Bootleg Breakdown - E1 - The war of the worlds - He - Man motu mini bootleg figures - Black tub toys

Hi everyone, welcome to our first bootleg breakdown, covering smaller bootleg lines and other tiny tangents in less time. The brightly colored miniature bendy figure line The War of the Worlds was manufactured in Spain. These simple figures, inspired by Mattel's He-man, and Arco's The Other World, run slightly under three inches and manage to deliver enough unique details to stand out within an ocean of larger figures. The package artwork features awkward Panthro man wrestling, crotch punching, Mon*Star stomping, man nipples. The figures are held on to the cards with elastic strings, and the cards are hand mark according to what's been pinned onto the card. Our first figure is a dwarfish He-Man, which ships in fleshy six packs of identical men. The nose is often incomplete on these, not fully injected. He-man is oddly the least armed figure in the series, with no armor or accessories. The second figure in this line is our first brightly colored gladiator alien. It has an odd spectacled helmet, looking similar to Mario's Lakitu. All of the alien figures feature odd primitive symbols on their garments similar to those found in ancient cultures. Our second alien warrior sports a tasteless photo-negative Hitler mustache or oddly bucked teeth. The flexible winged armor feels Sunman inspired, with disc motif and vivid colors. The pointed ears, pudgy face and shrunken helmet scream Keebler conquistador. Our fourth and final armored alien wears a strange fanged mask. The orange color and bat face made me think of Karnov with his hidden objects powerup. This is the first armor in the series that looks similar to the original MOTU stuff... kind of like Triclops. Like most bootleg lines, all figures here share the same body. The body colors seem limited to purple, orange, green and flesh-tone. There are other variations of this tiny rubber body as well, with added articulation. All of the alien characters have simpler trunk paint jobs since they wear armor, and it covers it. But He-Man is slightly more elaborate with separate colors for his belt and briefs. The armor in this series in a nice robust flexible rubber, not as fragile as other bootleg lines. I thought that the armor was hot riveted in to place, but it can be taken off, and relatively easily put back on. If you wanted to swap armor between characters, the head would need to be removed as well. Articulation is severely limited, with a single head rotation, and nearly pointless wire bendy articulation. The limbs are so thickly constructed that they do not bend easily, and resist the internal wire skeleton. The arms and legs can bend to the side, but cannot handle being bent forward and back, and quickly return to their default state. So while being small and not heavily detailed or terribly bendy, The WAR OFTHE WORLDS' bizarre heads, crazy armor, bright colors, cross-over packaging and Spanish origin help them stand out a little bit. Thanks for watching our first Bootleg Breakdown, and stay tuned for more Black Tub Bootlegs.