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Post by Bleighdzes on Dec 19, 2007 15:58:11 GMT -5
Rather than completely mess up the Xevoz Epitath thread, I decided to make a new thread here where we could talk about all those old obscure toys we used to have before Xevoz ruined us. I'm not talking about Go-bots, He-Man, Transformers, and G.I. Joes that we all know, I'm talking about those toys that maybe lasted a year or two and we have a hard time remembering we had.
As mentioned, I did have this character from Power Lords, Adam Power. I also had a bunch of M.U.S.C.L.E. Men, the Starmax Star Bomber, a few Battle Beasts, the whole first wave set of Secret Wars figures - a good example of great figures with useless add-ons except for Captain America, hmmmm,.... I know I had more things back then. I'll think of some more as the next person chimes in.
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Post by Machineman on Dec 19, 2007 17:20:44 GMT -5
I "think" they were called MAC Men. Little dudes kind of like GI Joe Adventure Team (more coolness) that rescue people. Smaller that Micronauts. Had a really cool mountain base that looked like Marx Navarone Mountain. Might have been made by Matchbox.
Anyone have a robot called Ding-A-Lings? Cheap robots with removable power packs. Looked neat. Ran for a day. The had a big one called King Ding that the little ones (about 8 inches) would ride an elevator into his chest and drive him. Friend had it, never worked, his dad tossed it.....
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Dec 19, 2007 21:44:27 GMT -5
Sectaurs - I had a red scorpion battle tank thingy. It had pincers and a mace tail.
Tron - Flyn and Sark with glow in the dark disks and light cycle
Buck Rodgers - Draconian Raider space fighter.
The Black Hole - Red bad guy robot (I forgot his name)
Gobots red jet fighter dude from the 1st wave? Name was maybe flytor?
Tons of classic star wars including blue snaggletooth and the droid factory.
Rom Spaceknight
Tons of original micronauts.
Got a 3 pack of potato head guys when I was 4. Mr. Potatohead, Mr. Picklehead, and Donald Duck. I've never seen pictures of the other two since.
Giant Tinkertoys.
These really neat diecast cars that looked like 70s hot rod design cool cars I had one I especially linked that had a big knights helmet mounted on a dragster.
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Post by Machineman on Dec 19, 2007 22:38:27 GMT -5
Tron light cycle. Yeah, a cool toy that worked.
Rom was a neat character. Never had the toy but the comics weren't bad.
Vertibird
Got the reissue of Evil Knievel Stunt cycle. Haven't broken it yet.
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Post by Grayfox on Dec 20, 2007 2:41:35 GMT -5
I don't remember it all, but I know I had the following from different lesser known toylines
Lt. Michael 'Tank' Ellis from Captain Power and The soldiers of the future (I still love that show!)
Several StarCOM soldiers and vehicles
Odd Job from the James Bond Jr toyline
Several Battle Beasts
Goliath from the Gargoyles line
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Post by Bleighdzes on Dec 20, 2007 11:24:16 GMT -5
I remember having the Lone Ranger And Silver Action figure pack. Ranger was about the same size as a G.I. Joe, but didn't have the same articulation build. He did come with pistols though and Silver came with a removable saddle.
I also remember having some robotech toys. I had the Scott Bernard cycle - not the transforming one, this one was smaller and made for the joe-sized characters at the time. I still have a Beta fighter.
I had the Captain Power aircraft that interacted with the TV show, plus Captain Power and that one robot character that had the tank treads for feet. That aircraft he had makes me think that there needs to be a Wii game with a shuttle cradle for a Wiimote, lol.
I had tiny Thundercats. I never really cared for the regular large sized ones, so I got these small ones that were probably the same size as battle beasts and I think the same level of articulation as battle beasts.
I forget the name of this line, but I used to get them at Dart Drug back in the day. They were transformer type toys, and out around the same time Transformers were launched initially in the US. Some were robots that turned into ocean craft, some were cars, they also had jets that resembled the Robotech veritech fighters, they also had birds, which I had. One was a blue eagle, a light green peatxock, and a red owl. Each came with a sword.
I don't know if this counts as a toy, but I had plenty of Wally Wall Walkers, lol. Perhaps more of a hobby thing.
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Post by Bleighdzes on Dec 20, 2007 11:25:04 GMT -5
The Black Hole - Red bad guy robot (I forgot his name) Was it Maximillian?
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Dec 20, 2007 12:10:04 GMT -5
Yeah, it was maximillian. I battle damaged detailed him out with a hot lightbulb lamp and a very warm penny nail.
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Post by eMummy on Dec 20, 2007 14:38:03 GMT -5
peoples showing our age... Starriors: this was Xevoz before there were Xevoz. interchangeable arms etc. I had a bunch, and also the ark with the cobra head on wheels. I also had the Tyrannosaur with the disc shooting mechanism and the pteradon. OK i had a bunch of this line, but not the little pull-back guys. Yeah the tron light cycle. I had the yellow one. M.u.s.c.l.e. men, i had baskets of those guys. stopped before they started releasing weird colors and didn't get into Battle Beasts sadly. Erector... Robotix... Armatron. I once had a wrestling match between Armatron and a close aproximation from Robotix. Armatron won. I had the transforming Scott Bernard... that was an awesome toy... other than him not being able to ride the bike properly because his feet were so damn big. I did manage to pick up a bunch of Invid scouts when they repacked them in the I think Exo Squad toyline. Which I think took repaints/redecos from Mattel Batman vehicles as well. I had a chinatown version of Voltron called Lion Bot... that pretty much spans my toy collecting: He-Man to Transformers GIJoe era. I stopped right before thundercats and silverhawks. I'm pretty sure Spawn toys brought me back into it, but then Xevoz, Binaltech, Star Wars Legos and Pinky:St pretty much brought me totally back into it with a job to fund it. I have a hard time imagining what it was like when I only had birthdays and xmas to look forward to for toys.
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Post by fatshadowmaster on Dec 20, 2007 15:09:56 GMT -5
Wheeled Warriors. www.virtualtoychest.com/wwarriors/wwarriors.htmlMix and match parts. Bad guys had these little green worm things for drivers. I still have a easter bucket full of Muscle Men. What about C.O.P.S.? I liked those. Also Exo-Squad. I know those were later on but I still love that line of figures. Just waiting for the dvds to come out now. M.A.S.K. Chuck Norris and the Karate Kommandos. I'll always remember the purple Super Ninja. And some of the cartoons. Army Ants. Bone age. Another one you could take apart and mix pieces. I always made a giant stone age chopper out of some. I still have some of the pieces too. After looking it up I had the Captain Power stuff also. Just didn't remember the name. I wouldn't mind haveing some of those figures again now for display. www.virtualtoychest.com/captainpower/captainpower.htmlCenturions. Monsters in my Pocket. Like muscle Men. Dino-Riders. Inhumanoids. Super Naturals. Always loved the holograms. Mad Balls. There were figures too. Silver Hawks. Ring Raiders. Sky Commanders. I will never forget those cause of all the tangled up messes I would get them into. Being a kid I never had the patience to untangle them. So If I ever find any of my old ones I'm sure they are still tangled up. Tacky Strecthoid Warriors. Different armor that fit onto tacky black figures. Had to have a stand to make them stand up. Visionaries. Again, holograms. Beetle Juice. Spinjas. Little tops that looked like ninjas and Samurai. Came with little arenas and launchers. I used a fat twist tie from something for a championship belt. It was red. Pocket Power. Came in a frame you could carry around in your pocket. I still have a skeleton knight that glows in the dark, but I don't have the frame or his accessories anymore. Wish I could find them. Sectaurs. Still have one of the creatures you put on your hand with the glove. Inspector Gadget. I had a Gadget Mobile that fit Marvel figures pretty good. Biker Mice From Mars. My sister got a bunch of those, but again, fit the Marvel figures so I used the bikes for Ghost Rider and Vengance. Toxic Crusaders. I had the whole set of those. Might still if I look hard enough. Zen The Intergalactic Ninja. Just had Zen himself. He's blue. Socket Poppers. Got a few packs at a place called Children's Castle. I even remember where the store was from years ago. They had about 5 pieces perfigure and came in a 2 pack. Could pop off the piece at the ball joint socket and exchange them with other figures. Sound familiar? This has been a fun trip down memory lane. Now I wanna go through all my old stuff and see what I still have.
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Post by greyloch on Dec 20, 2007 15:21:49 GMT -5
As a kid, I used to have Big Jim W.O.L.F. Pack figs Captain Action with Superboy disguise Mego Super Heroes Lone Ranger & Tonto figures (large like G.I. Joes) w/ their horses Micronauts Evel Knievel stunt cycles - many ended up broken due to "stunt" I put them thru I must have gone thru at least five of the Tontos because I loved the eagle he came with so much (tied into a Saturday morning cartoon).
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Post by eMummy on Dec 20, 2007 15:36:50 GMT -5
Spinjas!!! i loved the designs on those... with the mini arena carrying case... haha totally forgot about those.
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Post by fatshadowmaster on Dec 20, 2007 22:43:19 GMT -5
That's why I tried to list all the stuff I could remember. I almost passed those up at that site. www.virtualtoychest.co.uk/s/spinjas/spinjas.htmlI really am going to have to look through all my old stuff now. I know I still have some of those.
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Post by Grayfox on Dec 21, 2007 2:17:36 GMT -5
After reading the replies, I remembered more stuff
Mask figures and vehicles...there was a race car and I had a evil guys 2-pack
Toxic Crusaders...I had a yellow bad guy..dunno his name though
Visionnaries...don't remember the names, but one has a STRIKING ressemblance to an uncle of mine lol
Voltron..never had the combiner, only the green lion
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Post by fatshadowmaster on Dec 21, 2007 3:02:59 GMT -5
I remember some MASK bad guys, or one. Was a regular version and a translucent green version of the same baddie.
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