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Post by Phil Maurice on Jul 24, 2015 21:47:57 GMT -5
We had the Six million Dollar man Figure and also the GI Joe figure that had the eye that you look through. It was like a Six Million dollar man Knockoff. Mike Power, Atomic Man:
He had "Kung-Fu Grip," which allowed him to spin a helicopter blade fast enough to fly (a more apt metaphor for puberty never existed!). There was a gear located in his forearm that you could spin with your thumb. It was a great effect, but it wore out quickly. You couldn't "look" through his eye, but you could toggle your thumb over an aperture in the top of his head that allowed light to be directed through his eye. You could make it blink!
He had a weird leg as well, but his foot was all right.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 24, 2015 21:49:24 GMT -5
Are you sure? I thought it was a GI Joe figure.
Edit. yeah that's it
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jul 24, 2015 21:57:32 GMT -5
Are you sure? I thought it was a GI Joe figure. That is G.I Joe merch., circa 1975. That's the Adventure Team line. Here's the promo from about a hundred comics:
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 24, 2015 21:59:34 GMT -5
I had that figure. You could look out through it's eye.  |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jul 24, 2015 22:09:30 GMT -5
I had that figure. You could look out through it's eye. Permission to sig that? Please.
Challenge to the Board: Top Five fictional artificial forms of intelligence. Any takers? 
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 23:09:43 GMT -5
Don't forget old EagleEye G.I. Joe, Bulletman and their foe, the Intruder....  -M |
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Post by batlaw on Jul 24, 2015 23:49:37 GMT -5
Gulp* I just saw the original Captain Action figures going for 99-2000 dollars. Don't despair, Icc. It took 26 years for me to get these guys together in the same room:  Hang in there and take inspiration from a bottomless Robin high-fiving a topless Pulsar, the Ultimate Man of Action  :  Wow... Dies that pic bring back memories. I got those three figs for my birthday as a kid. I remember how bad I wanted that villain and my mom had wrapped two of them together so although initially I was bummed but soon realized I got them all. Somehow for some reason I held onto oscars briefcase for a ridiculously long time after everything else was long gone. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 25, 2015 8:46:41 GMT -5
Don't forget old EagleEye G.I. Joe, Bulletman and their foe, the Intruder.... -M I had great fun with my Bulletman dol... er, action figure. It didn't quite fit with the older Adventure Team characters, though, since those were more grounded in reality. |
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Post by berkley on Jul 25, 2015 11:01:56 GMT -5
I had that figure. You could look out through it's eye. Permission to sig that? Please.
Challenge to the Board: Top Five fictional artificial forms of intelligence. Any takers?
Off the top of my head: 1. HAL (2001: A Space Odyssey) 2. The Saviour Machine (from the eponymous song on David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World) 3. Deep Thought (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 4. Marvin the Paranoid Android (ibid) 5. Colossus (from the film The Forbin Project) |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 25, 2015 15:26:45 GMT -5
Permission to sig that? Please.
Challenge to the Board: Top Five fictional artificial forms of intelligence. Any takers?
Without a huge amount of thought. Numbers 1 & 2 are pretty firm though 5. Tick Tock of Oz 4. L. Ron from the Giffen Justice League. 3. Mike from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. 2. Marvin from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 1. R. Daneel Olivaw. |
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Post by Action Ace on Jul 25, 2015 20:16:59 GMT -5
I didn't like GI JOE until he shrank in the 1980s.
Top 10 GI JOEs
1. Snake Eyes
2. Scarlett
3. Hawk
4. Flash
5. Stalker
6. Breaker
7. Ace
8. Doc
9. Grand Slam
10. Airborne
Top 5 COBRAs
1. Cobra Commander
2. Destro
3. Baroness
4. Storm Shadow
5. Major Bludd
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Post by Action Ace on Jul 25, 2015 20:50:37 GMT -5
Top 10 Artificial Lifers
1. Data (Star Trek)
2. R2D2 (Star Wars)
3. C-3PO (Star Wars)
4. HAL-9000 (2001)
5. Bender B. Rodriguez (Futurama)
6. Faux Maria (Metropolis)
7. Wall-E (uh...Wall-E)
8. Mechgodzilla (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla)
9. WOPR/ Joshua (War Games)
10. Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Iron Giant (Iron Giant)
Gerty (Moon)
David (A.I.)
Vision and Ultron (Avengers)
Brainiac (Superman)
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jul 25, 2015 22:04:25 GMT -5
Top 10 Artificial Lifers Vision and Ultron (Avengers) Brainiac (Superman) Along with Skynet and HAL, I thought these would form the top tier, but many of the board's choices sent me straight to Google where I found ample evidence for their inclusion. I clearly have a lot to learn, and I'm blessedly in the right place to receive that needed knowledge. Please continue. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 22:54:40 GMT -5
I didn't like GI JOE until he shrank in the 1980s. Top 10 GI JOEs 1. Snake Eyes 2. Scarlett 3. Hawk 4. Flash 5. Stalker 6. Breaker 7. Ace 8. Doc 9. Grand Slam 10. Airborne Top 5 COBRAs 1. Cobra Commander 2. Destro 3. Baroness 4. Storm Shadow 5. Major Bludd I stopped caring about G.I. Joe when those shrunk down little posers co-opted the name in the 80s. -M |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jul 25, 2015 23:46:03 GMT -5
Top Five fictional detectives:
5. C. Auguste Dupin - The hero of The Purloined Letter and The Murders in the Rue Morgue, the Chevalier Dupin is the template against which all others are judged.
4. The Scooby-Doo Gang - Armed with nothing more than a van and an appetite for mystery, they exposed numerous land-grabs, tax-evasive schemes, and pure scare tactics
3. Batman - World's Greatest Detective. Took on the Joker, and Two-Face, and Catwoman, etc.
2. Lt. Columbo
1. Sherlock Holmes |
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