Bootleg Zones: Wrestler (Sungold)

[@skullharvest6053]

I can't believe I'm having so much fun watching a grown man play with action figures. Seriously, the skits at the end of the reviews are epic and hilarious. I look forward to the next video! Also, I'd totally like to see more Old Man Reads Creepypastas.

[@TheCinemaniac]

4:54 Hahaha! What a story Mark. That Ultimate Warrior Ra though. Always raving about Huk-Hogan.

[@TheSefirosu200x]

Just Another X-Fan And loading ships with the rocket fuel.

[@Tareltonlives]

(Skronk!)

[@crimsondynamo615]

TheSefirosu200x *LOAD IT WITH THE WORKS!*

[@MegaAnimazing]

Mask vs Baltard, and his brother Baltard, and his other brother Baltard, and his other brother Baltard, and his other brother...Sato.

[@themantheman2768]

MegaAnimazing I like to think baltard is like the stormtroopers of the Galaxy hole always everywhere and disposable

[@MegaAnimazing]

@@themantheman2768 Is that why we have so many Baltards?

[@themantheman2768]

@@MegaAnimazing of course

[@MegaAnimazing]

@@themantheman2768 That explains, EVERYTHING!!! No wonder we can't get rid of him.

[@crimsondynamo615]

bob or Baltard’s are clone troopers and Batoon being the template for the clones, like Jango Fett

[@furbearingbrick]

Fun fact! "Brut" is French for "gross", but it's also a term for dry champagne (that is to say, a champagne with very little to no residual sugar.) So yeah, he's named after booze, which IS pretty dumb. But then Punch-Out, which was in arcades that same year, had a character named Vodka Drunkenski...

[@maxordman4100]

I’m a huge fan of wrestling too.. thank you for covering these figures! Your videos are always very funny and whacky! I love how silly the masked figures look. I also love that Mask and Baltard are basically cousins! Ha haha!

[@harryking3215]

You know, I would love Phelous to make a full video with nothing but the Bootleg toys. His story lines with them are pretty funny and I think he could come up with an interesting tale for them all to participate in.

[@OzzieAstaroth]

I actually remember owning one or two of the "Wrestler" figures back in the day. I remember the cloth vests and champion belts and swapping them around. I also remember smaller figures, about half the size of these, using pretty much the same mold, just scaled way down. I'm not sure if they were also part of the "Galaxy Hole" or not, but they may have been.

[@hypnotised-clover]

That might possibly be "Treasures of those lost temples warriors", a really small version of the Galaxy Warriors, but I've never seen a wrestler version of that line, it probably does exist.

[@OzzieAstaroth]

@@hypnotised-clover Yeah, that's it! I just looked them up. I only had one or two, but I remember having the guy with the red helmet and mustache. They sold these at a local Family Dollar back in the day.

[@Tareltonlives]

Baltard: IT'S ME, AUSTIN! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG, AUSTIN!

[@CanItAlready]

Canasia: Can-Asia, maybe? As in importing into Canada from Asia?

[@cf2228]

I am 40 years old I use to buy this wrestlers as a kid because they had some that looked like the real wrestlers like hulk Hogan and Andre the giant. The also looked like He man figures.

[@SuperMutant2099]

Interesting is these figures probably would have worked with AWA wrestling figure line from 80s considering they were about the same.

[@HonestUAWElectrician]

Trust me they did. I had damn near the entire AWA line and got these knockoffs all the time at pharmacies and discount stores. One Christmas my brother found a set from Sparkle with 4 wrestlers, belts, and a ring. Same body molds as these and worked well. Just had to get creative with some the names.

[@SuperMutant2099]

@@HonestUAWElectrician nice

[@gregzotter6189]

Except for Baltard! He fits in with nothing!

[@adamcraig7842]

I suspect an attempt to remake Tiger-Man as a wrestler would have met with a lawsuit from whoever had the copyright for Tiger Mask at the time.

[@GreycatRademenes]

There actually was an Anime called 'Tiger Man' (or 'Tiger Mask' depending on translation) about a wrestler in a tiger mask and it was pretty good. I might have gotten a Tiger wrestler just for that ^^

[@Duothimir]

Yes, Tiger Mask, based on an actual Japanese wrestling legend. At least three others have worn the mask since.

[@jankarieben1071]

The Galaxy hole is my zen space! I’m always rewatching these videos, something about it mellows me out, I think it’s his voice and cadence of speech. Thanks Phelan!

[@vabvaab]

0:37 ok, what is even happening in that illustration??? they're melting together into an omni being, a la mars gothic: unification.

[@goufr3540]

This review lacks enough destrucity. Great review there Phelous, Galaxy Warrior is still a black hole even if taking a detour with Wrestler.

[@Tareltonlives]

You just needed to Foke more on it

[@QUANK321]

I had a grocery store version of Mr. Unknown madr to look like The Missing Link. Slightly different paint applications. There was a bootleg Jimmy Snuka

[@Strihm]

Better than anything WWE has done lately!

[@wagdawgwag872]

Zing! Wait, wasn't this comment made the same day as the Royal Rumble? That was pretty good, all things considered.

[@jsb8261]

That beard is surprisingly well painted though.

[@dwaynecedillos5139]

I remember those toys when I was small boy in the early 90's. I only got few Wrestler KO Toys at the 99 Cent Store and some shops back then. Didn't collect them all. In the early 90's, I didn't like WWF Hasbro Action Figures. It wasn't for my taste, only Wrestler KO Toys but I did got three WWF Wrestling Buddies of Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and Ultimate Warrior. Later on Jakks did better with WWF/WWE Action Figures, then Mattel too.

[@jonathanalvarez2909]

I used to love these cheap wrestling figures as a kid. I had two, a bald Karnov look a like and a Hogan like dude with no mustache.

[@PaulieAFantoneJays19]

I can legit watch 10 hours in a row of these skits you do @ the end of each vid!... This skit @ the end of this vid was hilarious...just when Sharphand Jones replied w/ As long as they beat the s**t out of each other had me laughing out loud!

[@DezarasPrime]

Baltard/Mask winning with a Tombstone warmed my heart.

[@MarquisLeary34]

Brut screwed Brut!

[@scitechian]

Brut the Hutmun Hurt.

[@mastermonarch]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MadisonCarter]

I had a Mr. Unknown as a kid, slightly different from the ones you're showing. He was painted closer to Mask than the Mr. Unknown you're showing, but with the head having a slightly more greenish tinge, missing the chest tattoo and didn't come with a vest. I believe he came on a card similar to the one at :37 but I could be mistaken on that memory. I do remember there was no "Mask" on his cardback, the only one with his mold was Mr. Unknown (though I distinctly remember A. Champ being there too). I do remember than when I used him with my Remco wrestlers, I pretended he was the Missing Link (Dewey Robertson).

[@smb-c3po]

8:26 That is literally Sad Onion the wrestler. (It's racist to call him Indian Joe!) Did they just take it off the bottom of their chair, reworked it, and then sent it out? Phelan, please review all the bootleg items Ashens has ever reviewed. You may need to watch his videos to see the bootleg items he did. It would be great if you reviewed all those items and now I wanna see you review them. What tuba music did you use when Beast was walking away? (It isn't _Darude Sandstorm_!)

[@heiselproductions_01]

5:08 C.G. Coconut Gun

[@mattsands161]

I had some wrestling figures that were very similar to these as a kid. I remember getting some of them at dollar stores. I would use them as jobbers in my wrestling figure matches. One really weird figure I remember was a wrestler with a black guy’s head on a white guy’s body. And it wasn’t just a one off mistake. They had a bunch of them at my local dollar store. I can’t find any evidence online of this figure existing, but it definitely did.

[@AGENT_JEPPE]

I had a super cheap Baltard model with fixed/non moving legs. What a stud!

[@johnsmith21422]

Lol you should tweet this to Matt Cardona, Brian Myers, Hornswoggle, and Grim’s toy show

[@italian504]

The best after review show out of them all so far! I am loving it up :D

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Is no one going to say that the flesh skin Batoon is seriously just Sagat from Street Fighter with a tiny bit of hair?

[@VSigma725]

It's funny that these knockoffs of MOTU figures into wrestlers exist, because the official Remco AWA (American Wrestling Association) figures from the early 80s were basically just knockoff MOTU figures with (mostly) accurate wrestler headsculpts and none of the fantasy loincloths.

[@humanconvertile]

How do the rubber-bands on the figures hold up? I'd imagine thirty year-old rubber-bands break real easily, even out of the box. That'd be a funny moment in the final bit. "Oh, no! Snake Man's got Brut in the Camel Clutch! Holy shit! He Camel Clutched his legs right the fuck off! Mask-Tard got him in the pinfall, but got no legs to hold onto!"

[@kimifw58]

That last scene would have been perfect with stock audio of cheering and booing to make it feel more like a live match.

[@crimsondynamo615]

8:17 is that Super Macho Man in the farthest right of the ring?

[@MAMoreno]

Helloooooooo, Sungold!

[@IronWolfArts]

WE CAN'T STOP HERE! THIS IS BALTARD COUNTRY!!

[@HandlebarOrionX]

The Billy Jack Haynes guy is dressed as Shinsuke Nakamura.

[@KAKnyght]

#ALLBALTARDEVERYTHING

[@christiangolden2299]

guessing it's meant to be pronounced "brute".....because.....wrestlers are brutes...not.......bruts.................

[@JW666]

The match at the end was certainly better than todays WWE!

[@matthewdunk]

Triton is such a smart mark.

[@Jude300c]

This one was really awesome and that skit was ace!

[@shawdawg3675]

I think Brut might be Brute just missing the E. Easy way to make the other weird looking guys wrestlers, remove their armor and weapons...there you go. :)

[@shawdawg3675]

I do love the skits the toys get. I would've even enjoyed a return to Wrestler series skits for specials. The GWF (Galaxy Warrior Federation or Galaxy Wrestling Federation)

[@Shamandigi62091]

So is the galaxy hole part of the Terran of testment

[@markiangooley]

Kudos to Phelan for his pronunciations of Brut and Canasia -- trolling for corrections in the comments...

[@MachoGwapito28]

You are good at play by play commentating you should do more of these,this is awesome

[@patrickj994]

I.....Feel like I had one of these, but not the Sungold one, possibly one of the knockoffs (The boxart at 0:37 looks really familiar) I remember winning one as a prize at an Arcade and I don't think I had it for more than a day before I ended up accidentally breaking one of it's legs off.

[@namelessjedi2242]

Maybe I’m using too much imagination, but looking at Brut I can see Roman Reigns, and Mask reminds me of Danhausen. 😆

[@toolala3908]

#BaltardLivesMatter

[@autinjones7194]

no they dont

[@Ratciclefan]

But Baltard!

[@MrDman21]

Since some of them come with championship belts, you could also add other accessories like sunglasses and gold chains.

[@Tareltonlives]

BALTARDMANIA'S RUNNING WILD

[@Tareltonlives]

And can we just use an Ultimate warrior promo as the origin of Baltard and the Galaxy Warriors?

[@Tareltonlives]

"Baltard, are you a face or heel?" "I'm a Jobber, actually"

[@U014B]

4:35 They shoulda named him "Mr. E"

[@dmac5472]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿80s babies who were wrestling fans who spent any time in the discount store remembers asking their parents for these lol. Some of the Masters of the Universe mold toys also had a wrestling ring that you could buy. My little brother had one. If I had a large house with a storage room that I could convert into a mini "museum" for collectibles I'd probably try to track down these types of figures for display

[@dmac5472]

I had Eyepatch dude but with a darker colored pair of trunks. He was my top heel. I had 2 guys who were probably based on Paul Orndorff but looked more like Dudley Moore. Had a couple more that were def Hogan ripoffs. There were some other guys too. But seeing this video made me wish I had em all lol. Whenever the belts they came with broke or got lost, we'd use aluminum foil to make mini belts(and got yelled at for it) As Trolls became popular in the 90s, there were action figures with troll heads and the Masters of the Universe style body mold. I had one w Desert style military fatigues and a blonde Guile from street fighter type blonde hair. My brother had one w green army jungle fatigues and long purple troll hair. Both came with weapons. Similar thing for ninjas as they became popular. There were toys w the same style body mold except the legs were more straightened.

[@Tareltonlives]

Jake the Snake: This isn't even my final form

[@vivimariefedorov7374]

I'd like to see a fight between Bat Hero vs Baltard!!! ✊🤼‍♂️👊

[@joekearon1336]

I had the ring and a couple of the wrestler figures back in the day, but only the pony tailed old guy is still intact now.

[@lloyd1962]

Please make a video about the monster bootleg playset. Thanks

[@wayne110982]

Do you review any wrestling shows or ppv ? Thanks for all you do

[@henryfreeman1256]

I know I'm probably several years late to tell you, but I'm pretty sure Ivan the Snake Man's mask design is a knockoff of the main character from the Kinnikuman series of anime and manga (likely best known in the west as M.U.S.C.L.E.), both being pale-colored with "lips" around the mouth holes, and a sort of knight's crest on top. This gets funnier when you realize Kinnikuman's design is a parody of Ultraseven,.

[@Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser]

A&W theme! 1:33

[@Arrant2294]

Baltard V Mask! Two enter, one leave!

[@ChAn-dv9to]

You going to review Knock Knock or The Green Inferno anytime soon???

[@Stillenacht3D]

Anyone else think Ra (am I pronouncing it right?) at 5:16 looks like Charles Bronson when they add the mustache?

[@nerdcraftercoley7305]

Are you ever going to do the bootlegs called the Turly gang

[@Hippie629]

I half expected sound wave to transform and steal the title.

[@s.nifrum4580]

So this can be used along with masters of the universe and all the galaxy lines I'm guessing?

[@masterfarr8265]

6:23 Kinda looks more like Captain Lou Albano to me

[@DasSpaceAce]

I think Brut's name is meant to be pronounced 'broot', like the cologne & the wine...which I guess is a clever way to name him Brute?

[@scitechian]

I think Masktard looks vaguely like TNA's Shark Boy.

[@robjackson4050]

two of these guys i think it was this line was released with a ring it came with a hulk hogan ripoff and one i have no idea what he is supposed to be my best guess is marty jennetty but why would he be part of this line

[@t-wrecksthenerdasaur7468]

I don't know what it is, but I find the Galaxy Hole extremely fascinating. Looking forward to the next one.

[@simonpaquet7161]

Galaxy Hole, that was the name I found for my ex-wi... nevermind.

[@mastermonarch]

Whatcha gonna do brother? When Baltard mania runs wild on you brother

[@gracekim1998]

Galaxy hole must be a huge void…. It NEVER ends!😅 October 2021

[@taimak123]

could you try to find more wrestler bootlegs

[@MaveriKat]

1:15 Canasia = Canada & Asia.

[@realitysfrank1695]

it is a universal truth that Skeletor makes everything better

[@darkmerchant1]

I think they spelled it “Brut” but forgot the specialized letter. I believe it’s supposed to read as “Brüt”

[@Bismuth83X]

How has nobody mentioned Sad Onion Man yet?

[@spittertron4920]

Was that Nick Patrick officiating the match?

[@Thomas-on4lb]

which year for série including mr unknown ?

[@battlescarrshogun]

i have a huge collection of the wrestling champs with the rings brought off ebay

[@battlescarrshogun]

Still hunting more

[@yusakwilliam1179]

Man, those names really crack me up.

[@angelvega1480]

where can u get those

[@joseknavarro]

I don't know why, but one of the figures reminds me of Ultimate Muscle.

[@rebeccacaliari8219]

phelan, you said the opposite about splinters robe and belts felty material.

[@walkingcubkid]

Here comes a new challenger! Phelous sun gold!!! Holy shit he's the champion!! Lol

[@TimTE01]

I like to think that Brut is Randy Savage, but that could be a stretch.

[@RichardWatt]

Brut looks a little more like Mick Foley to me.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

Robic Ivan is a toy for fans of Mr. Wrestling 2 or maybe the Grappler

[@AirknightTails]

1:27 Oh God. I had that Dinkie Dino Tamagotchi knockoff and let's just say. That thing turned me off of Tamagotchis forever

[@robertmckinnon7003]

You could use them as jobbers against you're legitimate WCW or WWF/E figures.

[@Tareltonlives]

Baltard is ALWAYS a jobber

[@stephenfrom1997]

*ONEFALL!*

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

They could've made the tiger guy wearing a Bronze Tiger type mask. :)

[@Norse88Overlord]

Perfect lunch entertainment :)

[@planetschlock]

Honestly, Brut and Mask are still better than most NXT names.

[@smb-c3po]

The only wrestler figures from this line I'd get are just the ones based off Native Americans since I'm actualky Native American myself, but I like to imagine Phelzn has his own Wikia complete with articles all about him and the toys he's reviewed.

[@travelerluke5748]

I so know a movie either phelous or brad jones should do. 7 sins of a vampire. the whole movie is a sin lol!

[@Thomas-on4lb]

i just found 6 différent moc i'm on fire 😱