. The first wire to break was always one of the back legs, so the dog would be in pema-pissing position.

[@alexbvevo2028]

6:58 Conan O'brien

[@Bathingape888]

Had these when I was young, watching this was just hilarious...

[@paradoxical998]

9:25 "JESUS WANTS A HUG!"

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

"I don't know what's funnier, the fact that the church is strong arming you into helping us, or you obviously haven't seen what I did to the statue of big J!"

[@Doobie3010]

"Stretch Armstrong" was the first of these things,i can remember.

[@mgunter]

The original Han looks like a brunette Conan O'Brian.

[@OptimusSledge]

The Emperor figure looks like he's changed approach with Luke. "Come on! Give your Uncle Palpy a hug!"

[@mushroomsamba82]

I learned from AvE that it's the nitrile rubber that goes sticky after a number of years

[@nightw4tchman]

12:06 At least they got the silver leg right.

[@wesleyboyer6654]

Bendem style. The crap sequel to Gangnam Style.

[@howeyyadoing9070]

It stops after a minute because the wires break.

[@peucoman]

@@howeyyadoing9070 and then it becomes "Cruxified Jesus Style"

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

@@peucoman T-Pose of DOMINANCE!

[@damambinator7740]

@@SSBBPOKEFAN Alpha af.

[@Syntek-Alba]

Hahahaha when that ham hock that Alec calls a hand crashed into the couch. Oh lawd.

[@Narmatonia]

Darth Vader looks like an Adventure Time character with those bendy limbs 5:47 Also does anyone else think that looks like Pastor Jeff from Young Sheldon?

[@AgentTasmania]

Narmatonia You’re a braver organism than I to admit to watching that in this kind of crowd

[@kristjanpoulsen3614]

3:10 that looks like Luke Skywalker’s ghost 👻