Toys of the 80's

[Getizzyback]

I remember those Rubiks Cubes , I used to take them apart and put them back together,with all the colors matching!

I also loved to play Activision's "MegaMania" for the Atari 2600,I remember trying to take a picture of the screen,when I finished the game,but the camera sucked too bad and it didn't come out!

I also had like 150 board games (Monopoly,Clue,Battleship,etc.)My friends and I ,once played Pay Day for 32 hours straight!

[Izzy]

Should I also mention that I got a bunch of MISB TRansformers from back in the day?


/lastroots

If you got a misb Soundwave that would collect ya a cool 3k on ebay

*everyone who owned one and opened it is now banging their head against the wall*

I owned a MISB MASK skybolt (the rarest of all MASK toys) - and opened it years ago - they got for ?250 now. D'oh!

I had all the MASK stuff and a fair few transformers - but Lego has always been no.1 with me

[Izzy]

MASK had some of the coolest toys in the world I thought.

Indeed - i want the Thunderhawk's gull-wing doors on my car -? and the bravery to fly a car with the doors open

I still have some of the toys, but don't rememer all that much.? The guy with the dark hair had the "Lifter" mask, right?

that was Bruce Sato - it was Matt Tracker that had the Thunderhawk and the 'spectrum' mask

Bruno Shepard's Stinger was probably my favourite vehicle - any car that can convert into a tank is always gonna be a winner

You = my personal hero.? Unreal.? Do you just remember all this, or did you at least have to somehow look it up?

I remember

I still have most of them - my Rhino is looking a bit worse for wear but the rest are 'as new' - managed to lose Miles Mayhem from my Outlaw tanker which annoys me to this day (his was the Python mask i believe - whereas he had the Viper mask with Switchblade)

Fav M.A.S.K Mask Sly Rax's 'Stiletto' - i mean c'mon the name is just so daft! (By the way the mask fired darts in the cartoon for those wondering)

I want a MASK film! 80's rock soundtrack - MASK vs Venom, bring it on!

and for those wondering M.A.S.K = mobile armoured strike kommand - c'mon command with a k, thats all it took to hook me as a kid

[lastroots]

Should I also mention that I got a bunch of MISB TRansformers from back in the day 


/lastroots

If you got a misb Soundwave that would collect ya a cool 3k on ebay

*everyone who owned one and opened it is now banging their head against the wall*

Nah, thats a bit high and also depends on the condition of the box. Got with 1000 to 1500, that would be more accurate, but I've also seen one go for around 400 Euros. I'm selling a lot MISB TFs on eBay myself, so I have a good view over that.

/lastroots

[pilferk]

My top Sega Genesis games were Golden Axe 1 & 2, SPLATTER HOUSE, Sonic, Streets of Rage 2 and NBA Jam.

Did Splatterhouse ever make it to the Genesis?  I know it was a TurboGrafx-16 game (and the one I am awaiting most to be released on the Wii Virtual Console.....Bonk is already out.   ) but didn't realize it was on the Genny too.

Man, I remember all the toys you guys are talking about.  Had (and still have, packed away somewhere) many of them.  And remember the "go-bots"?  The cheap transformer rip offs (CY-KILL!)?  Got all my go-bots and transformers packed in boxes....someday I'll break 'em out for my kids.  My he-man stuff, and my old star wars stuff (which will NOT get broken out for the kiddies), too.

Thanks for the trip back to my childhood, guys.

[Izzy]

Should I also mention that I got a bunch of MISB TRansformers from back in the day?


/lastroots

If you got a misb Soundwave that would collect ya a cool 3k on ebay

*everyone who owned one and opened it is now banging their head against the wall*

Nah, thats a bit high and also depends on the condition of the box. Got with 1000 to 1500, that would be more accurate, but I've also seen one go for around 400 Euros. I'm selling a lot MISB TFs on eBay myself, so I have a good view over that.

/lastroots

Bah, they hit $3k - i tracked one the other day that finished at that amount (hence the reference) It was an absolute beauty - it was held in some plastic prison too (maybe to protect from Magneto? )

Apparently a TF called 'Browning' - (turns into a pistol), is the rarest of all mainstream tf (excluding the repaints, exclusives etc), and he goes for a fortune, anyone own him?

[lastroots]

I that case he was highly AFA graded, so then 3k is possible, yeah.

Browning came from the original Diaclone line, but was replaced by Megatron, so there were only very few produced, which makes him so rare.


/lastroots

[bazgnr]

MASK had some of the coolest toys in the world I thought.

Indeed - i want the Thunderhawk's gull-wing doors on my car -? and the bravery to fly a car with the doors open

I still have some of the toys, but don't rememer all that much.? The guy with the dark hair had the "Lifter" mask, right?

that was Bruce Sato - it was Matt Tracker that had the Thunderhawk and the 'spectrum' mask

Bruno Shepard's Stinger was probably my favourite vehicle - any car that can convert into a tank is always gonna be a winner

You = my personal hero.? Unreal.? Do you just remember all this, or did you at least have to somehow look it up?

I remember

I still have most of them - my Rhino is looking a bit worse for wear but the rest are 'as new' - managed to lose Miles Mayhem from my Outlaw tanker which annoys me to this day (his was the Python mask i believe - whereas he had the Viper mask with Switchblade)

Fav M.A.S.K Mask Sly Rax's 'Stiletto' - i mean c'mon the name is just so daft! (By the way the mask fired darts in the cartoon for those wondering)

I want a MASK film! 80's rock soundtrack - MASK vs Venom, bring it on!

and for those wondering M.A.S.K = mobile armoured strike kommand - c'mon command with a k, thats all it took to hook me as a kid

That's it.  I'm officially heading back to my parents house to dig through all my toys and see what I still  have out there.  I can't believe you KNOW what M.A.S.K. stood for...I still have the comic books as well.

And here's another one...what about Crystar, the Crystal Warrior?  There was a comic book and action figures for that one as well.  Two princes battling for power, one turned to crystal, the other to magma/lava of some kind.

Can't forget one of my favorites...SuperPowers!  I swear I had every single one, except for Cyborg, which I never sent away for.  Firestorm, Darkseid, Hawkman...the list goes on. Now those things would fetch a high price on eBay these days (though perhaps not as much as a mint Soundwave...sigh).

I feel like I'm 10 again, and that's not entirely a bad thing.

[the dirt]

I feel like I'm 10 again, and that's not entirely a bad thing.

It's a good thing, kid.

 

[Skeletor]

Was Snake Mountain that huge fucking thing that had like the track that went around it, that some little vehicle went around on??  I remember I got this thing for Christmas when I was little and I still have the pictures, but this thing was HUGE!!! It was probably 4 feet wide or something crazy.

No I believe that was Eternia, the entire city. As far as I remember, there were three seperate buildings there, and though one of them was snake-like, it wasn't actually Snake Mountain. Snake Mountain was the purple piece of rock where Skeletor lived! It even had a microphone that altered your voice to sound like Skeletor's

Which one had the little rubber hand puppet type monster that you could put on your hand and make it come out of a hole? I think the monster was green?? Was that Castle Greyskull??

I don't think so... Maybe you're talking about Hordak's place? I think it had some kind of cave.

[Izzy]

That's it.? I'm officially heading back to my parents house to dig through all my toys and see what I still? have out there.

Whereas my brother managed to destroy every toy he was ever given, i was always careful with my toys and so the ones that ebay hasn't claimed from me are all lurking about the place in pretty decent condition.

I resisted selling my MASK figures on ebay when i had a purge a few years back - not ready to completely let go of my childhood!

I can't believe you KNOW what M.A.S.K. stood for...I still have the comic books as well.

I can best that!

Venom stands for:

Vicious evil network of mayhem

I have no idea how i remember that when i cant even remember the one thing i go to the shops to buy....

I have some of the comics too - somewhere - they were always better than the cartoon if i remember. Saw a a few episodes of it a while back, so gloriously 80's.....

I tended to focus on just a few ranges of toys back then - so have loads of things like mask and transformers but everything else seems to have passed me by

...they just dont make 'em like they used to, a child of the 90's with all their computer game shenanigans will never know our joy

[Izzy]

I that case he was highly AFA graded, so then 3k is possible, yeah.

indeed it was, how it had avoided the ravages of time i can only guess

Its always amazing when sealed items from over 20 years turn up on ebay with barely a mark on them, you'd have thought there would be nothing left in that condition..

Browning came from the original Diaclone line, but was replaced by Megatron, so there were only very few produced, which makes him so rare.

there is also a gold (or is it silver?) version kicking about too, not sure if that would be more or less valuable. I think Browning is a far superior model to megatron, wasnt there a third 'gun' transformer....i cant remember

[pilferk]

there is also a gold (or is it silver?) version kicking about too, not sure if that would be more or less valuable. I think Browning is a far superior model to megatron, wasnt there a third 'gun' transformer....i cant remember

Well, later on there was Galvatron.

But I seem to remember a huge canon type gun that transformed, too.  Maybe part of the autobot base?  Can't remember....

[lastroots]

I that case he was highly AFA graded, so then 3k is possible, yeah.

indeed it was, how it had avoided the ravages of time i can only guess

Its always amazing when sealed items from over 20 years turn up on ebay with barely a mark on them, you'd have thought there would be nothing left in that condition..

Browning came from the original Diaclone line, but was replaced by Megatron, so there were only very few produced, which makes him so rare.

there is also a gold (or is it silver?) version kicking about too, not sure if that would be more or less valuable. I think Browning is a far superior model to megatron, wasnt there a third 'gun' transformer....i cant remember

I'm looking forward to Masterpiece Megatron. The first proto pics kick ass.
http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&album=6907&pic=CIMG6596.JPG&dispsize=800&start=0


And I still have a lot MISB in nearly C-9,5+ condition. I pictured some earlier in the thread. I still have a nearly C-10 Silverbolt and a Springer. And I recently sold a C-9 Insecticon Kickback from 1984 on eBay. There are still lots of them out there.

The thiird gunformer was Shockwave.

/lastroots

[Izzy]

I'm looking forward to Masterpiece Megatron. The first proto pics kick ass.
http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&album=6907&pic=CIMG6596.JPG&dispsize=800&start=0

Me too - i have Masterpiece Prime and the simply breathtaking Starscream - Starscream is just - wow, a little odd they changed the colour but the attention to detail and its absolutely perfect jet mode made it a must buy. In jet mode you'd never even know it was a transformer...

The thiird gunformer was Shockwave.

I was thinking more of a 'earth form gun', maybe i dreamt it...

[bazgnr]

Was Snake Mountain that huge fucking thing that had like the track that went around it, that some little vehicle went around on??? I remember I got this thing for Christmas when I was little and I still have the pictures, but this thing was HUGE!!! It was probably 4 feet wide or something crazy.

No I believe that was Eternia, the entire city. As far as I remember, there were three seperate buildings there, and though one of them was snake-like, it wasn't actually Snake Mountain. Snake Mountain was the purple piece of rock where Skeletor lived! It even had a microphone that altered your voice to sound like Skeletor's

Which one had the little rubber hand puppet type monster that you could put on your hand and make it come out of a hole? I think the monster was green?? Was that Castle Greyskull??

I don't think so... Maybe you're talking about Hordak's place? I think it had some kind of cave.

Wasn't there a MoTU toy where you put your hand into a glove that served as the "legs" of a giant crab/lobster creature that the figures sat on?  You squeezed a trigger underneath the body and the claws would close?  Or am I confusing this with a toy from another line?

[bazgnr]

That's it.? I'm officially heading back to my parents house to dig through all my toys and see what I still? have out there.

Whereas my brother managed to destroy every toy he was ever given, i was always careful with my toys and so the ones that ebay hasn't claimed from me are all lurking about the place in pretty decent condition.

I resisted selling my MASK figures on ebay when i had a purge a few years back - not ready to completely let go of my childhood!

I can't believe you KNOW what M.A.S.K. stood for...I still have the comic books as well.

I can best that!

Venom stands for:

Vicious evil network of mayhem

I have no idea how i remember that when i cant even remember the one thing i go to the shops to buy....

I have some of the comics too - somewhere - they were always better than the cartoon if i remember. Saw a a few episodes of it a while back, so gloriously 80's.....

I tended to focus on just a few ranges of toys back then - so have loads of things like mask and transformers but everything else seems to have passed me by

...they just dont make 'em like they used to, a child of the 90's with all their computer game shenanigans will never know our joy

You got that right.  The hours I spent with all those toys...sheesh.  I'm gonna have to see if I can find a question that will stump you.  I'm in awe of your insane 80's toy knowledge, and I say that with the utmost respect, of course.       

[bazgnr]

And let's not forget a true 80s staple, one that consumed many an afternoon, and the closest I've ever come to watching what could be considered a soap opera...Robotech!

Ah, Min-Mei.   

[Izzy]

You got that right.? The hours I spent with all those toys...sheesh.? I'm gonna have to see if I can find a question that will stump you.? I'm in awe of your insane 80's toy knowledge, and I say that with the utmost respect, of course.? ? ? ?

Anything about He-man will stump me - even as a child an Aryan 'master of the universe' had me freaked

[freedom78]

You got that right.  The hours I spent with all those toys...sheesh.  I'm gonna have to see if I can find a question that will stump you.  I'm in awe of your insane 80's toy knowledge, and I say that with the utmost respect, of course.       

Anything about He-man will stump me - even as a child an Aryan 'master of the universe' had me freaked

How funny!  I never thought of it that way.  Skeletor is just a skeleton with a purple body though...what race is that?