Yet another GW line.

Here is another toy-line that used the name Galaxy Warriors. This figure uses a lesser quality copy of the original Galaxy Warriors body with some changes made to the the figures shorts. The arms have been shrunk and the head is new, though it bears a slight resemblance to Triton. As with other toy-lines that use the name "Galaxy Warriors", this line should not be considered part of the original Galaxy Warriors, which are the subject of this site. This figure would look very out-of-place among the original line, and it doesn't exude the same mood or feel as the original barbarian-style figures.
   As far as I know, this was not made by Sungold, but it is interesting that the figure has a subtitle: "The Last Battle". This is interesting because Sungold produced a toy-line with the long and awesome title Galaxy Warrior, End of Time, the Last Battle.

Stubborn Warriors!

Here are some Galaxy Warriors knock-offs made of solid rubber. They are about the size of normal GWs but have no articulation, except for the Spikes figure that appears to have movable arms. The figures have no markings on them to tell us who made them or where they were made.

Sahak

Dragoon

Spikes

Tiger Man

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.

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: 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).

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.

Gun Man?

Here is a crazy Galaxy Warriors knock-off I spotted online. Gun Man!

Knock-off torsos of Huk and Magnon have been added to water guns to create a really strange combination. This is a good example of the extent to which Galaxy Warrior figures were ripped off.