Never had but always wanted....love that jack kirby box art
@manofaction1807
Ай бұрын
Rocking that 70's hair and Butterfly collars!!! They smell like BRUT, by Fabergé, and Old Spice!
@chrishight6598
22 күн бұрын
LOVED this line. The laser vet and bike 2 pack were some of the best toys made. Great video. That packaging art is incredible.
@BrickMantooth
21 күн бұрын
It really is!
@steventurner6902
Ай бұрын
My brother and I had some of these figures when we were kids back in the early 70s we loved them. My favorite was Zorak 😊
@supermandrew7026
Ай бұрын
I was born in ‘78 so I kinda missed the Big Jim line, except for adds in old comic books that I was collecting. Really cool to see this origin story - great video!
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@andrewflashchannelgibbs5384
Ай бұрын
Enjoy your purchases. 👍. Thanks for sharing. No need to justify your purchases, we hear the joy in your voice. 😊
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
@@andrewflashchannelgibbs5384 thank you!
@laserbender2773
Ай бұрын
Wow! Congrats on finding your grail toys! I'm glad you were able to find these sought after figures.
@fdeadlycommasir
Ай бұрын
Congratulations on your findings! Great video!
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@bio1656
Ай бұрын
Mattel should bring back big jim . so many people would purchase them .
@donaldwiller9238
Ай бұрын
Big Jim's wolfpack so cool Great information 👌
@rickytoddbotelho9555
Ай бұрын
Secretly a 💎 when I was in grade school 🏫 😅
@charlesrobinson7469
Ай бұрын
Big Jim should now be an O Ring 3.75 Scale Figure Series with Vehicles.👍🏾
@KAM1138a
Ай бұрын
Love the Big Jim PACK
@jeremykoerner4100
Ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@donaldwiller9238
Ай бұрын
You are so lucky to have thim 😊
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
@@donaldwiller9238 trust me I am grateful
@Mark_Prince
Ай бұрын
Wow! Great pickups! I also loved Big Jim P.A.C.K. when I was a kid. I keep hoping Mattel will bring them back like they did with MOTU.
@paolomongon6616
Ай бұрын
Gorgeous set!
@jma9275
Ай бұрын
I had them as a kid, I wish I still had them...😢
@gijoeking1
Ай бұрын
Awesome score! 👍👍
@manofaction1807
Ай бұрын
Has anyone ever remade this line? An update, and development into a line would be an interesting project. Looking hard at you, Marauder Miniatures!
@chrismize2738
Ай бұрын
Had a lot of this series. Great memories and wonderful toys to play with. My favorites being Jim, Dr. Steel and the Whip.
@esa5952
Ай бұрын
Brian, I don’t remember seeing any packaging other than the window boxes in Montreal. I also don’t remember seeing the solid box Big Jim either. I owned Torpedo Fist, double trouble big jim and Zodak. Even though the tattoos would rub off and the buckles would snap in half I didn’t care because there was so much play value in these. Congrats on your acquisitions. It’s such a shame that the Big Jim line ended in North America. The continued international waves are amazing. On a related note I remember a hot wheels mainline formula style race car with P.A.C.K deco.this was the first time I ever encountered a cross over between Mattel toy lines. I thought it was so cool
@benway23
Ай бұрын
Thank you for your work.
@YAMISOOLD2009
Ай бұрын
Enjoyed that. I liked that you gave the backstory as to why Big Jim, who seemed so much a backwoods camping fanatic and chill dude, suddenly became this sorta James Bond like super agent. I didn't have the means to comprehend that way back then but I certainly noticed from one Sears Wishbook to the next that something had really changed! I alas never had a single Big Jim item but (of course!) my cousin did so I got to play with him and possibly some of the wolf pac as well though memories are a bit fuzzy. I'm glad to see you have this stroke of luck though in your long search!💯
@LightOfReason7
Ай бұрын
Great video, i love them too!
@Busk_N_Groove
Ай бұрын
Fun video & Congrats on your scores! So cool that you found them after all this years. Never had any Big Jim but always liked seeing him the Mattel mini catalog back in the day. Btw, “Formidable accessories” takes the cake.
@revnole
Ай бұрын
I had The Whip as a kid, and it was my favorite. He would go in adventures with my Mego Kirk and Spock. Thanks for sharing.
@TheChadTI
Ай бұрын
I love that Identity Crisis intro you've always used. 🤙 Alice doing Iggy 😅
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
Its been stuck in my head for years.
@katenunyabizness9221
Ай бұрын
My BF's older brother had some of these. I can recall the holster and silver pistol from Jom, the communicator or as I like to call it now Pipboy. I recall the boots with the paw prints and the bolas and whip, all sitting inside what was left of the Big Jim Sky Commander.
@un-intentionalcollection8951
Ай бұрын
Big Jim is awesome & I have a decent collection. The Canadian boxed Whip & Warpath has been in my collection for over 15 years. Love the artwork of the Big Jim line, especially the Euro boxed stuff. Finally acquiring a grail is bittersweet, I know how you feel. What's next??? Congratulations on the set.
@disteenguishedmonstoor
Ай бұрын
WOW! Congrats on the grails and completing the set! I know how you feel about Canadian packaging, like I view comics; I've bought some CGC graded comics but ONLY when they were CAN. instead of U.S. cover prices, and if it was before we got a comic shop even close to me, I want the barcode in the corner box and not Direct Market. GREAT boxes for the P.A.C.K. and amazing & clear bubbles on the accessory sets!
@toddkillinger8538
Ай бұрын
Another excellent video about a subject near and dear to my little plastic heart. I, too, check out the Big Jim listings every morning, though I’m more interested in completing the original sportsman/college jock series than the Wolf Pack (I recall my mother wasn’t taken with the series reboot, so any purchases of the line stopped there). Someday I might dip my toes in the Wolf waters-especially as I’m now getting into the 70’s action flicks that I was a hair too young to indulge in and appreciate at the time. (My parents were taking me to the drive-in to see “Winnie the Pooh”, not “Billy Jack”). Also, it occurred to me while watching that the MOTU/Big Jim DNA runs deeper still as Torpedo Fist and Warpath (and certainly Double Trouble) all smack of character names from Eternia. Mattel never abandons a good idea...
@BigNasty72-kb2hx
26 күн бұрын
Had the sports camper back in the day. Hope to reacquire it one of these days.
@johngaither5522
Ай бұрын
Awesome!
@edfletcher2404
Ай бұрын
This is awesome! It is sooo satisfying when you can get that grail item or items. Congratulations!
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
I am still in shock, thanks!
@captlazer5509
Ай бұрын
I was a Major Matt Mason kid. It sold into the very early 70s and that line huge on vehicles. I remember Big Jim and had the diver. Missed out on the other cool stuff. Thanks for showing!
@Merylstreep1949
Ай бұрын
Zorak, lol surprised Space Ghost didn't file a lawsuit 😂
@jonacheson
Ай бұрын
I had the Big Jim camper, the Sky Commander playset. which was a Barbie jetliner with new art and a different interior and a rescue winch that was cool looking but didn't really work, and the Howler bike. I had the wolfpack Big Jim, and a couple of the costume packs, and best of all, the Laservette, which was pretty indestructible. It lasted long enough for my nephew to have fun with it in the 2010s.
@michaelj.destasio3052
Ай бұрын
Brian, that is none other than Ernie Colon. He is masterfully mimicking the style of Kirby and Big John. Enjoy!!!
@daleschroeder-jm9gu
Ай бұрын
I have 2 1971 big jims mint in box and the 1975 big jim P A C K mint in the box they want alot of money for him and other big jim guys there awesome😁
@travishiltz4750
Ай бұрын
IVery cool. never had any of the figures, but loved those Kirby ads. My grail is that promotional comic.
@elcowabungahe-man6156
Ай бұрын
Great line to bad I didn't have the chance to play with this figures but i did had a lot of Mego
@NoordinaryTeacher
Ай бұрын
As a boy I played with my Dr Steel so much I think it was broken within days. ❤😢
@richconroy5559
Ай бұрын
Oh I had so much of this stuff. Thank you for covering the stuff because I could not remember what half of it was called.
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
@@richconroy5559 happy to do it.
@richconroy5559
Ай бұрын
@@BrickMantooth Believe me, it shows. Congratulations on completing the figure set. I think I had all of them except for the Whip, but I remember the comics almost more than the toys
@KasumiKenshirou
Ай бұрын
I grew up in the era of the Ninja Turtles figures. April O'Neil had a video camera that had a concealed handgun inside of it, a similar idea to one of these figures.
@MrLee204
Ай бұрын
Never once saw these as a kid(Leaf Rapids, Manitoba) in person but the comic book advertisement from that era was burned into my brain.
@fletchkeilman2205
Ай бұрын
Ah yes....Monster Dog in the opening. Good choice
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
Big fan
@Mazooc
Ай бұрын
My brother (‘70) and I (‘71) were gifted the Big Jim camper set, I think we were too young and it didn’t click. Eagle Eye and Mike Power came a year, maybe two later and the timing was right… hooked on Joe, not Jim. Thanks Brian for a great reflection on the series we missed out on, or perhaps disregarded.
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
I was addicted to Joe too! Still am!
@wmnoe
Ай бұрын
I never had the Big Jim figures, but I did have the double trouble outfit sets, a couple of them anyway. I believe IIRC they were available for cheap at Pic n Save. I know I had both of the deluxe sets you purchased. I used them with my Mego Star Trek and Planet of the Apes figures and of course they were too big!
@Mazooc
Ай бұрын
My brother (‘70) and I (‘71) were gifted the Big Jim camper set, I think we were too young and it didn’t click. Eagle Eye and Mike Power came a year, maybe two later and the timing was right… hooked on Joe, not Jim.
@rainmanmanilajoe3716
Ай бұрын
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
thank you!
@jimkuna8687
Ай бұрын
This is what kids need real guys doing guy things mixing it up a bit with Weapons and the art work wow
@TheBlindDyslexic
Ай бұрын
What would be cool is if Mattel would Rerelease Big Jim's Wolf PACK, and turn around and create maybe a Live-Action or Animated movie for them. Maybe update them to where the team takes place in the '80 or '90s.
@devilman2465
Ай бұрын
I want to know if it was just a coincidence that the figure designer made Big Jim's head look exactly like a Tom of Finland drawing.
@thrdgll1
Ай бұрын
The Off-Road Adventure box appears to have Kirby art on the back (the comic strip), but that's not looking too Kirby to my geeky eye on the front.
@bigjimschannelMiguelAngel
Ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏
@geekstrong1
Ай бұрын
💪😎
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
Thanks Dean!
@unorthdoxcleric6953
Ай бұрын
Damm that is some amount of time to wait for an Ebay Listing
@Kane429
Ай бұрын
I was born in '74, so I just missed this line. I would have adored it. Double Trouble Big Jim Commander remains a huge want for me, but prices are out of control, sadly.
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
Yeah, a lot of "Buy It Nows" are kind of hopeful.
@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860
Ай бұрын
I had Dr. Steele.
@bootleggodzilla1
Ай бұрын
Not sure if anyone has said this but Jack Kirby had a falling out with marvel and Stan Lee around this time over original artwork that he deserved to get back so he could sell it at conventions like th sdcc and ny comicon. He was working at DC and this time on the new gods related comics that were all about darkseid and his kids
@BrickMantooth
Ай бұрын
Yeah I didn't want to delve too deeply into Jack for this one but his work at Mattel sides with his move to California.
@artsquestions.1722
Ай бұрын
I had bullet man. I need to find him and pulsar.
@fdeadlycommasir
Ай бұрын
@@artsquestions.1722 I had Bullet Man. He looked a lot like my swimming instructor. I felt it really didn't fit in with the GI Joe line.
@80sCartoonsGuy
Ай бұрын
I read that some of the leftover Big Jim stuff was repurposed into Masters of the Universe. Like battle cat for instance. Not sure if that is true or not. 🤔
@shughes4113
Ай бұрын
That art looks like Joe Staton.
@momosgarage
Ай бұрын
Did they have a cheaper retail price because of the limited articulation in the arms?
@JuntoAsnani
Ай бұрын
Too bad the new packaging didn't retain the Jack Kirby art.
@esa5952
Ай бұрын
Oops Zorak not zodak
@t.s.180
Ай бұрын
As a comic guy I can’t identify the artist. Honestly, it’s probably not I identifiable. But it’s definitely not Sal Buscema.
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