The History of BARNYARD COMMANDOS: The Toy Shelf War No One Remembers

I had the weird ball with the big nose. It kinda freaked me out but also liked it. I was probably 10

My cousins had a lot of these guys. They seemed fun!

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Oh my GOD! for decades I have been trying to find this show, I always thought it was called combat pigs. Couldn't find anything ever. Thank you SO MUCH for this

Perhaps it was because I was a little older and was just a year or two away from becoming a jaded and cynical teenager, but I never got into Barnyard Commandos. As pointed out in the book by Hal Erickson, the lack of well-defined characters and a solid story were also big reasons I didn't get into it, and even at that age I could tell they were essentially trying to reproduce the success of TMNT, and I didn't care for that, as the Turtles were sacred to me at the time and anyone trying to copy them in any way were immediately dismissed as trash in my young mind. I never bought the toys and I was largely indifferent when the show was discontinued. Thanks for the fun video and stay safe out there!

I clicked this video so fast

I miss the pig Latin commercials

You aren’t wrong. I definitely don’t remember them.

Imagine if this was given a full reboot and incorporated additional factions. Two possible ideas, chickens and ducks.
-Chaos Legion of Unhinged Combative and Keen Sentries (C.L.U.C.K.S.)
-Quirky Unified Agents for Calamity Kinetic Squad (Q.U.A.C.K.S.)

Was Barnyard Commandos only in the US, I don't remember see it down here (land down under)

Woa! I had one of these! The sheep i think!

They should have sold pork chops with holes stating they were part of the animals which participated in the fray

When I saw the subject of this video I wondered if Food Fighters would come up…and we got a whole-ass commercial

Need a Barnyard commandos, army ants, snailiens crossover now!

I remember

YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

I remember my Rambo fondly

All I remember is using one of these as a bath toy as a kid. No small pieces that could flush down the drain, and squeezy like a rubber duck. Didn't squeak though.

Barnyard Commandos walked on two legs, so Angry Birds could fly

I thought no one knew about this show but I, my Mom found the whole thing in a dollar store, the toys the vidieos….best Christmas ever

I had no idea this had a cartoon. I remember the toys having that iconic Playmates quality, but being static figures with clip-on armor didn't really interest me.

While most of my childhood toys are long gone, it’s surreal to be watching this video while looking at my Sergeant Wooly Pullover figure standing guard over my dining room. Somehow, he’s survived all this time and all those moves from one house to another

What happened to the level of creativity that was the 80s and early 90s toy lines? I remember all of these toys, had my parents buy them, and still have left over pieces today. The zaniness of these concepts shows our lack of imaginative play in the toy aisles of so many stores.

I had the one of the BK Commando Cuffs that I used to "fly around" and pick up the sheep and drop them from a "high altitude."