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Post by turkeysandwich on Dec 8, 2019 22:51:15 GMT -5
Couple of memories sparked from seeing these: -My cousin was at my house when we were 4-5 years old and had his Rambo action figure. We were watching TV and he had Rambo's head in his mouth the whole time we were watching TV and the black paint of Rambo's hair came off. He started bawling because Rambo was now kinda bald, so my mom took a sharpie and colored back in the hair. About 10 minutes later we were watching TV some more and he had Rambo's head in his mouth again and Rambo got bald again and now my cousin had sharpie all over his tongue. -Seeing the police academy one, I had a few of those and on this one, whose pants fall down and you see his underwear, my other cousin thought it'd be funny to drawn brown marker on his butt area which I never could fully get off:  |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 8, 2019 23:20:01 GMT -5
 The only figure from this line I ever owned. I used him as another of the various kings of Eternia. ===  I had none of the over-sized Inhumanoids as a kid. Great stuff, though, wish it had lasted through at least another wave. ===  This was the only Sectaur I had, and while he was cool, it was annoying that he was even larger than all my other figures. Was basically "12 Foot Tall Vampire-Insect Man" in my He-Man battles. ===  These guys, Sectaurs, Lords of Insects, the Insecticons, Buzz-Off and Mosquitor...lot of bug-dudes in the '80s. |
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Dec 8, 2019 23:24:40 GMT -5
I have the Conky from that Pee Wee line still. Sits on my comic book shelf with a few other oddities. It's a wind-up that still works surprisingly well.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Dec 8, 2019 23:25:35 GMT -5
That's the friendliest looking, least threatening skeleton I've ever seen. Or it was until I saw the rest of the line up. That Roman one is sweet as hell. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 9, 2019 2:42:11 GMT -5
That's the friendliest looking, least threatening skeleton I've ever seen. Or it was until I saw the rest of the line up. That Roman one is sweet as hell.  There were some neat and/or odd skeleton guys in the 5.5 style back then, mostly from Remco:      |
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Post by crashmatsbazz on Dec 9, 2019 8:13:22 GMT -5
did Pat Roach only have 2 action figures of his movie roles? the one from Indy and the bad guy from Willow? and he never got a wrestling figure!
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 9, 2019 13:22:18 GMT -5
did Pat Roach only have 2 action figures of his movie roles? the one from Indy and the bad guy from Willow? and he never got a wrestling figure! It looks it, yes. He was in several other movies with figure lines (Kull the Conqueror, Clash of the Titans '81, etc) but didn't luck out in those. |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Dec 9, 2019 13:49:55 GMT -5
Pirates of the Galaxseas sounds like an Asylum style knock off that began life as as a Pirates of the Carribbean rip off but became a Guardians of the Galaxy one
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 9, 2019 13:52:42 GMT -5
Cyclotron isn't THAT obscure. He's Atom Smasher's dad... or grandpa. I can't really remember. Ok fine he's a foot note.
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Post by EZ: Brainy Bae on Dec 9, 2019 14:17:06 GMT -5
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 9, 2019 14:24:57 GMT -5
Cyclotron isn't THAT obscure. He's Atom Smasher's dad... or grandpa. I can't really remember. Ok fine he's a foot note. Same name, completely different character. |
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Post by sabretooth on Dec 9, 2019 14:44:40 GMT -5
 One of the coolest figures ever. Top 100 without doubt. I had this as a kid and had no idea what line he came from! He was one of my favorites and a champion of my wrestling fed in my head! |
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 9, 2019 15:35:46 GMT -5
Cyclotron isn't THAT obscure. He's Atom Smasher's dad... or grandpa. I can't really remember. Ok fine he's a foot note. Same name, completely different character. I guess that just underscores what a footnote he is then lol |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 9, 2019 17:22:08 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Dec 9, 2019 17:40:06 GMT -5
Some interesting stuff there oddly.
Wuzzles were the shit, I was into em when I was super young.
I probably had that carebear.
My 5 year old's absolute favorite cartoon in the world is Gummi Bears right now (being dead serious) and that would be a neat find. Might check my local old and collector's toy store in town to see if they have any of that line.
Ok no idea what the next one is.
And I was Flintstones nut. Would never have bought that but it's neat the Kids cartoon had figures.
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 9, 2019 19:10:41 GMT -5
You may have heard of Madballs, but do you remember their action figure line?  How about Army Ants? I've heard the weapons were either later re-used as GI Joe guns or that it was the other way around  |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 9, 2019 21:13:33 GMT -5
 Yeah, I don't think I ever saw these in the stores. I liked Madballs so would have gotten at least one, I assume. ---  The second line of Simpsons action figures from Playmates is legendary in its expansiveness, but there was a short-lived line from Mattel just after the show was gaining traction in 1990. It only lasted one wave, but weren't that different from the later ones. ---  What good is a Chuck Norris figure without his beard? Meh. ---  One of the best GoBots. After I grew bored with them, he became, I think, Trap-Jaw's steed/vehicle. ---  I didn't even know Tigersharks figures existed as a kid; I only knew the cartoon. From the same guys that did Thundercats and Silverhawks, of course. ---  Loved the figures, but never got the vehicles and didn't watch more than a couple of the episodes back then. The gimmick seems a little lame in retrospect. |
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Post by XIII on Dec 9, 2019 21:32:41 GMT -5
Oh man, this is bringing back memories. What other Chuck Norris figures were there, because I had one but I’m 98% sure it wasn’t the one wearing white and blue.
For a while Rambo and Hawk from Over the Top were tag champs of my action figure league. Until they met wooden Buddha and Confucius from my grandmas house. lol
Probably not that obscure but what was the cartoon/toyline where the characters were part insect(?) I had a dude with antennae coming from his forehead and he rode a gigantic fly like thing. I think that the wings moved via battery.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 9, 2019 21:38:16 GMT -5
Probably not that obscure but what was the cartoon/toyline where the characters were part insect(?) I had a dude with antennae coming from his forehead and he rode a gigantic fly like thing. I think that the wings moved via battery. Most likely Sectaurs. There's one in the second post on this page. |
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Post by XIII on Dec 9, 2019 21:43:17 GMT -5
Probably not that obscure but what was the cartoon/toyline where the characters were part insect(?) I had a dude with antennae coming from his forehead and he rode a gigantic fly like thing. I think that the wings moved via battery. Most likely Sectaurs. There's one in the second post on this page. Oh yeah, that’s it. how about this one: I think it was a He-Man mail away toy(but could be wrong): it was a big fat Viking with metal looking gloves/hands that did a bear hug and bent backwards. Probably not that obscure but I need to know what his name was. lol |
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