Action Captain by Sungold

In an effort to "cash-in" on the popularity of movies by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sungold produced Action Captain. The figure below re-uses the Galaxy Warriors' body with a new head sculpt meant to look like Arnold. The Sungold label can be seen on the bottom left corner of the blister card.
 

Not all of the Action Captain figures used a new head sculpt. The two figures below use the sculpt of the Galaxy Warrior Rahh, with the addition of a painted-on mustache. 

A close-up of "Rahh the Action Captain" (below), plus a cool accessory, a 1980's military style phone.

This figure (below) has the head of the Galaxy Warrior Triton with a painted-on beard.

And this figure (below) is Triton with blonde hair.

Was the Action Captain "knocked-off"?
Some other figures were released under the Action Captain title, but on different blister cards without the Sungold label. The above "Captains" in this post seem to be of a higher quality than the figures shown below. The quality of the figures below, particularly their arms and heads, are not as good, and their blister cards do not have the Sungold label. Also, the blister card art has been changed to incorporate allusions to the movie Terminator.
    Additionally, the heads seem to be somewhat "shrunken" compared to the Rahh heads used in the above figures. This shrunken-head syndrome seems to be common among later re-releases of Sungold figures, even Galaxy Warriors. [For more information on Galaxy Warrior re-releases and shrunken-head examples, please see What are the Galaxy Warriors?]
    It is unclear at this time if Sungold was connected to the Action Captain figures shown below, or if those figures were "knock-offs" of the above figures. If the sub-par Action Captains are still Sungold figures, then we can safely say they are later releases, while the higher quality figures above come from the first release of the Action Captain line.

Galaxy Adventure Girl by Sungold

In 1985 Sungold continued its "knock-off" ways by copying Mattel's She-Ra and Galoob's Golden Girl. The Golden Girl line is just as good, if not superior to, the She-Ra line. In comparison, Galaxy Adventure Girl is not overly exciting and doesn't match the level of coolness and uniqueness that Sungold reached with the Galaxy Warriors. Information on the Golden Girl toy-line can be found on the excellent site, The Lair on Storm Isle.

Galoob's Golden Girl:

Mattel's She-Ra:

Fantasy Toy Spotlight: Speclatron

Speclatron, made by S&T Sales around 1984, is an interesting line that used a muscled hero body similar to the Galaxy Warriors. These figures carried shields that were taken from either the Galaxy Warriors or Galaxy Fighters lines, and they all had clear torsos filled with liquid and glitter. Some figures had swords and some had guns. A nice little post about these figures by the Knock-Off Collector can be found HERE.

Left to Right: Speclatron's Hero, Galaxy Warriors' Dino Man.

The Speclatron figure, Deemin, released under a new toy-line title, Aquamen (below).

The Flexatron figures I posted about earlier were also made by S&T Sales and at least some of those figures designs and accessories were just copied from the Speclatron line.

Fantasy Toy Spotlight: DinosaurRider

The DinosaurRider is a fairly cool robot, and made specifically to be ridden by He-Man and other similarly sized figures. If you want to take your Galaxy Warrior collection in a science-fiction direction then adding a giant robot dinosaur to your display is not a bad way to go. This is assuming that you can actually find a DinosaurRider to add to your collection.

The best thing about this toy is its packaging that shows the DinosaurRider being used with He-Man, Moss Man, and Two-Bad from Mattel's Masters of the Universe (MOTU). We can safely say that the makers of this toy did not actually get permission to use MOTU figures in its advertising. I like the last bullet point on the box: "More fun if you put a toy man on the auto-swaying saddle."

DinosaurRider and He-Man? Somebody was just asking to get sued with this marketing idea.

Fantasy Toy Spotlight: Flexatron

These figures come from the Flexatron line. I don't know much about them, but the figure on the left has a red shield that looks like the plain shield that came with some Galaxy Warriors. The figure on the left has a shield that came with Galaxy Fighters toys.

Lord of Insects?

Lord of Insects was a four figure knock-off line trying to copy the Sectaurs toy-line made by Coleco. However, the heads and torsos of these figures are copies of Galaxy Warriors.

A figure from Coleco's Sectaurs, the "inspiration" for Lord of Insects.

General Agus (below) has the head of the Galaxy Warrior Thor.

General Agus from the Lord of Insects.

Ork (below) has the head of the Galaxy Warrior Deevil. This "insect" version of Deevil was copied in the knock-off line Turly Gang.

Ork from the Lord of Insects.

Triton with a beard?!

Professor Orio (below) has the head of Triton from the Galaxy Warriors, with a beard painted on his face.

The Galaxy Warriors Triton with a painted on beard.

Vidar (below) is harder to pin down. His head may be taken from the Galaxy Warrior Rahh, or from a figure in some other toy-line.

The legs are the only part of these figures not copied from Galaxy Warriors, and they are made to resemble the legs found on Sectaurs figures (below).

Fantasy Carrying Case

I know it isn't the best way to store your Galaxy Warriors figures long term if you want to preserve them in good condition, but if you want to briefly carry a few figures somewhere you could do it with some vintage style. Check out this cool Fantasy Action Figure carrying case made by Tara Toys in 1983 (below). This case has cool art and would make a nice display piece behind your figures if you don't want to use it to carry stuff.

Front.

Back.

Side.

This Fantasy Case is an item made specifically to "cash in" on the Masters of the Universe action figure craze. MOTU produced their own carrying cases, one of which is below.

If you think its a bit weird to carry your Galaxy Warriors in a MOTU case, then I suggest the "generic" Fantasy case above.

Turly Gang

In the early 1990's a company called euro play released a series called Turly Gang, which was a knock-off line combining Ninja Turtles, Galaxy Warriors & Fighters, and a line called Lord of Insects. Check out the Knock-Off Collector's article on these guys and Toywalker's article.
    The line only came out in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Below are some images of Galaxy Warriors knocked-off in this line.

Turly Gang Ygg infront of original Galaxy Warriors Ygg.

Awesome toy alert!

This doesn't relate to the Galaxy Warriors, but it was so cool I had to share it. Please check out the full review on Weirdo Toys. This thing has interchangeable heads ... and they glow in the dark. Completely Awesome!