In this toy history we’re taking a look at a couple unproduced toys for The Addams Family & Sky Commanders but also Hasbro’s completely cancelled line that never made it to the shelves, Tribes! Strap in for some Toy History!
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Never even heard of Tribes! I'd have bought the hell out of those 😂 look awesome. Great content as always Ed.
As always very informative and i always learn something new
What are those figures at 0:10?
Playmates we’re the kings of having figures on the back of the cards that never came out. Tailspin had Wildcat that never happened
what a shame for Wednesday… a smart move was have no action feature but include her with Pugsley as double pack. Sad
Great TH Video again. Thanks for it.
love it.
Tribes looks VERY interesting and fully realized. I could definitely see an alternate universe where these were produced. However, the cultural misappropriation is STRONG with this one.
I actually really like sky commanders. I had the base. It was really cool.
I love Sky Commanders. They even did a cartoon, I have the DVD. You should do an episode on it! I just wish the Sky Commanders were more like GI Joe in quality.
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Great video i was missing this type of video
Appreciate you sharing the knowledge sir. Lots of great stuff we missed out on here and those tribe figures look exceptionally good.
Darkwing Duck had a second wave like Nega Duck in it but they weren't released.
I would’ve got the Cousin Itt, hopefully he comes out next season in Wednesday
Tribes and sky commanders look awesome! I love that masked bear
the big Thing figure looks to be a wind up toy.
the white bone on top is the wind up key
i wouldn't mind having the Tribes…but the looked a bit stiff for basic Action figure fun. My brother had Sky Commanders, and i thought they were interesting.
Keep making these. So interesting to see what could have been 👏
You almost need to do a series called “Reinforcements: The Second Series of Famous Toy Lines” as many either expanded or contracted for various reasons, of course!
Interestingly enough, a concept similar to Tribes will be fully realized with Bionicle by Lego in 2001.
Action-figures, beasts and vehicles with action features to play together and knock off the mask of the opponent.
Each mask granting a different power, with blind bags (of masks) who may include rare colors.
The idea is that of an island populated by tribes of biomechanical beings (they have high technology but very close to earth culture), their god/guardian has been tricked and a dark entity is tormenting them by unleashing monsters and corrupting nature. Their only hope is summoning the six heroes of legends to fight evil.
The line lasted ten years with a pretty heavy storyline, and the wild island is only the background of the early years.
Nothing is exactly what it seems at first and it get pretty wild at the end.
I had a GI Joe helicopter in the early 90s that used the zip line gimmick. Lots of fun! Another great toy history episode!!