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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jul 4, 2021 6:10:58 GMT -5
Mego "action figures" (we just called 'em dolls) were a big part of my childhood; I had a few superhero ones (all Batman-related), some Planet of the Apes figures, and several from the Star Trek line. My older brother even made a few stop-motion 8mm films with the Star Trek figures. My Holy Grail was The Enterprise bridge playset, so was quite the happy camper when I got it one Christmas.  |
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Post by shaxper on Jul 4, 2021 9:15:26 GMT -5
Mego "action figures" (we just called 'em dolls) were a big part of my childhood; I had a few superhero ones (all Batman-related), some Planet of the Apes figures, and several from the Star Trek line. My older brother even made a few stop-motion 8mm films with the Star Trek figures. My Holy Grail was The Enterprise bridge playset, so was quite the happy camper when I got it one Christmas. Had I been a kid then, I likely would have lost my mind over that one, as I love playsets, and I love Trek. Fortunately, this one came around when I was in my teens:  and the Mega Bloks bridge has become my favorite bridge playset in adulthood:  Incidentally, my youngest wanted to play Barbies last night, so out came the Mego figures I've acquired in adulthood to play along! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2021 16:50:58 GMT -5
Incidentally, my youngest wanted to play Barbies last night, so out came the Mego figures I've acquired in adulthood to play along! A few years ago (before the return of Mego) my oldest niece was staying with us and wanted her dolls to go to prom, and came looking to me to find dates for them.   They all had a good time. |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 13, 2021 17:46:51 GMT -5
Mego "action figures" (we just called 'em dolls) were a big part of my childhood; I had a few superhero ones (all Batman-related), some Planet of the Apes figures, and several from the Star Trek line. My older brother even made a few stop-motion 8mm films with the Star Trek figures. My Holy Grail was The Enterprise bridge playset, so was quite the happy camper when I got it one Christmas. Had I been a kid then, I likely would have lost my mind over that one, as I love playsets, and I love Trek. Fortunately, this one came around when I was in my teens: and the Mega Bloks bridge has become my favorite bridge playset in adulthood: Incidentally, my youngest wanted to play Barbies last night, so out came the Mego figures I've acquired in adulthood to play along! I still have the Playmates TNG Enterprise bridge! Missing a couple of bits, admittedly, but the crew seem to be coping... |
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Post by tonebone on May 5, 2022 15:28:02 GMT -5
Bullies stole my toys and all I had to play with was this stone. Growing up, it was my only friend.  This reminds me of when my wife and I first got married, we were living in a duplex, and the woman next door (who we suspected was a... er... professional) lived with her son. He was maybe about 8. He would spend every day in the front yard, while his mom was inside, playing with a rock. We never saw any toys, just a rock. He would pick it up, and heave it a couple of feet, and pick it up and heave it again. All day. I looked around our apartment, and looked at all the toys this grown ass man had bought, just because I thought they were cool. I pulled a GIJoe vehicle and some figures off the shelf, went outside and told him I was throwing them out, and asked if he wanted them. He was so excited! I never saw him playing with a rock again. |
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Post by tonebone on May 6, 2022 8:38:18 GMT -5
I was born in 1966 so the first ones that pop into me mind - 3) I really wanted one of the big Space 1999 ships but they were too expensive, until one time I was out with my mom and found one on sale, so I talked her into getting it for me. I miss my mom, she died in 1991.  This was my single favorite toy of my childhood. Like you, I also loved Micronauts, Bulletman, Star Wars, Megos, and almost everything else you mentioned. I'm just 2 years younger than you, but I'm sure we would have been fast friends as kids!  |
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Post by tonebone on May 6, 2022 9:33:15 GMT -5
My faves: The Eagle One from Space 1999... as mentioned above. I never saw the show, but man, that spaceship simply rocked my world. The Six Million Dollar Man, the inflatable dome Mission Control Center playset, and the Critical Mission Arms. They were awesome! I also had the backpack AM radio, which was pretty lame, honestly.     Bulletman - a weird one, but I loved it. I think I knew, even as a young kid, he was based on an old golden age hero.  The Star Wars 12inch figures. I was never really into the 3.75 action figures, but Santa brought me Luke, Vader, Artoo, Threepio, and later, Boba Fett. I still have them, right here on my desk.  And, of course, those Star Wars, Six Million Dollar Man, and Bulletman figures need transportation.... this Tonka Jeep was put through hell, but always protected my guys.  Shogun Warrior - Mazinga! What's not to love about a 2 foot tall robot with a spaceship in his head, roller skates on his feet, rocket propelled fist, and a sword!  The Mighty Men and Monster Maker. Interchangeable plates that allowed you to rub a crayon and create awesome characters. Just what a budding comic book artist needs! I actually recreated this in FLASH years ago, so that you could print out your creations and color them.  |
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Post by tonebone on May 6, 2022 14:16:02 GMT -5
More toys I forgot about..... GIJoe! And not that shrimpy 3.75 stuff from the 80's... I mean the fuzzy bearded, scarfaced, kung-fu gripped version from the 70's. As a kid, my mom and aunt would drive me around in the back of a stationwagon, to every yard sale in the county. Armed with 3 bucks, I would come home with TONS of GIJoe swag, every single time. I had a polar bear, a bigfoot, a submarine, a hang glider, hundreds of guns, boots, knives, outfits, etc. EVEN A HORSE! None of it bought off the shelf, all from yard sales.  Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars.... Hot wheels were the fast ones, that usually looked like crazy drag racers, or concept cars... Matchbox were usually replicas of real car models. Both of them were excellent for playing with in the dirt. All you needed was a little block of wood to carve out your roads, and you were all set to reenact the lunacy from last night's Dukes of Hazzard. It breaks my heart to see someone with a Matchbox or Hot Wheels car still in the package.  Cheap Action Figures... my mom was the queen of finding cheap action figures. We didn't have much money, and when she would go to the mall and see that KB had a big bin of clearance action figures, she would always buy me a bunch... sometimes for as little as a quarter a piece. Battlestar Galactica, The Black Hole, Micronauts, Adventure People, Buck Rogers, Star Trek TMP, even a few Flash Gordon... she had a knack for buying multiples of the "faceless" ones... Maxamilian, Cylons, Ovoids, etc.    |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2022 14:28:31 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of the Mighty Man and Monster Maker. I had one and used it sooo much. It's one of the vintage toys I always keep an eye out for when I am hunting in the wild, as if I found one within my budget, I would happily grab one.
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Post by tonebone on May 6, 2022 14:46:07 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of the Mighty Man and Monster Maker. I had one and used it sooo much. It's one of the vintage toys I always keep an eye out for when I am hunting in the wild, as if I found one within my budget, I would happily grab one. -M My sister had the "girl version" which I think was called "Fashion Plates" or something. She always wanted to play with mine, instead. |
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