What toys did you love in your childhood? [Archive]

Ancalagon

11-14-2008, 06:46 AM

So..... for some reason, I got started looking at the Lego page on Wikipedia, and then made my way over to this. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Space) It brought back such memories! We were never able to afford the really big sets, but I did have this (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6889) and this (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6956) and I'm pretty sure I had this. (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6897)

I tracked some of it down on eBay, I could actually buy it. It was so cool! I loved that stuff. Nothing quite like sci fi Lego. I also had a few Micro Machines, and FormChangers, which were cheap Transformers rip offs.

What toys did you guys grow up with?

President Fred

11-14-2008, 06:54 AM

The He-Man figures which my father built a 3 m2 fort for, sometimes having a father who works with special effects for films was pretty cool. I loved the Star wars figures with the huge Millennium Falcon. But the best when I was a kid was probably Warhammer, even though I stopped when I was like 14 or so I think it is such a good thing for kids. The rulebooks, the strategy, the painting, sexual favours you had to trade to afford any of it etc.

Lekon

11-14-2008, 06:55 AM

Man, I loved Legos, used to build with both my mom and dad back when I was a little one. Also loved Transformers. Hell, I loved my Intellivision too. Used to play cards on it with my dad, (They had a few card game cartridges) or Discs of Tron.

The legos were always the most awesome. Those, and my Star Wars toys.

Ancalagon

11-14-2008, 06:57 AM

I never had any Star Wars toys. I dont know why. Maybe they werent popular in South Africa when I was growing up? Incidentally, I dont think I saw my first Star Wars movie till I was 12 or something. Lego was generally the best.

I also had some Capsela, which was also a construction toy, but more scientific. You could build working vehicles etc. Lots of fun.

JayVe

11-14-2008, 07:01 AM

Loved me some Legos (Still DO!), Star Wars and Transformers when I was young.

The toys I always WANTED buy never got are:

http://www.tomheroes.com/images/greenmachine.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Big_trak_white_background.jpg/800px-Big_trak_white_background.jpg

Edit: I also really liked the toys from M.A.S.K even though I only had one (http://www.virtualtoychest.co.uk/m/mask/maskcondor/maskcondor.html).

neutralism

11-14-2008, 07:02 AM

http://i34.tinypic.com/sl4h3l.jpg

Nura

11-14-2008, 07:03 AM

fucking a, i loved those lego pieces! i also had this one (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=6949_1&v=z) i still have a ton of it laying around in the attic.

menage

11-14-2008, 07:03 AM

Transformers!!!!!

He-man, MASK, Starcom a little bit, Zoids, Lego.

roboninja

11-14-2008, 07:07 AM

http://uploads.evilavatarcomics.com/roboninja/hover.jpg

http://uploads.evilavatarcomics.com/roboninja/Galaxian.jpg

http://uploads.evilavatarcomics.com/roboninja/sunstreaker.JPG

Ancalagon

11-14-2008, 07:10 AM

Oh, I also have a vague memory of Ninja Turtles toys (always wanted the vehicles, never got them), Monsters in my Pocket, the other similar collectible robot toys.

Borthcollective

11-14-2008, 07:11 AM

I pretty much had everything for MASK. They were awesome.

Felonous

11-14-2008, 07:12 AM

My favorite childhood toy? Gotta go with the farm tractor inner tube. Was the poor kids trampoline and could be used for so many other things.

In the summer we would get 2-3 of them into the truck, then have the parents drive us 5-6 miles upstream of the canal that ran through town and we would get dropped off. The rest of the afternoon was spent floating on the tubes in the canal to get back into town. There were at least 8 or 9 waterfalls that were in the route that were a blast to float through, one of which that had such a nasty falls that the parents made us promise not to attempt to run it. Of course we always did, which looking back was pretty stupid but that was what it was like back then.

During the winter we would use them like sleds at a gravel pit near town that was shut down. That also wasn't the safest activity either. One winter we built a large jump made of snow at the bottom of the pit and loaded 6+ people onto a very large tube. When it hit the jump nobody was able to stay attached to the tube and flew in all directions, looked like someone had tossed a grenade in the middle of us with all the bodies flying everywhere. My stepsister ended up with a broken arm and the rest of us were pretty banged up.

I guess growing up in a backwater town of < 3000 in Idaho was different than what most experienced.

President Fred

11-14-2008, 07:13 AM

Oh, I also have a vague memory of Ninja Turtles toys (always wanted the vehicles, never got them)
Forgot about those, I had most of the figures but my friend had all the figures and vehicles. The big globe thing on wheels where Krang (I think his name was) lived was pretty cool.

Also I tried playing with Lego but I was really hyperactive so I never had the patience but I started a lot of things that my parents finished.

pheriannath

11-14-2008, 07:15 AM

Ancalagon

11-14-2008, 07:15 AM

Yeah, I remember one of my favourite toys as a toddler was my Mom's lettuce drying tub. Anything that spins round at high speed is awesome to kids. And pieces of cardboard + grassy slope = awesome.

I used to live on a farm, and we had a dam. We used to build all sorts of cool things with the mud/clay there, such as our own mini dams.

Forgot about those, I had most of the figures but my friend had all the figures and vehicles. The big globe thing on wheels where Krang (I think his name was) lived was pretty cool.

The Technodrome! I also loved Gi Joes, although I didnt own many.

Wraith

11-14-2008, 07:18 AM

Legos and Transformers were the main ones. Also some micro machines and hot wheels.

I had a few "big" Lego sets, including the seaport (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6542), monorail (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6399), and pirate ship (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6285), and a bunch of small ones. Well, some of the small ones were in the lego bucket with all kinds of pieces mixed in. (I actually still have them. Haven't eBay'd/given them away yet.)

JayVe

11-14-2008, 07:22 AM

My favorite toy from my youth has got to be the Voltron I got for my 4th birthday... the damn thing lasted until I was almost 10. It helped that I lived near Japan at the time and I got a really cool die-cast metal version.

Was it the big metal Voltron that basically stood 2' tall? My brother had it, and it was fantastic. All metal, and the lions had a good number of movable joints. Basically looked like a 'REAL' Voltron, better than the one in the show.

Then again, my brother ended up with a ton of kick-ass imported toys, like the macross transforming jets... fully die-cast.

Jealous!

roboninja

11-14-2008, 07:31 AM

http://uploads.evilavatarcomics.com/roboninja/hothstorm.JPG

http://uploads.evilavatarcomics.com/roboninja/trapjaw.jpg

http://uploads.evilavatarcomics.com/roboninja/shogun.jpg

LarsenNET

11-14-2008, 07:41 AM

Star Wars, He-Man, Transformers, MASK.

Typical Michael

11-14-2008, 07:42 AM

Legos, Transformers, my big wheel ruled too. But TMNT was pretty much what I was most in to. My TMNT and my brother's Batman/Robin figures would have epic battles, and then team up to fight Shredder and Two-Face. Its funny, he was more into Batman back in the day than I was. Didnt start collecting Star Wars figures until 1997, with the re-release. I also liked playing in the mud, but who didnt. Except in Florida we mostly have...wet sand.

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 07:44 AM

I was obsessed with Legos, I had a couple of gigantic cardboard boxes filled with them.

I really liked TMNT too and Crash Test Dummies too. I had a few vehicles for TMNT, I remember the van that fired pizzas. The most distinct thing though was definitely this cannon for Crash Test Dummies, it would launch them at like terminal velocity across the entire house. That thing was freaking dangerous, and then one day it vanished and I never saw it again. I looked for years and it never showed back up.

I also really remember riding a little red wagon down the hills by my house, they were steep hills and they weren't paved. I even remember rolling it on purpose. It must have hurt, but I distinctly remember it.

Anyone remember MoonBoots?
http://www.vividimaginations.co.uk/media/AW08%20images/Vivid%20Active/Moon%20boots.jpg
I wonder if they still make them.

Typical Michael

11-14-2008, 07:46 AM

Only rich kids had moon boots. TMNT figures were something like $4 each.

fitbabits

11-14-2008, 07:47 AM

I didn't have toys when I was a child. We were very poor and food was more important than toys.

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 07:47 AM

Only rich kids had moon boots. TMNT figures were something like $4 each.

I got them for my birthday once; they sucked.

I thought I would be jumping onto my roof in a single bound, I could jump higher without them. Most dissapointing childhood toy ever.

Inverarity

11-14-2008, 07:51 AM

Pretty much the same toys I like now: robots, transforming or Japanese (preferably both). My local toy store carried the Takara Diakron/Diaclone toys that were the predecessors of the Transformers line, and I saved money from chores so that I could get them all.

These days, Transformers are still my cheap robot fix, but the ones I really love are Bandai's Soul of Chogokin line, and I'm looking at picking up some of Yamato's GN-U releases as well. Expensive and tough to import, but so, so sweet.

Oh, and the Green Machine was freaking awesome. One girl on my block had it, and never never never let the rest of us ride it. We had to stick with normal, boring Big Wheels.

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 07:54 AM

Capsela was THE SHIT! Too bad I couldn't convince my parents to buy me more than just the starter pack. They had aquatic kits for these things too! Heck, I just wished I could have had at least one extra motor...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4117TSZGQ4L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 07:58 AM

Also, gotta give a nod to Mad Scientist: Dissect an Alien. Best way to gross out your sister, ever! Look! I'm pulling the brain out of the skull cap and it is covered in alien goop!

http://www.dukenostalgia.com/MadSci/Images/DisectAlien.JPG

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 08:01 AM

I didn't have toys when I was a child. We were very poor and food was more important than toys.

fitty just made me sad

so, now that you're an adult, you should be buying toys left and right to make up for your lost childhood!!

Cupelix

11-14-2008, 08:03 AM

I'm so glad that I'm not the only person on the planet who remembers the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand. Everyone I know my age thinks I'm making them up. I still have a (slightly broken) Switchblade (I had to look that up) - the bad ass plane which turns into a helicopter. It even had a button which would spin the helicopter's blades... though it was awfully hard to push it and have your hand out of the way so the blades would actually spin.

Also Capsela gets an A+ for nerdiness.

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 08:03 AM

Anyone remember MoonBoots?

I see your MoonBoots and raise you a PogoBall!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fadcxG-UL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

This was THE #1 cause for twisted ankles in my neighborhood.

fitbabits

11-14-2008, 08:04 AM

fitty just made me sad

so, now that you're an adult, you should be buying toys left and right to make up for your lost childhood!!
Sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad.

As for toys these days... I don't really have any, either. :(

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 08:06 AM

I see your MoonBoots and raise you a PogoBall!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fadcxG-UL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

This was THE #1 cause for twisted ankles in my neighborhood.

My cousin had one, all I remember about it is that I ate shit on it all the time.

Vinz Clortho

11-14-2008, 08:07 AM

We had part of a slinky. But I straightened it.

fitbabits

11-14-2008, 08:09 AM

We had part of a slinky. But I straightened it.
And now your avatar makes much more sense...

Commissar Rob

11-14-2008, 08:17 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Big_trak_white_background.jpg/800px-Big_trak_white_background.jpg

Oh man does that bring back memories! I had that beast plus a dump truck style add on it pulled around. Very cool!

Oddly enough, the toy I always wanted but couldn't have didn't exist...until now...

http://www.strongblade.com/prod/prodimages/sbmr-obiwanfx1_l.jpg

Norse

11-14-2008, 08:19 AM

I had a huge bag with Lego under my bed. This was pieces from all kinds of sets that had been taken apart over the years. I also had some sets in the Pirtate series and different city sets. I always wanted a Lego train set, but never had the chance to get it. A few years ago I bought a big train set for my nephew and I almost had as much fun as he had :)

As a fan of He-Man I got a lot of figures and some sets like Snake Mountain (Skeletor's fortress). Thundercats was my favorite cartoon back in the day, but I only had a 1 or to figures unfortunately. I remember my best friends loved GI Joe, but I don't think I got into it that much. At the end of my childhood I got a ton of Ninja Turtles figures.

Am I the only one who thinks the quality (except for Lego) of toys had dropped significantly the last 10-15 years? I don't see much that can rival GI Joe, He-man, Transformers, Turtles or Thundercats figures these days. They look cheap and too flashy and "cool". I guess I'm just too old :( I do walk into toy stores every now and then to see what's new :)

JayVe

11-14-2008, 08:21 AM

Am I the only one who thinks the quality (except for Lego) of toys had dropped significantly the last 10-15 years?

Yes.

Toy companies have had their sales cut into by electronic toys and *gasp* VIDEO GAMES!

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 08:22 AM

Gentlemen...

http://www.toyarchive.com/DinoRiders/DinoRiderTrexARMORED.jpg

Typical Michael

11-14-2008, 08:24 AM

Gentlemen...

http://www.toyarchive.com/DinoRiders/DinoRiderTrexARMORED.jpg

That might as well be the walkstheplanes signal.

I remember when I was little, the next door neighbours were super religious or something, and their kid got some toys from someone, a crash test dummy toy, and Donatello riding a T-Rex. They gave them to me, because they considered them "violent", and it was awesome.

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 08:24 AM

Gentlemen...

http://www.toyarchive.com/DinoRiders/DinoRiderTrexARMORED.jpg

Nice! A buddy of mine was digging through his old room not too long ago, and he unearthed a Dino Riders VHS tape. The great part about it was that when it would normally go to commercial, it would always play commercials for Tyco toys. So awesome!

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 08:25 AM

Turbo Train......it freaking went up the wall.

http://tycotrain.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/tyco_turbo_train_package.jpg

Commissar Rob

11-14-2008, 08:26 AM

Am I the only one who thinks the quality (except for Lego) of toys had dropped significantly the last 10-15 years?
I would submit that any era which can produce this...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41sMuyynXPL._SS400_.jpg

Is a GOLDEN era of toys. :D

Blue

11-14-2008, 08:26 AM

MASK was the bomb. And my TMNT figures got a ton of love (especially the Turtle Mobile and Sewer play set). Unfortunately, I was never able to have Transformers as my mom thought they were too expensive so I ended up with a whole collection of Go-Bots, the poor-man's Transformer.

I still hate them to this day.

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 08:27 AM

The Animal. I wanted this so badly, but at least my friend had one.

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Ancalagon

11-14-2008, 08:28 AM

Turbo Train......it freaking went up the wall.

http://tycotrain.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/tyco_turbo_train_package.jpg

I always wanted that. There was a store we went to sometimes, in a big city near my home. I always used to ogle it.

I actually used to have an HO gauge railway set. Well, the pieces for one. I never got round to building a permanent layout. Laziness and childhood attention span, that kind of thing. I eventually gave all of it away (not that I had that much, only one locomotive, a few carriages, and some track). Some day I'll build a proper layout, maybe in N gauge.

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 08:29 AM

I know I lost countless hours desperately trying to escape Fireball Island!

http://www.oaktreeent.com/web_photos/1-PPA/MB_Fireball-Island_4708_game_web.jpg

thomas

11-14-2008, 08:33 AM

My stuffed toy hippo. It's still on the corner of my bed next to my pillow...

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 08:35 AM

I always wanted that. There was a store we went to sometimes, in a big city near my home. I always used to ogle it.

Well if it is any consolation, the thing broke after like the 5th time we used it :) My dad kept going back to Toys R Us and exchanging it for different slot car sets. We finally ended up with one that had plastic boulders and a pinch area where you could knock the other guy off his slot. I can't remember the name, otherwise I'd include a pic of awesomeness! :)

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 08:37 AM

Turbo Train......it freaking went up the wall.

Oh, shit yes! I remember those and the slot car tracks that did the same. I never had either but I always wanted them.

I finally bought one myself at a fleamarket when I was 14, and the fucker was broken or something. The cars couldn't get enough momentum to actually go up the wall, for like three feet. If I ever find the fucker that sold me that...

We finally ended up with one that had plastic boulders and a pinch area where you could knock the other guy off his slot. I can't remember the name, otherwise I'd include a pic of awesomeness! :)

Holy shit, that was the one! Man, I was so excited...

Bad Buddha

11-14-2008, 08:37 AM

Legos, HO car sets, appliance boxes and lots of toy guns.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7287/unclegunip8.jpg
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was big in the 60's.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7206/sonicblasterve7.jpg
I'm surprised I never deafened my brother with this thing. It shot out a blast of air that would blow over targets from across the room. Consumer Reports didn't recommend it.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4042/dashnu3.jpg
I had something like this when I was around 5. No GTA4 back then.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2214/c4he4.jpg
Lots of plastic models. I especially liked the "Big Daddy" Ed Roth ones like Rat Fink.

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/422/280b1lm5.jpg
Had a huge collection of Matchbox Cars.

...and black and white TV!

Inverarity

11-14-2008, 08:41 AM

Turbo Train had nothing on Rocket Tubes, man!

As for whether toys were better then...I'm a little conflicted. There was less reliance on cross-marketing and electronic gizmos, but I think a lot of the engineering and materials have really improved. Paint applications are much better and last longer, and the plastics are more durable by far.

As an example, compare these two designs:

Original Transformers Hound, circa 1984
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/transformers/images/e/ea/G1Hound_toy.jpg

Binaltech/Alternators Hound, circa 2004
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/transformers/images/6/67/Alternators_Hound_toy.jpg

Adjusting for general cost increases, they sold for within about $5 of the same price. The 2004 model is about three times bigger, much more accurate and detailed, and remarkably poseable. I'll grant you that the 1984 model has vintage appeal- what robot fans call 'funk'- but I really think that the 2004 toy is better in every respect.

[BTW, is there a way to constrain image sizes? I'll edit to slim these graphics down a touch.]

diablopath

11-14-2008, 08:46 AM

JayVe

11-14-2008, 08:47 AM

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was big in the 60's.

Yanno, it looks like you had the best stuff yet. Way cool!

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 08:49 AM

I had a lot of fun playing with my father's 1950's Erector Set:

http://www.neatstuff.net/construction/Gilbert-Erector-Robot-set-6.5.jpg

Even as a 6 year old, I would snicker at the name. Might as well have titled it "Boner Kit".

itchyeyes

11-14-2008, 08:51 AM

This is the best thread ever.

Here are a few of mine:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y66/mnikkel55/exoSquad_L.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y66/mnikkel55/Legopirateship.jpg

Ancalagon

11-14-2008, 08:54 AM

http://i33.tinypic.com/2yziuqu.jpg
The pure joy I had from legos actually made me want to be an engineer, but the math and whatnot involved kind of turned me off.

Very fond memories of building elaborate shit (both from directions and just random) with my father. I use to build these awesome fucking airplanes, then throw them as hard as I could into my dresser, then rebuild them even cooler, then do it again.

I think I'd still enjoy dicking around with them if I had the time.

Yeah, sometimes the best fun to be had with Lego wasnt building what was on the box, but what was in your head. It was a huge bonus that, by its very nature, it was just about indestructible. You bash it to pieces, and build it again (cue the military starting a "L.E.G.O. Devices" division).

Everyone vs Dinosaurs

11-14-2008, 08:57 AM

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http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y66/mnikkel55/Legopirateship.jpg

I second that.

Biggest lego set that I ever owned.

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 08:58 AM

Yeah, sometimes the best fun to be had with Lego wasnt building what was on the box, but what was in your head. It was a huge bonus that, by its very nature, it was just about indestructible. You bash it to pieces, and build it again (cue the military starting a "L.E.G.O. Devices" division).

I only ever built what was on the box when I first opened a package, then they all went into the collection for some more creative builds.

Superman's Dead

11-14-2008, 09:18 AM

I know I lost countless hours desperately trying to escape Fireball Island!

Oh my God! I was thinking about this game the whole thread. I had it, but got it second hand and didn't have the pieces or the instructions or any idea what it was. Did not stop me from messing around with it.

I had a big bat-cave set from the movie, and used to have long drawn-out fight scenes between Bruce Wayne, Robin Hood (from prince of Theives), and in some extreme cases a Transformer.

Ghostbear

11-14-2008, 09:23 AM

Nice! A buddy of mine was digging through his old room not too long ago, and he unearthed a Dino Riders VHS tape. The great part about it was that when it would normally go to commercial, it would always play commercials for Tyco toys. So awesome!

I recently watched that, hilarious!

Fuck yeah...http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g302/ghostbear1/random%20crap/g1-optimus-prime.jpg

I am still angry when my mother became a christian and made me get rid of
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g302/ghostbear1/random%20crap/grayskull.jpg

TheKeck

11-14-2008, 09:25 AM

He freaking Man.

Superman's Dead

11-14-2008, 09:25 AM

I've done a lot of work at rec centers and children's camps, and its kinda nice to see that some things don't change.

I mean kids, 2008 kids with rich parents and cell phones and 360s at home, sit for minutes to wait their turn to try and beat the high score in Pac Man. They'll play with mixed Legos for forever, but of course pool is still the number one game to play.

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 09:25 AM

I am still angry when my mother became a christian and made me get rid of
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g302/ghostbear1/random%20crap/grayskull.jpg

Holy Shit! I never thought I would see that thing again.

My cousin had one, and it contained the most epic battles of GIJoe, TMNT, Transformers, Thundercats, and of course He-Man characters ever.

squirrelTactics

11-14-2008, 09:28 AM

http://www.figurerealm.com/Galleries/streetsharks/BigSlammu-Front.jpg

Bone

11-14-2008, 09:29 AM

Loved me some Legos (Still DO!), Star Wars and Transformers when I was young.
I was lucky to have the very first Space lego set (1978, or 79?) and a bunch of those thereafter. I would always start by building it to the manual's specs, then ripping it apart and coming up with epic space stations, combining all my sets. I actually still have the very same legos, in a large plastic trash can. I am so glad I've resisted throwing them away. As I got older I got really into the Expert Builder sets (real gear mechanisms, rack and pinion steering, etc). And then recently my wife won the robotic Lego set with programmable controller in her office pool. Wooo! (she gave it to me and my inner 5 year old peed his pants).

The toys I always WANTED buy never got are:

http://www.tomheroes.com/images/greenmachine.jpg
Man, I was so jealous of the kid who had that. I had a standard Big Wheel.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Big_trak_white_background.jpg/800px-Big_trak_white_background.jpgI forgot all about that! I was jealous of the kid who had that too. Side note- did you ever hang out with a kid you couldn't stand, just to, say, play with the Big Trak? ;)

I was extremely lucky to have most of the Star Wars playsets. I had the Death Star, Yoda's house, Hoth and Tatooine (re-colors of the same exact mold, with different backdrops), the M. Falcon, a Tie Fighter and X-Wing. My dad humored me by playing Star Wars with me. Damn, the Death Star was awesome, I loved the trash compactor with little eye-tentacle monster, and making the bridge drop out so Luke would have to swing Leia over the pit. Good times. Sadly, those toys did not survive my destructive phase when I discovered the explosive power of fireworks.

JayVe

11-14-2008, 09:34 AM

I was lucky to have the very first Space lego set (1978, or 79?) and a bunch of those thereafter. We must be the exact same age. :D

President Fred

11-14-2008, 09:35 AM

I am still angry when my mother became a christian and made me get rid of
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g302/ghostbear1/random%20crap/grayskull.jpg
I got that but I was so disappointed with how small it was compared to the figures so my dad (and a couple of model builders from his work) built one that was taller than I was (at like 6 or something) with as far as remember volcanic fields, an actual flowing river (or lava I don't remember) and it was sand blasted and plastic coated and everything. God I loved that thing but I had to get rid off it eventually because it covered the floor space of like 20% of my room. I should have a picture somewhere.

Norse

11-14-2008, 09:35 AM

I know I lost countless hours desperately trying to escape Fireball Island!

http://www.oaktreeent.com/web_photos/1-PPA/MB_Fireball-Island_4708_game_web.jpg

Have you seen the episode of Totally Rad Show (http://www.totallyradshow.com) where the guys play Fireball Island? If not, go see it now! :)

Shadowstorm

11-14-2008, 09:37 AM

I wish I could go back in time and take a picture of my room when I was a child and post it on here.

I must have had 40,000+ Legos, easily. Then a couple years ago, my mother sold my entire collection for $75. Boy, was I pissed.

Bone

11-14-2008, 09:39 AM

We must be the exact same age. :DBorn in '74, bitches!

Bone

11-14-2008, 09:40 AM

I got that but I was so disappointed with how small it was compared to the figures so my dad (and a couple of model builders from his work) built one that was taller than I was (at like 6 or something) with as far as remember volcanic fields, an actual flowing river (or lava I don't remember) and it was sand blasted and plastic coated and everything. God I loved that thing but I had to get rid off it eventually because it covered the floor space of like 20% of my room. I should have a picture somewhere.I want to be that cool of a dad. I hope I have the energy and means to make my kid's room into a Castle Grayskull.

TrackZero

11-14-2008, 09:41 AM

Bah, fuck ExoSquad. It was all about Starcom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=2060965

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3909/starcomindexpic1avk5.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4007/figuremosc2ajy4.jpg

Magnets = win.

LongStepMantis

11-14-2008, 09:43 AM

My Knight Rider big wheel.

http://media.motortopia.com/files/3102/vehicle/45bac964b4c26/tn_challenge_183.jpg

along with my GI Joes, He-man, etc.

And as always:
http://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/toys/images/collector_guides/motu_class/creature_shots/battlecat_01.jpg
and Battle Armor He-man with the progressive damage chest plate.
http://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/toys/images/collector_guides/motu_class/fig_shots/baheman_f.jpg

Those two vanquished many an imaginary fiend. I had the Battle Armor Skeletor too, and I always made he-man whoop his ass.

Norse

11-14-2008, 09:48 AM

I had the Battle Armor He-man as well, but I always wished I had the original edition.

President Fred

11-14-2008, 09:50 AM

I want to be that cool of a dad. I hope I have the energy and means to make my kid's room into a Castle Grayskull.
Yeah it was pretty cool, when I was I kid I would mostly play in different film studios or my dads studio with different sets, models and special effects pieces. It wasn't very safe but it was very fun. They would build 2d and sometimes 3d models of people and monsters in Styrofoam and then I would throw tools or shoot nail guns at them and so on. I would pretend to be on the different shows that they had sets for and stuff. One year for Halloween my dad turned this huge room into a scary banquette hall complete with film prop corpses on platters on the table and spider webs and blood all over the walls it freaked out a lot of my 10 year old friends.

LongStepMantis

11-14-2008, 09:51 AM

I had the Battle Armor He-man as well, but I always wished I had the original edition.

I probably had almost every He-man character. I had both the original and Battle Armor He-man and even the Red Shirt Prince Adam toy...even though he sucked.

I always liked this one He-man toy who was some kind of rock man who could transform into an asteroid...I have no clue who it was.

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 09:51 AM

LongStepMantis

11-14-2008, 09:54 AM

Does anybody remember the Sunday morning live action show with the toys that would react to the show? It was sci-fi themed, and they had VHS tapes of the episodes. You would point your toy space ship at the screen, and at certain points in the episode, the screen would flash some signal to the toy that would make it blow up.

Anyone?
M678PVOf5F0

HOLY SHIT. I forgot about Captain Power! I had his jet and my buddy had the evil black one.
We had many a laser battle! I fucking loved that show, and would use my ship on the show...I cheated a lot though. I would cover my light receptor with my other hand. :D

Thank you for reminding me this existed. I even had the training video.
Nostalgia machine is ...GO!
yMCQkS2oY6E

TheKeck

11-14-2008, 09:55 AM

I know I lost countless hours desperately trying to escape Fireball Island!

http://www.oaktreeent.com/web_photos/1-PPA/MB_Fireball-Island_4708_game_web.jpg
Dude, I'd give my left NUT to have this game back again.

Which is ironic, considering you can get it for about $100 on ebay it looks like. :p

Bad Buddha

11-14-2008, 10:18 AM

Born in '74, bitches!

I started college in '74.

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 10:21 AM

I started college in '74.

I wouldn't even be concieved for another 10 years.

5y1v4r

11-14-2008, 10:38 AM

I wouldn't even be concieved for another 10 years.
12 years here.

I had this ratty plastic sabertooth tiger that I took with me Everywhere. By the time she got eaten by the dog when I was 12 or so, she was missing her tail, one tooth, and a leg and had gone from a kind of tawny reddish color to a washed out yellow. Oh man did I love her though, her name was Sabra.

Also had tons of legos and since I had the belief as a kid that my toys would come to life when I was gone, I always figured that they would have more fun without me, so I would build elaborate sets for them out of legos and toiletpaper tubes and stuff and then I'd leave them in there to play by themselves. I was an odd kid..
Oh man, and I had Beast Wars, anybody else have those? I had almost a full set.
ah the memories ^_^

Bad Buddha

11-14-2008, 10:42 AM

I wouldn't even be concieved for another 10 years.

I think there's a "Your Mom" joke here... but I'll leave it alone. ;)

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 10:45 AM

I think there's a "Your Mom" joke here... but I'll leave it alone. ;)

Yeah, I really left that one wide open. You are a better man than I, I almost want to burn myself.

shunoshi

11-14-2008, 10:55 AM

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g302/ghostbear1/random%20crap/grayskull.jpg

I had Castle Grayskull, but I also had the superior Snake Mountain, complete with tinny microphone.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l175/shunoshi/SnakeMountainLoose1a.jpg

I also was into Return of the Jedi, Transformers, GI Joe, Micro Machines, and Nintendo. ;)

Norse

11-14-2008, 10:58 AM

I had Castle Grayskull, but I also had the superior Snake Mountain, complete with tinny microphone.

Thx for posting that pic. I haven't seen that in so many years. Brings back some great memories.

cawblen

11-14-2008, 11:07 AM

i was a Lego FREAK...i also liked Ninja Turtle, GI Joe and He-Man action figures

TrackZero

11-14-2008, 11:25 AM

I always liked this one He-man toy who was some kind of rock man who could transform into an asteroid...I have no clue who it was.

Yup, I had that one as well. And it was She-Ra actually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_People

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/3396/rokkonvk8.jpghttp://img385.imageshack.us/img385/9948/stonedaruf3.jpg

roboninja

11-14-2008, 11:34 AM

Born in '74, bitches!

Not bad, but '73 is where it's at.

Inverarity

11-14-2008, 11:42 AM

Not bad, but '73 is where it's at.
Too right.

Great to see Starcom toys upthread...I remember them well. The auto-transforming action on those toys was way ahead of its time.

When I was a teenager, I worked in toy stores over the summer and holiday seasons. Luckily, it was kind of a dry spell for toys I liked, so I didn't spend all my pay in the store. I do remember the Megaforce miniatures being really cool, though...I think I have a box of them somewhere in my closet.

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 11:48 AM

http://www.atariage.com/2600/systems/sys_Atari2600.jpg

My dad picked one of those bad boys up when I was 4. That little sonofabitch still works today. It is so great to be able to get my Demons To Diamonds fix on the actual hardware.

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 12:02 PM

I had Castle Grayskull, but I also had the superior Snake Mountain, complete with tinny microphone.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l175/shunoshi/SnakeMountainLoose1a.jpg

Holy shit, punched in the face with Nostalgia.

National Kato

11-14-2008, 12:05 PM

My all-time favorite board game. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Tower_(game))

GrenMag

11-14-2008, 12:33 PM

My grandmother ran a Sears catalog store so she always got me the fun stuff. I'll try to dig up pictures later but some of my favorites:

--Weeble-wobble tree house
--The biggest canister of Lincoln Logs they made
--Lego Police Station (original, not the later redo)

Then there is my dad who gave me a 44-40 Winchester for my 8th birthday, followed by a .308 for my 12th. Not "toys", really -- just terrific gifts. He's awesome.

Widgetcraft

11-14-2008, 12:37 PM

Legos, The Real Ghostbusters, TMNT and G.I. Joe were the big ones for me. I kinda missed the good Transformers. Later on, I got really into the Star Wars figures that accompanied the re-release of the movies, and The Shadows of the Empire. Back when I was little, instead of a teddy bear, I had a life-sized Gizmo from Gremlins. I was also very attached to My Pet Monster (the full sized original, not the shitty minis), and a large Roger Rabbit. I still have most of this stuff in the closet, I keep Gizmo on a shelf though.

These days I still pick up a toy every now and then, but I don't know why. I don't play with them, and you can really only have so much of this shit sitting on your desk. Just last week I was in the Wal-mart toy aisle, thinking of picking up some re-released classic G.I. Joe figures.

Sl1pstream

11-14-2008, 12:39 PM

http://www.wtl.org.nz/images/themetoys/tb.jpg

I also had all the vehicles and most of the action figures.

Other than that, I mostly played with Lego. Oh, and my Thundercats action figures.

Cyndair

11-14-2008, 12:48 PM

http://www.x-entertainment.com/updates/pics/plazm3.jpg + http://www.ghostbusters.se/collection/toys/hq.jpg = Joy.

biosc1

11-14-2008, 12:49 PM

http://uploads.evilavatarcomics.com/roboninja/hover.jpg

This wins the thread. Holy crap I loved that machine.

Actually, my favourite childhood toys, other than the He-Man toys with Castle Greyskull, and my transformers, were these:

Very first GI Joe, Clutch and his Jeep...my Clutch wore his helmet so much, he started to go bald...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/2759848893_76a96dce98.jpg?v=0

Motorized tank.
http://www.nullterm.com/img/mp/GIJoeTank.jpg

Hydrofoil that really floated :)
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/7420/5c541qm7.jpg

Overall favourite was the Cobra A-10 Rattler...until it kind of flew out of my hands and crashed :(

Deserves a page breaking image!

http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/84/rattler/rattler_iso2.jpg

Looking back, I know my parents struggled financially day to day, but somehow they always made Christmas special for my brother and I. I would get a few new action figures and usually a vehicle...that would last me until my b-day in July where I get a little bit more to add to my collection.

MachEnergy

11-14-2008, 12:50 PM

Ah, My Pet Monster. I had a coloring book from that. Ran out of blue a LOT.

SXR-OA1f3ps

Widgetcraft

11-14-2008, 12:57 PM

http://www.x-entertainment.com/updates/pics/plazm3.jpg + http://www.ghostbusters.se/collection/toys/hq.jpg = Joy.

I loved the friggin Ghostbuster's Building. I also had the ECTO-1 and a ton of other shit (all of the original Ghostbuster figures, plus Janine, Slimer, Evil Slimer and others). It's too bad the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man figure kinda sucked. I had him, but I'm not sure if he was even taller than the doors of the building.

Bone

11-14-2008, 01:13 PM

Young Al Capone

11-14-2008, 01:15 PM

I certainly remember Stretch Armstrong.

I don't remember him looking like that though. I mean, the head looks fine but did he really look so deformed?

Cyndair

11-14-2008, 01:15 PM

I loved the friggin Ghostbuster's Building. I also had the ECTO-1 and a ton of other shit (all of the original Ghostbuster figures, plus Janine, Slimer, Evil Slimer and others). It's too bad the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man figure kinda sucked. I had him, but I'm not sure if he was even taller than the doors of the building.

I had the ECTO-1 as well. Never had a Janine, Slimer, or Evil Slimer though. Did you have the big chunk of plastic proton pack and the trap with the foot pedal that blew air into it and made it open? I thought I was so badass running around my basement with that gear.

TrackZero

11-14-2008, 01:17 PM

My grandmother ran a Sears catalog store so she always got me the fun stuff.

Heh, my mom ran/owned one of those as well for a year or two. Great toys those years.

Widgetcraft

11-14-2008, 01:20 PM

Might as well bring up X-Entertainment (http://www.x-entertainment.com/). This is a great nostalgia blog, but terribly hard to navigate (I'm not sure if you can even browse all of the articles anymore). I'll link to some of the cooler toy-related articles:

Top 10 Worst Transformers (http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/547.html)
McDonald's "Changables" (http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0724/)
The G.I. Joe "Bridge Layer" (http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0694/)
TMNT: Krang Gets a Body! (http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0804/)
TMNT: Twnty Most F'd Up Figures (http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/606.html) (Fugitoid FTW)
TMNT Cereal (http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0854/)
Captain N Meets Link & Zelda (http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/562.html)
Wish Book (1985) (http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0969/)
Jabba's Dungeon Playset (http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0549/)

I had the ECTO-1 as well. Never had a Janine, Slimer, or Evil Slimer though. Did you have the big chunk of plastic proton pack and the trap with the foot pedal that blew air into it and made it open? I thought I was so badass running around my basement with that gear.

Yeah, had that stuff, plus the "slime" packs they released for the second movie. I also had this fucked up little thing that ran on batteries, which was sort of like a flashlight, but projected images of "ghosts" onto the wall. It was pretty awesome.

Alatheia

11-14-2008, 01:48 PM

I had Crystal Castle. :p

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RLAQDg577Ik/R_FsWUSNcuI/AAAAAAAAAVE/9It-iLv6dz8/IMG_0024.JPG

Scaryfaced

11-14-2008, 02:07 PM

Ah, My Pet Monster. I had a coloring book from that. Ran out of blue a LOT.

SXR-OA1f3ps

Holy shit! I've been trying to remember the name of that movie for years! From 1st to 4th grade, I watched that movie daily. It was the only movie my grade school would play for kids who had to stay after school and I never got picked up early. Seriously, thanks for posting that.

This seems like a good place to ask, but I've had an impossible time figure out the name of my old favorite toy or, for that matter, anyone else that's even seen one before. It was Japanese, so that has alot to do with it. Basically, it was a mix of Power Rangers and Stretch Armstrong. It was basically a plastic head attached to a gummy, rubber body. It came with a full set of plastic armor that you could attach to different parts of the body. So basically, you'd get something resembling a power ranger, but it would stretch like Armstrong. It was friggin amazing!

Other than that, I collected G.I.Joes and Marvel figures by the boxes full. GI Joes made the best wrestling toys ever.
________
THE CIGAR BOSS (http://thecigarboss.com/)

Cyndair

11-14-2008, 02:08 PM

Yeah, had that stuff, plus the "slime" packs they released for the second movie. I also had this fucked up little thing that ran on batteries, which was sort of like a flashlight, but projected images of "ghosts" onto the wall. It was pretty awesome.

Wow, you dusted off a part of my brain that I haven't used in years.... I had that projector thingy too and completely forgot about it! I remember you could move the "ghosts" mouths and everything.

Widgetcraft

11-14-2008, 02:15 PM

Since I know we've got some older kids here... did anyone have Stretch Armstrong? His arms and legs would stretch out like Mister Fantastic. Of course he would inevitably get a hole and leak out goo, and that was part of the charm I guess.

http://www.dollreference.com/images/kenner_stretch_armstrong.jpg

Probably one of my oldest toys, I remember having it when I was 4 or 5.

I got into Stretch Armstrong when they re-released him in the early 90's. I enjoyed the Vac-man and Vac-Pac toys better though. The Vac toys were a similar concept, but instead of being filled with goo, they were filled with small styrofoam beads. At the top of their heads was a little nozzle where you attached an included hand pump with which you'd pump out all of the air. Once the air was out, you could stretch them, like Stretch Armstrong, but they'd stay stretched out. To return them to normal you used a little release valve and let air back in.

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I can't find anything on the Vac Pac, but they were awesome. Same concept as Vac Man, except they were smaller, good guys, and less generic. One didn't have legs, just a snake-like body with arms. Another had big ape arms, another had claws like The Maxx... etc.

Squidbot

11-14-2008, 02:18 PM

Baby Squid, circa 1980, with Judge Dredd the board game, and an AT-At :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/linvuiet/Old%20stuff/kieron.jpg

ShortRound

11-14-2008, 02:26 PM

Baby Squid, circa 1980, with Judge Dredd the board game, and an AT-At :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/linvuiet/Old%20stuff/kieron.jpg

ATAT RULES I had one too, 12" Boba Fett rocked. I do have photos but I ain't putting them on here for ridicule

LongStepMantis

11-14-2008, 02:31 PM

Yup, I had that one as well. And it was She-Ra actually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_People

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/3396/rokkonvk8.jpghttp://img385.imageshack.us/img385/9948/stonedaruf3.jpg

I've been wondering who that guy was for over a decade. God bless you sir! :D

KamaItachi

11-14-2008, 02:40 PM

ATAT RULES I had one too, 12" Boba Fett rocked. I do have photos but I ain't putting them on here for ridicule

Judge Dredd annual as well?

Lucky bastard.

I managed to get this guy once. I was happy

http://thegalleryofmonstertoys.com/80swing/dcompose.jpg

The last real toy I bought wass this one

http://store.matrixbb.com/catalog/GP_TM_Biohazard_lg.gif

Bad Buddha

11-14-2008, 02:40 PM

Looking through this thread, I realize that I bought most of this stuff for my kids!

My son was a BIG TMNT fan. I think he still has most of the action figures packed away. He also pulled out his original Optimus Prime when the new Transformers movie came out.

LongStepMantis

11-14-2008, 02:43 PM

This thread is the biggest collection of shit I'd forgotten about...ever.

Captain Power, The Inhumanoids, and My Pet Monster in one thread? Jesus.
And those are just the ones I'd forgotten the most. I'm constantly reading each post and going "Fuck! I remember that!"

In other words, I give this thread 5/5.

KamaItachi

11-14-2008, 02:57 PM

man, i totally forgot about visionaries, with possibly my favourite toy vehicle ever, the dagger assault

http://www.mastercollector.com/articles/reviews/images/vision05.jpg

LongStepMantis

11-14-2008, 02:59 PM

man, i totally forgot about visionaries

I evidently spoke too soon above. Their whole hologram gimmick thing blew me away when i was younger.

Kagger

11-14-2008, 03:02 PM

Dude, I'd give my left NUT to have this game back again.

Which is ironic, considering you can get it for about $100 on ebay it looks like. :p

We still have our copy at home. I think It's due for a play over Christmas Break.

We are missing one bridge, and maybe a fireball. But you can always move the fireballs around, and the bridge can be implied.

KamaItachi

11-14-2008, 03:04 PM

I evidently spoke too soon above. Their whole hologram gimmick thing blew me away when i was younger.

There were a few which tried to get in on the whole hologram thing at the time. I'm pretty sure way before visionaries was Supernaturals, but I'm too lazy to look up specific years.

http://www.retrojunk.com/img/art-images/supernaturals2.jpg

BTW, I don't recommend doign a google search for "super naturals" with your wife or girlfirend in the room.

ADDGirl

11-14-2008, 03:06 PM

I really enjoyed playing Atari with my Dad and brother. Also a favorite pastime was Barbie dolls. I used to have my Barbies date my brother's GI Joes and TMNTs. I only had one Ken Doll and my Barbies used to fight over him. Also I used to make plastic bead bracelets with my dad.

One of my favorite things as a child was my kitchen play set I would take my mom's old pots and pans out in the yard and make mud pies and "soups" and things with plants and dirt found in the yard.

Stmfuller

11-14-2008, 03:08 PM

He-man (with greyskull) was my #1 followed by Transformers (I had a ton of them). I had a 2 huge boxes filled with each.
I later added Micro Machines (gold MM 4tw), legos, and connex (I think that's what they were called).
My uncle bought my a HO model train set too when I was 10...and we played with that for years.
Of course once mom bought the sega genesis...it was all over.

Much later when they started releasing transformers and heman I bought the updated versions of he-man and for a time owned the collectors editions of optimus prime and megatron. I also owned the complete transformers series on DVD (some things should remain in the past).
But, a couple of tough years has forced me to get rid of most if not all of that.

Wasson_

11-14-2008, 03:15 PM

Toy guns, (my one good childhood friend made a minigun out of a piece of a closed rain gutter and a distributer cap, then some handles, that thing was awesome.)

Micromachines and legos were also my favorite...never liked action figures.
well maybe except for-
http://tfarchive.com/Exosquad/jt.jpg

A great toy and a great cartoon. :)

MagGnome

11-14-2008, 03:30 PM

I was a huge fan of Legos as a kid. I had a huge Lego kingdom in my room, and I wrote stories about the grand adventures that took place there. My friends all had their own mini-Lego kingdoms at their houses as well, but mine was the greatest of them all!

I also really enjoyed my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures.

This thread is bringing back a lot of great memories. :)

TheKeck

11-14-2008, 04:12 PM

Man, I can't find a picture, but did anybody else have "Constructs" toys? Basically, just another kind of lego/building block type thing. They were mostly gray, and had little pieces cube like pieces with connectors on each side that you used to put the different pieces together. Ringing a bell for anyone?

Ah HA!
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x308/bilesuck/IM000476.jpg
The black building in the middle!!!

EDIT: I guess they were called Construx. http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-11,GGLD:en&q=construx&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi&safe=active

Bone

11-14-2008, 04:31 PM

My little brother had Construx. I was a Lego elitist.

Ghostbear

11-14-2008, 04:35 PM

construx look like they would kick ass as Warhammer 40k terrain

Bone

11-14-2008, 04:43 PM

Despite my elitism, you could build some cool stuff from Construx. I remember trying to build a cat snare with them.

JayK47

11-14-2008, 04:48 PM

I'm 31 and it wasn't too long ago that I gave away about 80% of my GI Joe stuff. I had this thing:

http://images.hasbro.com/gijoe/images/history/80s/shuttle_th.jpg

I really miss having cool toys.

Lekon

11-14-2008, 04:59 PM

This thread has brought back so many happy childhood memories. Remembered my faaaavorite toy (Next to my Teddybear dammit) was a Voltron 1. One of those ones with 20 something cars, vans and trucks that all snapped together to form Voltron. That thing was awesome. I think I still have it. Still have the bear too.

My other love was an At-At my dad got me when I was 4 or 5, I still have that thing somewhere. The picture of lil'squid made me remember how happy I was about that thing.

Nowadays my favorite toy is a Lightsaber. A masterworks one that lights up, makes noises. Everytime I fire it up, every damn time, I feel like I'm four years old again and just saw the Empire Strikes back.

TheKeck

11-14-2008, 06:05 PM

My little brother had Construx. I was a Lego elitist.
You know, it's interesting, I was never really that much into Legos. Construx allowed me to make bigger sturdier things quicker. :)

StarGypsy

11-14-2008, 06:36 PM

This was my favorite.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4/Stargypsy/shipviperboxandloose.jpg

I spent many hours flying this around the house and backyard.

I also had quite a few of these.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4/Stargypsy/glider.gif

Pale Ale

11-14-2008, 07:02 PM

Man this thread is making me crazy nostalgic

45

I miss Devastator, by far and away my most favorite transformer when I was kid.

ADDGirl

11-14-2008, 08:52 PM

Did anyone have Teddy Ruxpin?
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w241/coronamad/teddy_ruxpin.jpg

maharahaj

11-14-2008, 09:13 PM

Legos (I had the huge pirate ship and the castle), Lincoln logs, Mask, and Micro machines.

Purple Santa

11-14-2008, 10:18 PM

I'm 31 and it wasn't too long ago that I gave away about 80% of my GI Joe stuff. I had this thing:

http://images.hasbro.com/gijoe/images/history/80s/shuttle_th.jpg

I really miss having cool toys.

I had the original GI Joe stuff. Foot lockers that were made of wood. GI Joe and pals with all the gear. Also Legos, Tinkertoys, erector sets, play-do...damn I had so much stuff I don't remember. Oh, I had a huge collection of Matchbox cars and the race tracks.

KingGorilla

11-14-2008, 10:24 PM

I was a lego boy. More sets that I could ever dream of naming graced me at birthdays or Christmas. Also a ton of video games.

PathMaster

11-14-2008, 10:29 PM

Muscles, Turtles, GI Joe, Legos, & Construction(sp?) toys. Last one was very similar to legos, but on a bigger scale.

Variable Gear

11-15-2008, 12:11 AM

I made my own cutom Lego vehicles, which I treasure to this day. I'll try to take a picture of them to embarrass myself in front of everyone! I also have oversized plastic letters spelling out my initials that transform into robots. Well, I used to have all three. At this time, all I can find is the capital N.

Ancalagon

11-15-2008, 03:24 AM

One of my favorite things as a child was my kitchen play set I would take my mom's old pots and pans out in the yard and make mud pies and "soups" and things with plants and dirt found in the yard.

I used to make..... concoctions out of things I found in the garden, mixed into a glass coke bottle. Leaves, dirt, twigs, whatever, it went in. I never did drink it myself, I wanted to believe it was a magical elixir, but never tested it out.

Squidbot

11-15-2008, 03:29 AM

But what if it was?!

Ancalagon

11-15-2008, 04:02 AM

But what if it was?!

Then, wherever I poured it out, there might be giant vegetables, intelligent super powered turtles, or very rich earth good for growing something. We may never know.

Lithium Flower

11-15-2008, 04:30 AM

Barbies and whatnot

I'm so glad there's someone else here who shares my favourite toys!

I loved my Barbies, in fact I still have them. My dad put together a custom Barbie house for me and it was my life's mission to find stuff to furnish it with. Growing up where I did, Barbie accessories were very scarce and impossible to find so together with my mum, we used to make matchbox furniture.

As I got a little older, I discovered Transformers and X-men action figures and those replaced Barbies as my favourite toys until Sega Mega drive came along.

Curiously, as a child I never liked baby dolls or any other 'play house' toys for some reason.

ADDGirl

11-15-2008, 05:07 AM

I used to make..... concoctions out of things I found in the garden, mixed into a glass coke bottle. Leaves, dirt, twigs, whatever, it went in. I never did drink it myself, I wanted to believe it was a magical elixir, but never tested it out.

I just tricked my little brother into eating the stuff I made.

Hellbug

11-15-2008, 05:24 AM

I had a Polly Pocket when I was a little kid that I used to play with before I fell asleep. Oh, and I was also given a Pink Power ranger, but that thing got burnt/shredded/ripped to pieces by the vacuum cleaner. That was when I learned that friction (spinning bristles in vacuum) can create enough heat to melt plastic.

Wow, I played with girl shit. It isn't any mystery why I ended up like I am now.

Then again, I was also into army men. One time my friends and I spent an afternoon creating a room sized battlefield that was meant to recreate World War 2 between the British, French and Germans. We switched up history a bit, and made the french a bunch of two faced bastards who would go into the enemy's base on peace operations only to plant a bomb on a tank. We even used rules such as british tanks could only destroy the german tanks if they were firing from behind.

alienmastermind

11-15-2008, 07:44 AM

My favorite toys were my Star Wars action figures and playsets. While I never got the super cool Sandcrawler, I did get a Dagobah and Creature Cantina playset. I was about 5 when Empire came out, and got an ATST and Wampa...along with the wicked awesome cut-belly Tauntaun

Purple Santa

11-15-2008, 01:59 PM

I just tricked my little brother into eating the stuff I made.
Now you just trick everyone else to eat your stuff :p

Ancalagon

11-15-2008, 02:34 PM

We even used rules such as british tanks could only destroy the german tanks if they were firing from behind.

I remember watching a history channel program on Allied vs German tanks in WWII. The German heavy tank, cant remember what it was called, might have been the Tiger, had armor that bounced British shells away, and had longer range and could one shot british tanks. In other words, the Germans hax.

Anyway, I never played with girl toys. That might been due to the fact I didnt have any sisters, only brothers, and my cousins were all much older than me.

I remember always wanting one of those electric ride on jeeps. Sigh....

My dad did show me how to make a bow and some arrows, with flattened nails for arrow heads. I nearly shot him by accident (launched high into the air and it nearly hit him, god I almost died).

Rogue_hunter

11-15-2008, 04:03 PM

Did you have the big chunk of plastic proton pack and the trap with the foot pedal that blew air into it and made it open? I thought I was so badass running around my basement with that gear.

Heck yeah! I also had the slime pack from the second movie.

I also had a bunch of the figures, Star Wars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (including the Dome thing. the thing was HUGE when you're 5.), Masters of the Universe (I had his ship, but broke the support struts keeping it open, so the "elevator" never really worked). I also had Terminator 2 figures. How messed up is that? Action figures for an R rated movie. My best friend had all the Aliens figures, which came out 8 years after the movie was in theaters. Of course, LEGOs were a must, and all those Tiger Electronics handheld games. Star Trek: The Next Generation was totally awesome in handheld form.

Scaryfaced

11-15-2008, 04:12 PM

Did anyone else set up all their action figures before they went to bed so they'd protect you from the monsters who try to get you while you sleep?

....Just me then? Bah!
________
Vaporizers (http://twitter.com/vaporizer)

nnanji

11-15-2008, 08:52 PM

There ha ve been so many favorite toys of mine that have already been showcased in this thread. However, no one mentioned the awesome Cyclone action figure!!!

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd100/nnanji_x/388878625_b94eda45e7_o.jpg

Motorcycles, check! Transforming, check! Awesome cartoon, check! Perfect!!!

Vandabo

11-16-2008, 01:46 AM

Haven't read the rest of the thread. But the three things that took up most of my time were:

Legos
G.I. Joes
Nerf

Raen

11-16-2008, 02:30 AM

I think I have more toys now than when I was a kid. The only things that really stick out from being a kid is the huge box of Lego me and my brother shared, and the huge train set I had. The rest of the time I just read. Now I love looking around toy shops and I buy the little Lego action figure things, because they look badass. I wish I had some money to buy more Lego with now. And I wish I had space for my train set. I think my mum sold it actually :(

harle

11-16-2008, 02:45 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Toymax_Creepy_Crawlers.jpg

Ancalagon

11-16-2008, 02:52 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Toymax_Creepy_Crawlers.jpg

I always wanted to be able to make my own intelligent bug fighters. Sigh....

Widgetcraft

11-16-2008, 08:17 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Toymax_Creepy_Crawlers.jpg

Had one of those, but didn't really enjoy it too much until I got a different set of trays for it. I had a set that had lots of old-school horror monsters, like Dracula and The Mummy.

Also, this totally pwns the Easy Bake Oven.

JayVe

11-17-2008, 09:51 AM

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HOLY SHIT. I forgot about Captain Power! I had his jet and my buddy had the evil black one.
We had many a laser battle! I fucking loved that show, and would use my ship on the show...I cheated a lot though. I would cover my light receptor with my other hand. :D
Did you know that J. Michael Straczynski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski) of Babyon 5 fame wrote half the episodes for Captain Power? What a crazy world we live in.

Wolvie

11-17-2008, 10:13 AM

My first favorite toy ever was a lego set, and I clearly remember my birthday when I received this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/WOLVERYNE/space.jpg

I loved that space station so much since it was the closest I ever got to my childhood dream of becoming an Astronaut.

Followed closely was my talking KIT Trans AM from Knight Rider. It even came with a David Hasselhoff(chest hair not included) action figure!

After that was all my TMNT action figures. I had the Turtle van, but I could never talk my mom into buying me the turtle lair or he Technodrome.

Also I loved the GoBots. For some reason my mom refused to buy me any of the big Transformers. Something about them being too expensive. Excuses, excuses. Yet she bought me Bumblebee... yeah.

Widgetcraft

11-17-2008, 10:15 AM

After that was all my TMNT action figures. I had the Turtle van, but I could never talk my mom into buying me the turtle lair or he Technodrome.

I had the Turtle Van and Turtle Lair, but not the Technodrome. The Turtle Lair was pretty bust-ass, as it had both the sewers, and the street.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 10:18 AM

I had the Turtle Blimp, but the damn thing wouldn't hold air very well. After swapping it out twice, we returned it for the Turtle Van, and I couldn't have been happier.

Rock Bandit

11-17-2008, 10:18 AM

Food Fighters! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Fighters)

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i279/urbanretro/urbanretro2/Food-Fighters-2.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i279/urbanretro/urbanretro2/Food-Fighters-4.jpg

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 10:19 AM

Food Fighters! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Fighters)

Woah! Nice one, Bandit!

Rock Bandit

11-17-2008, 10:21 AM

I was the only one of my friends to have these, poor underlooked franchise. Not having your own cartoon in the '80s was death for an action figure.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 10:24 AM

How about Battle Beasts! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_beasts)

http://www.kilala.nl/Images/Blog/BattleBeasts.jpg

I lost 3 of these things to the roof of a "friend"'s house. My "friend" thought it was funny to toss them up there. We assumed his father would throw them away to teach us a lesson, so we never asked for an adult to get out a ladder and save my toys. Man, I was such a pushover!

Borthcollective

11-17-2008, 10:26 AM

Wolvie

11-17-2008, 10:36 AM

I had the Turtle Van and Turtle Lair, but not the Technodrome. The Turtle Lair was pretty bust-ass, as it had both the sewers, and the street.

As I would say as a kid: LUCKY! :D

Food Fighters! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Fighters)

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i279/urbanretro/urbanretro2/Food-Fighters-2.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i279/urbanretro/urbanretro2/Food-Fighters-4.jpg

Holy crap I had the pizza slice!

Bad Buddha

11-17-2008, 10:51 AM

I just tricked my little brother into eating the stuff I made.

You should've had one of these:

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/2272/gilbertlabpn1.jpg

But you probably would have killed him.

I had one something like it. I did some of the experiments out of the manual but got bored and started mixing stuff together to see what would happen. This is when I figured out that potassium nitrate and sugar would burn like thermite. Most of my model tanks and war toys melted soon after that discovery.

Rock Bandit

11-17-2008, 11:11 AM

As I would say as a kid: LUCKY! :D

Holy crap I had the pizza slice!

Private Pizza.

Also pictured; Sergeant Scoop, Lieutenant Legg, Chip the Ripper, Fat Frenchy, and my favorite name, Taco Terror.

LongStepMantis

11-17-2008, 11:17 AM

Private Pizza.

Also pictured; Sergeant Scoop, Lieutenant Legg, Chip the Ripper, Fat Frenchy, and my favorite name, Taco Terror.

My friends and I had some of those too!

I remember having the Hamburger and the stack of Pancakes.

Rock Bandit

11-17-2008, 11:19 AM

Burgerdier General and Short Stack. If it wasn't for those names I'd probably forget I even owned them.

Radioguy9698

11-17-2008, 12:15 PM

how come M.A.S.K. never got the live action hollywood treatment it deserves?

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Thanasimos

11-17-2008, 12:54 PM

I had that set.

My dad had that set. Yeah. Who's old now? I cannibalized that set, just like I did all lego sets, until my parents figured out that buying sets was useless and started buying loose legos. I have forty or fifty pounds of assorted parts under my bed back home.

Incidentally, Legos were and are my favorite toy.

rvieira

11-17-2008, 12:57 PM

Rambo Toys !!! I had the full set!
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JayVe

11-17-2008, 12:58 PM

Sandman

11-17-2008, 01:00 PM

BlackPete

11-17-2008, 01:20 PM

Jarts. And no, I didn't kill anyone with those :)

biosc1

11-17-2008, 01:28 PM

Lets see....I had G.I. Joe stuff, Transformers, Hotwheels...tons and tons of Hotwheels. I also remember some Batman stuff and a few Voltron toys which I remember got lost. I wonder what happened to the Batcave set I had. Or that huge G.I. Joe moving transporter set I had.

edit...it was the G.I. Joe Mobile Command Center and it was something like this one but I'm not sure if it's the same model...

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/4010/gi1vv8.jpg

Ahh...yes, I remember that.

My friend was that lucky friend who got all the big toys. He had that, but he also had the frickin' 6 foot long aircraft carrier which was my favourite GI Joe toy of all time...though I never owned it.

Another vote here for M.A.S.K. as well, I really enjoyed the cartoon and the toy vehicles.

Anyone remember these that cartoon where electricity disappeared? The toys had holograms in their chest plates?

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:31 PM

Anyone remember these that cartoon where electricity disappeared? The toys had holograms in their chest plates?

I don't remember much about them, but are you referring to Visionaries?

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MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:33 PM

Here comes a flood of my nostalgia that I've been saving up for this thread.

Hold onto your butts!

Boglins:
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MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:34 PM

Bravestar:
http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs18/bravestar.jpg

I only ever had Bravestar, but my friend had his horse. I recall the horse having compartments where you could store stuff.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:35 PM

Bristle Blocks:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1207/1362783362_a947c3961c.jpg?v=1189550696

I played with these from ages 2 to 6, almost every day! I still remember how the wheels feel.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:36 PM

Key Cars:
http://www.inthe80s.com/toys/images/user-image-1187081206.jpg

I had a few of these, but never a licensed one like the picture shows. Some of them were actually pretty fast.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:37 PM

Cooties (game):
http://lauriekendrick.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/cootie.jpg

This is the old one that my family played with. I'm not sure where it came from. They remade this game in the 80's, which I'm sure most of you would be more familiar with.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:38 PM

Laser Tag:
http://sadida.com/Images/LazerTag.jpg

Sorry for the massive pic here, but it was the only one I could find of the version I had as a kid. The targets made an awesome swooshing hum while they were active, so if you were playing out in the woods, you could listen carefully for your friends! This was probably my most favorite childhood toy.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:39 PM

Mr. Gameshow:
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I never had this, but a friend did. No amount of begging could get my parents to buy it :)

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:41 PM

The Omega Virus (game):
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Just this past weekend, I was hanging out with an old friend, and he still quotes this game! I'm not sure if it would still be fun to play today, but we loved it when it was new.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:41 PM

Perfection:
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THE #1 way to teach kids about stress at a young age!

biosc1

11-17-2008, 02:42 PM

I don't remember much about them, but are you referring to Visionaries?

YES! Thank you, that was bugging me and I couldn't use my Google-Fu to find it...I was going along the line of Illusionaries or something.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:42 PM

Robo Force:
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I was young when I had this toy, so my only real memories come from the suction cup abilties in the bathtub. That, and the extend-o arms. Classic.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:44 PM

Rock Lords:
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These were way cooler than the Rock People from She-Ra! :D

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:45 PM

Shirt Tales:
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The actual product I had was a color and wash T-shirt. It was so much fun coloring it over and over.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:46 PM

Showbiz Pizza Place:
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The place WAS a giant toy! My father still likes to tell the story of taking his 3 year old son to the front row, only to quickly take his balling 3 year old son back to the pizza table. He didn't get it! That fucking bear wanted to eat my soul and I was the only one that knew it!! A year later, it became my favoritest place on earth.

MachEnergy

11-17-2008, 02:47 PM

Shrinky Dinks:
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These are still cool, today!

OK, I'm done! Somebody else can spam the thread now :D

biosc1

11-17-2008, 02:48 PM

Laser Tag:

Sorry for the massive pic here, but it was the only one I could find of the version I had as a kid. The targets made an awesome swooshing hum while they were active, so if you were playing out in the woods, you could listen carefully for your friends! This was probably my most favorite childhood toy.

Don't forget the tv show that let you shoot the screen...

Widgetcraft

11-17-2008, 03:06 PM

Here comes a flood of my nostalgia that I've been saving up for this thread.

Hold onto your butts!

Boglins:
Pcor3EbCnP4

Pro-tip: You can sell just about anything to a kid if you make the packaging look like a cage.

Bone

11-17-2008, 03:55 PM

Boglins, hell yes. They remind me of Madballs from the same era:

http://meatbun.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/madballs.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1293/558999809_a757c43af8_o.jpg

(I had a Slobulus)

LongStepMantis

11-17-2008, 04:09 PM

Boglins, hell yes. They remind me of Madballs from the same era:

(I had a Slobulus)

I had Dust Brain and Skull Face. You guys need to stop drudging up things I'd blocked out of my mind. What's next?

Garbage Pail Kids? Yes...I had lots of these when i was pretty young. :D

http://www.jairoboudewyn.com/iconeando/imagenes/garbage.jpg

rvieira

11-17-2008, 04:34 PM

I love my GI Joe F14
http://www.vintagestock.com/images/large/03toyskystriker.jpg

My favorite GI Joe Action figure was a guy with an aussie hat and a mustache, don't remember the name

biosc1

11-17-2008, 04:46 PM

My favorite GI Joe Action figure was a guy with an aussie hat and a mustache, don't remember the name

That was "Outback", I believe.

Rock Bandit

11-18-2008, 05:48 AM

Bristle Blocks:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1207/1362783362_a947c3961c.jpg?v=1189550696

I played with these from ages 2 to 6, almost every day! I still remember how the wheels feel.

Oh my god, I had those. I never even knew what they were until now but I remember a bunch of them knocking aroung my toy chest.

Boglins, hell yes. They remind me of Madballs from the same era:

http://meatbun.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/madballs.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1293/558999809_a757c43af8_o.jpg

(I had a Slobulus)

I had Freaky Fullback. I think I'm going to dig around the shed later and see what old toys are still there. I know I've got a bunch of TMNT stuff still. Pics soon!

National Kato

11-18-2008, 02:47 PM

I don't know if this was already posted, but a nice compilation of toys I remember seeing on TV, wanting, or playing at a friend's house:

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"Falcon, the winged, black superhero!!"

Kagger

11-18-2008, 03:12 PM

I love my GI Joe F14
http://www.vintagestock.com/images/large/03toyskystriker.jpg

My favorite GI Joe Action figure was a guy with an aussie hat and a mustache, don't remember the name

Did you have the one that was a squirt gun too?

Bad Buddha

11-18-2008, 03:14 PM

I don't know if this was already posted, but a nice compilation of toys I remember seeing on TV, wanting, or playing at a friend's house:

That TV Days site has some amazing history!

My best friend had one of these!

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Inspector Fowler

11-18-2008, 03:51 PM

That TV Days site has some amazing history!

My best friend had one of these!

Don't be offended, Bad Buddha....

....but I always thought that the Johnny Seven OMA was a fake toy they made up for Jingle All the Way (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116705/). I mean, the whole movie is about a made up toy in the first place - I didn't think they'd use an actual toy for Sinbad's little memory scene in the diner.

Also, Jingle All the Way kicks ass.

Bad Buddha

11-18-2008, 04:12 PM

Don't be offended, Bad Buddha....

....but I always thought that the Johnny Seven OMA was a fake toy they made up for Jingle All the Way (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116705/). I mean, the whole movie is about a made up toy in the first place - I didn't think they'd use an actual toy for Sinbad's little memory scene in the diner.

Also, Jingle All the Way kicks ass.

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4248/oma1aw0.jpg

http://www.bigredtoybox.com/cgi-bin/toynfo.pl?johnny7index

http://www.toys.pop-cult.com/johnny-seven.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Seven_OMA

Not offended at all! :p

KingGorilla

11-18-2008, 04:33 PM

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rvieira

11-18-2008, 05:47 PM

Did you have the one that was a squirt gun too?

No, it never was released in Brazil, I only know about it because I saw It on ebay a couple of years ago, when I was hunting for the Blackbird Cobra Jet for a friend.

Squidbot

11-19-2008, 04:34 AM

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4248/oma1aw0.jpg

http://www.bigredtoybox.com/cgi-bin/toynfo.pl?johnny7index

http://www.toys.pop-cult.com/johnny-seven.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Seven_OMA

Not offended at all! :p

Do want. What a boys dream.

ShortRound

11-19-2008, 07:42 AM

http://www.geocities.com/starwarstrader_nz/images/1980_toltoys_millenium_falcon.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1303/928457993_757eeda74b.jpg?v=0

I want....er, My 1 year old daughter wants one of these:-

http://www.likecool.com/Gear/Toy/Lego%20Star%20Wars%20Motorized%20Walking%20AT-AT/Lego-Star-Wars-Motorized-Walking-AT-AT.jpg

And like my daughter, It walks all by itself.

Bone

11-19-2008, 08:27 AM

ShortRound

11-19-2008, 08:46 AM

No time for love, Dr. Jones!

Glad to see someone else appreciates the character others consider the second worst character in the Indiana Jones series. The first being Willie.

I was fortunate enough to have an AT-AT back in the day. I coveted the mini walker though (AT-ST?).

Well the name really comes from being little vertically challenged IRL, plus I'm getting a little round around the waistline in my old age so hence the ShortRound.

Having said that, ShortRound Rocks in the Temple of doom, (and Data in The Goonies), but hey! you can't help some people.....:cool:

LongStepMantis

11-19-2008, 09:46 AM

Haters be damned. Sometimes I bust out a "cover yo heart!" when I see people fighting. :D

ShortRound

11-19-2008, 09:52 AM

Haters be damned. Sometimes I bust out a "cover yo heart!" when I see people fighting. :D

Opinions are like arseholes, everybody has one

Straximus

11-19-2008, 10:00 AM

M.U.S.C.L.E. I *loved* M.U.S.C.L.E. Had nearly all of them. I hated it when they started doing colors other than pink.
AuButwIv6ME

Rock Bandit

11-20-2008, 05:35 AM

Bone

11-20-2008, 08:14 AM

Rock Bandit

11-20-2008, 08:24 AM

People are crazy, all 3 of the Indiana Jones movies were awesome. The only complaint I could muster is that the Kate Capshaw character was a little too whiney. (Indeeeeeeeeeee!)

ShortRound

11-20-2008, 08:47 AM

And lets not forget:-

http://sportinggnomes.com/images/temple_of_doom_flaming-heart.jpg

Or moments like:-

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/drago360/we_are_going_to_die.gif

LongStepMantis

11-20-2008, 09:42 AM

JayVe

11-20-2008, 10:17 AM

I think people just needed one of the Indy movies to hate more than the others.
Now we have Crystal Skull...so Temple of Doom gets bumped back up. ;)

Prior to Crystal Skull, Temple of Doom was the weakest Indy. That said, I on;y like Raiders... so what do I know?

Bone

11-20-2008, 10:28 AM

See, I found Last Crusade to be a less interesting movie, even if it was better executed as an overall film. When you consider they were originally going for the 40's serial, cliffhanger pulp type of feel, Temple of Doom fits the bill for me better than Last Crusade. Regardless, most of us can agree Crystal Skull was the weakest.

biosc1

11-20-2008, 12:45 PM

Hey, I actually enjoyed Crystal Skull. It was an enjoyable ride. Maybe I wasn't expecting anything more than to be entertained.

Temple of Doom was a decent flick. What worked best for it was that it was a one-off type film. It didn't even need to be an Indiana Jones flick...because it was just an adventure movie. The Last Crusade definitely felt like more of sequel to the Lost Ark and the continuities carried on to the Crystal Skull.

Rock Bandit

11-20-2008, 12:54 PM

*hands over ears* There was only 3 Indiana Jones movies. There was only 3 Indiana Jones movies. There was only 3 Indiana Jones movies. There was only 3 Indiana Jones movies.

JayVe

11-20-2008, 03:29 PM

*hands over ears* There was only 3 Indiana Jones movies. There was only 3 Indiana Jones movies. There was only 3 Indiana Jones movies. There was only 3 Indiana Jones movies.

I keep saying the same ting about Star Wars. I love being in a conversation where someone mentions Attack of the Clones, and I go, "What? Huh?"

Prequels don't exist for me, and that means I can go on living. :D

JayVe

11-20-2008, 03:31 PM

Best part is that our kids are gonna grow up and post things like the Rock Band drum set in threads like this. I'm a proud dad thinking of my daughter posting images of a Dreamcast in her Favorite Childhood Toy thread. :D

Voodoo

11-20-2008, 03:57 PM

Loved me some Legos (Still DO!), Star Wars and Transformers when I was young.

The toys I always WANTED buy never got are:

http://www.tomheroes.com/images/greenmachine.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Big_trak_white_background.jpg/800px-Big_trak_white_background.jpg

Same as JayVe except I actually got the Green Machines & Big Trak. I also had a gal my age down the street that enjoyed playing doctor.

JayVe

11-20-2008, 04:04 PM

Same as JayVe except I actually got the Green Machines & Big Trak. I also had a gal my age down the street that enjoyed playing doctor.

Damn. I lived on the wrong street.

But I had a very, very 'friendly' teenage babysitter. :D

biosc1

11-20-2008, 04:40 PM

Same as JayVe except I actually got the Green Machines & Big Trak. I also had a gal my age down the street that enjoyed playing doctor.

So...how many times did she make you "cough"? Or are those memories repressed?

rinichanraar

11-21-2008, 01:56 AM

Not only Shorty, but this board and our old one had a lot of hate for Temple of Doom in general. Is it as good as Raiders? Of course not. But it was not the horrible mess some made it out to be. I loved it. The possessed Indy (the sleep of Kali-Ma, right?) was well done, and his and Short Round's relationship was just great.

I never hated Temple of Doom... it's just that, like most people, it was my least favorite of the trilogy. ;) I actually loved Short Round. Whenever I think of him, I think, "Doctor Jones, Doctor Jones!"

People are crazy, all 3 of the Indiana Jones movies were awesome. The only complaint I could muster is that the Kate Capshaw character was a little too whiney. (Indeeeeeeeeeee!)

I think I would have enjoyed Temple of Doom a bit more if she hadn't been in it. She just made me angry whenever she did anything. You know the part where Indy and Short Round are about to get squashed in that room and she freaks out because of the bugs and nearly lets them die? That makes me so angry every time I watch the movie.

See, I found Last Crusade to be a less interesting movie, even if it was better executed as an overall film. When you consider they were originally going for the 40's serial, cliffhanger pulp type of feel, Temple of Doom fits the bill for me better than Last Crusade. Regardless, most of us can agree Crystal Skull was the weakest.

I think I enjoyed Last Crusade because of the dynamic between Indy and his dad. Sean Connery was pretty funny. Also: "No ticket."

Anyway, I love them all. Same with the Back to the Future trilogy. The first was the best, but I still found all three very enjoyable.

bapenguin

05-05-2009, 07:20 PM

When I was little, probably 10 or 11, I had these small figures. They were usually some kind of animal with armor on and had weapons, and on their chests were a hologram of some element.

I remember Wood and Fire, and maybe Water. I can't for the life of me remember the name of them. Any help?

violent

05-05-2009, 07:25 PM

I know exactly what you're talking about. Gimme a few.

EDIT: Battle Beasts

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/72/218565161_acf57e4455_o.jpg

Food Nipple

05-05-2009, 07:26 PM

Super Naturals? I know I had a few of these.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n305/foodnipple/SnakebiteMOSC1a.jpg

Stoke

05-05-2009, 07:26 PM

Battle Beasts? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Beasts)

roboninja

05-05-2009, 07:26 PM

My Google-Fu suggests they are Battle Beasts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Beasts).

EDIT: dammit

KamaItachi

05-05-2009, 07:30 PM

Everyone else on this thread is bullshitting you.

What you're thinking of is obviously Battle Beasts.

Clark

05-05-2009, 07:31 PM

You're nuts KamItachi.

It's Battle Beasts.

bapenguin

05-05-2009, 07:31 PM

I know exactly what you're talking about. Gimme a few.

EDIT: Battle Beasts

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/72/218565161_acf57e4455_o.jpg

Yup...that's it!

violent

05-05-2009, 07:36 PM

I got one: They were small rubber balls with faces on them. Not as big as Madballs. They would fit inside your palm. I think my favorite used to be the purple one with the mustache.

EDIT: Nerfuls

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1098/1476560919_d958aa17aa.jpg?v=0

Arphahat

05-05-2009, 07:38 PM

These were awesome. I still have some floating around my basement. The commercial was catchy, too:

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Wood! Fire! Fire burn wood!

Wackman3000

05-05-2009, 07:39 PM

Wood beats water? I had no idea!

Superman's Dead

05-05-2009, 08:05 PM

Wood beats water? I had no idea!

I take it you were never a Bulbasaur man.

darkbase

05-05-2009, 08:12 PM

So since we're on the topic, I went out and bought a Nerf gun and a Mighty Muggs Punisher today...

Aggort

05-05-2009, 08:16 PM

I was a huge fan of Zbots! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbots)

http://www.m2museum.com/Zbots/dcp_0058.jpg
That was my favorite becausehe reminded me of Mega Man, Sonic, and Wolverine!

Camel

05-05-2009, 08:17 PM

I had a toy when I was little that I would take with me EVERYWHERE...school, church, relatives' houses, whatever. It was a rubber puppet that was basically some sort of ugly monster head with arms, and a devil-like tail on the back. You could make it's mouth move, and also make its eyes go back and forth (I think). My mom hated it because of how weird it looked.

I can actually still remember how the thing smelled (like rubber, but not exactly), but I can't remember the name of it. Anyone have a damn clue what I am talking about? It was sort of like a goblin or something along those lines.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/428679940_df3f8d9021.jpg?v=0

http://www.x-entertainment.com/halloween/2006/mimp/1.jpg

EDIT: ALSO! I absolutely loved Army Ants and Monster in My Pocket!

SUPER DOUBLE EDIT: The puppets were called BOGLINS! I'll see if I can find a picture of the exact one I had. Man, I love this thread already. Talking about old toys and TV shows is always fun!

LongStepMantis

05-05-2009, 08:33 PM

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I had all of them and always loved how they all fit together. Until the joint on one of his legs went to shit, then the poor blue lion always fell off.

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I'm sure none of us aren't familiar with Transformers toys, but the 6-in-1 Devastator was the pinnacle of awesomeness for me. I only ever got 5 of them though, so he was always one arm short. :(

On Monster in my Pocket, me and my friends had lots of those! We even made up a game using a checkerboard and made up stats and abilities for all the various characters. We would then fight them to the death. Even then, we were huge nerds.

TrackZero

05-05-2009, 08:52 PM

Yup...that's it!

I had lots of Battle Beasts as well. Since at the time my parents couldn't afford actual Transformers or G.I. Joe or the like. I got Battle Beasts and Starcom. ;) Though I did have one or two Transformers after much begging.

AgtFox

05-05-2009, 08:52 PM

The Constructicons were the first Transformers line to combine into another robot. I owned Devastator, it is probably still around somewhere. Some of the later combinations came in one box so you didn't have to buy all the separate robots.

I remember Battle Beasts though...GoBots, M.A.S.K., etc. Those were the days.

TheKeck

05-05-2009, 08:54 PM

I loved Battle Beasts.

Xerxes

05-05-2009, 08:55 PM

Wow... It's pokemon before pokemon.

AgtFox

05-05-2009, 09:00 PM

I had lots of Battle Beasts as well. Since at the time my parents couldn't afford actual Transformers or G.I. Joe or the like. I got Battle Beasts and Starcom. ;) Though I did have one or two Transformers after much begging.
I was the Transformers master in my school. Kids would bring their new Transformers and I would transform them without directions and people would be amazed (don't know why...it wasn't that hard to transform them, maybe I went to school with stupid people). Friend of mine got in big trouble for bringing Megatron on the bus though. Looking exactly like a gun did him no favors.

I'm trying to remember the hardest one to transform in my years. Omega Supreme was pretty hard if I remember, but he was also quite large. The city one was as well, but I forget his name.