Apes Attacks (Series 1) Rare POTA Knockoffs

[globalobserver]

These were produced in 2001 for FunTastic Toys. There is no artwork on the back of the card, only a small sticker listing a UK address. I bought these on Ebay from a British woman in 2001. There doesn't seem to be much information about these figures on the internet. I'll post some pics of the series 2 figures soon.


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[Meatybat]

People know what they are the name has been kept shrouded to a point so people that were in the know didn't have to battle it out with new people that now find them the bees knees. When they did come up they would only really get one bid but I'm sure after today that will all change . Most times oddly enough the ppl that had them carded never refereed to them as Planet of the Apes but oddly the loose sellers would almost always refer to them as that . Sniper and 10incher have carded sets and Sniper has a good amount of variations. They seemed to have running color /parts changes . I have a bunch loose and sooner or later hoping to get a carded or at least loose complete ones. Pretty often we refer to them as Mannix bodies being that was the manufacture that made the wrestling figures using the same bodies and was more widely known .

[globalobserver]

The figures I posted are from series 1.

Series 2 figures are much more detailed. The bodies are far less generic than the those in the first series. The details are sculpted, not simply painted. I'll try to post pics of the series 2 figures tomorrow.

Thanks for the info.

[Meatybat]

PM sent .

[themadbubbler]

These are pretty awesome. I also enjoy the fact that many of the accessories are knock-offs of weapons from other toy lines.

Pictures of the second series would be awesome.

[toxictheo20]

AHHHH i found a couple of these guys the other week and put them on my blog cause i didnt know who there were (check the pics and sight at link below)
But the others in the series look wikid! specially the one with devil horns and the one with the cyber eye piece!
Wikid post globalobserver cant wait to see series 2!!

please check out my retro figures website here at...
toxicfigureskingdom.blogspot.com/

[victoryleo19]

sorry I didnt realize there was already an Apes Attacks thread! I started to ask questions in the other thread I started about Last Warriors. Well I'm curious, were these figures re-used for different toy lines? I swear I've seen a similar body structure but not on a wrestling figure, I want to say it was a freddy krueger figure, but I may be way off. Thanks!

[waywardmonk]

I'm cleaning house and got motivated to post some pics. These are some of the other 5.5" Apes Attacks figures. These were distributed in the UK by B&J Toys, but I've seen both the 5.5" and 6" loose Apes in other countries so they were not just available in the UK. 

[waywardmonk]

And here's most of the 6" Apes Attacks figures. The cardbacks are blank except for a small Fun-Tastic label. Fun-Tastic was a subsidiary of Poundland in the UK. Poundland is like american dollar stores. Again I've seen these for sale loose in other countries so they were not exclusively sold in the UK.

[spockoda]

You don't see too many Apes knock off lines, as far as I know. Very interesting, thanks for sharing!