I found this plastic tub of strange figures at a toy show not too long ago. I was intrigued only because I had no idea what they were. One of the figures looked like it had a Power Rangers helmet, which led me to do a Google search for “stretchy rubber Ban-Dai figures” that showed me that these were called — Tacky Stretchoid Warriors. Nope, I did not make that up, that is the real name of these guys.
The figures are made of a stretchy rubber that reminds me of the old Ben Cooper jigglers and rubber fishing worms. The rubber might have been one gimmick, but the other would be the accessories. There are a TON of accessories for each of these figures.
This huge pile of plastic comprises the accessories for just five figures!
Thank God that the cardboard cutouts included with the bucket that showed what a completed figure looked like. It took me a good half hour to get these guys dressed — it was a lot of effort, and to be honest, I started to question if I was really being as productive as I could be.
So, the figures are all dressed and armed to the teeth, so now let’s display them and play with them. Ugh. Not fun at all. They can’t stand, their pieces drop off, and that cape! He can’t see a thing! I can’t imagine why this product line was so short lived.
Stretchoid warriors!!! These were staples of my childhood. If you ever plan to sell Brian send me a message.
Wow, someone actually remembers these! They are yours Cody. 😉
I had a couple of these way back when. The rubber was sticky (hence the name Tacky) and if you removed the armor the figures would stick to the wall and slowly work it’s way down. Think Wacky Wall Walkers in humanoid form. Of course, like Wacky Wall Walkers this play feature ended the moment your Stretchoid Warrior touched the carpet where it would instantly get covered in lint, felt, and dust totally ruining it’s ability to stick to anything.
Thats my collection, I lost it years ago in Saskatchewan Provincial Parks. I still have the helmet. OMG. Pretty smart idea for a 11 year old, with the cut outs right.
Ha! Well, they made it to Virginia and are now in their new home in New England.
If there’s a chance you didn’t sell the one all the way to the left in the top photo(named Fringe), i’d gladly take it!
Just saw this. These guys are based on the old Worldwide Ninja War Jiraiya sentai show. I always thought that show looked crazy awesome, and some of the toy designs were great. It was an odd thing to end up over here though, even in this state.
Yeah these are taken from Ninja Jiraya. Tour missing the british knoght guys gold helmet, hence why the cape is in the face