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Posted: 10/22/2019 1:13:19 PM EDT

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To this day I'm still infatuated with helicopters.

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Best. Toy. EVER.

Posted: 10/22/2019 1:14:32 PM EDT

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Yep! Each vehicle would eject the pilot after multiple hits.

They also had a AA style gun n a tripod. It had a viewfinder with mirrors in the back so you could look through a little red box aiming sight on top of the cannon. Pretty nifty.

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The videos are still around on youtube.

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I had this one. Hell it is probably still at my dad's house. Wonder if he still has the VHS tapes.

Posted: 10/22/2019 1:15:56 PM EDT

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From the '40s and '50s.

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Those would be mine too, with the addition of a Lionel Train set.

After I joined the military most of my childhood stuff was stolen by my sister and sold or traded for drugs. Bitch!

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:33:11 PM EDT

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I remember getting this set one Christmas.

7 or 8 year old me wandering around the neighborhood with that plastic 45 sticking out of my pocket.

Posted: 10/22/2019 3:19:23 PM EDT

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Nostalgia blast thread!

As a child of the 80s, I can remember most of these. As I walk around Walmart or search Amazon for toys for my kids, today's toys suck in comparison to what I had growing up. I guess it's all about the electronics now. Though my son got his first Transformer the other day and seems excited about it, so hopefully that's a new avenue.

Memorable ones for me:
- Transformers, mostly in the G1 toy line. I loved them. I'm not a huge fan of the Michael Bay movie toy lines, but they've done some really good ones in the War for Cybertron/Combiner Wars/Titans Return continuity. Purchased a lot of the "new" combiners since those were my favorites. Missed out on the latest Metroplex though.
- G.I.Joe in the 3.75" line. I had a few of the early 80s ones, but mine were mostly late 80s/early 90s. The early/mid 80s ones with more realistic designs were far cooler, but they all were still tons of fun.
- Sky Commanders. Had a bunch of these. Kinda neat, got those stupid strings knotted up all the time.
- MASK. Those were awesome.

I was outgrowing toys by this point, but I'll toss an honorable mention to the Exosquad series from 93-94. They had some pretty cool toys (the premise being wearable exoskeleton battle armor) but the cartoon itself was amazing. Some very mature plotlines. Got cancelled in all the network consolidations of the mid 90s where the networks wanted to own series lock, stock, and barrel. Truly a shame.

Posted: 10/22/2019 3:22:06 PM EDT

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My favorite toy growing up. Bought it on vacation with my entire yearly allowance savings. Mom didnt even care. Dad blew a fucking gasket when he found out how much it cost. He damn near made me box it back up and return it.

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Posted: 10/22/2019 3:26:45 PM EDT

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Vertibird, I have one now

Posted: 10/22/2019 3:28:04 PM EDT

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Cool thread . A lot of these books and toys I had forgotten about . I remember having , or friends having almost everything posted here .

Posted: 10/22/2019 3:28:47 PM EDT

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This was my favorite toy for a long time...

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I got one for my birthday and then my mother returned to the store when I was bad.

Never really got to play with it.

Posted: 10/22/2019 3:32:55 PM EDT

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HA! I just finished this guy yesterday. Loved those old kits! The Forgotten Prisoner was re-released under polar lights name

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Nice, I wanted Vampirella . You tell I liked the chicks when I was 7.

Posted: 10/22/2019 3:33:56 PM EDT

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Now that’s a nice thorax.

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Posted: 10/22/2019 3:44:14 PM EDT

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Stomper 4X4 Trucks commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pko_iTP4sQ

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Posted: 10/22/2019 3:58:57 PM EDT

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Cox Gas cars

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Starbird

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Big Trak

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I have a Big Trak and the Trailer in a box somewhere.
Need to dig it out for the Grandkids to destroy.

Posted: 10/22/2019 3:59:14 PM EDT

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this is a pretty cool thread. i used to have a ton of these toys. i had a lot of great memories with them and kept them all in great shape, but i sold them all to get night vision.

Posted: 10/22/2019 3:59:49 PM EDT

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These guys too

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Thanks TX-Zen!! I had a bunch of these but couldn't remember what they were called.

Posted: 10/22/2019 3:59:59 PM EDT

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Man, I can tell I am a lot older than most on here.

I played with "Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots", Evel Knievel, Ready Ranger and other such old school 70's things~

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Inhad a rock em sock em.

In fact, my older sister purchased my boys one as a gag chrostmas gift a few years ago.

They love it

Posted: 10/22/2019 4:06:28 PM EDT

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Really, am I the first one to post Star Wars?

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I also had Space 1999 ships, micronauts, and tons of legos

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My cousin had the Death Star. Sold all his Star Wars toys to finance a year in Austria as a student.

Had these when I was young:

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Posted: 10/22/2019 4:18:36 PM EDT

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Nice, I wanted Vampirella . You tell I liked the chicks when I was 7.

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I made a mistake - Moebius Models is now making them.
amazon has that Vampirella kit... but it is pricey - https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Scenes-Vampirella-Figure-Moebius/dp/B003ZRJNA8/ref=sr_1_32?crid=M9ZW6ZNLFFXL&;keywords=vampirella+model+kit&qid=1571775413&sprefix=vampirella+mod%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-32

Posted: 10/22/2019 4:33:43 PM EDT

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I've never seen anyone else ever mention these toys.

Posted: 10/22/2019 4:40:06 PM EDT

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Had one of those remco Okinawa guns as a kid played with it constantly .

This summer a grand nephew found a chunk of it playing behind my folks barn

Posted: 10/22/2019 4:41:10 PM EDT

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Micronauts
Stompers
Track Ball

Posted: 10/22/2019 4:51:01 PM EDT

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SSP Cars - especially the Derby cars

Posted: 10/22/2019 4:57:48 PM EDT

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I miss playing with stompers, just looked on eBay wow they cost a lot

Posted: 10/22/2019 5:06:44 PM EDT

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I had a nostalgia overload when I found a few of my old random toys.

Centurions.

Action figures you could plug in various accessories into their suits.

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Visionaries

Had a hologram type deal.

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Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

You could switch out wheels, parts, suspension, etc...

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Captain Power.

Vehicles that would interact with a tv show or VHS tape.

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Dude, we would have been great friends back in the day. Max Rockwell, Sauron, Ace whathisface, etc.

Posted: 10/22/2019 5:07:51 PM EDT

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One of my favorite toys was my Marx Civil War set:

Yeah, I'm that old. Wish I still had it.

Still have this, that I got in the early 1960s.

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Posted: 10/22/2019 5:27:56 PM EDT

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Wow, this thread brings back some memories, sky commanders things, robotix, construx... I have to add Digger Dan's. I loved those things, they had the best commercials, and they could pull some crazy loads being 4wd etc. The electric PTOs and low range gear boxes were awesome too.

Posted: 10/22/2019 5:34:10 PM EDT

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I had a few of the mighty max toys.

Also a good bit of the star wars figures, micro machines, action fleet.

Jurassic park figures

Aliens figures.

Cree-ee-eeeee-pyyyy CRAWLERS!!!

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Posted: 10/22/2019 5:39:04 PM EDT

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My cousin had the Death Star. Sold all his Star Wars toys to finance a year in Austria as a student.

Had these when I was young:

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RIP Johnny.

Posted: 10/22/2019 5:41:07 PM EDT

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I remember a lot of this stuff and had some of it.

I liked my Gobots. I liked my GI Joes.

But what always stands out is the Rambo UZI, the black toy M-16s, and a neon green AK-47 that I painted the right colors. And some 1911 dart guns

And we took them to school. And nobody cared.

Literally nobody cared.

Posted: 10/22/2019 6:17:56 PM EDT

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One of my favorite toys was my Marx Civil War set:

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Yeah, I'm that old. Wish I still had it.

Still have this, that I got in the early 1960s.

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Wow those bring back a lot of memories.

Posted: 10/22/2019 6:28:30 PM EDT

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They gave these away with a fill-up at Texaco stations, my Dad got me one, I wish I could find one this nice for a decent price.

Posted: 10/22/2019 6:28:53 PM EDT

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I had a friend who had this. It was yyyuge!

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My friend's parents were going through a divorce and each side would try to spoil him more with presents. It was sick when looking back but as kids getting to play with new toys, it was incredible.

He ended up getting the USS Flagg from GI Joe. People don't realize just how massive these things were. The box itself was like 3' x 4'

Super detailed too. Sold for $100+ back in the mid 80's which wasn't cheap.

1985 G.I. Joe USS Flagg review part 2

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Posted: 10/22/2019 6:43:46 PM EDT

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I still have my Baron Karza

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Fucking Baron Karza kicks ass! Him and his "body banks"! Fuck yeah...Wish I still had my Micronauts rocket tubes.

Posted: 10/22/2019 6:52:31 PM EDT

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My friend also had the Master's of the Universe "Slime Pit."

His mother just loved getting that green slime in her light tan carpet.

Also, anyone remember Bravestarr? It was like an animated sci-fi Western.

Posted: 10/22/2019 7:13:06 PM EDT

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I love me some 1980s toys, especially the obscure ones, like these guys:

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I had this too, does anyone know what it is?

Posted: 10/22/2019 7:15:36 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/22/2019 7:21:35 PM EDT

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My childhood toys...

Not much has changed.

You can bet if my parents smelled smoke I heard my name being called. WD40 works great as a blowtorch.

Posted: 10/22/2019 7:30:40 PM EDT

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My father and I built every major type of aircraft used by the USAAF in ww2, one of the few things we bonded over when I was a kid.

Posted: 10/22/2019 7:33:20 PM EDT

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I still got my old Transformers, TMNT, Ghostbusters, Gobots, He-Man, Silverhawks, and ThunderCats in the garage.

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Posted: 10/22/2019 7:36:03 PM EDT

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My father and I built every major type of aircraft used by the USAAF in ww2, one of the few things we bonded over when I was a kid.

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Same, except I would always screw it up in two ways: accidentally getting glue fingerprints on the windows or ripping the delicate decals.