Mutagen Men Toycast – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome back to the world of indie toys! In today's return to the boundless rabbit hole of the Glyos System Series, we explore one of its largest realms: SpyMonkey Creation's Battle Tribes, and its spin-off series, ManOrMonster Studio's Warlords of Wor. These lines feature miniature fantasy and sci-fi figures taking heavy inspiration from Masters of the Universe and pro wrestling toylines, with every figure including a variety of head, outfit, and accessory options. Join us as we discuss favorite tiny barbarians, orcs, wrestlers, and dragon men, and touch on many corners of the wider Glyos world! 

Resources:

https://glyos.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_Tribes 

https://glyos.fandom.com/wiki/Warlords_of_Wor 

Mattel's Masters of the Universe toyline is full of colorful characters with fantastic powers and incredible action features. One of the oldest is Teela, the warrior goddess, sorceress, barbarian warrior, and only female figure in the first wave of toys. Teela appears in nearly every iteration of Masters of the Universe, her snake staff ready to fight back the hordes of Skeletor. In today's episode we explore the many toys of Teela, starting in 1982 and journeying through the latter years of Classics and into the Super 7 era. Join us!

SEND IN THE MARINES! It's time to head back into space and explore another R-Rated film franchise with a bestselling children's toyline from the 20th century! This time, we explore Kenner's beloved Aliens toyline of the early 1990s, which featured a menagerie of xenomorph designs original to the line as well as space marine figures, playsets, vehicles, and, of course, goo. We discuss our childhood interactions with Ridley Scott's and James Cameron's groundbreaking movies as well as how the xenomorphs fit into our own toy boxes. Join us! 

Follow along on Figure Realm: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=183&figures=aliens 

Mighty Robots, Mighty Vehicles! In today's episode we explore GoBots, one of the most famous competitors to Transformers in the 1980s. Though it was often treated as a knock-off of Hasbro's famous and long-lived toyline, GoBots arrived first. We discuss what gives this line its reputation and whether it really deserves while visiting many of our favorite residents of Gobotron along the way. Join us! 

Follow along: 

https://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/wiki/GoBots_(toyline) 

https://www.the-liberator.net/site-files/robot-toys/gobots-machine-robo-series-index.htm

Today, the Mutagen Men seek strange new worlds on the edge of settled space! Welcome back to the 1990s, where toy aisles were overflowing with Kirks, Spocks, Picards, Borgs, Ferenghi, and many more 5" citizens of the galaxy, all competing for space in your toy collection. We beam ourselves up to the Captains' Couch to discuss the highs and lows of Playmates' trailblazing Star Trek series, one of the first action figure toylines marketed to both kids and adults. Join us!

Follow along here: https://thetoycollectorsguide.com/playmates-1992/ 

Or here: https://www.wixiban.com/toys/playmates.htm 

NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z: The Z fighters are faced with their greatest challenge yet - finding good action figures of themselves! Join us as we talk about one of the most legendary manga and anime series of all time, and its rocky road to producing articulated toys of Goku, Vegeta, Frieza, Cell, and the rest of your favorite Saiyans and their adversaries. We talk Toonami, Irwin, SH Figuarts, Dragon Stars, and more, all with a secret special guest! Join us! 

Welcome to Micro-Earth! In today's episode we journey back to 1975 to explore one of the greatest Japanese toylines in history: MICROMAN. We explore the tangled, interconnected pathways of G.I. Joe, Transformers, and Micronauts as they intersect with the world of the Spy Magicians, the Acroyears, the Gunrobos, and the rest of the tiny cybernetic visitors to our planet. 

Follow along at micromanforever.com! 

It's time for more Toy Biz! We return to the 90s to explore the spiritual successor to Toy Biz's smash hit X-Men line, the Spider-Man line which tied in with the similarly beloved animated series. Grab your favorite Spidey and get ready to battle Venom, Carnage, Doc Ock, Smythe, Kingpin, and a whole army of Spider Slayers on the mean streets of New York. 'Nuff said! 

Follow along at Figure Realm: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=2780&figures=spidermantoybiz 

We're going back to the 80s this week to visit perhaps the most iconic toyline of the decade, Masters of the Universe! We share our childhood memories of playing with He-Man, Skeletor, Moss Man, Tung Lashor, and all the other weird denizens of Eternia and Etheria scavenged from friends and siblings in the post-MOTU 1990s. So pick up your Power Sword and Havok Staff and join us! 

We welcome a new guest onto the show: industry veteran and indie toy rock star Jesse DeStasio! Jesse is an artist, musician, and videographer, but in the hobby he's known as the co-creator and co-host of Toy Pizza YouTube channel as well as the co-creator of and mastermind behind Knights of the Slice, an independent, Glyos-compatible action figure line. We chat with Jesse about designing toys for Jazwares, marketing his own creations to the indie realm, the status of the toy industry now, the role that nostalgia plays in how we enjoy our toys, and more! 

Knights of the Slice on the Glyos Wiki: https://glyos.fandom.com/wiki/Knights_of_the_Slice 

Action Figure of the Millennium Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessedestasio