Micronauts and their progenitor, Microman actually got a ton of reissues back in the early 2000s.Probably the Toa Mata had most of them except Onua (by the time i was close the Nuva were out and went with that one), but you know how it is, parts go missing/break through play/moving house.
Yeah he was probably king of the 80s toys.
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.
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.
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.
This!! I had the wholes set :'(
It's not the Optimus Prime toy, but it's probably the second ballingest.
I don't remember. I want to say yes. I can say that his feet rotate and become trapezoids.
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.
Holy shit, I had a ton of those things!I'm genuinely surprised somebody posted Mega Force before me as I've never met anybody else that even remembers it.
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.
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 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.As an adult today I am so jealous of the quality and detail in the wrestling toys these days. Mine as kids were two lines, the NWA/WCW ones were these big 12" rubber guys that couldn't move and we're in fixed poses. I had Giant Haystacks and some other classic AWA or NWA guys like that. Then the WWF lineup was the Hasbro ones that were better to play with, but they were all 4", all followed like 5-6 formats, rarely had up to date gimmicks and frequently just got a wrestlers outfit or gear completely wrong. They usually had opposable arms but one "special move" that had morning to do with their real life move. Like, Ric Flair action figure special move was a headlock an punch, hogan's was a big spring loaded punch, repo man was a spring loaded jump.... It was weird.
As an adult 30+ years later every once in a while I stumble upon the huge breadth of modern wrestling action figures with fully adjustable limbs and hands and I'm like "....fuck wish I could go back to being 9 playing with these..."
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.no. i got it in the late 80's so i doubt there are any more left out there.
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.
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!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?
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
Aw man I miss my Pokémon Yellow GBC. I think I had a Pokémon Crystal GBA too?!The Pokemon edition GameBoy Color and Pokemon Yellow that was stolen from me at daycare.
Or my DS and all of my DS games, that were stolen from me (out of my dorm room) during a summer internship thing during college, but that's not my childhood.
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My cousin stomped on my Shockwave on purpose and broke it. Fuck you Carl!
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.