Forgotten toys issue 1 SNAILIENS!

This is something I have been playing around with in my mind for awhile now
writing about toys that have been forgotten and I have found my first subject "Snailiens"

This is one of my husbands childhood toys we didn't even know the name of it until recently because he had forgotten what it was called soon after he got it in 1992
The story goes his mom asked him what he wanted for Christmas and he said an Alien toy what he meant was Alien for the movie and what he got was this odd ball character poor little Josh and his well meaning mom :) but the toy grew on him after all he is 26 now and he still has it.




This guys name is Blastar that's actually the name he came with and he is a bad guy apparently and he used to come with a little evil side kick but its lost now...
they also came with some sort of rubber shell that you could launch them with

Snailiens came with a dumb comic book and the good guys in the story were named after presidents
Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln, they also came with little side kicks.

While trying to do research I pretty much drew blanks I did however find this commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLABasuuGBQ
and this video with someone actually talking about them how neat is that?!?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fctyC01_NWM

My husband still looks at the toy and says its no Alien..maybe this Christmas he will get the toy he has always wanted :)