list of failed toy lines from the 80's[views:26584][posts:174]__________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:14am - Captain Planet ""] also why didnt the Captain Planet make the list of failed 80's toys? [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:14am - arilliusbm ""] You still mad, bro? |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:14am - xmikex ""] Construx and/or Capsela anyone? [img] [img] |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:15am - Captain Planet ""] arilliusbm said:You still mad, bro? lol, you got me. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:15am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] [Quote="Yeti" Starcom "FUCKING RULED" is the end of THAT sentence. Shit was my absolute favorite. I remember being firmly convinced that was the future is space. Too bad nowadays it's all energy drinks and fucking Richard Branson. Stupid declining civilization. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:17am - barren ark ""] hahahah |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:17am - i_am_lazy ""] Yeti said:holy fuck. i completely forgot about Boglins hahaha. i don't know what they consider "failed", but i can think of some that fell into obscurity, though they are probably from the early 90's. Z-Bots Skeleton Warriors Battle Beasts Mighty Max Monster in My Pocket Starcom there is one series that i cannot remember the name of, i have two of them left. both are miniature creatures on mock skateboards, one is a guy with a giant eyeball for a head holding a laser gun, and the other is King Kong holding his arms up with broken chains dangling. HELP ME FIGURE IT OUT. I had shitloads of Z-Bots. And I know what you're talking about with the skateboard things, I just can't for the life of me think of the name. Also on the early 90's note...there was a line of toy cars and trucks that also were monsters...can't remember what they were called. Other weird 90's toys...anyone remember Snailiens? |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:18am - the_reverend ""] Richard%20Hertz said:Legos > all other toys. OMG yes! My kiddo isn't to Lego Ninjagos.. they are awful. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:18am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] @ xmikex: I have a huge box of Construx sitting under my desk right at this very moment (it's sitting on two huge boxes of Legos). |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:19am - trioxin245 ""] good god Lemon, 57 responses in two hours? |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:19am - arilliusbm ""] Dont get me started on ninjago... those motherfuckers |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:20am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] DYA%20is%20TESCO%20VEE said:[Quote="Yeti" Starcom "FUCKING RULED" is the end of THAT sentence. Shit was my absolute favorite. I remember being firmly convinced that was the future is space. Too bad nowadays it's all energy drinks and fucking Richard Branson. Stupid declining civilization. "Is space" = "of space". Stupid autocorrect derp. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:21am - i_am_lazy ""] dreadkill said:anyone ever have bucky o'hare figures? those never really caught on. I definitely had a number of those. I had Bucky, Blinky, Deadeye, Willy, and I may have had Bruiser. I can't remember. The NES game is awesome. And then there was the Toxic Crusaders...weird simultaneous attempt at making Troma appeal to children and get after the Captain Planet money. |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:22am - Captain Planet ""] ninjagos suck, even the cartoon sucks as well |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:23am - arilliusbm ""] Anyone have a toy sitar? |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:23am - Captain Planet ""] in the 80's Star Wars, GI JOE, and Transformers action figures ruled them all. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:27am - xmikex ""] Can we talk about Captain Power for a minute? It was a sub par TV show that seemed like it came out of nowhere, had the coolest toys including a spaceship that you could fire like a gun that somehow interacted with the show and then just disappeared as quickly as it came? [img] [img] The most infuriating part is that no matter which store you went to they always seemed to only carry the shitty boring characters' action figures. I once and once only spotted the awesome robot bad guy with the tracks for legs. It spawned a fist fight between my younger brother and I that would have made ECW fans squeamish. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:29am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] Captain%20Planet said:in the 80's Star Wars, GI JOE, and Transformers action figures ruled them all. Thread title isn't "successful toy lines", obv. |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:30am - Captain Planet ""] arilliusbm said:Anyone have boy glitter? 2/10 |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:33am - KEVORD ""] xmikex said:Can we talk about Captain Power for a minute? It was a sub par TV show that seemed like it came out of nowhere, had the coolest toys including a spaceship that you could fire like a gun that somehow interacted with the show and then just disappeared as quickly as it came? [img] [img] The most infuriating part is that no matter which store you went to they always seemed to only carry the shitty boring characters' action figures. I once and once only spotted the awesome robot bad guy with the tracks for legs. It spawned a fist fight between my younger brother and I that would have made ECW fans squeamish. What was the toy that had light guns like this except they were space cowboys and the bad guy was cowboys skeletor? They were pretty cool. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:35am - chrisREX ""] The Ghostbuster car was the best toy car I ever had. I also had many Swamp Thing toys. [img] |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:46am - KEVORD ""] I forgot thy made Swamp thing toys. Them and Robocop were examples of adult characters that should have never been made for kids. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:47am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] xmikex said:Can we talk about Captain Power for a minute? It was a sub par TV show that seemed like it came out of nowhere, had the coolest toys including a spaceship that you could fire like a gun that somehow interacted with the show and then just disappeared as quickly as it came? The most infuriating part is that no matter which store you went to they always seemed to only carry the shitty boring characters' action figures. I once and once only spotted the awesome robot bad guy with the tracks for legs. It spawned a fist fight between my younger brother and I that would have made ECW fans squeamish. SO AWESOME. This was like the holy grail of toys when I was 8 or 9. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:49am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] KEVORD said:I forgot thy made Swamp thing toys. Them and Robocop were examples of adult characters that should have never been made for kids. *ahem*Toxic Avenger/Crusaders*ahem* |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:49am - arilliusbm ""] LOL at the swamp thing toys |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:51am - the_reverend ""] arilliusbm said:Dont get me started on ninjago... those motherfuckers "papa, I want frac-jaw cause I already have cruncher and master jay.. blahblahblah" |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:52am - KEVORD ""] DYA%20is%20TESCO%20VEE said: KEVORD said:I forgot thy made Swamp thing toys. Them and Robocop were examples of adult characters that should have never been made for kids. *ahem*Toxic Avenger/Crusaders*ahem*I know. I also mentioned Rambo. I meant ones that hadn't been brought up yet. Ninja Turtles wasn't really a kid friendly comic either. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:53am - the_reverend ""] My toy collection is sitting in a box in my living room cause I was suppose to clean the mouse poop off it. will snap a photo when I get home. these sucked too. [img] |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:53am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] arilliusbm said:LOL at the swamp thing toys Yeah, Alan Moore = "not necessarily great for kids". Although I'm hoping now that Miracleman reprints are finally in the works, we'll get a "Kid Miracleman London Massacre Playset". [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:57am - arilliusbm ""] Fuck off cassette 2-XL robot. Only the original 1978 8 track robot was real. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:57am - KEVORD ""] the_reverend said:My toy collection is sitting in a box in my living room cause I was suppose to clean the mouse poop off it. will snap a photo when I get home. these sucked too. [img]You have mouse poop in your house too? Why would you give me troll ammo? Mask ruled pretty hard though even covered in mouse shit. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:57am - AndrewBastard ""] fuck a my buddy... My Pet Monster was where its at... |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:05pm - the_reverend ""] the mouse poop is from my childhood home. We basically abandoned a house with all our crap in it and left it there for years. I went back and played with all my childhood toys which at that point were getting loved by mice. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:07pm - KEVORD ""] How does the fact that it's old poop make it any less gross? |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:13pm - the_reverend ""] Well, I dropped acid in 1999 with a friend and we went there and played with all the toys for hours until we noticed all the mouse poop... black plague time. When we sold the house, I dumped all the toys in a rubbermaid container and haven't gotten to cleaning them. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:17pm - KEVORD ""] You're one weird dude Pepelis. I don't think I'd let a rubbermaid container of mouse shit in my house never mind kepping it there for years. But I don't live in NH. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:17pm - arilliusbm ""] LOOOOOOL^ |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:21pm - chrisREX ""] Oh man. The shock I had as kid renting the real Toxic Avenger after years of playing with toy toxic avengers. Some of my first experience of seeing boobies on film. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:25pm - the_reverend ""] here are pictures from the mouse poop acid night. [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:28pm - KEVORD ""] The Rev is officially the weirdest person I know. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:28pm - KEVORD ""] Those look like crime scene photos. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:31pm - chrisREX ""] Where's the naked kids? |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:33pm - Captain Obvious ""] holy shit, that dude looks like he was the one mouse pooping |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:35pm - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] LOL @ Cobra-la guy menacing a Battle Beast, tiny Panthro, and a Smurf. Also, sick transformers. You should totally give me that Jetfire so I can repaint it as a Macross fighter. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:41pm - arilliusbm ""] Hahaha I had that battle beast |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:42pm - barren ark ""] thread just went full weird darknet up in here. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:42pm - the_reverend ""] The fact that jetfire (or skyfire) was a macross ripoff always bothered me. He's got a broken shoulder joint too unfortunately |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:46pm - KEVORD ""] Again this week I wish I had computer skills. I would take the begining of Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the camera noise and edit in those photos. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:52pm - arilliusbm ""] KEVORD, I'm assuming you had WWF action figures? |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 12:55pm - KEVORD ""] arilliusbm said:KEVORD, I'm assuming you had WWF action figures?YES!!! I still have a bunch of the big rubber ones at my mothers house. I broke the ring though. |