Wordburglar – 1980 Force

Wordburglar is an alternative hip-hop/hyperpop, self-proclaimed “Nerdcore” group now based in Toronto. Their songs live within a comic book or pop culture world, filled with quick references you may or may not know, in the style of a modernized Public Enemy.

One of the newest tracks “1980 Force,” from the new The Spinner Rack EP focuses on a toy line of action figures called the 1980 Force, based on the GI JOE series and other ’80s action toys.

But the video is too much fun, stylized like a 1980s Saturday morning toy commercial with a cheesy, but lovely boom bap rap and a treasure trove of character names and figures—that we’re pretty sure Wordburglar commissioned to have made for the video. Nothing like this exists and the world is better for it. Enjoy!