Need help with vintage toy.

[Count Creepyhead]

I need help finding some info, a pic, anything on a toy I got for Christmas one year.

It was a roughly 8" candy dispenser that looked like a mix of Darth Vader and Knight of Darkness from Star Team. He was like an action figure, excpet his body was clear and full of mini chicklet like candies.

Any clue??

[Bo8a_Fett]

What year are we talking about ? So maybe we can narrow it down a bit.

[Count Creepyhead]

79,80,81. Around the first or second wave of Empire stuff.

[kinostadt]

That has to be Chewgum Warriors. I don't have any information on it, other than this photo I found online years ago.

[megoat]

That's probably it. Here's another sorta like it:

[kinostadt]

That's probably it. Here's another sorta like it:

And here's an R2-D2 type as well.

[cjefferys]

That has to be Chewgum Warriors. I don't have any information on it, other than this photo I found online years ago.

http://i3.tinypic.com/6wwmtr6.jpg

Holy crap, I had one of those as a kid and forgot all about it. Thanks for the pic, it's always cool rediscovering a toy I used to have, no matter how cheap and cheesy.

[Ranger 3]

I had one of those too (the Chewgum Warrior)! Got it at Circus World toys in Tyrone Mall, St. Peterburg, Florida circa 1980- it was hanging on the wall with a bunch of other cheap carded toys just next the the register. I recall the arms broke soon after I got it.

Wow- releasing old stored memories like that is such a rush!

Suppose 'Chewgum Warriors' is a play on words; 'Showgun Warriors'? Looks more like a cross between Darth Vader and a Humanoid from The Black Hole.

Mark

[Sweep Secondhand]

Count - I believe I had the same thing you are talking about and my parents got it from Walgreens. I believe the figure was a little smaller than 8 inches (maybe 6-7). It had black arms and legs, a cape, and a clear chest with candy in it. The head was rounded and had a mirrored face plate for a face. The plate was removable but there was just a hole behind it. I think it had some kind of posts in the hands so you could connect it to another figure. There was also a square headed, claw handed, purple robot that went with it. I hope that helps.

[Keene]

I think I had one or both of those Play Pals...

Thanks for sharing those pics!
-- KEENE

[Count Creepyhead]

YEEESSS!! Thats it! I never thought I'd find out what the heck it was called.

That has to be Chewgum Warriors. I don't have any information on it, other than this photo I found online years ago.

http://i3.tinypic.com/6wwmtr6.jpg