Mixed Figure Foto

Grumble

Poacher & Grumble

Toy Lines: Freakies & Bad Eggz Bunch

Color: Orange & Green

Collector's Note: I got one of these for $.50 at a market... I wish it'd been the green one, but I was happy enough it was the orange one. XD

Bad Eggz Bunch Figure Foto

Toy Line: Bad Eggz Bunch

Sculpt Names: Peel Poacher, Bategg, and Beater Beast

Color: Green and Purple

Collector's Note: I just added these figures to the Bad Eggz Bunch Archive.

Bad Eggz Bunch Figure Foto

Toy Line: Bad Eggz Bunch

Sculpt Name: Hard Boiler

Color: Bright Green

Collector's Note: This is a reproduction made by csmhoff of the LRG forums. (Does anyone else pronounce his name "jism off?" No, just me? Sorry. :puke: ) Anyhow, these were made years ago. They're made of a hard resin that is noticeably glossy. They are very well done, with tight seams and zero flashing. I'm not a fan of the uber glossy finish, but they're great figs nonetheless.

On a side note, I've been very discouraged with the quality of my pictures lately. I've been attempting to take some el naturel pics inspired by nano, but my camera and the current weather conditions aren't cooperating. Very frustrating. I've been long overdue for a new camera capable of taking some true hi-res macro pics. We'll see what the future holds.

Did you see the new Elephunt mini-fig made by Eric Nilla? Go check it out!

Blackstar

Name of Toy Line: Blackstar
Production Company: Galoob
Distributor: Galoob
Years of Production: 1983-1985
Countries/Regions Available: USA and Europe
Size/Scale: Action Figures: 6" ; Companion Figures: 3"
Figure Trade Markings: Action Figures: © 1983 FILMATION ; Companion Figures: None
Approximate # of Figures: 15 Companion Figures

Details:

Blackstar began in 1981 as a fantasy sci-fi cartoon produced by Filmation. It has many similarities to its more popular successor, He-Man. Check out the show's opening for the premise.



It's the story of John Blackstar, an astronaut from a future, technologically advanced Earth. He is sucked into a black-hole and finds himself on the planet Sagar, which is populated by a plethora of alien creatures. Blackstar aligns himself with the tiny Trobbit people in their battle against the evil Overlord. Action-packed high jinks ensue.

The toy line was released a few years later, beginning in 1983 and running to 1985. There were a total of three waves - one each year. The six-inch action figures came carded individually and also with a companion figure; The good guys came with a Trobbit figure and the bad guys came with a demon figure.

The Trobbit figures were also carded individually, but never the demon figures.

The action figures are made with mixed materials - both hard and soft plastic. The one example of an action figure I have has soft arms and legs and hard trunk and head. The figure is called Meuton; He's a baddy and appears to be a wasp-man. Creepy and cool!



Definitely would not want to stumble into that guy in a dark alley (or a well-lit one for that matter).

Of course here at Toypedia, the main attraction is not the 6" action figures but the diminutive 3" companion figures! There were a total of six Trobbit figures and nine demons. Both Trobbits and demons are made of a soft plastic.

The Trobbit characters are very reminiscent of Snow White's dwarves. They're tiny little guys with white hair, wearing purple, blue, and yellow garb. Unfortunately I only have the character Poulo in our possession at the moment. Let's take a close-up look at him.


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(The, uh, bit of plastic between Mr. Poulo's legs appears to be a nub of flashing left over from the casting process. I agree, it is a bit disturbing. I was tempted to edit it out, but chose to go el naturale instead.)



There were two types of demon companion figures. The first type was available in the first two waves. It consisted of a single sculpt cast in six different colors and paint schemes: Green, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Red, and Orange. The availability of the different colored demons varies with Green being by far the most common.

Let's take a look at a Green demon. Note the paint applications on the stomach, eyes, and eyebrows.


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Red and Blue demons arrived in the second wave.


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The two Blues I have appear to have slightly different paint application colors. The second figure appears to have stomach and eyebrow paint that is slightly more Purple.


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Three new demon figures were introduced in the third wave. Like the Trobbits, each new demon had a unique sculpt and a more complex paint scheme. The body of each demon is one single color however, and they are referred to by these colors. Thus, once again, there are Red, Green, and Yellow demons. I've got the Red and Green, so let's take a look at them.

Boo!


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It's a very fun, highly collectible toy line with several interesting figures, some harder to come by than others. Be sure to check the links below for more great pictures and information about this line.



Related Web Sites:

Blackstar @ Action Figure Archive

Blackstar @ Wikipedia

Trash Bag Bunch

Name of Toy Line: Trash Bag Bunch
Production Company: Lewis Galoob Toys Incorporated (L.G.T.I.)
Distributor: Galoob
Characters and Elements: Galoob
Years of Production: 1991
Countries/Regions Available: Worldwide
Size/Scale: 2.5"
Figure Trade Markings: © 1991 / L.G.T.I.
Approximate # of Figures: 36

The Trash Bag Bunch is the first of two lines released by Galoob under the "Bunch" range. While the Trash Bag Bunch received a worldwide release, the Bad Eggz Bunch, which followed in 1992, received a European release only.

The Trash Bag Bunch, or TBB, consists of two clans of creatures: 18 good guys and 18 bad guys! The good guys are the Disposers who fight for a cleaner world, and the bad guys are the Trashors who wage toxic war! These two clans began fighting one another on their world, and the fight eventually made its way to Earth! (No, Al Gore is NOT one of the Disposers.)

The figures came packaged in little green trash bags (similar to Cheap Toys) which were sealed on cards. When placed in water, the green bags "magically" dissolved, allowing the figures to sink away to the bottom. Galoob added a fun twist by including two figures in one out of every 24 trash bags! That's twice the trashy play for the price, figured Galoob. (It seems two figures were used for this special release, #35 Infector and #36 Wastor.)

Trash Bag Bunch did not have a cartoon, movie, or comic book tie-in. What it did have was the successful combination of the "trash/garbage" theme, so successful in late 80's and early 90's toy lines, and a "protect-the-environment" theme that tapped into the growing environmentalism movement. (Note that another popular toy line/cartoon at the time was Captain Planet.)

One of the great things about the line is the variety of sculpt shapes and sizes -- this is certainly no cookie-cutter toy line composed of one basic sculpt. There are mutant animals, creepy aliens, robots, skeletons, and dudes in funky space suits totting massive guns. The figures are made of a firm, but flexible plastic, are non-articulated, and have a variety of funky paint application colors such as bright green, yellow, and pink!

Universal Ruler Supreme sez:

"Unfortunately I no longer have any of my extras for I traded them all off, but from my past collection of multiples, I had found several plastic color variations. For instance, I would have 2 of the same sculpt, but one would be cast in flesh color plastic and then painted over with the other paint app colors, and the other would be cast in black plastic with flesh paint apps on the face and other colors added on the clothes.

Off the top of my head, I remember having these variants:

Trashblastor - cast in green and in black plastic

Doctor Garboff - cast in white and in black plastic

Sgt. Wastenot - cast in flesh and in black plastic

That's all I can be 100% sure about. I'm sure that many of the figures had these plastic variations, though I doubt all had them. From what I had it was mostly Disposers since most of the Trashors were usually solid colors. I am also unsure as to whether these variations are country oriented.

There are many paint variations, but nothing easily kept track of for there are so many colors used on each individual figure. It's possible that there are other major variations of sorts out there."

Let's take a look at some pics!


Courtesy Dark Clown


Courtesy Dark Clown


Courtesy Dark Clown


Courtesy Dark Clown


Courtesy Universal Ruler Supreme


Courtesy Universal Ruler Supreme

An image archive containing pictures of all 36 sculpts and their names can be seen at Alex Bickmore's Super Toy Archive!

Here's a nice look at a carded figure in a miniature trash bag (note that this is Spanish packaging). Images once again courtesy Dark Clown!





And here's a size comparison shot with a M.U.S.C.L.E. figure.


Courtesy Dark Clown

An ex Galoob employee kindly sent Toypedia some of the promotional material they had back in the 90's, you can even see some of the numbers and underlining someone in-house has made. All the following images are courtesy of TOYSTUF:










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There was even a play set planned:






And a vehicle!






Related Web Sites:

Toy Archive

Virtual Toy Chest

Yowie Maggi

Bad Eggz Bunch

Name of Toy Line: Bad Eggz Bunch
Production Company: Lewis Galoob Toys Incorporated
Distributor: Vivid imaginations
Years of Production: 1992
Countries/Regions Available: UK, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Germany
Size/Scale: 1.5"
Figure Trade Markings: (C) 1992 L.G.T.I. CHINA
Approximate # of Figures: around 250

Details:

"They were buried beneath the Earth's surface for 10 million years until a powerful earthquake cracked open the ground and shook them loose. Now freed from their prehistoric time warp, the Bag Eggz Bunch is oozing to get out! Crack one open and look through the goo to find the freaky creature inside. Don't be a rotten egg - collect all the Bad Eggz Bunch figures and set them free!"

At some point before 1992 the guys at Lewis Galoob Toys Incorporated must have felt that the Trash Bag Bunch theme was a money spinner. Not only did the release a second series but also a new series following a similar theme. Instead of using dissolvable trash bags to conceal figures, this time Galoob decided to use breakable eggs filled with slime for their new range Bad Eggz Bunch!

"collect 'em, trade 'em but don't eat 'em for breakfast...wild breakable eggs with collectible figures inside"

Described by Galoob as "dinosaurs, humanoids, insects, sea creatures and monsters" these really are a wacky bunch!


Image courtesy of Dark Clown of LRG


Image courtesy of Dark Clown of LRG


Image courtesy of Aikola of LRG

24 different sculpts were available:


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The following list has been updated and is now correct thanks to csmhoff.


01. Larvegg
02. Scramble Skeeto
03. Eggipede
04. Hard Boiler
05. Egg Gripper
06. Eggz Benetick
07. Eggasaurus
08. Beater Beast
09. Deviled Egg
10. Gatoregger
11. Raw Eggster
12. Turtleshell
13. Squegg
14. Peel Poacher
15. Octoegg
16. Zygoshark
17. Eggface
18. Protein Plasm
19. Vertebregg
20. Omletto
21. Poacher
22. Bategg
23. Yolkyuk
24. Egg Crusher


Eggface

Courtesy CHEAPTOYMAN

Each sculpt was available in 5 colors: red, yellow, green, purple, and blue. Interestingly figures can also be found in hard and soft plastic. It is thought that the hard plastic figures are from the UK.



The figures came in packs of 1, 2 and 3. Here's an example of a UK 1-pack:


Image courtesy of SebsterZombie of LRG Click to enlarge


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Here's an appropriately creepy Bad Eggz Bunch television commercial.



And a page from the Galoob Toy Fair catalog showing all the sculpts and a nice image of one of the 'eggz' freshly cracked open:


Image courtesy of TheGodBeast of LRG

Unfortunately this line was never picked up in the US and subsequently is pretty hard to come by now, even on ebay.

Dark Clown of LittleRubberGuys thankfully has a large collection that he was happy to share with Toypedia along with information that was used in this entry.


Image courtesy of Dark Clown of LRG


Image courtesy of Dark Clown of LRG


Image courtesy of Dark Clown of LRG

Related Web Sites:

OzNightshade's site

Popkorn

Soupies Bad Eggz Archive