World's Smallest Things, Apparently | Ashens

[@fourthdrawerdown6297]

So the worlds smallest action man is like an action man for an action man.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Hah!

[@SpikeStarkey]

That's how I explained the Worlds Smallest Barbie to my niece. A Barbie for her Barbie.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

@@SpikeStarkey Insert obviously obvious Xzibit meme here...

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

@@wildlifetails That's a bit much for faint praise, don't you think?

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@wildlifetails Didn't the 1990s action men have moulded on clothing? I seem to recall my nephew had one.

[@AtheistOrphan]

My sad Action Man story: I had a ‘Talking Commander’ Action Man, which would utter various military phrases such as “TAKE COVER!” when a string in his back was pulled. One birthday I received a ‘working’ parachute for him. Excitedly I fitted the parachute to him and threw him out the bedroom window, and watched with horror as he plummeted to the patio below, his ‘working’ parachute failing to deploy. Following his parachuting accident he developed a severe speech impediment, pulling his string resulted in a stuttering “Ta, ta, ta, take cov, cov, cov, cover!”.

[@moniquesantrifcer1447]

It's like some kind of modern art on the horror of war.

[@Crazed-oi3bs]

Callie Santrifcer like the weird ptsd action man videos on the platform.

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

Is the Pac-Man keyring the right scale for tiny Action Man to 'play' on it? Looks close, but I'd like to see them together...

[@cmdfarsight]

Traumatised Action Man. He is gone but not forgotten.

[@theregularterrarian3933]

they should make a movie based on this true story

[@GreyHulk2156]

"I'd be worried if a small toy car didn't have wheels that went round." Then Ashens opens the Poundland cars where the wheels don't go round. :)

[@JustJohn85]

I am curious how well a Coquettish Man action figure would have sold.

[@AtheistOrphan]

I used to dress my Action Man up in my sister’s Sindy doll’s clothes.

[@ellaisplotting]

Max Steel has flexible ankle joints so he wears high heels fabulously

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@Michael O Callaghan They'd call them Action Persons though. F knows why, but that seems to be the preferred terminology these days.

[@DimT670]

Yall are talking as if ken doesn't exist I mean what is ken but coquettish man?

[@DimT670]

@@AtheistOrphan i mean you just dresses a doll with dolls clothes

[@chronic_johnson_a.r.a.b]

World's Smallest Action Man looks like World's Smallest Bob Ross.

[@einstein951]

Which is funny as they also have a World's Smallest Bob Ross (also Richard Simmons)

[@senorcapitandiogenes2068]

"Nano machines, son!" - Senator Armstrong (200% american)

[@Interference22]

If only he'd bought them in Pound Land that boss fight would have been a lot easier.

[@DoctorInk20]

Nano Machines: America's answer to Austrailium. Incidentally, *Senator Armstrong vs Saxton Hale.*

[@BenjaminGoose]

that quote is from metal gear rising

[@senorcapitandiogenes2068]

@@BenjaminGoose I see you are a man of high culture as well.

[@DeAthWaGer]

Desolder the jumper on the PacMan mini, solder each of the 4 pins nearby to a different direction. Hold a different direction on boot up for Galaga, PacMan, Ms Pacman, and Space Invaders. Not holding a direction boots into test mode. This works with any of the 4 units ;)

[@skullkid692]

Why would bother doing that with such.

[@willf.4590]

​@@skullkid692 Why not?

[@saraschmidt5612]

I have a World's Smallest Care Bear, and it's one of the derpiest things ever. Love that lil bugger.

[@Uriel3ca]

So does my sister. She's a huge Grumpy fan. That has to be one of the cutest things in her collection.

[@samholdsworth420]

​@@Uriel3cais your sister single? can I have her number?

[@pwobeatles509]

3:16 he said the funny word

[@sherrybell3924]

The original Stretch Armstrong was much denser and heavy. After getting it for Christmas in the 70s I took it to Catholic school after the holiday break, had it outside in the snow, and it froze solid in a matter of a few minutes.

[@skippermatt7939]

World's Smallest Transformers had a Soundwave that came with a teeny tiny Ravage about half the size of your pinky nail. But it DID convert from a jaguar to a cassette tape.

[@EuroRhodes]

Cassette tape, hahahhaahha.

[@Roadent1241]

That sounds adorable~

[@Roadent1241]

@@EuroRhodes .....?

[@fuzzybuzzy3159]

My fave deserves the best

[@reichstein011]

I have a few of those Worlds Smallest Transformers. I think the most impressive one I have is G1 Megatron. He's super tiny at around 2cm tall but still fully transformable. A very intricate little figure.

[@Atzros]

"Melty senator from that 90s x-men film" Released in 2000, but filmed in the 90s, so technically you're nnnnot wrong

[@andhieyusuf7008]

3:17 when the wheels is sus 😳😳😳

[@wompstopm123]

the same soothing English voice man showing me things on his couch while i tried to tune out my parents fighting in the other room is still posting videos for a whole new generation of kids now

[@ARTIV1ST]

Relatable

[@scotty_blocks]

'He's a rubbery little lad isn't he', as the actress said to the Bishop.

[@HappyCynic]

Laughs in Sid James.

[@scottish6ft873]

Aye, that's what she said. 😂

[@ericpode6095]

Oh, stop messing about....

[@RugnirSvenstarr]

I would ABSOLUTELY watch a video of ashens rambling about the history of action man and related franchises... (Or really any franchise lol, hot wheels or micro machines)

[@timmowarner]

I'm impressed how well that M.A.S.K. figure sat on the Rubik's Cube.

[@BleedingEdgeOfProgress]

I'm impressed how well that ORIGINAL CHARACTER sat on your avatar.

[@tncorgi92]

He should have arranged it so that it was sitting in front of the Pac-Man machine.

[@Pandidolod]

"Ooh! It had better be metal." Or what, Stuart? Or what? What are you going to do them??

[@vincentziarko]

He'll find the marketers and and review them

[@technopoptart]

it is time for a rather fiery unretirement XD

[@shards-of-glass-man]

@@technopoptart It has been a long time since we had a proper burning...

[@AyCe]

I mean, they are called 'Hot Wheels', so...

[@kurowasanabe]

The blowtorch is still waiting for its glorious return.

[@Eis_Bear]

13:04 Whoa, flashback time! I remember we had that Rubik's clock, didn't even realise it was made by the same guy at the time.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Yeah I had one too. Kept me amused for hours.

[@frankowalker4662]

To dissasemble the cube, you move one side a 1/4 turn and pop the corner piece off. Then just keep rotating every thing till it's in bits and reassemble. I had the same one for years.

[@PÉTRIC-m7f]

*boop* *beep* *boop* *beep* *beep* *boop* “Hello!”

[@emmy9345]

its like im really there.

[@Pandidolod]

Man, I've been looking for these lyrics. Thanks!

[@CyberPunkSimms]

*Powers Off*

[@SuperMookles]

So simple, yet somehow so comforting.

[@swanningabout]

Minge

[@webchimp]

That Action Man sitting pose we used to call Baby Burpo after a character from I think Beano or one of them. I remember having a large Darth Vader (12" scale I think) way back that sat like that.

[@stardestroyeruk7025]

definitely WAS a smaller Stretch Armstrong as i had one as a keyring in the early 1990s when keyrings were popular for 6 months lol

[@LunarianDelia]

I remember attempting to peel the stickers off of a couple Rubik's Cubes. Sometimes I could actually get them off, but the adhesive wouldn't be very good when it came time to put them back on, but usually you just ended up with the nasty white residue and an unusable sticker. I *definitely* remember disassembling at least one (probably involved wedging a screwdriver in between the cubes instead of using the thumbs) because I always felt like the core looked *really odd* for some reason.

[@ferociousgumby]

I took ALL the stickers off one of them, renamed it Grubnik's Cube, and mailed it to my brother.

[@ClankyOtter]

The shape of the core is meant to ensure that the center squares of each side always remain their same color! White opposite to yellow Red opposite to orange Blue opposite to green

[@archgirl]

You are the bane of every cuber. Those poor cubes.

[@webchimp]

The best way to disassemble one was to turn one of the layers 45 degrees so the corner cube was sticking out and push up with your thumb.

[@ultimaaxe]

Action man looks like he dumped his head in chia seed and grew it.

[@clray123]

You'd know something about that, wouldn't you?

[@ultimaaxe]

@@clray123 Hey. Don't dis my secret 'hair' growth technique.

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

Shrunken ACTION MAN? That's how ACTION FORCE got started back in '82.... Bring back BARON IRONBLOOD!

[@The_original_Silu]

Ashens: "He's a very oddly proportional gentleman" Me: Are you talking about me? :(

[@DucksFor4]

MIGHTY FIRE STEEL BAND

[@rainbowspongebob]

3:14 “it has come out and it is now among us”

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

*"It is now Among Us"* - Stuart Ashen circa 2021

[@wool578]

NOOOOOOOOOOO

[@CasualCodeChannel]

3:17

[@MarsofAritia]

cringe

[@wool578]

@@MarsofAritia YOURE CRINGE!

[@themac6356]

SUSUSUSUSUSUSUSUSUSUS

[@sfighter0085]

I've collected a set of "World's Smallest" G.I. Joe figures, the ones from the 80's that is. Two of them I got through their "World's Smallest Mystery Box" line, and the the third one on my Birthday. Pretty cool stuff. Fun video, I did see the old school "G.I. Joe" one, aka "Action Man" on one of the pamphlets, seeing it here, it does look dope, in both the good and bad ways.

[@JLocke573]

8:04 Now introducing JI Ross! "We're about to have a happy little accident"

[@malfattio2894]

It's funny how you said that about Action Man putting a magnet in his head since that's pretty much how they flocked the original heads in the 1970s. The heads were placed on a static generator that attracted the fibres.

[@Gledster]

A whole video and not one mention of the "0-3 sad onion" logos on any of the products? Shame on you Ashens sir!

[@swanningabout]

Pissflaps

[@sgaborz3446]

@@swanningabout poopflaps

[@DucksFor4]

🚑🚑🚖🦼🚒🚑🚖🦼🏎🚘🛻🚘🚗🦽🚕🚘🚓🦽🚃🚓🚑

[@DucksFor4]

😠🥵😡🤬🤬

[@LouiesLog]

I'd like to see a tiny racetrack for that tiny hotwheels car.

[@favoritemustard3542]

They make'm.

[@Docrate1]

technically, the world's smallest action man isn't really, they did "the world's smallest GI joes". Whose price isn't small, for some reason. not small at all.

[@owllymannstein7113]

Are they smaller than the mini GI Joes that Dollartree has?

[@vantheman4237]

@@owllymannstein7113 much smaller, they're the hotwheel size

[@saiSai-yo6te]

Good

[@shaunsmith1825]

6:38 that 'pretty weird pose' is the position I sleep in!

[@FranklyPeetoons]

Tiny Stretch Armstrong seems more tidy and well-behaved than his relatively gargantuan goo-filled predecessor. More compliant & demure, less heft & goo.

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

full size Armstrongs are surprisingly bulletproof.

[@maxhughesgray2591]

It's mad that I've been watching this channel all throughout my childhood through my teenage years and now entering adulthood.

[@Nightwing1933]

Weird seeing the 90s action man logo on a mini 60s Action Man/Gi Joe, because that version's like an entirely separate entity from Gi Joe/Original Action Man (even here in the US).

[@HappyCynic]

Adventure Team, IIRC.

[@GCAbleism158]

Yeah that logo is the team Xtreme logo pretty much.

[@HappyCynic]

@Latest Obsession It had an iconic logo. The words Action Man riddled with bullet holes.

[@HappyCynic]

@Latest Obsession Maybe not to you, but there are many, many 40 to 50 year olds who would disagree with you.

[@justinplott1611]

I'm finally early to an ashens video this is thus far the defining moment of this week for me

[@JonatasAdoM]

If not for your comment I wouldn't know it. Thought this video was 3 years old .

[@blaineishere3851]

The little hotwheel is about the side of a “micro machines insider”

[@Calvin_Coolage]

Did the Insiders have functioning wheels like this little Hot Wheels car does?

[@cheatsheet3325]

@@Calvin_Coolage The insider wheels were junk but they did turn. They were like tiny beads.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

@@cheatsheet3325 I see. What I always like about the one of these hot wheels I had was that it was legit the wheels on normal Hot Wheels, but massively scaled down. Really impressive bit of engineering really.

[@RFC-3514]

Insiders were about 1/3rd (linear) of a normal Micro Machine, so they would be a bit smaller than this one.

[@Prime12508]

Would genuinely love a full Action Man video

[@Tillyard86]

1:20 wait the actual trip to the hospital will be fatal? Is the ambulance going to crash?

[@shinreilba]

i remember the action man line in kinder surprise, those were absolutely smaller than this one yeah

[@TheDarkestPhoenix]

"World's Smallest" GI Joe? Aren't most GI Joes actually smaller and better articulated than that? I mean, I guess they're comparing to the barbie doll sized ones, but ehhhh....

[@mightyfilm]

They actually do have World's Smallest G.I. Joes. They're basically just tiny, unarticulated figures on a tiny plastic fake blister pack done up to look like the packaging, based on the 80's cartoon. They also have World's Smallest Transformers that are the same unarticulated figures that do NOT in fact Transform. Didn't even bother to reproduce classic Transformers packaging.

[@Segafishy]

That Action Man at the end put me in mind of when a dog scoots on a carpet to scratch its bumhole, I'm now tempted however to go in search of the Hotwheels one although the only one I've seen in a shop so far was the Fisher Price Telephone.

[@DamagedF0X]

"The man of pack. The packed man himself! Pack man!" I laughed and then you had the nerve to call it the worst intro.

[@emilyfarfadet9131]

I lost it at at "coquettishly knocking on a door"

[@lucretiamacevil362]

Speaking of iron filings, World's Smallest Action Man looks like an action figure of Wooly Willy.

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

I think that Ashens might have been subtly referencing that...

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

Shocking! Oh, you said "Wooly Willy" not " *A* woolly willy"

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

The tiny action man works well with G.I Joes. A nice background character or new Joe or suchlike. The Mini Pac-Man machine also scales well as a Pac-Man machine for said G.I Joes!

[@poeticjustice7371]

My mom brain was like " DONT LEAVE THOSE LITTLE CARS FOR THE KI-"... never minds its just an Ashens.

[@jonathanthomson2631]

ASHEN!! I haven’t seen your videos in years I’m so glad you popped up on my home page

[@cennethadameveson3715]

Considering Actionman had 20 something points of articulation, the mini Actionman is a disappointment.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

But he can be posed in that mid air splits pose that looks like he's in a very jolly musical.

[@infinitystudiozz]

3:18 "...Amogus." - Stuort AshHen, 2021

[@sethh5106]

They probably can't call it world smallest pac man because it doesn't play pac man.

[@bazboyd44]

Worlds smallest arcade machine is distinctly less impressive

[@d3v1lsummoner]

How can they call it the "coolest" when it isn't particularly interesting or refrigerated?

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

The issue with that would be calling it "Pac Man", not with calling it "smallest". "World's Coolest PacMan" has the same problem as "World's Smallest PacMan". They're still calling it PacMan.

[@digotron2000]

It actually does work he just had it demo mode lol

[@kkoal1]

9:06 I’m in love with those sleeves actually he really is a fashion icon

[@Rcking1110]

I imagine action man just straddles the center console of his Jeep with that leg articulation

[@BeanGrayson]

5:11 "nanomachines, son"

[@guerillagrueplays6301]

It is oddly satisfying to me that when you sat the M.A.S.K. figure on the Rubik's Cube he fit it so perfectly his feet were flat on the couch :)

[@presleydejean4638]

3:18 Ashens said the funny words

[@subzerobadass]

Okay, is it just me, or does Full-Size Action Man look a fair bit like a young Tom Jones?

[@ClankyOtter]

That’s not an unusual thought.

[@myriahg6549]

“You all know what hot things are you put your hand on it and it hurts” 😂😂 well I’m hurting right now because that was hilarious

[@andrewtaylor940]

“Can we try Sitting Bull?” Why do I feel like this should be an Onlyfans video?

[@psychorabbitt]

1:51 And after trying Sitting Bull, Stretch will go for the even more difficult Sitting Shiva.

[@crazylumbyjack4607]

Never thought I'd hear ashens say Among Us

[@siobhanlawper1051]

Gonna be honest, I kind of love that the Hot Wheels car comes in its own tiny packaging.

[@boris2342]

there was a green reptile version of stretch armstrong too

[@davidholden3386]

Oh man, that was some strong nostalgia looking at that Action Man branding

[@wawi911]

3:19, I cannot f

[@mancsblue]

I had a rubix cube fully working keyring back in the 80,s so it's definitely been done before you are spot on

[@teacupalice]

They missed a trick with the action man, they could have made miniature packaging like the hot wheels

[@RondoOfBloodX]

This man and his content have NOT changed since 2006 and I LOVE it. The quality of the videos just got better.

[@skootergirl22]

I had a stretch arm strong and my sister had his sidekick a dachshund. I wondered what makes them stretch so bit into them and broke the toys apparently it was a type of goo. This was duing the 90s BTW it was re released and my brain is a bit broken Also had a Acton man and I'm a girl who wanted a swimming barbie but still liked him, he had a drill and scoober gear also played the demo of the PS game I was maybe around 10, 8 at the time "action man the greatest hero of them all"

[@demonstructie]

I'm surprised you've lived after inadvertently ingesting some of that stretch armstrong goo, can't be good for you if the smell of them is anything to go by

[@skootergirl22]

@@demonstructie never ate it well I drank my nebuliser liquid, had plenty of asthma attacks, fell down the stairs, almost died before I was born, almost drowned. Had staffucoci Yea I'm luckily to be alive

[@GetKebabWearKebabCry]

Rubik's Clock! Forgot all about that till you mentioned it, had that and loved it for a good while as a kid.

[@christopherh2729]

I saw these at a store not too long ago. I had to buy the one they had of two MTG decks. It's pretty cool.

[@derekledden1358]

history of action man when ashens

[@bloodlessvr2823]

Any day with an Ashens notification is a good day

[@brycevo]

The world's smallest stuff are pretty neat

[@Sprech41]

why do they need such enormous plastic packaging for such tiny things

[@GIZMONDO987]

Irony innit

[@MrHusang23]

I have the World's Smallest Magic Cards Nicol Bolas vs. Ajani decks. They're not made from the same quality paper like Magic cards, but they're nice and playable, about 1/4th the size of a real deal.

[@tncorgi92]

I wish they'd had tiny Hot Wheels back when I had my HO model train layout, I think the scale would have matched better. The Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars I used back then were really too large.

[@Scrimjer]

It depends on the model really, busses are scaled down to fit in the package to about HO scale, yet the cars are 1:64th

[@avalonkemi]

The army dude looks like Kirk Lazarus. I... need that.

[@zoock5]

Good video Ashens!

[@afuegoymetal]

The sound effect at: 2:19 made my day

[@Deceptiwolf]

Have a "worlds smallest" he man figure, articulation is minimal, but if you need the power of greyskull in your pocket, complete with package, it's an option.

[@caseyevans5554]

reckon you should do a video on the history of action man and all the offshoots or whatever. would be entertaining!

[@beldurnik21]

The stretch Armstrong is not filled with the same stuff. The original filling was gelled corn syrup.

[@ChrisD4335]

how do you know thats not whats in the worlds smallest one

[@beldurnik21]

@@ChrisD4335 too flexible.

[@soltcolt4506]

I have something that is the smallest in the world but if I would show it to you, I could go to jail for it.

[@pavlotretiakov2130]

3:17 ඞ

[@5udimax]

3:18 _getoutofmyheadgetoutofmyhead_

[@mrtoyreviewman]

I will definitely move on from calling myself a cuber and just fully embrace the cube-meister title.

[@annominous826]

Wow, I actually have something from that line. World's Smallest Magic: the Gathering, which is two teeny-tiny decks of cards with itty bitty print on it that you'd need a magnifying glass to play without squinting. But it does have all the text, symbols, illustrations, and everything.

[@shutereye2634]

3:17

[@thewhymca2051]

Among sus

[@saraschmidt5612]

SUS

[@Tillyard86]

Hopefully Coupe is playing.

[@themac6356]

God why

[@lukeweeks3470]

Stretch Armstrong looks like when I try and perform a reach-around 😳

[@Scarlet_Soul]

Did someone say Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini?...Wait...nvm...it's a small Stretch Armstrong

[@MrFunsocks]

7:23 "What else can we tell from here? Very little" Well, yeah.

[@Rasmos]

Bought one of the "Worlds Smallest" Transformers Starscream figures at the mall a couple months back. Idk why i thought it would actually transform, but still a nice little novelty nonetheless.

[@VulpisFoxfire]

Huh..I know the Ravage in that line transforms, at least...

[@redcomet_622]

@@VulpisFoxfire thats from a seperate Worlds Smallest line from Japan. This line was made earlier by Takara and the transformers in that line actually transformed. The US worlds smallest line doesnt do that

[@Lego3400]

Oh man, first Barry reviews items we sell at my job, now Ashens does! There's also a set of Uno cards in this range. They're just tiny cards.

[@jeremyadkins9665]

Saddened there isn't a nod to the Worlds Smallest Transformers in this video.

[@annoyingoranger100]

i legitimately clicked on this video thinking that that’ll be what this will be about

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

I was hoping for the World's Smallest Etch-A-Sketch.

[@prismstudios001]

I had a Stretch Armstrong,as well as several other stretchy 70`s toys. I remember a turquoise colored octopus, specifically.