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post #51 of 367
4/12/06 at 1:55am
I had that Ming figure, but it was the only "Gordon" figure I had and it was in worse condition than the one in that photo. It must have been a hand-me-down toy from one of my brothers.

Does anyone remember this weird figure?



One side of the figure looked normal and then you'd flick a button and his waist would spin and he was all blue and crazy looking.
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post #52 of 367
4/12/06 at 2:02am
That seems vaguely familiar, but I might be confusing it with Captain Power which I may have also have had.

I think I had a Marshall Bravestar, maybe a weird robot horse as well.

I can't find a decent pic, but anyone remember Manglor? Those toys that came in these egg like things, and the big gimmick was you could pull them apart and put them back together? That is, until it dried out or the carpet fuzz got on it and it didn't work. I just loved the two week shelf life toys.
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post #53 of 367
4/12/06 at 2:11am
That Six Million Dollar Man figure kicked serious ass. I thought it was so cool that you could look through his head. There was also a large Spiderman figure out around the same time that was very cool. You could make it climb walls, er, or something. I think this is the one:



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Does anyone remember this weird figure?
Of course. The Power Lords. They even had a video game:






Um, yeah.
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post #54 of 367
4/12/06 at 2:35am
Yeah, the Spiderman toy had a string with a plastic loop on it, you hung it on something and he would climb it. Seriously loved that toy.
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post #55 of 367
4/12/06 at 2:38am
A bit out of the adventure toy realm but I loved these:

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post #56 of 367
4/12/06 at 10:04am
I don't think my Steve Austin toy had 'Super Bionic Grip'. Maskatron was my favourite of that line of toys. If you pressed the black buttons on his arms/shoulders/legs his forearms/head/legs would pop out. Unfortunately, after a while you couldn't get them to stay attached.



My cousin and I each got LazerTag for Christmas one year. We'd get up early in the morning and set up the sensor on someone's pillow while they were sleeping. After moving a safe distance (read: out of arm's reach) we'd blast the target. Good times.
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post #57 of 367
4/12/06 at 10:11am






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post #58 of 367
4/12/06 at 8:10pm
What the heck are those two blob-like things? Some kind of playsets I assume, but they don't look familiar.
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post #59 of 367
4/12/06 at 8:13pm
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Originally Posted by Desslar
What the heck are those two blob-like things? Some kind of playsets I assume, but they don't look familiar.
Mighty Max!
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post #60 of 367
4/13/06 at 3:10am
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Originally Posted by Balmudo
Yeah, the Spiderman toy had a string with a plastic loop on it, you hung it on something and he would climb it. Seriously loved that toy.
Check out what I stumbled on, the TV commercial for that very toy. Neat stuff. I like how toys could actually do things back in the day, instead of just being lumps of plastic.

"The Spider-light - You can watch him climb in the dark and pretend he's searching for the enemy."

Spidey needs a flashlight? What happened to his Spider-sense?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=581ZSCvNxY0
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post #61 of 367
4/13/06 at 3:11am
Do you have shares in YouTube?
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post #62 of 367
4/13/06 at 3:30am
That's silly. YouTube is not currently a publicly traded company and it would be impossible for an individual to own shares in their enterprise. Perhaps after they provide a solid business model in which a revenue stream can be feasible over a long duration will they go public.

In the meantime, here's the opening from the first season of "Perfect Strangers:"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=u1aJax_kb...ct%20Strangers
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post #63 of 367
4/13/06 at 3:51am
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti
That's silly. YouTube is not currently a publicly traded company and it would be impossible for an individual to own shares in their enterprise. Perhaps after they provide a solid business model in which a revenue stream can be feasible over a long duration will they go public.
Exactly. The traffic growth is through the roof, so if they do have a reliable way to turn a buck on it those hypothetical shares sound pretty interesting. Insert advertisements at the beginning of every clip maybe?

Never really liked that Balky dude. I always get him confused with Peter Stormare for some reason.
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post #64 of 367
4/13/06 at 4:00am
Peter Stormare confused with Balki? Stop this crazy world cuz I wanna get off!

Oh well, here's the opening from one of the later seasons of "Perfect Strangers," when they got some money in their pockets and could afford to go to Cubs games and the opera.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8vbnLYROC...ct%20Strangers
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post #65 of 367
4/13/06 at 4:10am
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti
Peter Stormare confused with Balki? Stop this crazy world cuz I wanna get off!
Are you saying you can't imagine Balki in 8MM? Sure you can.
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post #66 of 367
4/13/06 at 4:14am
Hey, it would have given Pinchot a chance to work with James Gandolfini. They just missed each other in TRUE ROMAMCE.

Oh yeah, and this toy was bitchin'!

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post #67 of 367
4/13/06 at 4:23am
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti
Peter Stormare confused with Balki? Stop this crazy world cuz I wanna get off

I'm sorry, but the answer we were looking for is: Don't be ridiculous.

Don't be ridiculous. Better luck next time, and thanks for playing.
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post #68 of 367
4/13/06 at 4:59am
This thread is almost like a punch in the balls.

The worst bits -

Remembering that I used to have, and lost due to the fact that I was an asshole kid who thought it was great to destroy all my toys -

The entire collection of original Battlestar Galactica figures
That original, 2 ft tall Alien figure with the glow in the dark skull and second set of jaws
Most of the original Micronauts, especially Acroyer, Reptos and Membros.

The good bits -
I still have all of my Starting Line-Up figures and most of the M.U.S.C.L.E. figurines.

Curse all you lucky fucks that had the large Shogun Warriors, especially Godzilla. I don't know why, but I never had any of them. Only the smaller models.
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post #69 of 367
4/13/06 at 4:37pm
Had this guy, and the yellow lightcycle.



Loved this bad boy of a truck



Had this too, but it kinda sucked after 8 minutes



My own Harry Hamlin figure:



And last but not least, Nick's favorite sextoy...

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post #70 of 367
4/14/06 at 4:48pm
What was the name of that miniature army man series of toys? It was like Polly Pocket for boys. I had the big canteen that turned into an aircraft carrier. It was awesome.
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post #71 of 367
4/14/06 at 7:20pm
Oh fuck, I had all three of the Centurions, Moltisanti.
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post #72 of 367
4/14/06 at 7:58pm
Those things were massive, if you weren’t careful and dropped one on your foot you were fucked. I believe I had only 2 of the 3 because my parents didn’t really love me.
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post #73 of 367
4/14/06 at 9:14pm
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Originally Posted by gravedigger
What was the name of that miniature army man series of toys? It was like Polly Pocket for boys. I had the big canteen that turned into an aircraft carrier. It was awesome.
Micro Machines? They do look cool, but I never had any. It was Matchbox and Corgi for me.

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post #74 of 367
4/17/06 at 1:40pm
This might still be buried somewhere in my parents basement, at least I'd like to think it is.

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post #75 of 367
4/20/06 at 4:43pm
The toy I miss the most:

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post #76 of 367
4/20/06 at 4:54pm
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Originally Posted by Jcassady
The toy I miss the most:
You cut off Optimus' hands??? The horror.

I don't remember ever mutilating any toys, except for a little General Lee I bashed with a hammer to make it look crash damaged. Frankly it looked more like it had been flattened with a hammer.
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post #77 of 367
5/3/06 at 12:08am
Am I the only one that had these He-Man/Thundercats/Thundarr/Herculoids rip-offs? The Other World...
http://www.virtualtoychest.com/other...therworld.html







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post #78 of 367
5/3/06 at 3:56pm


The Guns of Navarrone Playset. The only disadvantage to this was that I spent so much time playing with it and imagining what I thought the movie was like, that when I finally saw the movie, I was hugely disapointed.
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post #79 of 367
5/3/06 at 5:07pm
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Originally Posted by Z-Man


The Guns of Navarrone Playset. The only disadvantage to this was that I spent so much time playing with it and imagining what I thought the movie was like, that when I finally saw the movie, I was hugely disapointed.
Awesome. I used to drool over those mountain base sets in the Sears catalog, but never got one.
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post #80 of 367
5/3/06 at 10:49pm
I couldn't have been the only one who had these, right?:


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post #81 of 367
5/3/06 at 11:08pm
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Originally Posted by Neal
I couldn't have been the only one who had these, right?:
Loved the show, never had the toys.

Sectaurs intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoZ8K9NxxZ4
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post #82 of 367
5/4/06 at 6:32pm
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Originally Posted by Desslar
Loved the show, never had the toys.

Sectaurs intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoZ8K9NxxZ4
I wanted them, but Santa gave me the middle finger that Christmas... Oh yeah I found out recently that my stepdad threw out my original Castle GreySkull...
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post #83 of 367
5/4/06 at 6:42pm
I think I was able to save my Dungeons and Dragons Fortress of Fangs Playset from suffering the same fate...
http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&D.../Playsets.html


Double Post sorry...
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post #84 of 367
5/5/06 at 10:05pm
My local toy shop was always short of Star Wars stuff, so I had to get into Robotech.



My first true love: my tauntaun.

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post #85 of 367
5/6/06 at 1:56am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot Black
My local toy shop was always short of Star Wars stuff, so I had to get into Robotech.
The Matchbox Robotech toyline never had anything that cool. That must be a Japanese Macross import. Very nice.

I used to salivate over this guy at FAO Schwarz, but never got one:

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post #86 of 367
5/8/06 at 3:59pm
What a great thread. When I started to think about the toys that really meant something to me as a kid, I realized that I haven't consciously thought about them in years. My cousin and I fought many an epic battle with our Major Matt Mason sets. And I probably still carry the scars from Thingmaker-induced burns.
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post #87 of 367
5/9/06 at 12:04pm
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti
I guess if the Easy Bake Oven gets a mention it's only fair to bring up the 2nd most famous food related toy:



I never had one of those, but I'm sure somebody here must have.

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I never had this, but I coveted it. I even remember the commercial jingle-
It's fun fun fun
That's so so keen!
And it's name is
The Snoopy Snow Cone Machine!
You put ice cubes in
And get a snow cone out!
(Child-"It's fun.")
Fun, fun, fun
Is what it's all about!

Why do I know that? I hate myself.
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post #88 of 367
5/9/06 at 12:10pm
One of my favorites-


http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/MightyMenMonsters.html
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post #89 of 367
5/10/06 at 2:45am
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Originally Posted by BobClark
I had one of those things! Only I think it was cars, not monsters.
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post #90 of 367
5/14/06 at 11:26am
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti
The "Captain Power" photo showed up for me. I switched it with another so hopefully that one shows up.

Anybody else have one of these sons of bitches?
Loved these figures, great cartoon as well:
POWER EXTREME!

Had the M.A.S.K., Action force (GI Joe in the UK) Transformers, you the usual lot. But my favourite was a short lived range called Starcom.
There were spaceships and vechiles that had magnetic areas were, whenyou placed a figure on them would start to move or open stuff up. Very cool toys, might look at eBay and see whats going.
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post #91 of 367
5/14/06 at 2:51pm
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Originally Posted by jdslater
But my favourite was a short lived range called Starcom.
There were spaceships and vechiles that had magnetic areas were, whenyou placed a figure on them would start to move or open stuff up. Very cool toys, might look at eBay and see whats going.
Starcom's opening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myNYYu5lYy4

Never watched the show much, but great animation.
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post #92 of 367
5/14/06 at 4:00pm
Cheers Dessler, I've even looking on eBay to see whats going on sale. Not bad prices!
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post #93 of 367
6/12/06 at 7:12pm
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Originally Posted by Don_of_the_Dead
Went out and hunted down some of my favorites to re-add to my collection
So Godzilla's been reduced to hanging out with the Inhumanoids now?
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post #94 of 367
6/12/06 at 8:09pm
I had that giant Alien figure. Fell off a shelf when I was in college and the head broke off. I think I may have cried.

Here are some other ones I had:









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post #95 of 367
6/12/06 at 8:21pm


Sweet. Buck Rogers right?



What the heck is this?



Micronauts?



Man, I remember this one. Was it remote-controlled, or did it just make noises?

Of course I had a Merlin as well. My brother just got a new mini version, but as it doesn't come with the killer songbook the entertainment value is diminished.
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post #96 of 367
6/12/06 at 8:31pm
Yeah, that's a hatchet fighter from Buck. I thought my Boba Fett figure would look cool in it and my parents obliged.

The next two are both Micronauts, the Hornetroid and the Terraphant. The Hornetroid was one of the coolest toys I ever owned.

The tank was called Big Trak. It was programmable -- you could set it to go forward and backwards, turn left and right, back up, and even fire the "laser" on the front. I used to send it down the hallway to fire into my sister's room, which provided me no end of enjoyment.
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post #97 of 367
6/12/06 at 8:53pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
The tank was called Big Trak. It was programmable -- you could set it to go forward and backwards, turn left and right, back up, and even fire the "laser" on the front. I used to send it down the hallway to fire into my sister's room, which provided me no end of enjoyment.
Now that's a toy. Don't know if they make 'em like that anymore.

I always wanted one of those 3 foot high robots you'd see in the Sharper Image catalog that supposedly could find its way around the house and talk. My little brother had one of these, but it wasn't quite the same:

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post #98 of 367
6/13/06 at 6:38am


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post #99 of 367
6/13/06 at 5:11pm
I always wondered if those friction powered motorcycles actually worked, or fell over after 2 feet.

Star Wars definitely had some neat playsets in those days. Or at least they looked neat in the Sears catalog.
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post #100 of 367
6/13/06 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by Desslar
I always wondered if those friction powered motorcycles actually worked, or fell over after 2 feet.
You could get a good 20 feet out of them, actually. A neighbor kid had the Rocket Car and put a hole in his bedroom door with it.

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Star Wars definitely had some neat playsets in those days. Or at least they looked neat in the Sears catalog.
The Death Star playset was all about the Trash Compactor. It was filled with foam rubber 'trash' (plus a bright green Dianoga) and you turned the screw until the escape hatch popped open. Simple, satisfying engineering.
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