list of failed toy lines from the 80's[views:26516][posts:174]______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 8:38am - Yeti ""] http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/154921 some of these i don't remember at all, and some i haven't thought about since i had them. i still have one Army Ant. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 8:47am - Richard Hertz ""] I remember Sectaurs. They were actually pretty cool-- I had a dude that rode a big spider thing and the spider was a puppet. Fun to torment cats with. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 8:57am - arilliusbm ""] LOL @ food fighters. I remember some of these. 80s action figures ruled. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:01am - xmikex ""] Don't fuck around. Super Naturals were grim as hell. The marketing was all wrong though. They could have very easily created an animated series or something to base them off of. You're only going to sell so many anonymous characters to imagination-less kids. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:04am - Richard Hertz ""] Legos > all other toys. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:12am - KEVORD ""] I forgot all about Sectaurs. I had all of those Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos. I also had all of the Karate Kid and Rambo figures. The B movie violence that was my play time in the 1980's is crazy compared to kids today. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:15am - Richard Hertz ""] Yes! 80's violence was/is far cooler than any millennial faggotry. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:37am - arilliusbm ""] bennyhillifier |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:43am - KEVORD ""] My dad wouldn't let me have a My Buddy when I was a kid because he thought it would turn little boys into homos. He was probably right. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:46am - KEVORD ""] This thread just reminded me if I ever get some disposable cash I'm gonna collect all of the Visionaries. Those guys were so rad. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:47am - MikeOv ""] Inhumanoids, YES. The three creature action figures were definitely pretty popular but with Earth Corps could totally fuck off. I used to snap the head off of my Metlar action figure all of the time and my dad used to have to glue it back on. D'compose ruled because I could hold my G.I. Joe's captive behind his rib cages and then of course there was Tendril. His character was inspired by Cthulhu, so that alone should speak volumes for how awesome these action figures were. The T.V. series was pretty violent and touched upon some pretty thought provoking subjects for being a kids series, such as politics, biology, and ancient civilizations. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:47am - MikeOv ""] er, "the Earth Corps", rather |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:04am - arilliusbm ""] Remember the Cringer / Battle-Cat action figure that was stiff and didn't have moving parts? Still pisses me off. HEY GUYS IM IN A GIANT BATTLE, LEMME HAVE THIS STIFF TIGER ATTACK YOU |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:07am - KEVORD ""] arilliusbm said:Remember the Cringer / Battle-Cat action figure that was stiff and didn't have moving parts? Still pisses me off. HEY GUYS IM IN A GIANT BATTLE, LEMME HAVE THIS STIFF TIGER ATTACK YOUyeah, and skeletors cat was just the same statue painted black. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:14am - Burnsy ""] My favorite was a Godzilla toy that moved when you clapped or made loud noises. Then there was teddy ruxpin. My buddy sucked. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:17am - dreadkill ""] I had all the food fighters, barnyard commandos and army ants. I had a sectaur, a rocklord, a supernatural, a computer warrior, a chuck norris and a police academy figure. it isn't mentioned in the article,but did anyone ever have a boglin? I still have a mini boglin at home that my kid likes to play with. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:19am - dreadkill ""] KEVORD said: arilliusbm said:Remember the Cringer / Battle-Cat action figure that was stiff and didn't have moving parts? Still pisses me off. HEY GUYS IM IN A GIANT BATTLE, LEMME HAVE THIS STIFF TIGER ATTACK YOUyeah, and skeletors cat was just the same statue painted black. i had both. skeletor's cat had a velvet-like texture. there's a video my uncle took of xmas at my house back in 85 or 86 and i was happy as fuck to get skeletor's kitty as i called it. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:20am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] KEVORD said: arilliusbm said:Remember the Cringer / Battle-Cat action figure that was stiff and didn't have moving parts? Still pisses me off. HEY GUYS IM IN A GIANT BATTLE, LEMME HAVE THIS STIFF TIGER ATTACK YOUyeah, and skeletors cat was just the same statue painted black. Waaaay cooler than that - Panthor was Battle Cat but ENSCONCED IN PURPLE VELVET. He was like the Huggy Bear of action-less-ness figures. Skeletor was a straight pimp. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:20am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] (SCOOP'D) |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:21am - arilliusbm ""] [img] Only the Punchout! Ball game is real. Haha, no idea what to do with that thing. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:22am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] dreadkill said:I had all the food fighters, barnyard commandos and army ants. I had a sectaur, a rocklord, a supernatural, a computer warrior, a chuck norris and a police academy figure. it isn't mentioned in the article,but did anyone ever have a boglin? I still have a mini boglin at home that my kid likes to play with. Boglins were THE SHIT. I had one of the mini ones around somewhere up until a couple years back. (The mini Boglins didn't have the cool articulated eyes, though.) |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:23am - dreadkill ""] KEVORD said:My dad wouldn't let me have a My Buddy when I was a kid because he thought it would turn little boys into homos. He was probably right. Hahahaha, i hated that fucking thing. When my buddy first came out, my dad told everyone i wanted it even though i told him i didn't like the stupid thing. he still brings it up all the time. "hey, remember when you wanted my buddy?" sometimes he'll ask me if i still have my buddy when i never had one in the first place. he did the same thing with mr. buckets and that came out when i was way too old for it. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:24am - dreadkill ""] DYA%20is%20TESCO%20VEE said: dreadkill said:I had all the food fighters, barnyard commandos and army ants. I had a sectaur, a rocklord, a supernatural, a computer warrior, a chuck norris and a police academy figure. it isn't mentioned in the article,but did anyone ever have a boglin? I still have a mini boglin at home that my kid likes to play with. Boglins were THE SHIT. I had one of the mini ones around somewhere up until a couple years back. (The mini Boglins didn't have the cool articulated eyes, though.) i never had one of those big rubber puppet boglins, but i played with them a few times at friends' houses. they were awesome. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:25am - Alx_Casket ""] ITT: where's Spence? |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:33am - KEVORD ""] That's right. I forgot Panthor was velvet. There was a lot of repainted figures in the Masters of the Universe line. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:35am - chrisREX ""] dreadkill said: Hahahaha, i hated that fucking thing. When my buddy first came out, my dad told everyone i wanted it even though i told him i didn't like the stupid thing. he still brings it up all the time. "hey, remember when you wanted my buddy?" sometimes he'll ask me if i still have my buddy when i never had one in the first place. he did the same thing with mr. buckets and that came out when i was way too old for it. Troll dad is awesome. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:42am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] Oh, man. Rock Lords - "yeah, let's combine the fun action of GoBots with... a rock." I had a few. Inhumanoids - YES. Shit ruled. What's funny is I'm just now realizing how much the character designs were inspired by Jack Kirby's Celestials. [img] Super Naturals - soooooo awesome. I loved the little ghost-y guys. Had the lion guy, too. For runner-up hologram toys, though, anybody remember Visionaries? [img] one of my all-time faves was Sky Commanders. They all had these nylon zipline things that they slid down, the tv show had them fighting over some big crazy canyon all the time, but in reality you just strung them all across the living room and your mom wouldn't be able to get to the bathroom and she mad. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:43am - arilliusbm ""] Ghostbuster's Firehouse. Anyone remember that? My cousin had that, shit was SERIOUS. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:43am - barren ark ""] MY COUSIN HAD THAT SHIT TOO |
| _______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:44am - Yeti ""] 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. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:44am - Yeti ""] arilliusbm said:Ghostbuster's Firehouse. Anyone remember that? My cousin had that, shit was SERIOUS. i had that and the car, but i destroyed both as a young, retarded lad. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:45am - KEVORD ""] Visionaries? Read my earlier post. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:45am - arilliusbm ""] I was just playing with a mighty max last week with my kid. Haha, they were awesome. Too bad POLLY POCKET SUCKED |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:48am - arilliusbm ""] For best-looking action figures off alltime, my vote goes towards Skeleton Warriors, though I'm positive that was the early 90s. Kinda like Street Sharks. Edit: yea, both of these were 1993-1994. I had one skeleton warrior but by that time I was pretty much done with action figures I think. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:48am - Yeti ""] WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING CALLED [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:49am - barren ark ""] Some of the new toys they have out now are pretty sweet. I wouldn't mind blowing a paycheck on those Star Wars Unleashed figures. [img] |
| _______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:50am - Yeti ""] FUCK OFF NOWADAYS TOYS |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:50am - dreadkill ""] chrisREX said: dreadkill said: Hahahaha, i hated that fucking thing. When my buddy first came out, my dad told everyone i wanted it even though i told him i didn't like the stupid thing. he still brings it up all the time. "hey, remember when you wanted my buddy?" sometimes he'll ask me if i still have my buddy when i never had one in the first place. he did the same thing with mr. buckets and that came out when i was way too old for it. Troll dad is awesome. he still trolls me all the time about all kinds of shit and i troll my daughter constantly too. my grandfather trolled my dad a lot too. i guess it's a family tradition, like alcoholism. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:51am - KEVORD ""] barren%20ark said:Some of the new toys they have out now are pretty sweet. I wouldn't mind blowing a paycheck on those Star Wars Unleashed figures. [img]The only problem with the Unleashed toys is they're glorified statues so you can't play with them. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:51am - dreadkill ""] i loved battle beasts |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:52am - dreadkill ""] anyone ever have bucky o'hare figures? those never really caught on. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:58am - arilliusbm ""] WHY DID THE GI JOE ACTION FIGURES HAVE AN ELASTIC HOLDING THE LEGS TO THE TORSO. Most of mine are now rotted and worn and the elastic snaps right off. CANT A NILLA PLAY IN PEACE? |
| __________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:59am - MikeOv ""] Yeti said:WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING CALLED [img] Redlen from the Inhumanoids. He's sort of like an Ent and helped to assist the Earth Corps against the Inhumanoids. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:01am - xmikex ""] [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:02am - arilliusbm ""] dreadkill said:i loved battle beasts Ditto. they were a solid toy. Small, but sturdy and withstood the test of time. I would love to buy and collect all of them |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:02am - KEVORD ""] arilliusbm said:WHY DID THE GI JOE ACTION FIGURES HAVE AN ELASTIC HOLDING THE LEGS TO THE TORSO. Most of mine are now rotted and worn and the elastic snaps right off. CANT A NILLA PLAY IN PEACE?So your parents would have to buy you a new snake eyes every birthday and christmas. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:06am - arilliusbm ""] Still got my matchbox and hotwheels from the 80s and early 90s. Ive got a few that are from the late 70s and are much heavier and sturdy than the shit today |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:13am - i_am_lazy ""] I'm pretty confident I had at least one of the Food Fighters and one of the Barnyard Commandos. And I ended up with a few Super Naturals and a couple of Rock Lords from my cousin (One of which was a Rockasaur.) I think he had a couple of Air Raiders too. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:13am - Alx_Casket ""] Z Bots were perfect fits on Tech Decks |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:13am - Captain Planet ""] arilliusbm said:For best-looking action figures off alltime, my vote goes towards Skeleton Warriors, though I'm positive that was the early 90s. Kinda like Street Sharks. Edit: yea, both of these were 1993-1994. I had one skeleton warrior but by that time I was pretty much done with action figures I think. FALSE, Skeleton Warriors are not the best-looking action figures of all time. Also you spelled OF wrong and you wrote OFF. Talk about grammar. |
| __________________________________________ [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. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 1:11pm - Yeti ""] i still have the penguin battle beast, though the hologram doesn't work anymore. these were also favorites of mine, and i had this which was essentially a torture chamber. [img] |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 1:13pm - Yeti ""] and i also forgot about Bucky O'Hare, holy shit. Usagi Yojimbo > Bucky O'Hare |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 1:15pm - Yeti ""] [img] |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 1:18pm - Yeti ""] 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. i still have a bunch of the Alien and Predator figures from the same era, and i used to have Terminator ones, long before i was ever old enough to see any of the movies. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 1:19pm - Yeti ""] this was a favorite of mine, before it was mercilessly thrown away along with most of my other toys. [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 1:50pm - the_reverend ""] anyone see in my pictures one of these dudes? [img] so bad. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 1:55pm - KEVORD ""] the_reverend said:anyone see in my pictures one of these dudes? [img] so bad.Those were all seperate metal robots put together right? I remember them. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:14pm - eye-gore ""] Anyone remember these fuckers? I used to have a ton of em'.....probably still in my mom's attic now that I think of it :/ [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:17pm - MotleyGrue ""] Yeti said:[img] JT Marsh from Exo-Squad, cool action figures, cool series I always thought the show was more adult than kid oriented. |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:17pm - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] Had TONS of those guys. Bunch of the ranom non-fleshtone ones, too. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:17pm - turdeater ""] DINIO RIDERS FOOLS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqUvAhrb86Y shackodinonitus |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:20pm - MotleyGrue ""] Ronin Warriors action figures rocked as well, show was good as well [img] |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:21pm - KEVORD ""] eye-gore said:Anyone remember these fuckers? I used to have a ton of em'.....probably still in my mom's attic now that I think of it :/ [img]Yeah, I had tons of them too. They came in plastic garbage cans. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:24pm - MotleyGrue ""] [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:26pm - arilliusbm ""] NEEDS MOAR MICRO MACHINES |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:36pm - MotleyGrue ""] I never got this, but wanted it back then. [img] |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:36pm - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] Attn: all non-80s toys ITT bennyhillifier |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:37pm - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] (Clash of the Titans gets a pass.) |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:41pm - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] Oh, shit - somehow I thought CotT was like 1978. 1981, apparently. Kraken makes the cut! |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:48pm - AndrewBastard ""] KEVORD said: eye-gore said:Anyone remember these fuckers? I used to have a ton of em'.....probably still in my mom's attic now that I think of it :/ [img]Yeah, I had tons of them too. They came in plastic garbage cans. yup later on they were like blue and red and shit |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:50pm - dreadkill ""] i had swamp thing figures, a toxic crusader, and a my pet monster. they were all awesome. i recently found my pet monster in my parents' attic, but all the rubbery parts, like his nose and handcuffs, were rotting so i threw him away :( |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 2:53pm - arilliusbm ""] I wish i still had my box of mcdonalds toys from the 8os |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:01pm - dreadkill ""] i still have one of my favorite happy meal toys. it was similar to a transformer. it was a box of mcdonalds french fries. a head folded out of the top, the bottom dropped down and became feet, and the sides slid out to become arms. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:04pm - dreadkill ""] [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:13pm - arilliusbm ""] Oh maaaaaaannnn those are classics. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:19pm - Yeti ""] arilliusbm said:I wish i still had my box of mcdonalds toys from the 8os my mother has every release still in the packages from about 5 years in the 90's. they will be bequeathed to me. |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:23pm - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] dreadkill said:i had swamp thing figures, a toxic crusader, and a my pet monster. they were all awesome. i recently found my pet monster in my parents' attic, but all the rubbery parts, like his nose and handcuffs, were rotting so i threw him away :( Dreadkill in his parent's attic: [img] |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:25pm - Yeti ""] arilliusbm said:NEEDS MOAR MICRO MACHINES Micro Machines are second only to Legos in my eyes. i still have a box of about 200 or so, and my mother still has one of the mini-Micro Machines. they released so many awesome sets that were never advertised for amazing movies. i have the whole Indiana Jones set, as well as a few Predator ones, and there is also a full T2 set. i have most of the Star Wars figures and some ships, as well as a few random Star Trek ones. i think my cousin still has a few of the playsets made to look like car parts like a distributor cap. i actually have Micro Machine Storm Troopers on my desk at work. BEST. NON-LEGO TOY. EVER. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:25pm - the_reverend ""] KEVORD said: the_reverend said:anyone see in my pictures one of these dudes? [img] so bad.Those were all seperate metal robots put together right? I remember them. yes, they were one of the voltrons. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:28pm - MikeOv ""] [img] |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:32pm - Yeti ""] i have a memory of being pissed off at The Fair in Worcester because my mother wouldn't buy me the Rancor figure. i have no idea how old i was. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:39pm - dreadkill ""] DYA%20is%20TESCO%20VEE said: dreadkill said:i had swamp thing figures, a toxic crusader, and a my pet monster. they were all awesome. i recently found my pet monster in my parents' attic, but all the rubbery parts, like his nose and handcuffs, were rotting so i threw him away :( Dreadkill in his parent's attic: [img] little monsters...ON VIDEO! |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:40pm - MikeOv ""] Just gonna leave this right here. [img] |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:41pm - dreadkill ""] i had a bunch of dino riders. my dog was afraid of the dinosaurs. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:43pm - MikeOv ""] Dinosaurs...with LASERS?!? It had every right to be. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:45pm - AndrewBastard ""] MikeOv said:[img] i have this somewhere...i have tons of old original SW toys. my mom has a picture of me asleep on the GI Joe air craft carrier. I fell asleep on it during an epic playing session... it wasnt mine BTW. it was my older neighbors and he let me have it after he grew out of it. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:51pm - MikeOv ""] [img] I always wanted them to make this an action figure, as a kid. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:54pm - AndrewBastard ""] [img] i had these dudes but i cant remember what they were called / where they were from |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:57pm - MikeOv ""] [img] Not gonna lie, I bought this several years ago and I'm proud of my purchase. |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 3:57pm - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] How about motherfucking Starriors? [img] |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:00pm - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] I used to have the motherfucking Starriors motherfucking base: [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:11pm - arilliusbm ""] AndrewBastard said:[img] i had these dudes but i cant remember what they were called / where they were from Bahaha I had those too. No idea either |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:21pm - Garth Algar ""] Same here. The bald guy cracked me up for some reason. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:24pm - dreadkill ""] arilliusbm said: AndrewBastard said:[img] i had these dudes but i cant remember what they were called / where they were from Bahaha I had those too. No idea either they were called definitely dinosaurs. i had a few of those, a dino that came with a caveman and that two caveman pack you posted the picture of. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:25pm - dreadkill ""] one of the cavemen was named druze but i forget the others |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:30pm - dreadkill ""] bennyhillifier there was a better commercial with a part that went "yooga yooga yooga to ride on one. the big bigger biggest kind of fun!" i wish i could find that one. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:36pm - eyeroller ""] ^ Looks like they come in a kid's meal at the Ramrod. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:37pm - eyeroller ""] ( ^ The mini-wrestlers that is, sorry) |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:48pm - Arrow NLI ""] bennyhillifier bennyhillifier bennyhillifier |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:50pm - KEVORD ""] I just stopped at my mothers and grabbed my big rubber LJN WWF figures. They're beat to shit but I have Hulk Hogan,Roddy Piper, Iron Sheik,George the Animal Steel,Nikoli Volkov,Brutus Beefcake, Junkyard Dog,Macho Man, Big John Studd, Greg the Hammer Valentine, Jessie Ventura, and Hillbilly Jim. If anyone out there has the ones I'm missing all donations will be accepted. Would love to get a King Kong Bundy, Jake the Snake or Paul Orndorff. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:53pm - Arrow NLI ""] bennyhillifier |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 4:55pm - Arrow NLI ""] KEVORD said:I just stopped at my mothers and grabbed my big rubber Sometimes I like to only read the first dozen or so words of a post. Usually gives me the gist of what they're saying. |
| _____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 5:01pm - ancient master nli ""] GUTS |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 5:03pm - arilliusbm ""] hahahaha madballs |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 5:17pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] Does anyone remember those diecast action figures that were people in yellow and blue tracksuits with a stylized "5" badge? Those things could withstand m-80 blasts, easily. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 5:19pm - Yeti ""] holy fuck, madballs and those cavemen. sensory overload. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 5:21pm - andrewbastard nli ""] I still see madballs for sale |
| ______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 5:24pm - Yeti ""] MikeOv said:[img] Not gonna lie, I bought this several years ago and I'm proud of my purchase. hold no shame. i collect old and new figures. the Witch-king of Angmar is one of my price pieces. the only old figure i have still in the clamshell is Super Shredder. i just can't bring myself to destroy the integrity of such a nostalgic piece. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 5:32pm - trioxin245 ""] I liked monster in my pocket in the early 90s, but looking at them now they're pretty weak haha [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 5:50pm - arilliusbm ""] cher only played with mobster in my pocket |
| ___________________________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 6:03pm - worst troll of all time detector ""] arilliusbm said:cher only played with the monster in notshavers pocket |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 6:04pm - trioxin245 ""] DAMMIT |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 6:04pm - Randy_Marsh ""] worst%20troll%20of%20all%20time%20detector said: arilliusbm said:cher only played with the mound in notshavers pocket |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 6:08pm - andrewbastard nli ""] Remember Mask toys. They were all magnetic. I'm drawing a huge blank on the name of these figures but who remembers those little dudes, like 2,5 inches tall and they had this little square hologram on their chest and you'd rub it and a symbol would show up, fire, water, wood, or wind (I thinky...WHAT WERE THE CALLED?? Micromachines were cool. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 6:09pm - arilliusbm ""] I dont understand all this talk about his junk |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 6:14pm - trioxin245 ""] arilliusbm said:I dont understand all this talk about his junk cher is VERY impressed by notshavers package. Thats all there is to it. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 6:20pm - arilliusbm ""] andrewbastard%20nli said:Remember Mask toys. They were all magnetic. I'm drawing a huge blank on the name of these figures but who remembers those little dudes, like 2,5 inches tall and they had this little square hologram on their chest and you'd rub it and a symbol would show up, fire, water, wood, or wind (I thinky...WHAT WERE THE CALLED?? Micromachines were cool. They were called battle beasts. We were talking about them above. The acid reverend pictures have the flying squirrel one.. Awesome toyz |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 6:27pm - andrewbastard nli ""] Oh I'm retarded... but yeah battlebeasts. |
| ____________________________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 6:59pm - DMYA is ROCKS FALL, EVERYONE DIES ""] ^^^ the whole "elemental" rock/paper/scissors thing with those little guys was cool... until you realize that "wood" isn't an element. [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 14,2012 11:48am - i_am_lazy ""] chrisREX said:The Ghostbuster car was the best toy car I ever had. I also had many Swamp Thing toys. [img] I definitely had a number of those. The best Ghostbuster toy of all was the toilet. Seriously. A toilet. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 14,2012 11:51am - arilliusbm ""] That toilet ruled. Long-ass ass tongue. Nigga could eat girls out like no tomorrow |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 14,2012 12:13pm - AndrewBastard ""] i had that swamp thing dude...his hand came off but was attached by an elastic or string or some shit and could retract... |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 14,2012 12:24pm - Randy_Marsh ""] 80s chill |
| ______________________________ [Dec 14,2012 1:13pm - Yeti ""] i_am_lazy said: chrisREX said:The Ghostbuster car was the best toy car I ever had. I also had many Swamp Thing toys. [img] I definitely had a number of those. The best Ghostbuster toy of all was the toilet. Seriously. A toilet. hahaha yes, i have that as well. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 15,2012 9:40pm - gagger ""] This thread is fucking great nostaglia. |