Whose Dumb Idea Was Tacky Stretchoid Warriors? Why Not Just Call It Giraya Ninja?

[@crankysaint]

I could really get into that mall ninja mythology.

[@TheNewSam]

"Tacky Stretchoid Warriors? Never heard of 'em." *Starts episode* "Okay, why is that Jiraiya? Ooohhhhh noooo......"

[@Doctorme4]

You too?

[@JomasterTheSecond]

They're action figures that lack action. Lacktion figures.

[@mrgreatbigmoose]

Inaction figures.

[@russellharrell2747]

Jomaster The Second bag, they are just lazy. Thus, slacktion figures.

[@leyenda6149]

I see what ya did there

[@originaluddite]

What are you all talking about? Those toys can do things (take actions) none of my Transformers, Star Wars figures or Lego Space mini-figs ever could. The French ad shows those things _pole_ _dancing_ for goodness sake! :)

[@russellharrell2747]

originaluddite actually yes the bendy sticky nature of the figures is a great play feature but a whole line of them.... Maybe a one off he man figure would be great. But the whole line?

[@thachocolategod]

"Inhale, exhale, and don't forget to hydrate." Those words have saved my skidplate more times than I can count.

[@mattfrank85]

I'm actually amazed that you guys really went down the rabbit hole for Jiraiya, going all the way to Ninja Steel! Kudos!

[@DasNordlicht91]

That premise for these toys is just insane. Imagine how absurd a cartoon about this line would be, based on how wild the whole thing is.

[@EMCEEHONOR]

Like the anti-consumerism Captain Planet. Oh the terrible 80s PSAs we could have had.

[@KairuHakubi]

Someone had a lot of fun writing those goofy cardbacks.

[@Green_Tea_Coffee]

@@KairuHakubi It was the 80s, they were probably on massive amounts of coke.

[@caseykazem4049]

Thankfully that would have never happened unless they change the designs, the characters are based on a Japanese show called Jiraiya and it was owned by toei

[@dr.penguinstein3426]

Earth being turned into a shopping mall, wasn't that an episode of "Denver the Last Dinosaur?" lol

[@_Only_Zuul]

nah bro.. widget the world watcher👍

[@AdamMullinscom]

I've been trying for years to remember the name of these as I only had 1 that I randomly picked up at Toys R Us. Now subbed since this helped me find them. Also after watching and a google search the one I had was Goldblaster. Thanks for helping piece together another silly random memory of my childhood.

[@falleneldor]

A deeply disturbed dysfunctional part of me wishes there was a comic one shot with this mall themed plot device.

[@hondorockz]

Oh yeah, I remember these, I used to use them as fishing lures lol, thanks for the video Dan!

[@fokker1138]

I had all of these growing up. They were a hell of a lot of fun and very action oriented. If you thought they weren't action-oriented, you weren't trying. In regards to the lore, I don't think I ever read the blister cards.

[@hackertprops]

I'd love to see an episode on Snailiens: Supersonic Shell Fighters!

[@metalslugfest]

Oh man, thank you so much for reminding me what Snailiens are called, I remember having a couple of them but don't think I've ever known the name!

[@falleneldor]

I fucking loved that stupid line! The commercial was great, with a supply catchy tune. the KBtoys 3 for $10 really made me give zero crap about seeing how high or far they could pop!

[@AaronLitz]

Even when I've never heard of and don't actually give a damn about the topic (such as in this case) your toyline history videos are always interesting and fun to watch. Thanks.

[@Polygonlin]

Come on man! How could you NOT love Tacky Stretchoid Warrors?! lol

[@StariusPrime]

Dan, I can’t believe you decoded that hot mess as well as you did. Amazing, well done! 👍

[@mexicanwoodninja1]

Can I throw my hat in the ring and hope hope hope for a Bucky O'Hare video from you guys in 2020? I'll be here for whatever regardless, just putting it on the radar.

[@jonathanward8967]

I absolutely love your Oddities segments. They are very satisfying in showing off some of the most random...I mean rare stuff

[@justinbest9954]

I thought I heard about Bandai trying to localize Sekai Ninja Jiraiya toys but I couldn't remember what they were called. The Space Hero idea actually sounds cool but I wish they went with something similar to Sherrif Skyfire from Ninja Steel. The evil aliens trying to turn Earth into a mall sounds like something you'd see in an American version of Akibaranger.

[@jasonahlquist6680]

I have ZERO regrets about clicking this video. That was one hilarious and quirky mythology.

[@maxordman4100]

Sheriff Skyfire was such a cool character. It’s interesting to know where he truly comes from and what other strange places he has popped up. Definitely sounds very 80s!

[@johnrosie9769]

Still one of the best channels on YT great job Dan and producer Greg and of course Mrs Toy Galaxy

[@Hughes81]

Oh My God! Thank you for posting this. I swear I dreamt this up since no one else seems to remember them. I got these for Christmas one year and remember thinking they were awesome (gimme a break, I was like 9!) I remember being devastated when the stretchy part broke. Wow, this brings back some fun memories of battling them with my other toys. I don't think I even bothered with the backstory, always preferring to make up my own.

[@calebdudley7450]

Your channel is fantastic. Informative and entertaining every step of the way. I’m an 80s kid, so the nostalgia-factor is a welcome bonus. Well done, Gentleman. Well done.

[@robowl1910]

Thanks for posting this! I remember I had Fringe when I was young and absolutely loved it! I wanted the others but that was a time where toys where for birthdays or Christmas and these things probably disappeared before I had another chance to get one of the others! Brings back great memories.

[@MaxMeandering]

I actually had one of these figures when I was a kid. I'd totally forgotten. Fun video to watch. Lots of good info.

[@Larry]

Are these made of the same plastic those lint rollers that have been on shopping networks for a billion years are made of? Anthony Sullivans rejects :D

[@joshuadoubleday5120]

I have been trying to remember this toy for years. Thank you for help me finally find them again.

[@demgutts]

Thank you so much, I tried to watch the tv series but I can't find it. Use to want the toys as a kid but I knew that they would just end up snapping

[@davidtexmex1616]

In the morning Tacky Stretchoid Warriors, by night Fluffy Unshapely Warriors. Thanks carpet nemesis.

[@robk.6591]

"Feeble, ill-conceived, and half-hearted". I don't care. I still want them!

[@TheRealMonsterD]

WOW! I saw a commercial for this, I suppose in 1990. And I have been fascinated by these mysterious figures ever since! But I could never remember their name. For some reason, I thought they were called Shogun Warriors! Thank you for putting their strange history on full display... and helping me to realize that I really did not miss much!

[@raven4152001]

- Oh my god.... My brother and I had several of these! Lol. I forgot these ever existed!

[@raven4152001]

- in fact I may still have a couple of the swords! 😆😆

[@benogle4951]

I absolutely love the effect he does to his face in this episode just hilarious

[@Corlock78]

Did you know J. Michael Straczynski wrote the cards for Tacky Stretchoid Warriors. It's a little known fact. If it had gotten a television show it would have been epic.

[@lancetomimoto3478]

I had one of the Japanese ones when I was small that my grandma bought me and I was looking for what this was called for years. I almost thought I made them up because they were so whacky. Thanks again for the great content Dan!

[@MangetsuSAMURAI]

How?! How could they do my Metal Hero so dirty?!

[@RandomAmerican3000]

Since many malls are failing, can we assume Thunderbolt was successful?

[@lukedodson3267]

He was clearly playing the long game.

[@ericpopiol7279]

I had two of these. I loved them they were fantastic and they both disintegrated, but I still have all the accessories. I have actually been looking for the name of this series for years. Thank you very much for talking about this little known and little needed toy series. Now I'm probably going to go out and try and collect them. Also your fault.

[@joshoshea3194]

David Murray was the only kid in school to have one of these toys. I was so jealous I didn't get to own one. Only moments after he got it out, part of its arm ripped off & got stuck of the classroom ceiling. Legend has it it's still there?

[@Chill1332]

Tacky? That is the BEST series of backstories for action figures I have ever heard. I laughed so hard I thought I would fall out of my chair! I would buy these things just for the card! I want MORE of this 'save the earth from the mall takeover' story!

[@JustPlayTheGame76]

Im glad you showed the back of the card art. Those back stories, if you can call them that, was just too absurd to be believed. lol

[@vustvaleo8068]

considering the change of plot, if they adapt Jiraya for the US it will be like Kamen Rider Black turned into Saban's Masked Rider all over again.

[@ILoooooveCamels]

WAHHH I had one of these but didn't know what they were called! I loved it, it seemed so different from American toys at the time. Also when I'm watching your face, in my peripheral vision it looks like you're wearing denim overalls

[@JulioCezarMari]

What did they do to Jiraya?

[@christiandacanay3086]

Made him a joke, that's what! XD

[@fju1107]

Oddities is my favorite of your videos Dan, but this one was painful. Almost didn't make it all the way through by I hung in there. Kudos.

[@hohospade]

Thank you so much for making this video. I had these figures as a kid and could never remember the name of them. They we a lot of fun to play with especially all the snap on armor. The one downside is these were insane lint magnets. If any of these figures rolled on the carpet or somewhere on the ground they were coated in whatever they touched. Other than that these were pretty cool.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

You mean that lease Spike sold me wasn't real?!

[@johnnyutah892]

I got one of these on holiday in Spain (limited for choice on toys there for some reason). It’s still in my loft. It was actually a really good toy to play with, you took them out of their armour like toombs from x files and stretched them into bases then out the armour back on to fight. Great play value.

[@jerardocontreras1572]

Those distortion edits still get me. Holy Crap Producer Greg LMAO

[@birdieapocalypse3542]

i remember losing the parts in hours of getting these

[@L0VETANK]

It took me ages to find out what these were called!! I was the proud owner of Goldblaster (a.k.a Castle Ninja Baron Owl) and have fond memories chucking it at things in the garden! Very bizarre! I think they were called Tacky Stretchoid Warriors here in the UK too. The TV show they're based on is impressive to say the least.

[@drillerdev4624]

I had the Thunderbolt toy, and had completely forgotten about it till now! One thing I have to say in its favour: the armor held itself together way better than classic Saint Seiya toys.

[@edsongomez8011]

I've never heard that of these. But they are actually pretty cool. Thank you

[@salvatorelavattiata6676]

I had the blue one "Thunderbolt", here in Mexico were sold as Gyraya Warriors back in the day. Min 3:11 just hilarious man!

[@denisnevesdearaujo8768]

By the way, your channel content is awesome. Great job!

[@e-train8090]

My brother and I had these! Goldblaster's removable helmet was pretty badass.

[@astrofist]

I'd never heard of these until your episode last night. Sticky action-less figures with cool costumes...that was a really weird choice. Thanks for sharing

[@archangel5627]

You completely stumped me on this one! A toyline from the 80’s that I absolutely never heard of!? They actually seem pretty cool! Maybe I’m just saying that because I know nothing about them! What I do know is, I love me some ninjas, I like stretchy toys, and I’m an action figure junky! I’m super intrigued by these guys and I think I’m going to seek out one for my ever growing and expanding action figure collection! Also, I kind of dig the super silly French toy commercial!

[@taddghostal]

Sometimes, there is such a thing as learning too much

[@glennwelsh9784]

As they say, "Ignorance can be bliss."

[@rookking78]

I so had a thunderbolt growing up I don't remember where I bought it but I enjoyed it a lot thanks for the flashback

[@JamesTevlin]

@toygalaxy I wondered what these were for years. I remember these so clearly

[@OldManTheseDays]

Gotta give credit to whomever came up with those card backs. They knew it was stupid and at least had a good time with it.

[@Jozabad]

I have definitely seen that house in Rhode Island where all of the tacky plaster lawn statues were littered.

[@ageoftheatom154]

I totally had one of these when I was a kid, and loved it! I couldn't for the life of me remember what they were called though. Thanks for saving me from making a bunch of random google searches Toy Galaxy!

[@SecretGalaxyTV]

🤘

[@brandonleehunt]

I had these as a kid and could never remember the name! Thanks for this video! I loved these because you could totally shove the arrows and swords through their bodies and murderlize em.

[@Malmutt]

I had one when I was little. He got lost behind the sofa and was found years later in a very bad state. I'm glad to hear something about them as I was too little to know what they were called.

[@ShadowACE1998]

I had a couple of these. I never even bothered to read the cards I just thought they were fun. Maybe because they reminded me of Wacky Wall Walkers, WITH BADASS ARMOR! BOOYEAH!

[@TerrickTerran]

and probably could do their trick once or twice before the stickiness was gone.

[@ShadowACE1998]

@@TerrickTerran Like Wacky Wall Walkers it was all over the second they hit carpet. LOL

[@reishiki]

I really like that in Jiraiya's universe, many countries have their own ninjas.

[@alexandreturcotte6411]

Does Wolverine count as a "Canadian ninja"?

[@reishiki]

@@alexandreturcotte6411 Heck, yes. And Nightcrawler is a German Ninja.

[@sbennettpia]

For all we know, all countries have ninjas and we only know about the Japanese ones because they're bad at their job.

[@DragonTail49]

NERD ALERT: Giraya still appears in Japanese TV/sentai shows to this day. He's a secondary character in the ongoing Sheriff Gavan/Metal Heroes movies (aka: "Space Squad") that crossover with the Sentai teams every year or so. He's... kind of played for laughs and winds up holding the ball for others, most notably in "Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs Space Squad: The Movie".

[@blahblahpocalyspe8323]

Giraya Ninja toys was the spark that love of ninjas and masked heroes and mecha while reinforcing love of Transformers. All this was off the one and only commerical I saw as a child

[@vashna3799]

Remember these as a kid and badly wanted them but could never find them in the local toy stores for good reason. Unusual, they weren’t from a comic, film, cartoon or tv series . Complete one off originals.

[@godlessveteran2431]

Man, this channel should be called hey, you had this, remember? Cause that's pretty much what it does for me lol.

[@solidus0079]

I never knew about these. These do remind me of those little whips they used to sell in vending machines. Made out of a stretchy sticky material and had a little hand on the end, and you could whip things and the hand would stick. I also remember having a little octopus that was also made out of the same stuff. Was this that same material?

[@aridale]

I completely forgot these existed until I saw this. I had one of these when they came out. Best part was the armor pieces

[@TerranIV]

I had the main ninja guy as a kid and I loved him! It was so weird but the armored version looked so cool. I didn't know there were so few of these figures! If I had any money as a kid I would have bought all of them. :)

[@WardNightstone]

this is a travesty Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya could have done well in the US instead they turned Jiraiya into the villains sidekick for these crapy novelty figures

[@zeldadlez1]

I had these! Got them in the clearance section of Toys R Us WAY back in the day. I liked them, fwiw.

[@BDogCarter]

I want them just for the card quotes! Actually amazing

[@laughitupfuzzball]

“Japanese executives in three-piece suits. Glasses all foggy when they come in the place” -LL Cool J, “Bristol Hotel

[@Dragonrider1227]

LOL I'm from Rhode Island. Knowing a toy character got busted there is amusing to me.

[@TheRyGuyV1]

I tossed the knight on to the ceiling above the stairs in my childhood home. It stuck for over a year and left a horrible grease stain when it finally fell down. Also had the blue ninja guy. The 80’s were weird.

[@IKKIsama14]

43 year old French guy here. I didn't expect the French TV commercial! XD

[@buddykaiser2380]

I had some of these as a kid and from time to time tried looking up what they were called but could never find them. Thanks!

[@thebigzapfer8696]

lol got to say, that lore on the back of the packs is actually awesome

[@kevinwebster7868]

OMG!! These things are awesome just for their bios on the cards!! Why don’t I have these and why have I never heard of them!!

[@kenkauffman3522]

Oh lord I had one of these. The armor was awesome I always wished I could have it on a different figure

[@victorhernandezbennetts5431]

I remember those. They were kinda popular in Mexico when I was a kid. I don't remember what did the package say but I am almost sure the story had nothing to do with ahem space malls. I remember them to be quite fun to play with, specially due to the armors and swords. I remember them fondly to be honest

[@taoistflyer]

I have all of them still in the package except for Spike. These toys bring great nostalgic feelings for me. I loved them as a child still love them today. Spike's little working bow and arrow was one of the coolest accessories ever. These are extremely difficult to find. I don't care about the crazy mythology in fact I thought it's wackiness was part of the appeal as a child. The live action series was something I only discovered as an adult and some of the aspects don't translate to an American audience very well like the guy with the white pointed Hood kind of reminiscent of a not-so-popular group of Americans.

[@putitawo74]

I actually had some of these. I thought the lore was wonderfully tongue-in-cheek. Sometimes it's best not to take things too seriously, especially children's toys.

[@tzgaming207]

up to this point, pepsi man was the oddest of your oddities for me 😂

[@anthonybird546]

I had Fringe and Arnie. At the time, I was aware of super sentai, but this was before MMPR and the world wide web, so I had no way of finding out what series they actually came from. It's a perplexing line, because the actual plastic parts are of Bandai's usual amazing quality.

[@redroversk]

Bandai Japan:These mystical ninja warrior figures engage in never-ending battles of good vs evil! Bandai America: WE DARE YOU TO BUY EM, THEY SUCK!

[@Cassells2012]

Was Leisure Suit Larry -San one of HIS ancient ancestors ??

[@sanderhendriks6189]

Holy crap! I had one of these and I was so young I had no idea what it was from. That is atleast one mystery from my childhood solved XD

[@Transfixed]

I dunno, the toys are odd but reading those cardbacks totally would have sold me as a kid

[@shaolinlueb]

Yes, I though you did a video on this! Thank you for helping me identify the ones I have!!!!

[@goopysoap176]

Oh, I remember I had one of these, but could never remember what they were called! I remember I had Thunderbolt. At some point he got so dirty from lint and whatever else he picked up that he wouldn't stick to anything anymore.

[@blackwormboy]

Thanks so much for this, I had them as a kid and could not remember the name, have been looking for a long time.

[@scottandrewhutchins]

I have two of them--Thunderbolt and Goldblaster. I really don't remember the mythology being that bad. I stored them in the blisters out of concern for degradation, but I haven't seen them in over 20 years, and they are in a storage unit far enough away that I haven't ever been to it. Everything my mom was storing for me had to go there when she passed away.

[@grecofabulous]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one with a corndog slinging uncle.

[@kevinhogan1108]

I had Thunderbolt. He was awesome and a lot of fun. His weapons and armor was was cool. He was super possible, albeit he wouldn’t stay in a pose. A very cool toy that my friends don’t remember.