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Post by Jesse on Dec 10, 2017 2:33:43 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 0:33:05 GMT -5
An 8 part documentary series focusing on 80s toylines will be dropping on Netflix on Dec. 22. Each episode will focus on one toy line, I believe it includes Transformers,Star Wars, Lego, Barbie, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, GI Joe and others. There's a third party preview of it on youtube and you can check out the official Facebook page of the documentary for more info and behind the scenes looks. I believe only the first 4 episodes will drop on the 22nd with 4 more to follow and an option for more to be made/aired if it does well. A lot of the vintage toy shops and dealers in the area have been talking this up and promoting it with posters/flyers, etc. at shows and in their shops. This is probably stuff for the generation after me (I was in jr. high and high school when most of these hit) so there isn't the nostagia factor for anything but Star Wars of those mentioned, but I am curious to see this and hope it does well so we can get more of this type of programming. -M |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 20, 2017 9:09:34 GMT -5
Toy Galaxy has been doing mini documentaries on '80s toys on Youtube for a while now. I find them informative:
Might check out the documentary. Thanks for the head's up.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 19:31:10 GMT -5
Here's a link to the official Netflix trailer for the Toys That Made Us. Frst 4 episodes deal with Star Wars, GI Joe, Barbie and Masters of the Universe and drop Friday the 22nd. -M |
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Post by The Captain on Dec 21, 2017 9:29:35 GMT -5
Here's a link to the official Netflix trailer for the Toys That Made Us. Frst 4 episodes deal with Star Wars, GI Joe, Barbie and Masters of the Universe and drop Friday the 22nd. -M I'll definitely watch the Star Wars and GI Joe eps, as I was into toys for the entirety of the SW period and the beginning of the GI Joe period. As for the others, I will probably watch them just from a curiosity standpoint, but I have no nostalgic connection to He-Man or Transformers, as I owned none of the former and only a handful of the latter, given to me as gifts by relatives who weren't aware I had outgrown toys by that point. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 21, 2017 12:30:07 GMT -5
Here's a link to the official Netflix trailer for the Toys That Made Us. Frst 4 episodes deal with Star Wars, GI Joe, Barbie and Masters of the Universe and drop Friday the 22nd. -M Of those four the only one I have any nostalgia for is GI Joe and that's just the original Joes before they got small. I was too old for Star Wars toys or Masters of the Universe. I'll probably watch the episodes based on my interest. |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 21, 2017 17:12:27 GMT -5
Here's a link to the official Netflix trailer for the Toys That Made Us. Frst 4 episodes deal with Star Wars, GI Joe, Barbie and Masters of the Universe and drop Friday the 22nd. -M Of those four the only one I have any nostalgia for is GI Joe and that's just the original Joes before they got small. I was too old for Star Wars toys or Masters of the Universe. I'll probably watch the episodes based on my interest. Unfortunately, it's my generation's nostalgia that's running the show these days. Children of the '80s are far enough into their careers that they have disposable cash and a yearning for simpler times. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 21, 2017 17:21:52 GMT -5
Of those four the only one I have any nostalgia for is GI Joe and that's just the original Joes before they got small. I was too old for Star Wars toys or Masters of the Universe. I'll probably watch the episodes based on my interest. Unfortunately, it's my generation's nostalgia that's running the show these days. Children of the '80s are far enough into their careers that they have disposable cash and a yearning for simpler times. I get that. I was in high school and college most of the 80s. To the extent I have nostalgia about the 80s it's not for toys. But I also understand that not everything is about me. Though it should be. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 17:27:47 GMT -5
Of those four the only one I have any nostalgia for is GI Joe and that's just the original Joes before they got small. I was too old for Star Wars toys or Masters of the Universe. I'll probably watch the episodes based on my interest. Unfortunately, it's my generation's nostalgia that's running the show these days. Children of the '80s are far enough into their careers that they have disposable cash and a yearning for simpler times. I know the dudes from the Mego Museum contributed to the series and Mego gets a look (maybe not a whole episode though) and the GI Joe and Barbie episodes are supposed to cover the entirety of the those lines not just the 80s stuff, so while 80s (and even 90s now) nostalgia is what is fueling the bulk of the vintage toy business these days, and the series is driven by that since that is what drives the people who made it, there is at least nods to earlier stuff. -M |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 21, 2017 17:50:55 GMT -5
Unfortunately, it's my generation's nostalgia that's running the show these days. Children of the '80s are far enough into their careers that they have disposable cash and a yearning for simpler times. I know the dudes from the Mego Museum contributed to the series and Mego gets a look (maybe not a whole episode though) and the GI Joe and Barbie episodes are supposed to cover the entirety of the those lines not just the 80s stuff, so while 80s (and even 90s now) nostalgia is what is fueling the bulk of the vintage toy business these days, and the series is driven by that since that is what drives the people who made it, there is at least nods to earlier stuff. -M Good. Some of the earlier stuff is amazing. Worshipped Mego figures as a kid and was always sad they didn't sell them anymore. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 17:55:12 GMT -5
I know the dudes from the Mego Museum contributed to the series and Mego gets a look (maybe not a whole episode though) and the GI Joe and Barbie episodes are supposed to cover the entirety of the those lines not just the 80s stuff, so while 80s (and even 90s now) nostalgia is what is fueling the bulk of the vintage toy business these days, and the series is driven by that since that is what drives the people who made it, there is at least nods to earlier stuff. -M Good. Some of the earlier stuff is amazing. Worshipped Mego figures as a kid and was always sad they didn't sell them anymore. Megos were a childhood favorite, and I have dabbed in some of the Re-Mego stuff (the term used for people making Mego-style stuff now like Figures Toy Company), but I haven't pulled the trigger on anything vintage Mego yet, and price-wise it might be a bit beyond what I am willing to pay for vintage stuff as a casual collector. I have gone in on vintage Mego Micronaut stuff though, but I doubt we will see it in the documentary unless it is mentioned as a pre-cursor/forerunner of Teansformers with it's interchangeability and presence of Japanese themed robot. -M |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 21, 2017 18:06:05 GMT -5
Good. Some of the earlier stuff is amazing. Worshipped Mego figures as a kid and was always sad they didn't sell them anymore. Megos were a childhood favorite, and I have dabbed in some of the Re-Mego stuff (the term used for people making Mego-style stuff now like Figures Toy Company), but I haven't pulled the trigger on anything vintage Mego yet, and price-wise it might be a bit beyond what I am willing to pay for vintage stuff as a casual collector. I have gone in on vintage Mego Micronaut stuff though, but I doubt we will see it in the documentary unless it is mentioned as a pre-cursor/forerunner of Teansformers with it's interchangeability and presence of Japanese themed robot. -M I paid a small fortune a decade back to get a custom Mego Green Lantern from Doctor Mego, but it didn't hold up well over time. I just would have loved a complete Mego Batman set -- Wayne Foundation, Batcave, Batmobile, Bat Copter, and all the figures (including the removable cowl Batman). Pocket Heroes were awesome too. I had a Superman and a Hulk. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 21, 2017 18:44:50 GMT -5
I still have my Megos (in various states of repair). Including the Batcave, though the Batmobile bit the dust when I was a kid. And I let my boys play with them rather than sit on a shelf. They're toys, for Pete's Sake.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 22, 2017 8:42:34 GMT -5
I still have my Megos (in various states of repair). Including the Batcave, though the Batmobile bit the dust when I was a kid. And I let my boys play with them rather than sit on a shelf. They're toys, for Pete's Sake. My daughters have full access to my toys. It's no fun being a kid again without them. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2017 11:14:53 GMT -5
I just found out the folks who do Comic Trips (the youtube series Bronze Age Brian introduced me too a while back) are in the first episode of the Toys That Made Us as the producers of the show contacted Paul & Kat to ask about using footage from some of their episodes. Sometime the collecting world is smaller (and bigger at the same time) than you realize.
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