The Other World line, from Hong Kong’s Arco Toys, was, well, lemme quote the synopsis from the Action Figure Archive: “Raidy, the good king of Glowgon and his royal army of Jipps crusade to locate the Pir’Ankus against the evil Zendo and his Mogs.” What?

In other words, these are cheap toys cashing in on the fantasy trends sweeping the toy market in 1982. Most of the humanoid figures are bendies, with a few larger monsters being made of solid plastic. Gaifand, here, is both – his lower half solid, his arms and necks bendy.

The kid who lived across the street from my grandparents had this toy when I was wee and I was pretty jealous.  Looking back, I still think it is pretty badass (I am a sucker for two-headed dragons) but also fairly ridiculous, too. Its got a saddle for riders – there are also reins that attach to the two necks, but I took that off – but the beast has a scorpion-like stinger which would make me wary to ride it. The dragon heads are awesome, though, and suitably King Ghidra-esque, but the arms are T-Rex silly and the clownshoes feet are downright doofy.

Still, I love it.