Bootleg Zones: Muscle Warriors

Time to go deeper into Galaxy Heroes with their 2nd main mold type which did a lot of the Galaxy Warriors in different way.
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[@SageMann92]

Man, these characters just keep coming back. I think they're a well-defined enough line of action figures that they should have a cartoon of their own. And Phelan should have full creative control. Because no one else knows the action figures as well as he does. And he'd do a lot of the voice work too, of course.

[@namelessjedi2242]

He basically is doing that here, now.

[@coniboiyoutube]

And I think i would be best If he also voiced baltard

[@elegantcat1496]

You know, it takes a special kind of man to take something generally considered low quality and make it a more than watchable show. Well done, Phelan. I just discovered your channel and I think I'm gonna stick with it for a while.

[@phelous]

Thanks!

[@flamethefox8541]

+Phelan “Phelous” Porteous can you review sonic the hedgehog ova? Please?!

[@Jason0binladen]

I would suggest watching all of the bootleg zones, it's a very informative series and I have to say one of my favorite review series. I love collecting knock offs, keep up the good work

[@katastropheeyeswideshut3944]

He is definitely a special man, without any doubts x

[@gracekim25]

It’s Special Man!🙃

[@Nakia11798]

Baltard is like the biggest joke in this series. I love it.

[@midwestmonster9886]

I don't know why, but I laughed so much at the bald guy staring at the floor.

[@knockoffluv4517]

I had no idea Galaxy Warriors were so popular until I found you Phelan. You helped me make a few bucks on eBay last year lol

[@DragonNexus]

Whoa…at 6:02, that 4-legged dinosaur. I’ve got something REALLY similar to that. I distinctly remember he smelled nice, kinda fruity almost, like a bag of sweets. He was green, too. I wonder if one of my parents bought me a Galaxy Warriors figure to go along with my He-Man stuff at some point? That would blow my mind. Although it could just be a generic dinosaur mold that was used often.

[@SsnakeBite]

As a native French speaker, I love how awkward the translations to French are on these cards. 0:58 - "Les super monstres" isn't too bad, it's grammatically correct I suppose but it does sound weird. "Complet avec bouclier, cuirasse et arme" is just nonsense though, it's a direct translation of the English term "complete with..." which doesn't exist in French. Normally you'd just say "avec bouclier, etc..." and I think on a toy packaging, they might use "vendu avec bouclier, etc..." (which translates to "sold with shield, etc..."). 1:25 - "Fabriqué à Chine" I'll give them a pass on the lack of accents as it's capitalized but the grammar is completely wrong and it's quite amazing they managed to get it this wrong considering it's a common term found on many products. The way they wrote it just doesn't mean anything. the closest English equivalent for what they did would be "made to China" but I tink it makes even less sense in French. To make this even weirder, the correct term is "Fabriqué en Chine" which translates literally to "Made in China" so I have no idea why they put extra effort into it only to get it wrong. 1:43 - "Collectionnez La Gamme Complète De Guerriers Et Accessores Galaxy". Again, grammatically correct but still weird. For starters, they decided to capitalize every word for some reason, despite not doing so for the English text, they forgot an accent and this time they don't have the excuse of it being all-caps and they spelled "accessoires" wrong (forgot the "i"). They also wrote it like "Galaxy" is the name of the line. 3:15 - "Les Guerriers GALAXIE". This one is just hilarious to me as it's a direct translation of "Galaxy Warriors" but it's just nonsense in French. The correct term would have been "Les guerriers de la galaxie" or maybe "Les guerriers galactiques" (in fact, that one sounds better) but they way it's written there, it doesn't make any sense and in fact seems to be implying that the warriors ARE a galaxy which is admittedly an amazing concept. 3:22 - "Avec armements". Again, utter nonsense and again, I'm pretty sure it's the result of a direct translation. The word "armement" does exist in French but it refers to the action of acquiring weapons.

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

This was really interesting, thanks! Not sure why you have so few likes on this comment. I guess maybe it's just from people being too lazy to read long comments? Anyway, thank you for the explanations, it makes it even funnier knowing that they fucked it up so bad, especially the bit where it makes it sound like the warriors _are a galaxy_. That's incredible.

[@DasSpaceAce]

So then...for the last one, in English it would be "with weapon collecting" instead of "with weapons"?

[@The-kr9rb]

giant galaxy warriors

[@tasteflavored]

This is one of the best comments I've ever read kudos

[@U014B]

I'm pretty sure the Galaxy Hole does qualify as an actual galaxy at this point.

[@raggedyanarchist]

Stupid Surprised Anubi is my new fave. Can't wait to see what happens when he meets Bat Hero and Nightmare Feddy. Also, you have certainly accumulated a wealth of Balltards. Um... congrats?

[@CappyRose]

We all need a little more Baltard in our lives.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Dude, I never thought I would become such a fan of Bootleg Zones. I always get so happy when I see a new episode pop up and these Galaxy Warrior breakdown? I just get so much entertainment from them XD

[@Batfan103]

I love these videos on the Galaxy hole. It's really fascinating to see just how crazy these variants can get.

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

It's strange how fascinating it is. It really *should* be super fucking boring with how much he goes into the little details in comparing things. But he makes it interesting somehow.

[@trunksrocks1]

I am now convinced Baltard is just a VERY common and very easy to deceive race of people that are used as peons.

[@Smashboi76]

That makes sense

[@RinAldrin]

The Baltards are a interesting species

[@ilikethecokev2]

They're kinda like the Tarkatan of the Galaxy Black Hole

[@Norse88Overlord]

I love the Galaxy Warriors and all their knockoffs.

[@YuyuuChan]

I'm so happy somebody finally bothered to bootleg Spikes, as he's my favourite Galaxy Warrior cx He just doesn't seem to get much love and variants, sadly.

[@MasamuneMarth]

Galaxy Fighters: The Baltard massacre of 2016 Coming never to a theater near you! (or a crappy Playstation movie, broght to you by Good Times Entertainment!) xD

[@Crash__Down]

+Vincent Malven DDDDHHHHHEHEEEEEEEHHHHH!!!!!!

[@flamethefox8541]

+SuperCrazyCrasher it seems that I was expected

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

I'd watch it. As long as the Old Man directing was actually just Phelous pretending to be the Old Man. I mean, we've all seen how well he did that Dingo Cabin Fever remake... why not a Baltard massacre in Goodtimes style? 😂

[@LuisTorres-sq3xj]

Phelous: GOD bless you; where can I get some of them?

[@jfinley91]

Similar to the original logo and card art, the Huk art on the Galaxie card seems to be a direct lift from the Frazetta Snow Giants painting, the piece that originally inspired Huk. Its the exact same pose, with the hair of his beard positioned in a very similar way, and the breastplate is almost identical, including the two circle plates at the top and the smaller circles that curve around the buckle at the bottom. The green Dragoon is also in nearly the same position as the warrior not-Huk is fighting in the original art, though the shield he's holding has been slightly redesigned, most noticeably getting rid of the point at the center. The differences are, besides him stealing Magnon's helmet, is his axe has been changed from the double-bladed version to something more closely resembling the Galaxy Warriors axe.

[@awnaur0no919]

so red anubis got tha same voice as the cow from good times beauty & tha beast lmao? GET ME THA HELL OUTTA HERE, I SEEN EVERYTHIN

[@Gat720Dua]

Honestly you should make skits of just the bootlegs, they're very entertaining.

[@danielgraham1879]

yes, please make more of these skits. Just the skits because I keep laughing at the skits just watching.

[@PunksterOS]

I remember when Phelous first started this show, I thought *Oh no what the f*ck is this crap...* Then I watched, was intrigued by it and liked the obvious passion for the subject. Fast forward to today, I see a new message in my email , see that is a Phelan Porteous video and click, resulting in a huge cheesy grin on my face at revelation of it being a new Bootleg Zones Video. Bloody hell, do I ever sound pathetic but it is honest.

[@toolala3908]

+Punkster Daddy's Safe Space I know the feeling.... The Galaxy hole saga is probably my favorite series in this, there's just so much bullshit going on with all the molds, it's like a freak show.

[@PunksterOS]

+Toolala It's funny cause it's true. ;)

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

I can relate to this. I'm a simple girl. I see a new Bootleg Zones episode, I click.

[@s.nifrum4580]

12:46 Baltard: “YOU’RE TEARING ME APART PHELOUS!”

[@StruggleoftheOutsider]

the line between "variants" and random results from slapdashedly using molds and parts to churn out whatever crap you can...

[@gabrielramirez7557]

Ben Kingsley tried real hard for the role of Baltard.

[@FrenchPaul1988]

Maybe Iron Man 3 would have been better if their "Mandarin" was really called Baltard. :p

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

And yet Muscle Warriors still ended up recasting the role and giving it to Sir Patrick Stewart.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

The orange-torsoed, green-pantsed, blonde-haired guy kind of looks like Aquaman.

[@blacktubbootlegs5037]

13:56 The tanner torso vs arms is also common on China/Spanish Wrestler toys. Thanks China for kind of giving up. Honestly, the quality probably comes down to what the distributer wants to pay for a run of toys. The harder they negotiate for lower price points, they lower quality points.

[@TheCinemaBizarro]

At this rate it's going to be the Galaxy version of Idiocracy...Baltarcracy.

[@EsmeMarion]

So, knockoffs of knockoffs (and some are knockoffs of knockoffs of knockoffs!)

[@Ratciclefan]

Knockoffception

[@FuugaNatsu]

[@FrenchPaul1988]

I feel like Anubi having a head in a different color makes some sense - his body looks like that of a human, and has little to no hair, while his head is covered in fur. So having a black or red head seems fine. To a lesser extent, the snake guy Sahak also can afford having a flesh colored body (since it's human) and a differently colored head (since it's a snake head). These arguments I guess fit for Tiger Man and Dino Man respectively. Not sure how it would make sense for the others, especially when the character is completely human-looking. (also, is it wrong I'd like to have some of those from the line that comes with a dinosaur ? TBH, I was heavily obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid, so I guess my inner child wants those just for the dino)

[@phreakazoith2237]

Muscle Warriors Baltard looks sooo sad. If just his supreme cousin would be more friendly to him. It's not his fault being a knockoff with a dirty chin and mismatching body. The Baltard family needs some serious counseling to settle their issues.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Wow, New mold Baltard looks like a melted Ben Kingsley action figure.

[@BouncekDeLemos]

I've never owned any of these figures... except I do remember owning the little dinosaurs as a kid.. Makes me wonder if they just randomly took molds from other toys to package together with the figures.

[@warface4881]

I'm so deep in this rabbit hole with you that I might never be able to find my way out.

[@Tortoiseshel]

That He-Man looks rabid, he's foaming from the mouth.

[@ilikethecokev2]

He looked into the future and saw how awful a reception MOTU Revelations was going to get.

[@gregzotter6189]

Baltard always comes across as the kind of guy who'd "Fall to pieces", but I never expected him to do so literally. Stupid falling apart Baltard!

[@DollyBelladonna]

Baltard and Red Anubi should be a sitcom :3

[@joeedwards8863]

Just so you know.... HE SEEN EVERYTHING...!! LOL If there's ever a galaxy hole movie, it MUST be phelous just playing with bootlegs.....

[@Hakudohshi]

I remember all of this shit from a Chinese Importer shop I used to buy pocket knives and brass knuckles and shit at as a kid. They had this huge rack of knock-off toys for cheap ass parents, I remember thinking they were goofy as shit. Although I did buy some knock-off pellet guns that broke in like a day, should have realized they were shit because of the Engrish all over the boxes but I was 11.

[@maxordman4100]

Very cool that you found a Muscle Warrior figure that could double as a Voodoo Doll for yourself! Ha haha ha! I love mustached Tritain! I also highly enjoy the running Baltard gags! Great job on this video!

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

My THOR figure from TREASURES OF THOSE LOST TEMPLES WARRIORS also doesn't have demon-eyes, ( 15:31 ), oh well.... I hope you'll one day compile a playlist of all the different versions of the theme tunes ( 16:13 ) used on your channel! :) If you ever get a FallApartTard ( 22:45 ) with a purple body and caucasoid head, you could mix-&-match them to their correct colour-schemes!

[@frenchorange]

I love how at 1:56 not only is there a typo ("Accessores" instead of "Accessoires"), not only is "Galaxy" still using the English spelling, but on top of that whoever translated this apparently thought that the title of the line was "Galaxy Warriors and Accessories"... Instead of just "Galaxy Warriors".

[@boomzilla86]

you should start selling these things. save yourself. before its too late!!! BALTARD!!!!

[@masterfarr8265]

14:09 Sad Onion the Wrestler

[@Nakia11798]

Theory: All of these figures were done under the same company but in different factories under different names. Perhaps so collectors would buy more, or perhaps just really bad communication. But there's no way that them using the same strange shipping company is a coincidence.

[@johntziannis1134]

I used to own that European version of Sahak (Green and orange head). I think by far that is the best version of Sahak. The original was cheaply made. I owned that as well and the head came off easily.

[@jasonwheeler826]

I've seen those little Dinosaurs before- but not with action figures!

[@adriananimates7448]

Galaxy Warriors? Galaxy Fighters Galaxy Heroes? Muscle Warriors Hotel? Trivago

[@sageparra4956]

Oh man, 8:05 makes me laugh every time.

[@StCerberusEngel]

BY THE POWER OF KNOCK-OFFS!

[@megadrivesonic]

the dinosaur molds look familiar, anyone know where they came from i swear i had a million of those things as a kid.

[@helgmelia84]

You must have quite the army by now! I love hearing you talk about these things.

[@cmxb2081]

With all that army of figures, theres enough for them to invade He Man and win the entire world

[@tadeuferreira4059]

I so much wish they re-release again the Galaxy Warriors original line, It's a shame I didn't get those when I was a kid!

[@Uncle-Jay]

@20:24 Factory probably ran out of the plastic normally used and substituted it with something else.

[@FrenchPaul1988]

The guy who comes with a dinosaur as an accessory looks a bit Charles Bronson-ish IMO. And the dino definitely should have said "what the hell is going on here ?!" like Tio's father in Dinosaur Adventure. :p

[@Tareltonlives]

He's in for a damn good beating!

[@B.-T.]

Oh wow so a horribly warped nose is a common thing with Muscle Warriors Anubi. I thought it was a thing with mine... I ended up carving it off and sculpting one based on photos of a proper Anubi. Mine had a head color that very closely matched the body color, too. I honestly think the head of the guy on the Muscle Warriors is some freakish hybrid of Gallant from Combo (which I hope you'll review some day) and Magnon's resculped Muscle Warriors helmet (which interestingly enough matches the Galaxy Heroes Magnon card art incredibly well).

[@B.-T.]

+B. T. Also did you notice the two Combo heads (E. Man and Hulka) in the generic "Action FIgure" package??

[@phelous]

Oh yeah, I just don't want to get into those until I cover Combo, heh.

[@B.-T.]

+Phelan “Phelous” Porteous BTW if you're curious, this is the Anubi I bought and his head is probably the closest I've ever seen to matching the body color: www.ebay.com/itm/MOTU-Les-maitres-de-lunivers-HE-MAN-LOUP-/360816826071?nma=true&si=SspnGIpZJEQuZRZtFZ5YcDBQPV0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 No marking on him.

[@joefrew1614]

-16:12 Perfect reference indeed. Cue Le Sad Mustache Tritons.

[@Uncle-Jay]

I discovered some folks online who have started scanning these guys for 3D printing. I have been slowly collecting and painting my own collection, it's been pretty fun.

[@brianlewolfhunt]

Stupid Surprised Anubi is probably my favorite

[@RokuroCarisu]

17:17 Judging by the length of the neck and tail, it could be a Mamenchisaurus - aka. Memesaurus. SPAGHET!!!

[@FatherAxeKeeper]

That Anobe guy's face looks like the dad from That 70's Show, aka the bad guy from Robocop.

[@kalobhunt9001]

Trying to follow this shit is hard. Who knew a knockoff brand goes fukn deeper than a lot of mainline shit.

[@Scorpioenigma4]

The swirly red pattern on the back of Sahak looks like the Crest of love from digimon.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

that is way too many variants for baltard. who would have thought such a doofy looking action figure would be remade so many times?

[@boomzilla86]

+Thomas Jenkins but, Baltard!!!

[@Demonjazz420]

+boomzilla86 The baltards will rise! Just you wait! They will band together, and become king of the realms!

[@robjackson4050]

is it bad i like baltard aka batoon?

[@HiperPivociarz]

Not at all, Baltard is awesome

[@MegaAnimazing]

LONG LIVE THE ARMY OF BALTARDS!!!!! (I couldn't resist)

[@skullygem3057]

I've been waiting for this one! it just gets more and more convoluted!

[@OzzieAstaroth]

I think they went with "Muscle" because of the M.U.S.C.L.E. mini figure trend at the time. I do remember seeing figures with these exact same molds, but about half the size of the ones you show here. I also think some of them came with vehicles, but I'm not certain on that.

[@remem95]

How do you keep track of all the different versions of the figures? Don't you get confused at some point?

[@phelous]

I dunno sometimes, heh. It does get very confusing.

[@SilverSpoonRiche]

15:57 Mustache Triton looks like Burt Reynolds from Smokey and The Bandit!

[@HiperPivociarz]

That vague circle is often seen on many bootlegs

[@adrienfourniercom]

Baltard is a french hero, he even has a mansion in Paris: www.pavillonbaltard.fr

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

My goodness, look at the gallery! Baltard is doing quite well for himself these days! I wonder how he made enough money to build such a beautiful place? (LMAO if you translate the page to English, one of the menu options says "Rent Baltard.") In all seriousness, though, that is an absolutely gorgeous and stunning venue, and I would _love_ to go to a show or convention there. Too bad it's got such an ugly and unfortunate name. XD

[@scitechian]

So Baltard is a rent boy? That might explain why he continues being able to buy his way into the knockoff lineups...

[@Safersephiroth777]

How many of these Galaxy things are there? Damn! They never end!

[@supercharliegalaxy]

He saw shit you wouldn't believe, he was scared white like in a old cartoon XD

[@poohbear01x48]

Hooooooly shit! Those Mask figures look like the saddest damn clowns on the planet. Literally the most depressing quadruplets on the planet.

[@WhiteManOnCampus]

I suspect the "twisting head n waist," et cetera, was due to being printed by someone French who didn't quite understand English. Since n is often used in place of "and," it's more than likely he thought n by itself was the English "et."

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

According to another comment, the French is actually pretty terribly translated/written, so French was not their first language. My guess would be to save space? I guess? Not that it saves that much, but since they were writing it in two languages instead of one, maybe removing those two characters a few times saved just enough space to make things fit. But if that were the case, why not use an ampersand or even a plus sign? Hmm. The other guess I could make is that not only was French not their native language, but English wasn't either, given they were produced in China and Hong Kong. The problem with that theory is that other than the "n", none of the English is really all that bad. So... yeah, I really don't know. But it's not because they were French.

[@anikmonette2140]

Vherstinae Yeah... There's a little symbol available for that purpose, the "&" symbol. Truth is, they didn't give a rats ass... Even the French isn't that good, so I'm not sure they were francophones to begin with.

[@PaulieAFantoneJays19]

You must have one hell of a action figure collection

[@LukeToywalker]

As always, excellent review, dude!

[@phelous]

Thanks man!

[@Landfall364]

Baltard is a legend.

[@iKadaj]

i can't get over the scantily-painted crotch-bits lol

[@johnbandow213]

We need a video of all the Baltards together in a group therapy meeting.

[@MsDjessa]

Maybe the mismatched head and body colors represent some skintight clothing? Wouldn't really fit the theme but eh...

[@GreebleClown]

I am now inspired. To the canvas!!

[@Tareltonlives]

Heh, I remember getting that rubber brontosaurus from Chuck E Cheese as a kid.

[@Tareltonlives]

SadPanda got BUFF

[@Ratciclefan]

But Baltard massacre!

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

Is it just me or are most of the heads and legs of the human looking figures totally not to scale with the bodies of the figures? To me, it looks like some of these things have giant heads, giant torsos, and tiny little legs.

[@JKurayami]

The Galaxy Heroe with the mustache and Long neck dinosaur looks like Tom Tucker.

[@The-kr9rb]

Anobe is a wolfman who turns into Anubi there, continuity

[@masterfarr8265]

it would make more sense if Geronimo could turn into Adobe since he has native American influences

[@DasSpaceAce]

15:57 ...is it just me or does the Muscle Warrior Triton have a comically too large head?

[@nitebladeninja]

Where did you get this because I used to have some of these wouldn't mind rebuyin get these

[@Apotheosis_44]

I wish you and Ashens could do a video together. That would be amazing.

[@RaphBlade7]

*The following is the opinion of a Salty SEAGULL named EARL who just shows up in my posts whenever he feels like it!* [EARL the Salty SEAGULL:] "The masked Baltards in this line are obviously superfans of the WRESTLER MASK (aka MASK-TARD) who are cosplaying as their idol! The other possibility is they are part of MUSCLE WARRIORs & WRESTLER line's crossover, the MASK CLONE SAGA (with MR. UNKNOWN being that saga's JACKEL equivalent & the ugly BALTARDs are deformed clones)!"

[@micshork]

When will you do the 3rd mold type?

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

Why did they turn Triton into Charles Bronson?

[@traxthetrashwizard]

I know this is unrelated, but i know of some movies that I recommend you review at some point; "Stitches" & "Zombeavers". These films I think are worth reviewing!

[@GreenDiablo]

I have but one question for you Phelous, and feel free not to answer. Is it possible to buy a Baltard off you? I really want one

[@robjackson4050]

have you ever considered releasing a dvd or blu ray cause i'd so buy it and i don't usually buy blu ray's or dvd's of youtubers

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

Unfortunately, this will probably never happen. It's difficult for reviewers like Phelan to put out DVDs because they do not have permission to reproduce clips of movies and TV shows and then sell them. It's fine in a free internet video because of fair use laws, but not in the case of anything that you have to pay for. He might be able to put Bootleg Zones on DVD, though, but I get the sense that probably won't happen either. In the meantime, you could always just download the videos and burn your own DVDs if you really really needed to do things that way, but it'd probably be much easier to just stream them to a TV with something like a ChromeCast.

[@newmedia2862]

13:12 The cyan headed Baltard kinda looks more like Tribal paint to me than a Mask.

[@shawdawg3675]

It does make sense that the ugly fuckup on the package of one is Magnon with Huks helmet...no beard, weirder colored skin and the green tights.

[@RainePhoenix]

The mustachioed Triton bears a slight resemblance to the late Robert Z'dar.

[@harley-wp6xt]

+Raine Phoenix i had the exact same thought.

[@Dinoslay]

Or Burt Reynolds.

[@robertdanker6193]

Hey any chance of looking at the Remco Pirates of the Galxseas?

[@phreakazoith2237]

Question: the ad in 24:25 shows some skeleton like figures in different colors with different heads. Do they belong to a line of Muscle Warriors or is that something else?

[@grotgrusson5124]

I know a place in Sweden selling that blue/blue fig @06:24 for like 10USD (loose, not carded). Is that a good deal? My guess is they think he is a regular He-Man fig, cause he is standing next to a Hordack (?) fig, and they tend to sell regular He-Man figs quite often... All goes for 10 bucks.

[@owllymannstein7113]

That's probably fair based on what they're going for on Ebay. No reason not to try offering them less though.

[@grotgrusson5124]

@@owllymannstein7113 Thanks mate. The figure was gone when I looked for him last saturday. I guess he was sold, and I guess that I would have stand no chance bargain on the price -he was sold in a good will store =)