Well that was unexpected! Popeye from Boss Fight Studio

This Popeye the sailor man figure from Boss Fight Studio is inspired by the Segar comic strips. Each of the highly-articulated articulated action figures-Popeye, Bluto, Olive Oyl, and Caster Oyl-comes with its own accessories. They are surprisingly listed as 1:12 scale figures and stand between 4 and 6 inches, depending on the character. Popeye is a classic cartoon with some moments that have surely been imprinted in many of our brains. If you're new to Boss Fight Studio be sure to check them out and see the other lines they carry.
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[@JeremiahWMartin]

Thanks for this review! And thanks to your friend Frosty Reviews for hooking you up with this figure. I have the entire first wave now. When I ordered they were $19.99 each at Amazon, including Popeye, so anyone interested should keep an eye out for Popeye to go on sale again. I went and opened Popeye after watching your review. Here is what I noticed: I didn't have the paint issue with the pipe-side eye being brown. The faces on both heads are lined in black for me, and the eyes are black. The skin is definitely glossy, but it wasn't terrible. Like you, I would have preferred it to be matte. None of the joints on my Popeye were loose (certainly not as loose as Super7 figures can be), but a few were not as tight as I would have liked (e.g. the waist). Yes, Popeye is not 6" tall despite being a 1/12 scale figure, but I think this is because the characters are such an assortment of heights. Popeye isn't supposed to be a big guy, and Bluto is huge compared to him. The scale in the comics and cartoons doesn't line up nicely with an average human scale. Popeye's hat should be magnetic. It's not a very powerful magnet, but the hat should just kind of sit on his hair without falling off. As long as you don't shake the figure, you can even turn Popeye upside down, and the hat will stay in place. This was my first figure from Boss Fight Studio, and I am quite pleased with it. I would have bought it at the normal retail price, but I don't know how far into the line I would have gone at that price. If I can keep getting the figures for $19.99, I am probably all in. Oh, and the white sailor suit Popeye in Wave 2 will come with an unopened, labeled can of spinach. 😄 Finally, Popeye looks great with Lone Coconut's Plunderlings! They will share a shelf.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Thank you so much for compliment and all the information! The magnet definitely isn’t working then. Someone else mentioned it and I was totally surprised! The white suit looks great to me and glad it has the alternate can

[@ronitsingh85]

His red or orange hair is in reference to the Sega comics of Popeye which I like cause they went straight to the roots

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Yeah, nice to keep it authentic for this wave

[@dubblewokad]

Popeye was a side character in his own comic originally. Look it up. The main character was Olive Oyl and the comic was Thimble Theater. Creator EC Segar drew in this crude talking sailor Popeye to take the main cast to an island in one story and he was meant to be a one off character. Audiences loved Popeye so much that they demanded he be brought back.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Wow! That’s amazing and thank you for sharing that. It’s like Steve Urkel on Family Matters

[@spungchbop]

I only recently discovered your channel over this weekend but I love your videos! You have a really solid format of reviews

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Thank you so much! I hope more people also find me 😭

[@CodyDeabold]

I never heard of you before but this was recommended to me and I was curious about the figure. This video was a pleasant surprise, it's so well made. What a great review. How don't you have that many subscribers! Hopefully the algorithm picks you up for other people!

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Thank you so much! Glad this video is reaching more people. I figured this was too old to do much good, but it’s a pleasant surprise.

[@petefischer3820]

Thank you for the review.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching

[@brianh3253]

So far, I’ve collected popeye, olive and bluto. I have the Mezco versions which is cool too but not as many points of articulation.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Oh that’s awesome! How is Mezco otherwise?

[@johanndarkblade2706]

Cool figure. It is the Comic strip version (Segar's in 1929), not the cartoon. That is why tue hair looks like that. Good video. Thank you.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Thank you!

[@patrickmcgavin2245]

I love Popeye. I wish boss fight would be able to get to make, all Hannah Barbera cartoon figures. Well just the versions between '60's-'90's. I know it would be very expensive. That's why you start out with Scooby Doo or Hannah Barbera's first cartoon the Flintstones. That way the line, would be successful and go far.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

That would be fun

[@shawnpatrick1877]

All of the comments about Popeye's red hair are funny to me because I had the same reaction while watching the 1980 live-action movie as a kid. Robin Williams had the red hair in that movie as Popeye. A lot of things in that film were based more on Segar's comic strips than the cartoons. I couldn't understand why he wasn't bald back then, but my dad filled me in, so I've been prepared for this figure for over 40 years now. 🤣

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Hahaha. Thank you, dad!

[@Chalor.]

As 40 something y/o, it really surprises me Popeye seems to be so popular with collectors - that are even younger than me, let alone I'm like 40 years too young to be _that_ into Popeye lol. I mean yeah, I watched a bit of the cartoon as a kid, and the Robin Williams movie, but I guess all of that didn't resonate as much as others 🤷🏼‍♂️. But such awesome figures are constantly being force fed to me, so I might have to get at least one. And the good news is this thing is affordable & more fitting w/other figures than the expensive One:12 ones. *As I continued to watch, yeeeeah, even with the all plastic look that matches most figures, the Mezco ones would be the way to go, _IF_ you wanna spend money like that/an 87 year old major Popeye fan.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

That certainly pricier, but they make great stuff for sure. I only saw probably a handful of episodes and never actually saw the Robin Williams one. I’m 38, so we probably had similar experiences with it

[@emkhet7924]

I too grew up watching Popeye cartoons in the 80's. And I watched the Robin Williams movie of Popeye also. Kinda surprised that any one of today would even consider Popeye a collectible figure.

[@JeremiahWMartin]

I must be the odd one out here. 😄 I'll be 44 later this year. There were contemporary Popeye cartoons on when I was a kid in the 80s and reruns of the Popeye cartoon from the 60s. I think even some of the original Fleisher Studios cartoons used to be shown on TV. There was also Popeye brand spinach (both fresh and canned). Popeye made me want to try spinach as a kid, and while I never got super strength from it, I have always liked spinach. Of course, franchises like MOTU, Star Wars, G.I. Joe, and TMNT meant more to me (and continue to influence my toy collecting), but I have always had a soft spot for Popeye.

[@jcarret26]

Awesome review 👍. This Popeye looks great but I like the great toys Dasin version. He comes with more head sculpts and hands and even two different spinach cans

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Oh, nice! Is that the one that has the spinach curving up out of the can?

[@jcarret26]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed yeah! I'm my opinion he's the better figure out of the two. He has more articulation than the Boss fight version. I don't have him yet but I plan on getting him.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

@@jcarret26 that’s good to know! Thanks

[@danbrooker7427]

The Dasin version is WAY too anime for me. This version is comic strip/cartoon acurate.

[@jcarret26]

@@danbrooker7427 to each their own. I like the Dasin better.

[@lonedragon3261]

I've only ever seen Popeye bald under that hat. Looks like his head is on fire.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Haha. Yeah, apparently this is the comic version where he did have hair

[@lonedragon3261]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Weird. I image search "Popeye no hat" and "Popeye hair" and don't see any pics with red hair. Adding the word "comic" to the search gave even less relevant results.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

@@lonedragon3261 the last image on this page www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/07/03/cartoonist-randy-milholland-gladly-gets-paid-tuesday-for-a-sunday-popeye-comic-strip-today/

[@lonedragon3261]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Wow, that's crazy! I wonder if that is considered a different version than the cartoon entirely or it's just he was younger in the comic and he's bald now.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

@@lonedragon3261 just a different version from what I could gather from other commenters here

[@henryramirez1166]

I like his channel good job

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Thank you very much!

[@danbrooker7427]

The hat has a magnet in it. So does his head.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Unfortunately doesn’t work on this one. Someone else mentioned theirs didn’t work. ☹️

[@Jeffistopheles]

Bossfight is great. If you are unfamiliar. Their 3 3/4 Vitruvian HACKS figures are very fun. All of the parts are interchangeable so they are custom heaven.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

I love that idea!

[@TheSalemCrow]

This line is amazing. I have all but Caster right now, but am watching him on Amazon. The figures are actually based on the original strips, not the cartoon, which is why he's got the red hair. Also, the hat and head is supposed to have a magnet in them to keep it on. On mine, the hat tends to sit further forward on his head due to that.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

No magnet on this one. Some folks mentioned that and I can’t even move it around to find the spot. 😭 I’m so unaware of that comic strip! Haha. Thank you for sharing that

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

You know, the original comic strip Popeye comes from is known as Thimble Theater. Same with all other characters in that series (Bluto, Olive Oil, and Wimpy). Oh...Caster also? That's a deep cut there. They could go even deeper and include Olive's first boyfriend Ham Gravy.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

I did not. Thank you for letting me know!

[@JeremiahWMartin]

I suspect if the line is successful enough, we will get a Ham Gravy. I have to get Wimpy from Wave 2, even if I have to pay full retail, and I want a Rough House from this line.

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

@@JeremiahWMartin Yes. Rough House can work. He is another deep cut but is more recognizable than Ham.

[@arielcordero]

Popeye was bald in his cartoon show. Seeing him with hair is strange. But he looks great with his hat on.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Yeah, it’s strange. Haha. Apparently the hair is in the comic strip

[@arrowpirate9011]

Until I bought this figure for myself, I never realized Popeye had hair

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

It’s wild haha

[@chewmaniac86]

Really great review! Makes me wanna go in on this line, but I'm still ticked how they did the Bucky line dirty.....

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Thank you so much!

[@Nunos645cgh]

Anyone who has this recommend the hairdryer treatment 1st, I tried to bend at the elbow and it snapped otherwise cool little figure

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Oh no!!

[@mjdoombreed]

I would love a 1/12 scale Robin Williams Popeye!

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Yeah! Or just any version of Robin would be nice. Wait… Hook!

[@shawnj547]

I new subscriber yes it is a awesome looking Popeye perfect for the scale 👍👍👍👍

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Thank you

[@samuelherriotiii2114]

Popeye was never a tall character. He stands about 5' 6' to 5' 7" in height. So the inches on this action figure is perfect.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

A relatable height

[@pablokalaka]

Love it!

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Thank you

[@jaycon3460]

A little research goes a long way. Still can't get over homeboy not knowing about the inanimate rod that saved homer and the crew

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Time to get over it

[@CodyDeabold]

You don't need to know everything about a property to enjoy said property or a figure of it. I love The Simpsons and this figure and I didn't remember the rod. Stop being a nerd.

[@Nunos645cgh]

What a snidey comment get over yourself.

[@jfc-johnsfightingchampions5508]

Figure looks awesome though! Hopefully someday I can get a deal

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

I have faith

[@jarosbodytko6462]

This is funny. I used to watch Popeye as a kid. While I liked the main characters, Popeye, Olive and Bluto, somehow the other characters and the show as a whole never quite work for me. But the figures sure are interesting and I might pick this one up.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

I can certainly relate!

[@kidzoki]

10:25 Marlon Brando pose. A+

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Haha! Thanks

[@OfficialMrBurns]

FYI: this isn’t the cartoon Popeye. This is the comic Popeye.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Yeah

[@OfficialMrBurns]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed you kept saying throughout the video “cartoon accurate” and “just like the cartoon”

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

@@OfficialMrBurns yep. But this was a year ago and everyone has commented this

[@OfficialMrBurns]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed oh. Am I really that late to the party? Wow. Well. Will you review the rest of the set? There are two waves

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

If they really want to expand the cast... Wimpy and Sweetpea. Wimpy should have a hand holding a half eaten hamburger and an open mouth eating head, a lawnmower (his two infamous quotes, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger tooday." and "I'll gladly mow your lawn if you had a lawn to mow.") The Seahag. Alice The Goon and Eugene the Jeep. Ham Gravy (as I said, DEEP CUT there).

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Really want a Wimpy with his meat grinder!

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Well, of course. Wimpy wouldn't be Wimpy without his grinder and a hamburger.

[@JeremiahWMartin]

Wimpy will be in Wave 2, as will the Sea Hag. Sweet Pea comes with Olive Oyl (already released in Wave 1). Eugene the Jeep, as well as Bernice the Whiffle Hen, come with Castor Oyl (also Wave 1). No info on Alice the Goon yet (that I know about).

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

@@JeremiahWMartin In the strip, Popeye is Sweet Pea's guardian. In the animation, Olive is. This is basically useless information. I don't know if you could do Popeye Junior from the cartoon Popeye And Son. No loss if you can't. I don't know of any other villain characters beyond Bluto and the Sea Hag.

[@ronitsingh85]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed same here! Wimpy is as fav as popeye is to me. I got the black and white popeye, very nice apart from being like 4.5” tall, wish these were like 5.5” but well sculpted. Would like to see wimpy in black and white too.

[@Tkdbar]

What’s up with the red hair?

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

From the comic strip apparently. This isn’t the cartoon version. I was mistaken and explains the halftone dot pattern on the cover. Haha. Oops

[@Chalor.]

0:25 That looks to be _waaaay_ more than a one inch difference, like Popeye's a 3 3/4" figure lol.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

🤷‍♂️

[@moescatobotcollects]

Lol eat your damn spinach Jon! Morning routine here we go not a bad looking dog and the prices on sale seem nice! Not something I’d grab for myself maybe Popeyes if I found him in store or something. Now on to the rest of the video

[@moescatobotcollects]

He’s large large large large and he’s mine! Popeye movie!

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Haha! Yeah, he’s nice but I don’t if this is the exact version I would want. They have the white suit which looks great to me.

[@dobbear]

The only thing that threw me off with seeing this figure was the hair, didn't think he had brazen red hair 🤣

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Yes! Haha. Apparently this is the comic version not the animation

[@JoeJoe-xn3zv]

I am watching this video because I want to buy the new Red Sonja from boss fight studio and I need some review on the general sense of their stuff.... Also I realized after watching this old video that you don't give ratings anymore....

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Yeah, those are long gone. Didn’t seem to be missed either

[@JoeJoe-xn3zv]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Maybe you do a video asking us if we want ratings to return.

[@dekkenwade3064]

For me personally for a fully cartoon version of Popeye I would go for dasin model one, although it's less accurate than this it's way more posable But overall my favorite version is mezco, basically a more realistic look

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Very nice!

[@fuwafuwa4016]

I thought he was bald

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Apparently this is the comic version where he had hair. Haha. We all learned today! 😅

[@fuwafuwa4016]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Oh, i see. Thank you

[@jfc-johnsfightingchampions5508]

I only see these figures in comic book stores and it costs about 50 dollars

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Yikes

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

Before watching the video. I already have a few issues with boss fight, one being the plastic they use. Let's see how these fair, loll.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

So what were your thoughts?

[@adrianodeoliveiracoelho8586]

Legal 👌 figura bacana 😃 parabéns 🎖️🏆

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Thanks

[@MaverickMario85]

Honestly Am surprised that this version of Popeyes figure has hair normally most depiction of Popeye that he is Bald but there are some accepting of some art of him having hair

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Comic apparently had hair. Weird

[@MaverickMario85]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed yee

[@marcoschaves7380]

como lo mio son las figuras 1/6 recientemente he conseguido SUPER DUCK 1/6 Popeye The Sailor Figure SET047 😁👍👍

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

That’s cool!

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

This Popeye has hair? I rarely ever remember him having hair?🤔💪🕵‍♂🥫

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Some people clarified this is from the comic strip version of Popeye not the cartoon. Oops!

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Speaking of Popeye comics I believe it was in a Popeye comic in the late 90's that clarified that Bluto and Brutis/Brutisk were actually twin brothers! The story goes back even further than that apparently Paramount claimed tha they owned the rights to the name Bluto thinking he was a creation of Fleischer Studios. Thus when King Features started production on their own Popeye cartoons they renamed Popeyes ememy Brutis. The King syndicate apparently forgot Bluto's roots in it's very own comic strip. Opps! Well blow me down!🤗🤔💪🥫

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

@@SuperMarioBrosIII wow! Haha. That’s wild!

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

Umm. .. i always saw Popeye as bald. Where did this red punk rock hair come from??😂

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Apparently the comics which this figure is from. Thanks to some other comments I now know he had the weird hair lol

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Honestly, how many of us from our generation (seemingly the primary demographic for these collectibles) actually read Popeye comics?? This isn’t a rhetorical question. i have never picked up a vintage Popeye comic in my life.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

@@BlakeGildaphish76 I wasn’t even aware they had a comic, so I’m guessing a small amount. Haha

[@dravendefay07]

I think Popeye is supposed to be extremely short, but I wonder how the other characters scale? I would think Bluto would be normal height, but I don't really have interest in the other characters so *shrug

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

The site says they range 4-6 inches, so I guess Bluto must be the large one

[@DykeVanDick33]

@@NostalgiaUnboxed Bluto is a heavy figure. I think he’s weighs more than the other 3 figures in the and their accessories combined.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

@@DykeVanDick33 good lord!

[@gmtuttle]

Bluto is 6 inches and super heavy.

[@ericpurnomo8173]

the hair makes Popeye look weird...more like Rock n Roll Popeye..

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Hah, yes! Apparently it’s from the comic strip version not the cartoon

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

In the movie version with Robin Williams Popeye didn't like spinich! And do you remember Sweet Pea or Swee' Pea. Don't you just hate the Mandela Effect?!🙄🤔🙆🕵

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

I’m constantly misremembering things because of that! Haha.

[@edwardjohnson6744]

His hat is magnetic. Maybe your magnet fell out or never got put in and the hole in the hat is where it was supposed to be? Mine is a magnet.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

What?? That’s insane!

[@whatdidoursurveysay]

My figure's hat is the same as his. Just a hole, no magnet.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

@@whatdidoursurveysay it’s so weird!

[@ronitsingh85]

The head and as well as the hat should have a magnet. Both should be inside the mold.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

@@ronitsingh85 just defective on this one

[@obechannel7222]

16cm Will be better then 13cm too smaller😢😢

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

sad face

[@GamingCHILLz3000]

Dasin model Popeye figure looks much better than this. Even the spinach Cans have details name on it and have a bunch of accessories, even can be articulate the torso.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

@@GamingCHILLz3000 nice

[@GamingCHILLz3000]

@NostalgiaUnboxed could you review those? Dasin model is one of those not so expensive figures, but with lots of accessories and have a decent articulation figures out there in the market.

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

Popeye usually shaves his hair. Once he married Olive Oil, he lets his hair grow to reveal his red hair.

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

That’s crazy! Haha. Thank you

[@EB-Pops]

Popeye has hair

[@NostalgiaUnboxed]

Insane