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If you could reclaim one toy from your childhood...
- Thread starter CrankyJay
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I'd love to reclaim my first MtG packs ever - the Unlimited starter and two Antiquities boosters - just to recapture the childhood magic of it. To sixth grade me, saving up three weeks' allowance to afford the $11, they were just the greatest things ever. Still remember the rares - Gauntlet of Might and Mana Vault - and being so excited to get a Craw Wurm - 6/4 baby!
And then shuffling all 76 cards together into one gloriously terrible deck, anxiously going into school to play against everyone else's random mishmash of cards where no one had any idea what they were doing. It was all so wonderfully new and exciting.
And then shuffling all 76 cards together into one gloriously terrible deck, anxiously going into school to play against everyone else's random mishmash of cards where no one had any idea what they were doing. It was all so wonderfully new and exciting.
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Micronauts and their progenitor, Microman actually got a ton of reissues back in the early 2000s.
My Donatello ninja turtle. Only toy I kept from my childhood. My beagle, rest his soul, ate it. Chomped it all up. Cost me $800 for the surgery to remove it from his guts. Rest in peace Tubby. Beagle who consumed my childhood.
Yeah he was probably king of the 80s toys.
Metal Voltron was the best.
I had the most fun with GI Joe though because my best friend and me would set up these huge battles with Cobre and GI Joe that span the entire household.
After Voltron for me Transformers were the coolest. He Man, MASK, TMNT, etc. were all a step below.
Dark Tower. Can't find a complete set for less than $300. The art by Bob Pepper is so good I was trying to find high res files of the tiles to print onto light boxes.
I'm genuinely surprised somebody posted Mega Force before me as I've never met anybody else that even remembers it. This was the only toy range I collected as a kid and the only reason was that it was incredibly cheap. I used to buy them from a budget shop chain here in the UK in the early '90s and looking back it's clear they had them because they were an unsuccessful toy range that this chain bought up for super cheap.
Megaforce was like someone took a bunch of concepts from a scrapped arcade shooter and turned them all into toys. The Stratofortress was such a cool toy. It's a shame the second series never happened, because the designs for some of the vehicles were awesome.
The small packs of 3 vehicles were less than £1 and even the larger ones were only a few quid each.
I had a fair few of them, but I could only chose from whatever appeared on the shelf on any given visit and it wasn't long before they just ran out of stock.
I've heard that one of the reasons they were unsuccessful is because having a background narrative is really important to kids in the US, they need goof guys and bad guys, etc. With Mega Force it was just two opposing armies with neither being portrayed as good or bad.
Dark Tower. Can't find a complete set for less than $300. The art by Bob Pepper is so good I was trying to find high res files of the tiles to print onto light boxes.
Oh snap, I remember this, never played it though. I see you and raise you:
For me, it'd have to be the old figure of Transmetal Megatron from Beast Wars. That very first one:
Because this Megatron is the best Megatron. I found a listing on eBay for this figurine for over $100, but that's more than I am willing to pay.
Because this Megatron is the best Megatron. I found a listing on eBay for this figurine for over $100, but that's more than I am willing to pay.
Wow. I still had mine from childhood boxed away until last year when I sold it to a local toy store. I completely forgot what the box looked like until you posted that (that was 40+ years ago!)Shogun Warriors Godzilla. I remember we were moving and my mom threw it out. I cried. Thing is worth a pretty penny now.
It's not the Optimus Prime toy, but it's probably the second ballingest.
Does that transform into a base? Think I had that one.
I don't remember. I want to say yes. I can say that his feet rotate and become trapezoids.
This thing was fucking cool. I had it and a Millennium Falcon. I can't recall at what point they disappeared, but I'm assuming my parents either chunked em in the garbage or snuck them out into a garage sale at some point.
If I had to pick just one, I had a few Gundam models and would love to see my Epyon again. But I also remember having a couple plushes that I dearly loved. I had Stellaluna:
But then there was the Bowser plush I got from EB Games or some long-dead chain back in the 90s when seeing a Bowser toy in the wild was rare. And the polar bear teddy that I was fond of. And a shark IIRC. And a penguin. It's hard to choose between them.
Also had these busts of characters that would open into mini playsets:
I had Vader, R2D2, Chewie, 3PO, and Boba Fett. Maybe the Imperial Guard as well. Looking for pics of these reminded me how many cool playsets came out in the 90s. Got me nostalgic lol
My whole childhood Star Wars collection went to my nephew. Honestly I'm fine not getting any of it back. Started collecting 6" figs and it's been more than enough for me.
But then there was the Bowser plush I got from EB Games or some long-dead chain back in the 90s when seeing a Bowser toy in the wild was rare. And the polar bear teddy that I was fond of. And a shark IIRC. And a penguin. It's hard to choose between them.
I had that X-Wing too! I had the Micro Machines Millennium Falcon tho:
This thing was fucking cool. I had it and a Millennium Falcon. I can't recall at what point they disappeared, but I'm assuming my parents either chunked em in the garbage or snuck them out into a garage sale at some point.
Also had these busts of characters that would open into mini playsets:
I had Vader, R2D2, Chewie, 3PO, and Boba Fett. Maybe the Imperial Guard as well. Looking for pics of these reminded me how many cool playsets came out in the 90s. Got me nostalgic lol
My whole childhood Star Wars collection went to my nephew. Honestly I'm fine not getting any of it back. Started collecting 6" figs and it's been more than enough for me.
i want a rudolph the rednose reindeer plush that was my favorite as a kid. i actually had it until some years back when it disappeared. my mom gave it to me and always reminded me of her. it especially meant more once she passed away which is why i was upset when i couldn't find it.
no. i got it in the late 80's so i doubt there are any more left out there.Did it look like this?
My home office is jam packed with so many Power Rangers (both original 1993, as well as modern die cast chogokin versions) that if anything my childhood self is jealous of adult me, and not the other way around.
Pokemon Silver cartridge with complete Dex that someone stole.
All my toys are are still kinda intact since we just put them into boxes, and that includes all my Legos / Hot Wheels, so I don't really have to ask for them, I can just go to our storage and take it.
That Silver though, still stings. No one believed me since it was my word against an adult, but I know they stole it.
All my toys are are still kinda intact since we just put them into boxes, and that includes all my Legos / Hot Wheels, so I don't really have to ask for them, I can just go to our storage and take it.
That Silver though, still stings. No one believed me since it was my word against an adult, but I know they stole it.
Oh shit! I had that same plush bat! I had completely forgotten about it until your post. I loved mine as well, would always hang it from random stuff like the ceiling handles in the car. Was it a very popular toy?If I had to pick just one, I had a few Gundam models and would love to see my Epyon again. But I also remember having a couple plushes that I dearly loved. I had Stellaluna:
I looked it up, I forgot there was a book that accompanied it. I ordered a copy to read to my daughter, seems good for Halloween season. Thanks for the trip down memory lane
The first toy I remember having was a Mego Spider-Man. I was maybe four or five years old, when one day my parents had some people over who had kids I didn't know. The kids were mean, and took the Spider-Man out of my hands and threw it over the fence while we were in the backyard. There was a guy mowing weeds behind the fence (it was all open land behind the house).
I was too small to climb the fence so once the mean strangers left, I ran around the block to the back of our fence hoping to find the Spider-Man. I never did.
To this day that memory still sticks in my mind, and might be the earliest memory I have. My poor, poor Spidey (lol). I would reclaim him!
I was too small to climb the fence so once the mean strangers left, I ran around the block to the back of our fence hoping to find the Spider-Man. I never did.
To this day that memory still sticks in my mind, and might be the earliest memory I have. My poor, poor Spidey (lol). I would reclaim him!
I had a bunch of Star Trek Micro Machines that I loved dearly, but my favorite was the original Enterprise. Unfortunately those warp nacelle stems were just too fragile for child play and it eventually hit the dust. I loved that toy
I was going to post my AWA battle royal wrestling set. Unlike the WWF figures, they could actually do multiple poses. They also included Ric Flair, The Road Warriors and the Fabulous Ones. I used to like NWA and AWA over WWF because the shows were more violent.
Are sure it was rudolph? Not a hallmark Rodney the reindeer? These were from the 80's I remember small versions from Burger King too.
i looked at google images and it didn't really look like this.Are sure it was rudolph? Not a hallmark Rodney the reindeer? These were from the 80's I remember small versions from Burger King too.
My Star Wars toys/figures - They would probably be worth something today also. I had a X-wing etc, but I loved the, I don't know what it's called, but the speed bike? Which was supercool and fun at the time because it had a button and if you pushed it down, it sort of split in half and ejected the figure sitting on it. Had a blast playing around with that one in the bathtub.
I actually did rebuy a lot of figures I had as a kid ranging from random monsters and characters from cartoons.
The only ones I didn't get back are ones I just lost all memory of them sadly.
I would say either the Batman Forever Batcave which is just too massive to consider rebuying.
Or this thing from the Swamp Thing toyline that I got ages ago.
The only ones I didn't get back are ones I just lost all memory of them sadly.
I would say either the Batman Forever Batcave which is just too massive to consider rebuying.
Or this thing from the Swamp Thing toyline that I got ages ago.
My mom took half of my legos and gave them to my cousins, took them randomly too so I couldn't build so many sets
I never had the jet, but I still have my Captain Power action figures.
The book was one of the big Scholastic Book Club offerings, if you're familiar with that. They'd have book fairs at elementary schools and pass out catalogues of books & science kit type stuff. Hope your daughter enjoys it; glad I rekindled that memory for ya!
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Aw man I miss my Pokémon Yellow GBC. I think I had a Pokémon Crystal GBA too?!
I friggin' loved this line! Between my brothers and I, we had the whole line except the Backlash. I always assumed V-Rocks were the bad guys and Triax were the good guys. V-Rocks had more of a Soviet aesthetic with their helicopters channeling Hinds while the Triax ones had an Apache influence.I'm genuinely surprised somebody posted Mega Force before me as I've never met anybody else that even remembers it. This was the only toy range I collected as a kid and the only reason was that it was incredibly cheap. I used to buy them from a budget shop chain here in the UK in the early '90s and looking back it's clear they had them because they were an unsuccessful toy range that this chain bought up for super cheap.
The small packs of 3 vehicles were less than £1 and even the larger ones were only a few quid each.
I had a fair few of them, but I could only chose from whatever appeared on the shelf on any given visit and it wasn't long before they just ran out of stock.
I've heard that one of the reasons they were unsuccessful is because having a background narrative is really important to kids in the US, they need goof guys and bad guys, etc. With Mega Force it was just two opposing armies with neither being portrayed as good or bad.
You ever see the proposed second wave stuff? Check out the Stronghold.
Tell me that thing doesn't look like a boss from Raiden.
the dino rider T-Rex.
my parents bought him used, so parts were missing. But having a "newish" one with everything? would make me super happy for some reason.
my parents bought him used, so parts were missing. But having a "newish" one with everything? would make me super happy for some reason.