TALES FROM THE TUBS! PART 3! Rediscovering Old Toy Biz and Hasbro Marvel Legends From Storage

[@MontanaJ21]

I think it’s crazy how some people will say a toybiz figure still holds up but will say a figure from 2018 is “outdated”

[@whozyourdaddy]

Some of the ways Hasbro Legends does articulation is outdated though, in particular the disc neck, especially when Classified is doing it so much better.

[@bigguidokc7619]

I still have all my Toy Biz MLs. I have been going through them lately, and I have to say they are pretty much all very dated. I'm with Robo, though; if it wasn’t for the advances Toy Biz championed, we might not have the figures we have today. They are museum pieces and should be viewed as such, IMHO.

[@MontanaJ21]

@@whozyourdaddy I respect that. I do wish they went more uniform with their lines. Maybe even all their figures having the same set up as the renew your vowels Spider-Man

[@zaboknowsbest13]

Nothing more than nostalgia

[@topregele6582]

Well to he honest with you the old tobey spiderman figure from toy biz is better then what we got from hasbro 😂

[@cortus8046]

that kingpin is so thicc i thought the other figures in the tub were gonna splash out like water when he dropped it back in.

[@mike91mdk45]

Lol, the bit about articulated fingers. Right on the money.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Heh, yeah, some just made no sense whatsoever.

[@wadecreate]

Could legitimately watch episode after episode of tales from the tub... love this almost as much as Play Day.. almost 🙂👍 super entertaining Robo! Keep em coming

[@RoboDontKnow]

Oh man, if I could do Play Day every week I would, need to get the customizing bench situated!

[@wadecreate]

@@RoboDontKnow Variety is the spice to life.. get a little RoboReview RoboToytalk RoboPlayday.. it's all good brother..🙂👍

[@ChrisP-jq5lg]

Thank you for "Tub Tales! WOO-ooo!" He stumbles on the button on the back of a decades old action figure but the one right in the middle of the brand new Batmobile's hood eludes him. Oh Robo LOL

[@RoboDontKnow]

Haha, I will never live that down!

[@alessandrosignore7500]

00:28 red phone there means that robo is Batman. Gotcha!

[@comix1017]

DC Universe Classics are my JAM!! I have all of mine out on display, it's the biggest part of my entire collection. I can't wait to see you going through a tub of those

[@Baconlovesreddead]

One of my favorite toy lines of all time.

[@alejandromolinac]

Leave it to The 4 Horsemen…. Their initial line had great anatomy and body proportion on the muscular hero bodies….

[@comix1017]

@@alejandromolinac Agreed! The first 15 waves were near perfection if you ask me!

[@Baconlovesreddead]

For the final Ock, it’s based off Ultimate Spider-man. He came with a weird tentacle play feature that didn’t really work good at all lol. I think he’s from Spider-Man classics.

[@dtorrey867]

Came here to say the same thing. He's definitely got a style, but he's so angry because he wears tighty whities.

[@Baconlovesreddead]

@@dtorrey867 lol. It’s certainly a look for Otto. Hoping hasbro gives us a new version of him, whether it be this suit or his more trenchcoaty one

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

I agree Robo, the hinged fingers just feel like they're there to add to the articulation count. I've never seen hinged fingers on a 6" figure and thought "wow, it's great to have this." It just means mediocre fists *and* grippy hands.

[@RoboDontKnow]

I think at first it was like "Amazing, articulated hands!" especially since I had only collected Star Wars PotF2 before that, and then of course my 80s childhood toys. But the shine wore off fast.

[@SinisterOutKasT]

I love this series man, really feels like just hanging out with a friend!

[@alejandromolinac]

Ha! I got a lo a hate relationship with ToyBiz…. Though I loved they actually had a ton of washes and paint finishes with sculpted details…. THEY HAD HORRIBLE BODY PROPORTIONS…. And the joints were super loose…. Which is funny….. SOTA had its Street Fighter line with the same level of articulation, but they knew how to maintain the character’s anatomy…. They hold up!

[@Wynterwolf83]

always a good day when their is some tub diving going on. Well done, once more.

[@BBmetalhead04]

Robo: I don’t need therapy, I got 12 Doc Samson’s. That’s like 12 tiny therapists.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Exactly!

[@starrhunter633]

I swear seeing the tubs makes me want to go through mine, I pretty much have all the Toybiz legends with a few exceptions of of course. That Toybiz Destroyer is still one I love. And we do need an update on the Thorbuster armor. That last Doc Ock was the Ultimate one and had a backpack like play feature.

[@wraith1701]

Robo The Tub-Mariner

[@RobzombieFan2000]

Love this series robo keep it going.

[@craighofmann638]

Ah yes, Tubthumping Tuesdays. Robo-dub-dub, let's dive into the tubs 😅.

[@EckerKyle]

Duck tales reference was A+

[@sam_i_am6410]

These dives are so fun to watch. I'd take the batteries out of that Human Torch.... repairing old battery corrosion is a pain in the ass.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Yeah, I may have to do that before putting it back away for another ten years.

[@chosen-wan2188]

1. The Phantom Tubnace 2. The Attack Of The Tubs 3. Revenge Of The Tub 4. A New Tub 5. The Empire Tubs Back 6. Return Of The Tub

[@Tomer_nur]

7. the tub awakens 8. the last tub 9. rise of tubwalker

[@Emeraldnite-if7vo]

I still have that older Astonishing Cyclops on display. I was just SO happy to get that version of Scott in figure form that, even though I LOVE the newest version, I'm finding it hard to let go of that previous one. Also that variant Destroyer figure STILL looks incredible! Also seeing you go through your tubs is making me feel more comfortable with the idea of throwing some of my older figures in tubs to clear shelf space. Like I forget sometimes that basic Hasbro figures are TOYS and can handle being on top of each other in a bin (for the most part).

[@RoboDontKnow]

Yeah, at first I thought "It's my collection, it should ALL be out" but that went out the window once the modern era "a new toy every other day" started. They can't all be out on the shelf.

[@imnotsickler]

So many Toybiz figures could still work if not for those hips. Wonder how hard it would be to put modern legs on them

[@alejandromolinac]

Except for the female figures…. They were FUGLY!

[@prophet924]

In my house it would be tales from the plastic drawers. I have all those figures squirreled away in plastic three drawer units like others do. I see the value in the history. Honestly I wish I had my 5” Toybiz toys to compare. Glenn Webb did these awesome retrospective videos of characters. Shartimus did one too. It’s fascinating to me the choices made to create action figures. We all go ga-ga for photo real printing. I like the older figures that looked nothing like the actors in the media. Ball jointed hips are poopooed on. They gave crazy ranges of articulation. Finger articulation makes you scratch your head. Many of those were very dumb and made the hands feet worse. All the choices fascinate me nevertheless. Yes I can see things added just because but ultimately they’re toys. Every now and again I just dive into the drawers. I know those outside looking at me see a hoarder. But these things fascinate me. Others gamble their money away. Going to a casino sounds like the most boring place on the planet compared to just admiring the things I’ve collected. Both could be shown as a vice I suppose. It’s all in the effect it has on your family or taking the place in helping others. Man I enjoy diving in. Thwipp!

[@gerwal7002]

Thanks Robo. Love this series! Digging through tubs is always a huge blast of nostalgia.

[@alexanderfields9504]

I love these videos

[@kaioken654]

These are goofy 😂 I love it

[@TagartTalking]

God I love these videos.

[@brainlock72]

Oof. Some of that yellowing! Esp on Braddock! 😱 The black variant Kingpin, I headswapped with Arn Anderson for Hellfire Harry Leland. Quick, easy custom. That second Ock is Ultimate Ock, which has a backpack with a plunger, which moves the “gripping” tentacles, I believe?

[@thebrickfastclub1714]

@5:38 no judgement here. . god-level customizations are attained through countless of practices, trial and errors, and going through lessons and experiences. Quite admirable.

[@Sudehuba]

Great video as always

[@Simeon_Scott]

Oh man, I completely forgot that Impossible Man existed, gonna have to ad him to my personal check list!

[@tadeomansilla7241]

Hola from Mexico mr Robbo. You always talk about your display, can you make a video showing it????

[@IanORourke-t6s]

The Green and Grey Doc Ock is the Spider-Man Classic Ultimate Doc Ock and think many of the figures shown still hold up if the the hips weren't the way they were then I would be sticking them on in the display.

[@OnBreak171]

Yes! More of this please! This is one of my new favorite series on KZbin rn!

[@desdichado3308]

Love the Robo Tub Divin' . This video's MVP is the Human Torch... and the ball hips

[@UncleAir]

"Trent Crimm, the Independant" at 5:19 :) Someone here will get this

[@incompetent_chair]

YES! That's what I came to say also.

[@RoboDontKnow]

I get it!

[@mikelorenzoart]

Love the Tub Tales, Woohoo! If I remember right, the Omega Red tentacles are the same for the BAF Sentinel.

[@ThatGenericPyro]

They *look* it, at least

[@GreenHillHedgehog]

I was already in on this series of videos, then you went and told us you have a tub of DC!? Now I'm ALL in on this series!!!

[@PimpfDM92]

Those toybiz figures still hold it even though they have shaky articulations and colours faded away (like that James Hudson Vindicator / Guardiqn not so bright white anymore) or that Impossible Man such a treasure to have , well Toy biz sure paved the way for what Marvel Legends is nowadays. And that nightcrawler even though he didn't have to articulations loom good compared to our two version in M.Legends . You sure have a lot to dig through I guess that looms promising for future videos.

[@alejandromolinac]

I loved how they had a gradient fade on figures that wore white… Angel and Mystique come to mind…. And she had her skirt actually glued to the body!

[@joepilverdadero4801]

You sir have a backwards time machine in the form of that tub and in it are pieces of history. And so true without those toybiz legends and those before it, we would not enjoy what we have today. Always appreciate what once was...

[@RoboDontKnow]

Oh yeah, I may not like them near as much as modern renditions but I can sure appreciate the effort put in for the time.

[@HollywoodWick3d]

I think the tub is a show of appreciation... Kinda like a museum of history.

[@SleepyxBonez]

Happy New Year Robo! Looking forward to this one! That Human Torch was my very first figure into this journey. Holds a special place for me!

[@robertfalcone3025]

And you never set yourself on fire 🔥

[@ToadSageify]

i had that omega red as a kid- one of my favorites! i always loved his hair

[@trustarscreamer]

Ha! The Ducktails gag was mine! Made my day. Same guy made the toybiz Omega did the Hasbro btw. He also did Gambit and Jean Grey

[@NoBettaFeta]

I remember some of the oldest Toybiz legends had the thigh cuts like we do now and I remember thinking the ball hinges were better because it didn’t split the sculpt. But looking back at some of those and yeah… where we are now is much better.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Yeah, the new style doesn't break the silhouette near as much and allows the legs to get way closer together.

[@yokaicustoms]

"Tubthumping" 😂 (If that's not a throwback nothing is!)

[@bryxchadwick2958]

The Guardian/Vindicator would be a fun custom for Space Ghost

[@ryuhoshu3303]

Still have that first Doc Ock and Omega Red on my shelve, yes the ball hips don't look that good anymore but I haven't felt the need to change them

[@Satyr000]

If Bruce Campbell played Nightcrawler.....

[@brainlock72]

Or Jay Leno. (Sorry, Kurt!)

[@drewkremer2609]

Tubthumping!

[@PeterTennant]

That Doc Ock was my Doc Ock in Spider-Man Villian display until the Spider-Man Animated Series. Also the Oct tentacles fit the Animated series pegs and looks better and more articulation

[@RespectTheName.97]

Robo where's my part 4 of Tales From the Tubs at?! 😢😮😂

[@RoboDontKnow]

That's on the schedule for sure, new releases got out of hand lately!

[@keevankadel3657]

Tubby tails.. or Tailspin tubbulence.. now I don't need to look through mine. So thanks bro.

[@THXSwitch625]

I HATE those old hip joints! Looking forward to some DCUC! I was so addicted to that line!

[@felixirkinas2750]

This is a lot of fun...You see, Robo Does Know!!!!! How many Toy Biz tubs do you have? I look forward to these Tales from the Tubs!!! Keep on doing that voodoo that you do!!! Peace!!!

[@RoboDontKnow]

This is the most Toy Biz of tubs, there some in others but they skew more into custom fodder, Hasbro, and other lines.

[@spitt0110]

i like the single carded TMNT and Ghostbuster and other toy lines on the wall. My decore is the Re-released Peter venkman carded since I had that as a kid on my wall with the carded re-release Michelangelo

[@RoboDontKnow]

Yeah, I don't really collect vintage or carded but those were near and dear to me back in the day. Made sense to grab the re-releases for a little nostalgia.

[@PCFDPGrey]

The Nightcrawler figure makes me think "Bruce Campbell as Nightcrawler".

[@oteror]

New new content!!!! Yay!!!! I was tired of getting deja vu! Cheers Robo.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Oh, I was too. I may sneak some more in here and there but we're back on the usual schedule now.

[@milesredbear6737]

dawg please make these like 30 minutes min they are 🔥🔥🔥

[@aram5127]

Hear me out. Halloween this year, full on tales of the crypt cosplay/setup for a holiday special!!

[@bigguidokc7619]

Great video. I believe I have all of the figures you shared save the Destroyer variant of the Iron Man Thor Buster armor. For the life of me, I don't understand why Toy Biz went to those God-awful ball hips. They got it right with the original Iron Man and Captain America from Toy Biz ML Series 1. Those two figures are still two of my all-time ML caves, Especially the gold and burgundy horn-head Iron Man variant. I seem to remember the ball hips were introduced when Toy Biz had Gentle Giant Studios design a selection of base bucks for them a couple of series into ML. I hated them from the get-go, but MLs were the best game in town at the time, so what was one to do?

[@megagraymon8094]

Looking forward to the DCUC!

[@RoboDontKnow]

Me too!

[@bry_o]

Tub Tales! Woo-oo! hahaha!

[@Harpoquondrax]

Ooo nice original TMNT movie poster! Saw it for a split second!

[@RoboDontKnow]

Yeah, I love that dang movie.

[@ChesapeakeRipper]

I will say this, Hasbro needs to take some notes from ToyBiz about adding paint and details to their figures and stop giving us blank bodies and make the figures heads smaller because they all have huge ass heads

[@RoboDontKnow]

Except not go as far as Toy Biz did with some figures, with tiny heads and too much wash.

[@Ultron71]

You are 100% correct about the reason H.E.R.B.I.E. was used. As a matter of fact John Bryne did a story about a kid trying to imitate the Torch during his Fantastic Four run.

[@disbegroe1]

You paint half that nightcrawler head green. It could be used as a skrull head.

[@isaacortiz5463]

Totally Tubular Brother! Loving the new channel:)

[@ken_r_action_figures7932]

So Robo, is this you collection room or you workshop? Is this where you film reviews? I would love to see a room tour!!!

[@RoboDontKnow]

Workshop/studio. I'm still working on some spots, will definitely give a tour when it's up to snuff.

[@jeffersonalmarinez2551]

still looking for that impossible man to add to my FF4 collection. awesome vid.

[@RoboDontKnow]

It's one of those neat little things that I had completely forgotten about, makes the tub dives even more fun.

[@JBLoveSav]

It’s too bad you probably couldn’t get away with ‘Robo’s Tub-Thumpin’ 😉 Seriously tho I love these segments, as I wasn’t collecting back then (or it was solely 3.75) so I haven’t seen most of these figs before. PS that Exiles Magnus would make a great Trent Crimm from Ted Lasso custom…

[@RoboDontKnow]

Haha, you're the second to mention the Trent Crimm resemblance!

[@JBLoveSav]

Hahaha yes!

[@mickeybrodrick131]

Remember the gi joe fung fu action grip innovation? 😄

[@wayneduckett1961]

That Captain Britain looks like he’s wearing just underpants with boots. Was that a Kinky Captain Britain figure? Lol😂

[@wingdinggaster2480]

I still think a bunch of the figures hold up a lot xD Mainly the Spidey ones, but still. The Face-Off figures are amazing, the B.A.F.'s aswell, the Wolverines and most of the big figures. I just could never get around Hasbro, everything just looks EXACTLY the same, as if all I needed to do was print a new head and repaint my figures to get a new one. With ToyBiz I never felt that xD Sure, there were re-releases and they did reuse a few molds, but most made sense xD

[@GreyHulk2156]

It's not true about the Human Torch. They weren't allowed to use him in the cartoon, as they were planning a Human Torch feature film and wanted exclusivity. Of course, that film never came to pass.

[@michaelspencer3081]

Loved this

[@MtgVeteran]

herbie did replace torch but that was due to licensing at the time

[@Sybato]

That Magnus is pretty good, I just started reading exiles again and it’s almost comical that he only is on the team for two issues (two days in comic)

[@tfitzge]

Man, your stuff has yellowed so much more than mine. Crazy.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Some were in the sun, some were around smokers for a bit. No smoking allowed in the past 10 years.

[@hammbone8184]

Doc Oc is built like my muscular fat wrestling coach from high school 😂 shout out, "Coach Egan!"

[@matotoole3791]

Tub diving ! There’s a name , fun episode, your tubs look just like my boxes , do you have a BAF parts box? Full of baf bits?

[@RoboDontKnow]

I actually don't think there's a BaF box, I didn't end up with a lot of extras. And the early bases found their way into the neighbor's kid's toybox at some point when I was dumb and thought I didn't want them and would never want them ever again. Sigh.

[@rebooting80s]

To bad they didn't put Kungfu GRIP on that King Pin like the 80s toys.

[@ProtoArrow]

Happy New Year Robo

[@NonStop65362]

Is that the mezco fantastic four I see I’ll be expecting a review

[@Baconlovesreddead]

Saw that too. And the Gotham by Gaslight bats was there

[@mikelorenzoart]

OH HEY! GUS!

[@RoboDontKnow]

One of my favorite pieces!

[@MarvelMenace8]

This is great

[@dogwheeze]

I'd like to see a series where you do a compare and contrast of these toybiz Vs modern. So you can do some "articulated history" (could call it that too 🫠🤔 cos the toybiz hob and green goblins are still the best. Maybe call it.... Ball-hip Beauties. I still love that destroyer too. And the nightcrawler is still the best. I painted him black around the eyes and forehead.

[@zeke1521]

Keep the series coming, where is episode 4?

[@adamramos3217]

What did you use to hang up that Captain America shield? I have the same one and I don't want to leave it in the box

[@RoboDontKnow]

I just put a board through the loops and hung it on a couple of hooks.

[@PHealey1981]

Do you live in a film studio now Robo? Looks immense!!!

[@RoboDontKnow]

Heh, I don't live in it and it's not as big as it looks on camera, but it does the trick. Been in the making for years.

[@theguardian3431]

Hey Robo, can you do a video on the stuff in your background wall? 🙂

[@RoboDontKnow]

I still have things to add but will definitely take a look sometime soon!

[@ski2010-plays]

Use the name “Robo’s Tubby-tales”

[@Cheesykid]

Do you have a video for all of your gi joe classified figures?

[@RoboDontKnow]

No I don't. Those are actually in a couple of boxes.

[@Cheesykid]

@@RoboDontKnow oh well maybe you could make a video on them

[@thetoy-o-holic4911]

Where you got that T-shirt?

[@Scotty-Z70]

i hated that boot-cut on Omega Red. unnatural

[@kingmarkseven17]

REVIEW THAT FANTASTIC 4 SET PLEASE.

[@jessiecarthy]

Robo tubbies

[@Mïnd_8endîng]

Yo robo:) Got a fav to ask - can you please not advertise awesome figures before i’ve had chance to buy them so they do not sell out?! Cheers, appreciate it!;)

[@fuzzybluedemon6083]

Taletubbies...?

[@jamievaughn1485]

Okay, so humor me, why do you have tubs of toys? Do you have so much stuff that you have to store it? Asking legitimately as anything I can’t display gets sold etc. but I’ve seen people talk about storing stuff before so was wondering about this phenomenom.

[@alejandromolinac]

I got tons of bins…..personally I hate clutter…. And like to “rotate” my displays….so I switch team displays often….

[@brainlock72]

He’s mentioned it before as being Potential Custom fodder, bordering on hoarding. It can be bad, as I’ve been buying 2-3 of every figure: to complete BAFs, to have one for custom fodder (Esp if figure is “90% right”), and one “just in case.” It adds up QUICK. Esp if it’s a wave that hits clearance early. Or I *really* like the BAF. 🤦‍♂️😂

[@sideways3458]

In my current rental place I'm living in, I can't display my collection at all. So they all go in tubs or stay in their shipping boxes, after I've played around with 'em for a bit. That said, I started putting my collection into tubs two house-moves ago; most of which reside in an external storage unit on the other side of town, as this house doesn't have a shed nor garage, and is too small for most of my stuff (mainly collect Transformers, Star Wars TVC/TBS, Power Rangers, Thunderbirds, with a bit of dabbling in TMNT, MK, Marvel, DC). Hoping next house I move to will have enough space to once again display most of my collection. However, I'm not someone who can get rid of my belongings. It's why I have both old and new representations of certain characters. I, just like Robo, will only be displaying the newer, better figures... but still keeping the old ones to look back on, and as part of my collecting history. I've no idea how people can just sell off their stuff; I once traded a gooey Digimon thingy back when the anime dub debuted while I was in primary school (over 20 years ago) - took a few years to set in, but I regret it, just as I miss several videogames I traded at my local game store during my teenage years.

[@mobilemermaid5414]

Or, if you prefer totally "tub" ular find