Toy Biz Resident Evil Action Figures - FULL wave retrospective documentary! mercenaries.
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In celebration of today's Resident Evil 4 re-master release here is my retrospective/video essay/documentary on one of my favourite toy lines of all time. The Toy Biz Resident Evil Action Figures from 1998.
I spent night and day working on this to get it finished in time, so please give it a like if you enjoy it and share it with anyone else that you think might appreciate it too.
Enjoy!
Resident evil game footage taken with much appreciation from:
Long-play archive
Boss fight data base
Dominic chelini
Outsidexbox
Spencer mansion 3D render by Bio weapon
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In celebration of today's Resident Evil 4 re-master release here is my retrospective/video essay/documentary on one of my favourite toy lines of all time. The Toy Biz Resident Evil Action Figures from 1998.
I spent night and day working on this to get it finished in time, so please give it a like if you enjoy it and share it with anyone else that you think might appreciate it too.
Enjoy!
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Resident evil game footage taken with much appreciation from:
Long-play archive
Boss fight data base
Dominic Chelini
Outsidexbox
Spencer mansion 3D render by Bio weapon
Music by @Occams_Laser
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Intro by Ricardo Lacombe
also big shouts to Judd Casparino on second camera
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What a fantastic toy line. I'm blown away with how well the zombies and creatures are sculpted. That Birkin with the movable eye ball is perfect.
I agree he's deffo one of the best!
Crazy right? Feels like nowadays the best a popular game can get is a damn Funko pop.
There used to be a whole market of Videogame Action figures same as there was for Movies and comics. Not just dosplay piece statues, actually articulated toys, with play features
Phenomenal video, dude! I have the full set in their boxes. Not because I want to sell them, but because they look cool in the box with the art. I had most if not all of them growing up, and they got so much playtime.
It was really touching to hear how the series got you through those tough times you experienced as a kid. Resident Evil was also my outlet for hard times I went through in my childhood. The series remains my favorite to this day.
Much respect for the kind words and for checking the video. Thanks!
I know I'm late to the party, but this video is seriously special. The story towards the end about you being sick as a kid, and the little home movies really made it for me lol. It really reminds me of how important media can be growing up, and how the connections we make with these characters and franchises can feel so personal.
Thank you so much for the kind words, really glad you enjoyed it!
The quality of your videos is astonishing mate, you deserve 10x the viewership and recognition you currently get 👍
Much respect to everybody for taking the timeout to watch the video. I work tonight and date to get this one finished, and when I wanted to make for a long time now.
Really glad so many of you can relate to the stories in this, that there is one question that I need to ask from everyone. When you hear that old PlayStation builder was the first game you think of personally?!
Resident Evil 2 for me!
Mortal Kombat and RE1
I was born in 99 I never had a playstation. But I do love watching videos about resident evil. I would like to get a playstation and these old games, I just don't know if I'm to old to at this point. But I have seen other women here on UA-cam playing so maybe I can. Also your really handsome. Best wishes to you and yours.
Resident Evil for sure!
@@Luciana_McC_99 the remakes are better
The zombie cop that came with Claire also really freaked me out as a kid 😆
Also holy shit, playing Nemesis in a hospital must've been a hell of a vibe 😅
Incredible video essay dude, incredible amount of heart and passion put into this video. I can tell how much this whole franchise meant to you. Amazing 👏🏻
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it
I had and still have all these stashed away at my childhood home. Great memories.
I'm just awestruck dude, you've surpassed yourself with this video essay. Resident Evil 2 is absolutely one of the greatest video games of all time and I think the first three Resi games also did a lot to revive the zombie film genre. If you think of the late 90s in horror, you hardly get anything done with zombies, and Romero is kind of in obscurity. Then Resi comes along, and suddenly you've got zombies on magazine covers, you've got Romero directing a TV add for Resident Evil 2 in Japan and people shouting out Dawn of the Dead, Zombie Flesh Eaters and the like as being inspirational for the games, and within a few years you've got that full-on zombie revival. So I argue that after Night of the Living Dead/Dawn of the Dead, and Fulci, Capcom's Resident Evil 1 & 2 are the most important developments in the evolution of zombie cinema. I mean, it's a shame the movies based on the games themselves were weak as, but the influence the initial games had back on film makers, helping revive interest in the zombie cinema that inspired them and fuel the next generation of zombie movies, can't be ignored. So it's so excellent to see such a cinematic video to pay tribute to the games and the toy line.
Your hundred percent right, I also don't think we would have had Shaun of the dead without the resident evil episode in Spaced. which in turn kicked off a bunch of zombie movies too
Just finished watching the whole video and I have to say I was completely transfixed the whole time. The amount of effort and detail that went into this is so clear, and it’s honestly so unique. I’ve never watched a video like this. Definitely subscribing. Can’t wait to catch up on the recent uploads.
Much respect for the kind words, really means a lot, glad you enjoyed!
What a journey back into Resident Evil and beyond...WoW!!
Now I have recently turned 60 and also have very fond memories of this incredible game series and in my opinion you nailed it..
Thank you
Hey thanks so much!
In 1998 Resident evil 2 was my favorite game....I was 10 and it was Badass. Fighting William Burkin at the end was epic
My first Resident Evil figures were also the Claire and Zombie Cop Two Pack coincidentally. I was at my towns actual summer festive and one of the vendors had toys for sale, mostly junk but in the back corner I saw this two pack and I loved Resident Evil, didnt know there were figures for it. That was almost 20 years ago, and over those years I’ve bought and sold through most of the other figures from Moby Dick to Palisades. At the moment I still have my original Claire, Zombie Cop, Birkin stage 2 and 3/4, Tyrant, Chimera, Hunter, Licker, Forest, Mr X… to be honest I guess I still have all of the toybiz ones besides one of the best ones (IVY) which I might have sold. I’m more of a Neca/Palisades/Moby Dick guy now but Toybiz still holds a special place in my heart.
It’s a toy line I’ve never actually went down but always wanted to given how much I love the franchise games & movies, but this has got me wanting to start the collection
prices have gone a little crazy on these in the last few years, hopefully you can still snag some up cheap 💯
I worked at a toy store in the states when these lines dropped.. they didn't move off the shelfs.. ironically.. I ended up getting them on clearance.. I also had to go under 2 medical proceures both with nephrostomy tubes inserted. This video is amazing.. also thanks for sharring the personal side. cheers
Ahh man that's crazy you was working in a toy shop when these were first out, appreciate you checking out the video and sharing your story too 🙌
Interesting, my first time seeing them was on clearance, maybe 2000 or 2001. They were in the entrance display at KB Toys if I remember correctly.
I remember thinking, "Resident Evil has a toy line? That's so weird."
I had all of them. And I still have a lot of them! Best toys ever. ❤️❤️❤️
Blown away by the quality of this, phenomenal video man
Thanks yo! Appreciate you checking it out 🧟♂️👊
Homie is literally wearing an actual bike chain 👌
Great documentary man 👌
Theo, this was an absolute mic drop my man. So good. I’m a genre filmmaker and motion designer in LA and I watch your videos on my breaks almost every day, and I super feel the hard work put into this one dude. Love the toy photography and sets. I also really appreciate you being open about your health condition in your youth. I also currently live with a pretty crazy auto immune disease, and it hit home for me seeing a fellow Toy, Horror, Pulp Fan, Filmmaker talent like yourself pushing through something like that. TMNT has been my guardians in those dark times. Thanks for including that story. Loved this all around.
hey man thanks for the kind words, glad you see the effort that goes into stuff like this, appreciate you!
With how popular and how hard resident evil is STILL going I’m surprised the only figures we have are older ones. Why hasn’t any of the big action figure companies mass produced them?
Randomly just found this video researching the Re2 Toybiz figures. My god brother…you gained a new sub 100% earned. Bravo on the production. Truly a masterpiece. Now, being a die hard RE fan I was truly touched by your story of watching RE2 and being obsessed. I relate so much to that story except I was 7 at the time and it was resident evil 1 but I watched someone play and ever since then I’ve been a die hard fan.
Appreciate the kind words yo!
Dude, this video is amazing. Congratulation for all the passion and energy you put in it. WE NEED A NEW RE TOY LINE !
I'm not that interested in action figures, but I'm the number 1 fan of RE saga, these are too cool for their own good! Good job getting people unrelated interested in these kind of things, the video is great!!
Glad you enjoyed it man. Appreciate you giving it a watch 👊👊
Amazing video! this really brought back some memories for me. I was such a big time Resident Evil fan when these came out and I still am to this day. Birkin G3/4 and Mr X were my favorites in this line, they really went ham on the RE2 wave, specifically the big baddies.
Thanks for the comment man. Glad you enjoyed!
I've got to say, as a huge *Toy Biz* fan, they were the best for toys this detailed at the time.
Aesthetically, this is my favourite era of _Resident Evil._ It's colourful, well-designed and very toyetic. Even minus the licenced name, *"Cops vs Monsters"* is such a great concept for a toy line. Arguably, a questionable one for _kids,_ but hey, we liked gross stuff back then. I really like the way you've presented the figures in the diorama with the cool lighting and the fog. Has that classic toy advert vibe and shows them off at their best. 👍
My biggest gripes (and the main reason I wouldn't hunt these down for myself) are that the action features always inhibit the play value and the "poseable statues" level of articulation, while common at the time, doesn't hold up well. That Leon figure is a crying shame. I get what they were going for, but he just looks like Richard III limping around. He deserved better.
Incidentally, these toys would be amazing with Toy Biz's *Marvel Legends -era* tooling. Or if I'm really being wishful, _Legendary Comic Book Heroes-era_ tooling.
Solid stuff. Really like the presentation here. Hope to see more. 😁
hey, really, glad you enjoy the video! took a real long time to create 😅🧟♂️👊
great video, love the atmospheric lighting all throughout and the little video of you playing with your toys at the end was awesome to see 👍
Hey thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing video bro! And the full circle moment at the end with the footage of you playing with the figs, and making videos as young 'un was the icing on the cake! Great stuff and shout out to the crate displayed 22:57 👊🏻
Haha glad you liked it man!
Dude, I'm so jealous and you are so lucky to have all these figures, they are extremely, rare and expensive., but great video. I have the same emotional attachment to resident evil, especially 3, for being there when I had no friends.
My dad got these for me when i was a kid, i still have them. the berkin figure is really incredible in terms of detail.
Awesome video quality! Very underrated video and Chanel. Keep doing what you are doing man! Hoping this gets more views
Appreciate that man!
Top notch vid! PS1 and Resident Evil memories unlocked. Also sounds like you have amazing parents 👍
Thanks man! And yeah they deffo are
This video Ascetically looks great! The whole retro resident evil vibe was nice!!
Much appreciated!
Read the title got intrigued then I saw the first 30 seconds and knew this was gonna be special great video man
I bought the entire collection back in the day but have only a few left now so glad this video exists than you!
Thanks for watching man!
Incredible Theo, it took me a good hour to get through it because I was stopping and starting to get a better look at the sets you created. The street scenes look straight from an awesome 90s toy commercial. Couldn't agree more with the comparison between the William Birkin and John Carpenter's The Thing, what a figure! That childhood footage at the end just put it over!🤘
Much respect. Glad you enjoyed the fine details!
I love and miss this figures! I wish they had Made more of this figures for Part 3 Nemesis. I also love the blade figures from toybiz. Would be so cool if a company Made a Sequel line for These figures in the same style.
when i was in middle school i loved seeing these. I had collected everyone except chris who i bought several years later. at the time they were $5 a piece. thank ya for this awesome review!
Great memories dude and thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it yo!
@@slimehousetv your diorama, fog, and lighting made this such an EXCELLENT watch! ❤️
Couldn't stop watching that dude. Epic job. Thank you. 👊
Much appreciated!
These figures are like one of 2 toylines I want to recollect. I don't care about getting any vintage toylines from when I was a kid, but this line is one of 2 that I want to get again.
That's awesome, good luck on your hunt they are a great line to own for sure
@@slimehousetv Certainly not a cheap hunt though that's for sure. Though it could be worse. Could be Palisades RE figures. Or those weird import semi-statue figures that had a final form Nemesis BaF.
@@The_Rage_Kage haha yeah, I do often see them loose at toy fairs though at decent prices
The little Theo skateboarding clip sick 🤙
😅😅👊🛹
7:15 I think you are right there, although the Crash Dummies line does have a dog that you can splay to make it look like it has been run over by a car.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Loved this, brings back some great times.... I think this might be your best film yet, amazing work, thanks for putting that together!
Wow, that means a lot. I appreciate it!
Absolutely epic video bro‼️ I enjoyed every minute of it👌🏻 I love how you put your old home videos in at the end of it too that was awesome, very well done🙌🏻
Thanks for watching man
Hey Theo had to say you never disappoint with your videos de sheer amount of work you put into making them always keeps me coming back for more. Great job bruv 👊🏻
much appreciated man glad you was feeling it!
Absolutely amazing, thanks for putting this together.
Glad you enjoyed it yo!
Congrats Theo, such an amazing work! Your lighting skills are on point, loved those diorama scenes👏👏👏💪🎉🤖
Thanks man! Glad the hard work didn't go unnoticed haha
Holy shit best doco yet!! . Get it bruv i really enjoyed that man thank you🫡😎
This was very well done! Great job mixing your personal connections to the toy line and funny commentary. The Toy Biz line is great and I still have my collection MIB. I too had the same experience playing these games on PS1 but I was an adult, I picked up RE2 Friday after work for a weekend rental when my Son (now an Adult) was an small child. I played all weekend and even called in sick on the Monday after to complete the game. I was hooked and purchased almost all games and systems that came out after. Maybe that’s why I am a hardcore RE collector to this day.
This was a fun video to watch and kudos to all the effort you put into creating an entertaining video for collectors! Thanks Bro! 17:34
Thanks so much!
@@slimehousetvSorry to hear about your childhood illness. Traumatic events can be difficult…especially when you’re young. Glad you have a healthy perspective and best of luck to you and your future pursuits.
From the moment you mentioned you were making this video i've been looking forward to it and it was definitely worth the wait, i still remember going to my local comic book store and seeing them for the first time and getting all of wave 2
I'm glad I did not disappoint dude 🙂👊👊
Great video, really enjoyed it. So much nostalgia with the resident evil games and toys. Thanks for making
glad it gave you some joy yo!
AMAZING VIDEO loved it man!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The RE figures are some of the best ive seen
Dude that was a top class video as always love the home video clips bro never stop being so damn cool 🤙
Thank you bro 👊
Amazing toy line! I have all the RE2 Figures and the tyrant from RE1. G2 birkin I think is the best figure, looks incredible even today
You did a great job as always, bro. I love Resident Evil and grew up playing the games. I had a few of these figures, and your break down was great. Keep up the excellent work!
Much appreciated!
Love how passionate you talk about this silly figures, because they are kind of silly but back in the day, they were extremelly impresive and stand out pretty strongly by they high quality and even today, no other company has ever did such a complete line based on the first two games. Is weird how intimidating was Resident Evil when we were kids, rigth?
Also your setup is the coolest and for me, the one that really grossed me out and disturbed me the most was Forest Speyer.
thanks so much for the kind words dude, glad you enjoyed the video, and yeah, Res deffo had a whole generation of us SHOOK when it first came out! 😅🧟♂️👊
Wow, you put so much work and passion into this and it turned out great.
Thanks yo!!
Fantastic video man, great retrospective on the series and figures
Much appreciated. Glad you like it :)
Love this video, you made me love my Resident evil figure even more!
I hope you do these for Jurassic park figures one day.
This is the greatest video for these ultra rae toys. I can't wait to see more resident evil content!!!
thanks so much! worked real hard on this one, also released a video breaking down how I made the diorama you might like too :)
First time viewer of your channel here and I just wanted to say that you did an absolutely fantastic job on this video! Resident Evil is one of my top VG loves and seeing others share the passion for the franchise and the toys at the same time brings so much joy to me. Hope everything is well and keep at it!
Hey, Much appreciated! Can see road Hog in your profile pic too, I'm a big overwatch lover also, Ashe & Bob deadlock gang 4 lyf!
This is a Great Video, well done!
Much respect bill! You of all people know how much time and effort goes into a video like this so that's real high praise coming from you man. 👊
Your filmmaking and storytelling is incredible mate. Only matched by your passion for the material! Great work!
too kind man, thank you 🙌
This video was so well constructed. Great figures for a great game, and great video to learn more about them
Thanks that means a lot!
Mate, possibly the best toy video I've ever seen 💥
Epic work, boooooooooooom 💥💥💥
Wow! High praise, appreciate that!
Unreal video. Put a smile on my face from start to finish. Growing up in the PS1 and Resident Evil era was truly the greatest.
Glad you enjoyed it dude
The effort that went into this 👌 Awesome dude.
thank you always man 👊
Absolutely incredible video, man. What a wonderful celebration of one of my favorite toylines and series in general. Mad jealous of that diorama you have set up… I’d love to make my own provided the time and space some day.
appreciate you taking the time to watch it man :)
Big Ups Theo! Great vid again !!!
appreciate that yo!
Amazing collection you have dude, just blown away 😯, awesome video 👍.
Glad you enjoyed yo!
Dear Lord, what an absolute Banger of an Episode. U had me grinning from ear to ear with this one..
Thank you!
Awesome video mate 👍The figures are really cool especially the action features that each figure has.
Appreciate you checking the video yo!
What an incredible episode mate, I loved every moment of this to the backdrops to the figure placement even your archived footage at the end and in between was incredible.
Like you I have fond memories of playing res evil on my ps1 from 1997 and res evil 2 1998 at my mates place. And Ovcourse collecting the toys in 1999-2000 I have most of them and sadely don’t have them anymore but I can start again 😉👍🏻 peace dude 😎🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥
The best times dude!
Thank you for this great video. One of the best toy lines of all time. I had all of them except the Ada Wong 2 pack and Mr. X.
Glad you enjoyed it man
This was such a great video 👍👍👍
There's level to this shit, and you just RAISED them bro!
🙌🙌🙌🙌
These figures are so damn cool and detailed! They also seemed like they were ahead of their time. Great video! Just in time during RE4 Remake release 😊
Amazing video the detail in the backdrop is quality, I never had these as kid but always heard about them from friends
Appreciate you watching!
Epic vídeo man! 🔥🦖
Cheers yo!
Buzzing Theo, sick video G, also the Brian Lara PS1 Cricket PS1 game leaning next to the other games is pure 90s right there lol 😂
Haha I just grabbed a bunch of random ones off the shelf 😅👊
Epic line and video bro! Great job!
💯👊💯👊💯👊
Been looking forward to this! 😎👍
Hope you enjoyed!
@@slimehousetv 😎👍🤯
Epic! Never played Resident Evil or seen the figures before, but still, this was Epic!! 🤘
Hey thanks man glad you did dig it even though it's not your thing 🙌🙌💯
Perfect timing video for the release of Resident Evil 4 Remake!
Wasn't intentional at all... 😅👀
What a fucking dope video!!! Well done you. Be proud of this one. Already waiting for the next one 😂
thanks dude!
Amazing video too!
Man this game scared the hell out of me as a kid lol loveeeee this video awesome work Theo
Thanks for checking it man! Glad you enjoyed it
@@slimehousetv loveeeeeeeeeed it bro 😎👍🔥
Awesome vid. Never seen these toys before, I will be keeping an eye out now 😜
Happy hunting! 🙂🧟♂️👊
This was mint. Great video
Glad you enjoyed watching it yo!
Great video and toy line
This video was phenomenal, great job! And makes me really wish Capcom would offer some new affordable figures
Thanks so much!
WOW what a cool video. great! very nice with the diorama and the lighting. Cool toy line. I also played Resident Evil on PS 1 back then and was scared...haha But those are always good childhood memories
The best times! Thanks for watching. Glad you liked it
Great collection
Incredible video!
Thanks dude 🙌
Are you a Sheffield lad? Steel City all the way!!! I've only just found your content but I'm loving it and to have someone my age, from where I'm from, talk so passionately about toys we grew up on, makes me feel warm inside. Fan for life bro
Certainly am mate 👊👊👊💯
And thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the video yo!
I can’t believe the prices on these beautiful pieces of art I had Leon and Claire. I bought them at the toy store for about 15 each couple of weeks later my mom threw away.😢
I owned all of these and lost all of them too. Parents threw out all my childhood toys one day while I was at school. Most anyways. Might still have Leon somewhere but thats it now.
I was really surprised to see so many action-features in the line, Toy Biz certainly got ambitious with the designs.🙂 Really nice sculpt detail and paint-aps for that era of action figure. Figure scale difference, that's hard to get in any toy line ever, the contrast looks so good for the biggies.😍
For that era I like the transition to ball socket shoulders but wish the hip sockets had the same articulation rather the V-cut legs and that fixed full body posture method that everybody was using at the time Ie. perma-pose. 🤔That aside they still have that old school Toy-Durability that has been mostly lost in the time after that.
Great video man, the extra production value work with the diorama street sets was top notch.😉
Such a quality movie you made 👏👏👏
Thanks, I appreciate it dude
Overall a grotesque, misshapen, mishandled mess of a line. But one collected like a madman. Except for mr. X😂❤
Haha love it