Toy-Ventures: Planet of the Apes Playset by Multiple

This week's Toy-Ventures takes us back to the year 3978, a time ruled by Apes. We look at one of the more memorable Planet of the Apes Playsets, while that's usually synonymous with Mego, this is by Multiple Toymakers.
We discuss some of Multiple's more popular toy offerings as well as why exactly Doctor Zaius is wearing a blue outfit.
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[@patrickodonnell1352]

I never seen this toy as a kid but I do remember that a local bakery did use the figures as themed birthday cake toppers.

[@scribewell]

I really ape-preciated this playset as a kid!

[@BrickMantooth]

well done.

[@whataboutrob442]

I vividly remember my uncle buying me a miniature version of the Planet of the apes treehouse. Looked just like the regular scale, but everything was of molded plastic as I recall. I still got the mego treehouse for Christmas. That would have been $70 in todays money. But what a great Christmas gift it was.

[@Glitch969]

Big ol' flashback here! I had a dinosaur set that featured the mountain with cave and rocks seen to the right of the tree bridge at the 5:56 mark. If I remember correctly, the bags that they sold the sets on dinosaurs in had a vinyl feel to them. This was great because you could store them in there after playing. So good. Thanks, Brian.

[@MasterJediDude]

Glitch969, I remember that too! I also recall some huge set in the Sears catalog that came with dinosaurs and cavemen.

[@MJosephJameson]

I remember playing with these at my grandparent's house.

[@scottstalcup6980]

00:33 "Who can turn the world on with her smile?" (I know others thought that, due to the font.)

[@michaelridenour2113]

Good eye. I can see that too.

[@GamertagTOWELLIE]

I had the plastic dinosaur set. I'm a big fan of Marx army stuff, especially the Navarone playset.

[@ryanbarker5217]

one of the best toys ever made.

[@justinplayfair4638]

I had the catalog set, now sadly lost to the ages. Thanks so much for a fond remembrance! it was crude and fantastic all at once!

[@BrickMantooth]

The best toys are often both of those things.

[@michaelmetler6315]

I had that mego play set And i forgot until this video! Thanks

[@Gojitron1]

I didn't have these particular sets, but toy soldier style toys were a staple of my childhood. Besides dinosaurs, cowboys and astronauts I had the Star Patrol/Galaxy Laser Team, the Ideal Justice League and HG Toys Buck Rogers and Godzilla vs Tricephalon sets. Great stuff.

[@MonsterGrove]

This looks great as a playset love the artwork

[@BrickMantooth]

Yeah i love this toy to pieces.

[@billpagan3070]

Another great episode friend!😁👍 Hard to believe all the Planet of the Apes merchandise that was available back then.

[@BrickMantooth]

It came all at once too!

[@billpagan3070]

Do you own the Planet of the Apes cap gun?😁

[@christophernuzzi2780]

OMG thank you! I had this and LOVED it as a kid!

[@carlorjj]

I love the movie and the TV Show, awesome content.

[@ChapMeifan]

I don't know if these were available in Canada when I was a kid, but if they were I would have demanded all of them. Army men were a staple of my playtime and Planet of the Apes was my favorite film series. If I could have only gotten hold of these I know my childhood would have had many ape vs human soldier battles. I kind of wish stuff like this still came out as army men was something my own son missed out on when he was young.

[@MasterJediDude]

I managed to find pieces of these sets in eBay “toy lots” about 20 years ago. These were auctions of random toy parts that were of no use to the seller. I managed to piece together one of the basic quick-sell sets. Great stuff!

[@Surja9393]

I had the Planet if The Apes quick set and The Marx Prehistoric Playset.

[@eltenda]

Gotta love planet of the apes

[@omediclub6693]

I am from Mexico, and back in the 70s I had as a gift a Tarzan playset made by the no longer existing Toy factory "Jugarama", the funny thing is that the exact same hanging foot bridge and the plastic green tree found in the planet of the apes, came aswell in my Tarzan set, I believe some of the toy molds used in american toy factories back in the 70s were sold to mexican toy corporations...

[@BrickMantooth]

Yeah, there definitely was lots of that going on. I would love to see that Tarzan set BTW. Big fan.

[@omediclub6693]

@@BrickMantooth www.flickr.com/photos/39644050@N04/5055957675 I think this is the link

[@manlystranger4973]

Great video!!! I would be interested in seeing more about generic army men sets. I have not seen anyone on youtube really cover the subject, like how many different poses were there and how many different armies and where did the original molds come from?

[@BrickMantooth]

I'd watch that too.

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

Me too i love army men style figures

[@scottmartin7645]

I would have loved to have this back then and I would love to have this now. I did have the Lone Ranger playset sometime in 1972 or 1973. Never saw the POTA set until it appeared in the Sears or J.C. Penney Christmas catalog. By then I have moved away from toy soldiers and cowboys & Indians to Megos. But still...

[@Mike4metal]

Rare pieces! I just obtained the tree house!🙉🐵✨

[@BrickMantooth]

Nice!!

[@JoeyNYSDnomad]

Those metal figures were so heavy I broke part of a glass coffee table with it as a kid.

[@KevinMayle1974]

Oh how I wish someone would come out with a comic where Kwai Chang Caine somehow ends up on the Planet of the Apes with Alan , Pete and Galen.

[@BrickMantooth]

Oh, I really want that to happen.

[@jonhufford6980]

Not sure if you have one but I would love it if you did a episode on multiple King Kong set. I love the 60’s cartoon Kong and the sets come up on eBay but I have no idea how close any of them are to complete.

[@chrisg9602]

Awesome

[@stevenimeson902]

that was some sweet stuff!

[@meliseh1366]

set with the cage does exist,I had 2 of them from an old store,as tree set,2 soldier apes,red cage,2 other painted apes and rock formation

[@BrickMantooth]

Yeah I got sent photos after i made this.

[@antonmassopust568]

I had those but I think this was more connected to battle having a couple of times and still at the figures and soldiers somewhere

[@TannerandMelanie]

Love those Apes 🦍

[@yoyodynetoys]

i wonder if the inclusion of the Jeep is because of how Apes drove around in Jeeps and Trucks in the Return to the Planet of the Apes cartoon in 1975?

[@BrickMantooth]

I think Battle for the Planet of the Apes was the catalyst here. A lot of the merchandise seems to be based on that particular movie. Even Mego's treehouse was clearly inspired by this.

[@theloyalorderofclassictv5435]

Was the KUNG FU set actually licensed by Warner Brothers?

[@BrickMantooth]

It is not, I wonder if it's because the show was cancelled and they just figured they could get away with it. There is no denying what it's based on.

[@Bucky749]

Have you read any of the planet of the apes crossover comics ?

[@BrickMantooth]

Just the Star Trek one, it was fun. I'm not a big comic reader though.

[@genesanford9412]

i had the dino set , as i had tons of Marx dino,s.The P.O.T.A, set i wanted ,but never got.

[@BrickMantooth]

Dinosaurs are never a bad choice.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

How do apes wear boots? They have prehensile feet.

[@Bucky749]

And I just thought the doctor from planet of the apes was the first blue lantern . I’m the only one when they hear that name think of the song from the simpsons ?

[@BrickMantooth]

Of course not, that's firmly planted into pop culture now.

[@horridgoober6386]

Didn’t multiple make some funky monster lads like the pop top horrors

[@christophernuzzi2780]

"Steve Zodiac's Big 20-inch" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

[@robertgriffiths1724]

Those are way nicer then the army/cowboy/Indians/dinosaurs/alien plastic people I had as a kid.

[@thelemonddropskid5445]

I'm going bananas 🍌🍌🍌🍌!!!

[@NANONilsWORLD]

Today we have sooo boring toys....I mean that very real