tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post800366564533224527..comments2024-03-17T22:42:27.839-05:00Comments on Little Weirdos: Mini figures and other monster toys: The Other World: '80s fantasy toy gold from ArcoLittle Weirdoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798833129706771322noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-83621338055268284662019-06-20T14:52:35.823-05:002019-06-20T14:52:35.823-05:00I own an unopened Arco lava-man where can I go to ...I own an unopened Arco lava-man where can I go to find the value?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080401905316983227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-45714466967051756662018-03-30T15:43:19.362-05:002018-03-30T15:43:19.362-05:00I still have the Antor the wasp figure. his saddle...I still have the Antor the wasp figure. his saddle is gone but the figure is still in excellent condition. I think I also had Moc, Yurus and Foggacuda I need to get into my boxes and see if they are still there.Geekman042https://www.blogger.com/profile/15217237857072346225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-8385810731421728862018-01-29T00:50:54.059-06:002018-01-29T00:50:54.059-06:00Thanks so much for posting this! Was thinking abou...Thanks so much for posting this! Was thinking about these toys from my childhood and found this page via google images - just typing the few words I could remember. That snake on Skitzo's arm fascinated me tremendously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-71375679286738641002017-05-13T19:03:33.671-05:002017-05-13T19:03:33.671-05:00I am an '80's kid, and collected some of t...I am an '80's kid, and collected some of the "Other World" toys back in the day. Even as a kid, I didn't really like the "Bend-em" aspect to the figures themselves, but did find the dragons and other creatures fairly cool. I couldn't afford to get all of them at the time, but if they were ever re-released (unlikely, I know) I'd probably get them all. I will admit that the figures themselves did look like foreign knock-offs that you would find at The Dollar Store (or someplace like that), but they were still interesting. The glow-in-the-dark weapons were cool as well. I would probably appreciate them more now than I did then - and not only for nostalgic reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-53124720716362802202016-11-21T19:37:53.437-06:002016-11-21T19:37:53.437-06:00I still have most of my Other World action figures...I still have most of my Other World action figures. I've had them for well over 30 years now. I even have a "Ronin" figure I made a leather outfit for. <br /><br />Photos to follow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-71914410921635465472016-03-14T09:15:55.422-05:002016-03-14T09:15:55.422-05:00These toys bring back such memories. I loved the ...These toys bring back such memories. I loved the two headed dragon and I did a search for it after looking at pictures of my Naverone playset I found online. Simpler times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-70891407710478687742015-07-25T21:00:43.262-05:002015-07-25T21:00:43.262-05:00Glad to hear at least some of them survived the ye...Glad to hear at least some of them survived the years--and that they cleaned up as good as new. Thanks for your comment!LittleWeirdoshttp://littleweirdos.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-74439435572693934262015-07-15T16:24:52.026-05:002015-07-15T16:24:52.026-05:00more or less same story here, but my father knew a...more or less same story here, but my father knew about my mother's typical mom's attitude :D, so he kept ALL my toys in the cellar, but decades later it seems that somehow half of them was lost or got stolen (we know that the cellar door was left open for a year while waiting for a proper padlock I think, but what thief would ever steal half of my toys? the other possibility is that being in bags they were confused with some other items and thrown away when the cellar was cleared and cleaned). Two years ago I decided to fix/repair/clean/organize/sell/keep them and when my hearth broke because half were missing, I slowly tried - and still trying - to buy back the missing ones and the ones I wanted but I never got, a fantastic new passion :) ...also because even if I don't actually play with them, I realized that the "aestethic attraction" is still exactely the same of 30 years ago, I just love those shapes and colors (overall the style loved by littleweirdos) as much as when I was a kid, isn't that great?! Another awesome thing: 30 years spent in a cellar, hot summers and damn cold wnters, himidty and pollution, they were covered with blackish oil that today we probably breath: pollution. And yet, after some proper cleaning and silicon spray, they look like new!!! In what other hobby you can neglect things that much without consequencies?Cellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427350371434672976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-64810289500359616112015-04-28T16:23:30.718-05:002015-04-28T16:23:30.718-05:00Oh man, I feel for you. That's criminal to tos...Oh man, I feel for you. That's criminal to toss out a Lava Man--one of the rarest in the line!LittleWeirdoshttp://littleweirdos.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-25469042798208647662015-04-27T07:05:59.344-05:002015-04-27T07:05:59.344-05:00I absolutely loved these toys when I was a little ...I absolutely loved these toys when I was a little kid. I remember being so pissed at my mom for giving/throwing most of them away years later. Really? Even lava man mom, LAVA MAN??? <br /><br />Kept the few remaining figures well hidden from her evil clutches. And now after 30 years they've turned up again while cleaning out the garage. Now nostalgia has kicked in and I've decided to try and collect the full series again. It was slim pickings at first but recently I've managed to collect quite a few of them. But still no lava man though..............thanks mom. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-52980243076374165472015-03-19T16:47:55.490-05:002015-03-19T16:47:55.490-05:00I bought one a LONG time ago (like 15 years ago) a...I bought one a LONG time ago (like 15 years ago) and paid about $50. I have no idea if that's still an accurate price all these years later, but it's the only thing I have to go by.LittleWeirdoshttp://littleweirdos.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-81793293958857272702015-03-14T21:02:00.137-05:002015-03-14T21:02:00.137-05:00Anyone have an idea how much a Froggacuda still in...Anyone have an idea how much a Froggacuda still in the box would be. I'm holding one that's in pretty good condition for as old as it is. Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15104013065600943093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-90556906236064400712015-03-14T20:57:05.150-05:002015-03-14T20:57:05.150-05:00Anyone have an idea how much a Froggacuda still in...Anyone have an idea how much a Froggacuda still in the box would be. I'm holding one that's in pretty good condition for as old as it is. Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15104013065600943093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-79508109028138575422015-02-15T09:30:44.631-06:002015-02-15T09:30:44.631-06:00Definitely Not. The Other World was never produced...Definitely Not. The Other World was never produced into an animated series, film, or special. Such a generic looking guy like that you are probably just remebering a scene from MOTU, Blackstar, or maybe even Thundarr.Videoranger007https://www.blogger.com/profile/13021034690025439282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-89129104986317071042014-12-15T20:26:26.001-06:002014-12-15T20:26:26.001-06:00Thanks! I love reading other peoples' memories...Thanks! I love reading other peoples' memories of these figures. LittleWeirdoshttp://littleweirdos.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-81663279239136078832014-12-07T07:22:39.734-06:002014-12-07T07:22:39.734-06:00Awesome post! I got a bunch of these for Christmas...Awesome post! I got a bunch of these for Christmas one year. I got the series 1 heroes, Skitzo, Gaifand, Kontory, and Antor. I'm thinking it must have been a closeout deal, because they were all given to me at the same time. Of course, I lost the mini comics and the packaging as soon as I opened them, so I didn't have the slightest idea what they were. <br /><br />I wish I had appreciated them more, since they're still one of the coolest bendy figure lines produced. Stunt Zombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389041113668873208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-63130642904744554162014-11-27T22:19:29.033-06:002014-11-27T22:19:29.033-06:00Cool. I like the idea of a bunch of Froggacudas ru...Cool. I like the idea of a bunch of Froggacudas running around in a pack. :)LittleWeirdoshttp://littleweirdos.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-12166272552756100342014-11-25T18:30:03.326-06:002014-11-25T18:30:03.326-06:00Froggacuda was a race of monsters, a comic strip o...Froggacuda was a race of monsters, a comic strip on the Battle for the Pir Ankus set shows a group of them. I didn't recall that from when I was a kid (i didn't own the set).<br />Kontory was a villain mount, I stuck to that.<br />I had most the line, but not Mock, the weapons master and rack or Castle Zendo.scockeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529455395117665960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-50639988545589894442014-10-12T22:59:36.721-05:002014-10-12T22:59:36.721-05:00Thanks--glad you liked the post!Thanks--glad you liked the post!LittleWeirdoshttp://littleweirdos.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-80150252053149716972014-10-12T17:45:03.200-05:002014-10-12T17:45:03.200-05:00Great review! I still have most of my action figur...Great review! I still have most of my action figures. This review makes me want to take em all out of the box their in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-15701734510447544802014-09-18T20:50:01.111-05:002014-09-18T20:50:01.111-05:00i have some of the figures to this day. my mom got...i have some of the figures to this day. my mom got it for me in the 80s. i was maybe 7. i will be 36 in november.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-16499230977938995552014-07-07T09:27:48.947-05:002014-07-07T09:27:48.947-05:00I remember seeing somewhere that someone speculate...I remember seeing somewhere that someone speculated that Zendo is a rip-off from a movie or cartoon. Can't remember exactly what.Concrete Dovetailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-44810706034140530842014-05-04T11:53:59.519-05:002014-05-04T11:53:59.519-05:00That's really interesting. I've never hear...That's really interesting. I've never heard of an Other World cartoon being produced, but you never know.LittleWeirdoshttp://littleweirdos.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-47372511634413428072014-05-02T05:21:48.759-05:002014-05-02T05:21:48.759-05:00I used to have all these Other World toys all as a...I used to have all these Other World toys all as a kid. I might even still have them actually haha. What I still wonder about is if there ever was a cartoon about this series. I'm from The Netherlands and I CLEARLY remember as a kid one day I was zapping on TV and on an English channel I saw a kartoon featuring Hondu. Although this is almost 30 years ago I'm 100% positive it was him. The cartoon was at its end and I only got to see one minute of it. Never ever saw it again. <br />Can anybody confirm if a cartoon was made about Other World? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320884930198472374.post-1645619214752554852014-01-24T09:20:38.470-06:002014-01-24T09:20:38.470-06:00Thanks for your comment--it's always great to ...Thanks for your comment--it's always great to read other peoples' memories about these. I don't remember any of mine smelling like candy, but they did (and still do) have a strong, distinct, sort of chemically rubber/plastic smell. I always assumed that TOW was a ripoff of MOTU, but it appears they both debuted in 1982 so it's tough to say.LittleWeirdoshttp://littleweirdos.netnoreply@blogger.com