Godzilla Bootlegs and Knock-Offs

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  • @GentleWhale.
    @GentleWhale. 4 місяці тому +36

    As someone who lives in Florida, I can 100% confirm that the lizards here do stand upright and play baseball

  • @THANATOS-PRIME
    @THANATOS-PRIME Рік тому +115

    Knock offs of my favorite things to collect are always hilarious. But adding some MIB commentary and this is going to make my night.

  • @RobzombieFan2000
    @RobzombieFan2000 Рік тому +34

    My first impression of the skateboarding Godzilla was that it looked like Gorgo. Look at the thumbnail if you don't believe me.

  • @theinfinitevault7410
    @theinfinitevault7410 Рік тому +18

    I USED TO HAVE THAT SAME KING OF THE LIZARDS FIGURE AS A KID!! I never thought I'd see one again

  • @clavinwan
    @clavinwan Рік тому +55

    Love how you're rocking that Jet Jaguar jacket hahaha.
    I grew up with that knock-off giant green-yellow Godzilla by Dormei, he was all I had for MANY years and it was all my parents could afford at the time. Love that thing, I would take him everywhere and occasionally stuffed him with marbles lol.

    • @Pedalpunk57
      @Pedalpunk57 Рік тому +4

      I can relate to you with taking the Dormei Godzilla out a lot to anywhere you go I did the same with mine though mines was the red version but never did I think about putting marbles in him!

  • @shedjr_
    @shedjr_ Рік тому +10

    Not Godzilla, but I remember growing up with some bootleg Power Rangers figures named "Two Super Heroes"
    Have no idea what happened to mine but I know that somehow, 15 years after I had them, they are still being made and sold.

  • @GhostSpider1995
    @GhostSpider1995 Рік тому +29

    Awesome! I didn't have an Imperial Godzilla when I was a kid, although I have two now as an adult collector, but I did have a red and black Dor Mei Godzilla figure as my first Godzilla toy. I didn't even care it was a knockoff. To me it was close enough, so it was good enough for me.

  • @KeenEyeStudios
    @KeenEyeStudios Рік тому +25

    I just love the jokes that MIB does. All of the have me laughing on the floor. Nice video MIB! Can’t wait for part 2!

  • @hedo1971
    @hedo1971 Рік тому +17

    My country has barely any Godzilla toys, let alone bootlegs.
    But i got 3 lovely bootlegs, a Trendmasters bootleg, and two Bandai giant Godzilla Final Wars bootlegs
    They're still incredibly fun even though they're bootlegs
    Also the two GFW toys labeled them as dinosaurs
    (Ps. i also saw a Ultraman type figure at the same mall where i got the two GFW bootlegs, didn't get it though)

  • @Lolxlol21_
    @Lolxlol21_ Місяць тому +2

    3:15
    Universal Dinosaurs: Does not fall off an "edge".
    *sees an edgy character...proceeds to turn the other way.*

  • @WackBoomin
    @WackBoomin Рік тому +2

    BRO I have been watching since a few years now and I can’t stop and I became a fan of Godzilla myself!

  • @DragonClaw-eg6nj
    @DragonClaw-eg6nj Рік тому +8

    I had that first Godzilla knockoff since I was tiny. I never knew it was a bootleg until a few years ago, but was always one of my favorite toys, so I think highly of him. And yes, despite the lack of back spikes, it does look better than the official one to me.

    • @charleswalker8262
      @charleswalker8262 Рік тому

      Not Only Do I Have That Bootleg Godzilla................I STILL HAVE IT!!!

    • @DragonClaw-eg6nj
      @DragonClaw-eg6nj Рік тому

      Same. I would never let anything happen to him.

  • @loveever89
    @loveever89 Рік тому +2

    I had that remote control godzilla when I was a kid Sometime around 1993-1995. My dad bought for me from the local swapmeet. He look nothing like godzilla but I knew exactly who he’s supposed to be. I love that the eyes light up when he rolls.

  • @dubuyajay9964
    @dubuyajay9964 Рік тому +3

    00:08. So cool! RC Godzilla!

  • @GlassesnMouthplates
    @GlassesnMouthplates Рік тому +1

    King of The Lizard looks like a cross between Godzilla and Moe Szyslak.

  • @albertramirez7686
    @albertramirez7686 Рік тому

    Yes been waiting for this one ! You know I love these old school knock off Gojis. You wonderful man you.

  • @cotton8192
    @cotton8192 Рік тому +6

    Out of 12 years of MIB will we ever get a collection video?

  • @mzeroxx69
    @mzeroxx69 Рік тому +1

    Nice zone fighter toys!! used to have a bootleg vhs with all the zilla /zone episodes on it

  • @Godzillaman-qi6dq
    @Godzillaman-qi6dq Рік тому

    love the Jet Jaguar hoodie MIB. i really enjoy these videos you make i learn things i never knew about Godzilla collectables including the bootlegs keep up the great work. I look forward to part 2

  • @RizPlaysYTgaming
    @RizPlaysYTgaming Рік тому

    Ohhh part 1 of a two parter now I'm excited for part 2

  • @kcjc
    @kcjc Рік тому +1

    Jim Morrison is indeed the Lizard King, he can do anything.

  • @ukotoa1639
    @ukotoa1639 Рік тому +2

    I was on holiday in Spain this was when I was like 7 and I wandered into some shop that was packed full of bootleg toys one was a plastic Godzilla toy in a box named and I kid you not “Super Lizard Guy”

  • @GrizzyBizzy
    @GrizzyBizzy Рік тому

    Love ur vids so much

  • @BroNovaGaming
    @BroNovaGaming Рік тому +1

    I had the King of the Lizards figure.
    They sold that figure brand at Dollar Trees around Halloween time.
    I bought both "Godzilla" and King Kong.

  • @mkdemigodzillawarrior
    @mkdemigodzillawarrior Рік тому +3

    Wow, and I thought TMNT and He-Man had more bootlegs. Well, can’t wait to see more!

  • @martian102
    @martian102 Рік тому +1

    *"Godzilla's wenis is the trigger"*
    Why did I laugh?

  • @lordkaijux5262
    @lordkaijux5262 Рік тому +1

    1:52 Oh man I remember getting *that* Godzilla figurine for Christmas a long time ago. I don't know if I still have it anymore although one time I remember poking a small hole in the chest with a pen and then I would have my Bandai Creations Destroyah figure "impaling" Godzilla and kind of reenact the scene from Dragon Ball Z where 2nd form Frieza gutted krillin with one of his horns.

  • @jimjenkins3928
    @jimjenkins3928 Рік тому +1

    Lol good stuff. I had most of that stuff & still have some. Great job on the video. 👍

  • @Sky_8D
    @Sky_8D Рік тому +1

    I live in Florida and I can confirm the lizards are big and play baseball we try to leave them alone

  • @BattlewaveDoesStuff
    @BattlewaveDoesStuff 4 місяці тому +2

    I officially hate zone fighter, NOBODY HURTS MY MAN GIGAN!

  • @musclesforsupes
    @musclesforsupes Рік тому +1

    I had the imperial Godzilla from the 80s. Both the big one and the 6 inch one and loved it. Got the big one for Christmas one of my favorite gifts of all time. Only place back in the 80s that I was able to find any Godzilla toys was at Spencer Gifts and was only able to find Anguillus and a Baragon. In the 80s it was hard to find Godzilla toys. I never saw them regular till the late 90s.

  • @Towerofterrorfan21
    @Towerofterrorfan21 Рік тому +4

    I remember that at a hobby store near my hometown there is a model trainset with the Bootleg Godzilla figure seen at 2:04 where he grabs a caboose. The model trainset and the figure are still there to this day, and seeing MIB go over this figure, I think I might wanna get one of these bootleg figures on Ebay for myself.

  • @legiontheatregroup
    @legiontheatregroup Рік тому +1

    Nice video. The skateboarding Godzilla’s head reminds me a lot of Gorgo, while the package art on the dinosaur slippers sure brings to mind the 1962 Godzilla’s head (my favorite G suit).

  • @kathrynjames6151
    @kathrynjames6151 Рік тому +7

    I actually have a version of the bootleg Godzilla you showed at the beginning from China. Got it from a family friend when I was a kid. It's still in my house right now because I think its cool in its own little way.

  • @petconerd1984
    @petconerd1984 Рік тому +2

    Hot damn, that first toy you brought up, I had that back when I was in 5th grade. My parents probably still have it tucked away back home since we never get rid of anything.

  • @keyztroke
    @keyztroke Рік тому +1

    This guy keeps posting when I’m in school, during lunch. At least I can watch ur vids in lunch.

  • @XenoTeeth3
    @XenoTeeth3 Рік тому +1

    I used to own the big Dormei knockoff Godzilla when i was still a little child . Oh man , this takes me back . I once compared it with an smaller toy Allosaurus saying that the Godzilla was a big dinosaur and the Allosaurus a little dinosaur.

  • @michaeldiaz9999
    @michaeldiaz9999 10 місяців тому +1

    I had one of those Dormei knock offs as a kid. I loved playing with it and I even had a cool stuffed monkey toy that was about the same size. I really loved doing my own version of King Kong vs Godzilla as a young one.

  • @Garryzilla
    @Garryzilla Рік тому +1

    Yeah there’s a lot of Godzilla knock offs especially one where Godzilla tried to become pandon from ultra seven

  • @atrendlecalledreese443
    @atrendlecalledreese443 Рік тому +1

    I have a King of the Lizards figure. When I was a kid, I used it as a substitute for Minilla.
    I also have a King of the Lizards poster I got from a family member years ago, although I don't know if it's "official" or just a custom print.

  • @FifthOfNovember_Original
    @FifthOfNovember_Original 9 місяців тому

    3:33 I love how the diagram clearly shows turning left, while the front page says "TURNS RIGHT" lol

  • @EvilGregProductions
    @EvilGregProductions Рік тому +1

    That very first knock off I owned! And I absolutely loved it!

  • @christinamahlert4558
    @christinamahlert4558 Рік тому

    I actually have the imperial godzilla you showed first. My best friend got it for me for Christmas. As a more recent godzilla collector, I screamed :)

  • @T0yKoyiscool
    @T0yKoyiscool 14 годин тому

    9:48 he’s chill he just wants to say hi

  • @buffgoji2986
    @buffgoji2986 Рік тому +1

    1:40 bro looks like he's about to drop the biggest disstrack

  • @supermariovaughn1515
    @supermariovaughn1515 Рік тому +1

    0:02 MY BOY BIG FELLA OH YEAH BIG FELLA LETS GOOOOOOOO

  • @Kajuboistudios
    @Kajuboistudios Рік тому +1

    I love this video this need to be a series on mib

  • @Post1445
    @Post1445 Рік тому

    I have alot of these lol. Walking dinosaur and steggy flippin rule. The feel, sound, motions and light up effects are nostalgia driven. Should have been an A+!

  • @mightyfilm
    @mightyfilm Рік тому +2

    Coincidence this one came out after the copyright suit video? Anyway, I remember those Universal monster toys at Dollar Tree. They wouldn't sell them to me because either it was overstock that had to go back to the warehouse or that it was recalled for having lead paint. I forget which, but it was most likely the latter. So, wash your hands after playing with those "King of the Lizards" just in case. Also, I remember that Steve Urkle wore those roaring dinosaur slippers in an episode of Family Matters. Annoyed the hell out of Carl, who chased him away, and little roars carried Urkle out of the house. Anyone find a clip of that?

  • @PlatinumRoseLady
    @PlatinumRoseLady Рік тому +1

    When I think "Hey, Big Fella", I'm NOT thinking about Godzilla.
    I'm twisted, but not THAT twisted.
    The "Hey Vern" made me giggle.
    I think the Imperial Godzilla went to the same lipstick store that the Creature from the Black Lagoon did If you go by the Creature's poster.

  • @gfanx
    @gfanx Рік тому

    Thanks for the birthday present MIB

  • @midwestmonster9886
    @midwestmonster9886 Рік тому +2

    I had both the Imperial Godzilla and the Dormei knockoff as a child. I used to make them fight. The Dormei monster was kind of like a cross between Gorosaurus and Titanosaurus.

  • @danballard7405
    @danballard7405 Рік тому

    So when I was a kid in the 80’s. Like 1987. My parents bought me a pack of monster erasers from our local Walmart in Alabama. I found out over twenty years later they were Zone Fighter monsters. My favorites were the monster with swords for arms and the two headed blue monster with a hand gun.

  • @BrickMantooth
    @BrickMantooth Рік тому

    Fun episode!

  • @WVNUK
    @WVNUK Рік тому +4

    Bandai should really make figures of the monsters from Zone Fighter. It would be awesome as they have never done that before.

  • @KnockOps
    @KnockOps Рік тому

    Bro I can’t believe you still upload after all these years

  • @striderreborn1467
    @striderreborn1467 Рік тому +2

    I actually had the "Wired Controlled Dinosaur" as a child. Mine worked, and the two red buttons make him go forward and backward. Also, it would have glowing red eyes when it moved.

  • @za_burger0738
    @za_burger0738 Рік тому

    Can u pls do a video on the Godzilla crumble zone it is one of my fav play sets and remember having one when I was growing up. Also keep up the amazing vids 👍

  • @LordCrate-du8zm
    @LordCrate-du8zm 6 місяців тому

    I actually bought the giant 1997 knockoff you showcased at the start. Found it in a flea market, selling for one euro. Instantly purchased, and I found out something fascinating: that thing is FAR older than previously thought. The one currently standing on my shelf is from _1987._

  • @MonsterKidCory
    @MonsterKidCory Рік тому

    Sure, I love the amazing sculpting and painting of something like the Mezco figures, but man, there is a special joy in collecting bad Godzilla toys.

  • @JurassicManiac
    @JurassicManiac Рік тому +1

    yay new video

  • @SB_Studios17
    @SB_Studios17 12 днів тому +1

    That's not Godzilla, that's Mortalzilinsky 💀

  • @ZillaPrime-rh5wq
    @ZillaPrime-rh5wq 11 місяців тому

    I’ve lived in Florida my whole life and I can confirm I have NOT seen any lizards standing up right and/or holding baseball bats. I have seen a squirrel fall off a window though…

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo Рік тому +1

    These are pretty neat

  • @DW4Ever91
    @DW4Ever91 Рік тому

    Fun Fact, Steve Urkle actually wore a pair of Tyrano Toes Slippers in the later seasons of Family Matters. and Yes, they did Roar!

  • @Pedalpunk57
    @Pedalpunk57 Рік тому +2

    My first Godzilla toy was the red Dormei Godzilla and I didn't know it was a bootleg back then and I still love it to this day and I never owned the green one but saw it many times and would like to own it at some point and I have many other bootlegs in my collection they're just oddly unique!

  • @andrewshear2927
    @andrewshear2927 Рік тому +1

    Well, I never knew this about Godzilla toys.

  • @ArmoredGriffon
    @ArmoredGriffon Рік тому +1

    Can confirm I had the big Dormei toy as a child. 1997 must have been a recast or something though 'cause I got mine way before then, probably around 1989 or 1990. I got it as a gift for my birthday and assumed it was Godzilla, having not actually seen any movies yet. My best friend was quick to correct me though, having seen some of the movies and having the Imperial toy. We played with them both a lot, eventually just pretending that the Dormei toy was Titanosaurus instead.

  • @christiandenault7606
    @christiandenault7606 Рік тому

    I got the complete Zone Fighter series on DVD from Ebay last year!

  • @mrpopsicleman
    @mrpopsicleman Рік тому

    I've got a "King of the Lizards" poster that my Dad bought at a swap meet years ago. It's the same image used on the blister pack's card art, minus the thumb.

  • @floydforthought9998
    @floydforthought9998 Рік тому

    I remember getting that creepy classics Godzilla figure and King Kong at Dollar tree as a kid. It was a awesome find for a buck.

  • @bromodragone8405
    @bromodragone8405 Рік тому

    Pah! "Non-Fall Action". He fell right off the table.

  • @RHR199X
    @RHR199X 6 місяців тому

    I was a huge Dor Mei fan when I was a kid, I was aware of it being a knockoff but I didn’t care. A friend actually gave me his not long after I feel down the rabbit whole. I used to call it Ungodzilla, because of the lack of dorsal plates, like he was just a dinosaur kaiju without any of godzillas powers. That’s what made me so interested because next to all the cheap dinosaur stuff out there it’s like he was the king of it all.

  • @93Monstermike
    @93Monstermike Рік тому

    I'm from Florida and lizards DO NO hold baseball bats, but some alligators do. 6:34, I do have those cards.

  • @justinjanicki6561
    @justinjanicki6561 6 місяців тому

    The Dormei Godzilla knock off was my introduction to Godzilla. I was dragged to a Dino theme park for a cousin’s birthday, and I did not like dinosaurs at all. However since I found this guy in the gift shop and heard about him smashing buildings and breathing ‘fire” I fell in love

  • @AnnieBananie316
    @AnnieBananie316 Рік тому +1

    I can remember having that exact 15” Imperial knock off. I dropped it on the top of the tail and it broke off. The funny thing is a cigarette butt fell out of the toy’s body. Knock offs Rule!

  • @ObsessiveGeek
    @ObsessiveGeek Рік тому +3

    That Dormei Godzilla seems very familiar to me, so maybe I had it or knew someone who did but seeing it triggered something long forgotten anyway that I wasn’t expecting…possibly I never even considered it a Godzilla toy at the time since I still loved dinosaurs like most kids.

  • @JJ_Incognitus
    @JJ_Incognitus Рік тому

    I love your Jet Jaguar hoodie

  • @albertramirez7686
    @albertramirez7686 Рік тому

    I love that hoodie on you

  • @Lolllollll
    @Lolllollll 7 місяців тому

    8:00 “wenis” WTF WHY AM I LAUGHING FROM THAT

  • @kidprime6863
    @kidprime6863 Рік тому

    I remember seeing the skateboarding Godzilla toy at a fair, once. And I saw two DORMEI Godzillas at a flea market when I was a kid.

  • @Mikemegabyte
    @Mikemegabyte 7 місяців тому

    The word “weenis” is now in my vocabulary thanks mib

  • @ericshea9539
    @ericshea9539 Рік тому

    I had the two remote control dinosaurs from Radio Shack back in '91

  • @PlasticGeek
    @PlasticGeek Рік тому

    RadioShack also had a version of their dinosaur that was a big 3-4” blow up thing that was attached to an rc controlled bass to drive around. I had it as a kid in the 80s.

  • @mrsnayarlhats4242
    @mrsnayarlhats4242 11 місяців тому

    I like how you said one of the godzilla toy looks like he's eating a brick hahaha lol 😂

  • @doomzilla3568
    @doomzilla3568 Рік тому

    Yo MIB! Ah, the age of godzilla fakes and knock-offs, what a time (still prevalent today) to see!!!! *EVERYONE* has seen and owned at least one or two fake/knockoffs. I have the luxury of owning at least a few and while yes, they're not legit, but they're still fun to play!!! Great video, looking forward for part two!!!!!

  • @buddyzilla4557
    @buddyzilla4557 Рік тому

    I found a full-size "King of the Lizards" movie style poster at the dollar tree about 15 years ago. I didn't know of the line itself if other products until now. It was the exact same image as the back of the thumb toy packaging you have there. I assumed it was just a little known early marketing poster for one of the real Gojira movies they just slapped the weird title graphic onto. It is interesting all these years later to know the truth and I wish I still had the poster. Just the novelty of it made me purchase it but I know it must have been lost over the years and apartment moves. At least you know more of these products existed at one time! I wouldn't be surprised to learn all of the ones you showed had wound up in dollar stores.

  • @Riku2099
    @Riku2099 Рік тому

    I actually had that King of the Lizards miniature figure when I was little. Got it from a dollar store.

  • @shoresean1237
    @shoresean1237 Рік тому

    When one of the first big batches of G-related VHS tapes showed up in stores (mostly the cheapies we all lament/love), I remember my K-Mart having a small bin of Imperial-type G-figures (or boots) of every color you can name. Never saw this again, maybe Toho's lawyers tapped down harder on this one than some.

  • @mikekomarinski
    @mikekomarinski Рік тому

    I do remember the wire controlled dinosaur outside of RadioShack where it was called Swamp Dinosaurs.

  • @nickzilla20
    @nickzilla20 Рік тому

    Hey I remember having the creepy classics King Kong and Godzilla ( I mean king of the lizards) toys and even a poster. But I can confirm mine didn’t have the yellow stain on the shoulder so I guess yours is a defect. But thought I’d share that.

  • @ultragodzillafan
    @ultragodzillafan Рік тому

    I've seen the Dormei figures sold at KB toys and even at Universal Stufios Orlando's Islands of Adventure in the Jurassic Park section once.

  • @KasumiKenshirou
    @KasumiKenshirou Рік тому

    I think I had that Radio Shack one. I know I had two of those Imperial Godzillas: one large and one small.
    That peg leg skateboard one reminds me of a weird official Godzilla toy my brother got a few years ago. It was a Microman figure that could put on a Godzilla costume, but you had to take off his feet first to get him in there.

  • @brianyaeger8209
    @brianyaeger8209 Рік тому

    Growing up, I had a imperial Godzilla figure
    And because of how weird it looks, I assumed that it was a knock off

  • @gsamalot
    @gsamalot Рік тому

    So I still have my Dormei godzilla, is the black and red version which operantly people like to collect this version as there were not alot of them. I still remember how I got this toy, my mom with my aunt and grandma took me to a market place in New york, i'm just shitting in the shopping cart, looking around not really being all there cause, little kids and shopping do not mix. But my mom saw a stand that was selling these toys. An she knowing how much I loved godzilla and look board she got it for me an I was super happy cause it was my first godzilla toy. I played with that toy for a long time growing up as a kid, and I still have it with me today. It just sits in my closet or sometimes outside the closet. Still looks good, even though some of the paint on the eyes chip away but the rest of it fine the black and red color still look like it brand new

  • @dragonzilla6482
    @dragonzilla6482 Рік тому

    That’s a cool looking Jet Jaguar jacket.

  • @lucasahumada6913
    @lucasahumada6913 6 місяців тому

    The blending on the Godzilla skateboard toys art makes it look like it’s torso is being blur censored

  • @Shockwave-ob2tx
    @Shockwave-ob2tx Рік тому

    The Tyranno Toes looks like the camouflage version of G.
    Also, sweet Jet Jaguar jacket!

  • @karimaboudaoud8696
    @karimaboudaoud8696 15 днів тому +1

    How could they disrespect my goat Gigan 🤬

  • @fizz576
    @fizz576 Рік тому +1

    Oh hell yeah man I love bootlegs figures.