Authored by: Ntodd on Friday, October 21 2005 @ 06:57 PM

I still have my $6M man. He can lift an engine block!

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Authored by: reba on Saturday, October 22 2005 @ 12:25 AM

What? No Smash up Derby cars? No Hugo, man of a thousand faces? List my ass. No really....list it.

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Authored by: Spine on Saturday, October 22 2005 @ 02:27 AM

Holy shit -- Merlin! i had one of those. I also had Simon:

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Authored by: Rob on Saturday, October 22 2005 @ 07:51 AM

Wow! If I remember right the six million dollar man had a hole in the back of his head for bionic veiwing. I had the Ker-plunk game but you had that really annoying one called gnip-gnop, remember, I'm not surprised it didn't make the list.

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Authored by: billsimmon on Saturday, October 22 2005 @ 02:01 PM

Rob, I have no recolection of gnip gnop whatsoever. I do remember Mastermind though. And that bizarre game you had called King Oil where you played at being an oil barron with gushers and caps etc.

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Authored by: billsimmon on Saturday, October 22 2005 @ 02:04 PM

Spine, I like that the site refers to Simon as "Your luminous round bossy chum."

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Authored by: casey on Saturday, October 22 2005 @ 02:40 PM

You really ought to create another post/thread about toys from the
era.

I am 31, and an only child, so I had a veritable bounty of cool horror
and japanese ttoys that by rights I shouldn't have. I was an odd kid,
though. Obsessed with horror movies and literature as early as I can
even remember. Here's some of my fave playthings:

Original Kenner H.R. Giger Alien from the first film. Had awesome
retractible mandibles and removable skull cap. Was at least 15" in
height. Now worth a small mint.

Stretch Armstrong Monster. Also from the late '70s. Loved it. Neighbor
kid stabbed it with a Tinkertoy.

Complete Universal Studios monster figures collection from around
'83.

Frankenstein and Dracula 12" figures. They glowed in the dark and
had "death-grip hugging action."

3 foot tall Godzilla and Mechagodzilla figures. Spring loaded flying
fists. Godzilla had a fiery tounge that was operated by a lever in the
back of his head.

3 foot Shogun Warrior figuires. Awsome. Thats aall I can fucking say.
Probably the precursor to Voltron.

Lots of diecast metal Japanese robots. About 6" tall. Shot hard spring
loaded pellets that could (and did) take eyes out. They were so
heavy, if you "accidentally" dropped one on your cousin's head, he'd
require stitches. Trust me, I know.

Shitloads of Micronauts.

Tron figures and Light Cycle.

Battlestar Galactica Cylon Raiders with Cylon battle ship. Also shot
hard pellets. Almost severed my uvula with one of those!

Thisis only a partial inventory, but it represents some of my most
cherished toys.









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"Where a beast has fangs & claws, I have talent."

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Authored by: billsimmon on Saturday, October 22 2005 @ 03:29 PM

I had a rather shockingly frank "friend" in high school who told me an interesting story once about her Godzilla with the flying fists and her boyfriend. Zowie.

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Authored by: DanZ on Sunday, October 23 2005 @ 08:14 AM

The best part of Gnip Gnop was the pronunciation with the hard "G". I never owned one, but the commercials with the "guh-NIP guh-NOP!" were pretty annoying.

I recall many absolutely great toys from my youth. Some had staying power (leggos, hot wheels); some are retro-cool (Operation, Knock-em Sock-em Robots), and some are just simply no longer considered safe, like my all-time favorite childhood toy: "Creepy Crawlers". It's still made, but I was going to purchase on for a friend's kid and found that they've replaced the electric resistance-heated metal molds w/ an 'oven' that uses a 60W bulb and a child-safety feature that prevents you from opening the oven door for 20 minutes. Back in the day, it was an open metal tray that would destroy skin if touched while hot. The goo solidified to a great strong, rubbery texture and the molds were many and varied. It was kind of sad to read reviews of the product and hear complaints from parents of my generation that were hoping to relive their youth vicariously by buying kids the same toys.

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Authored by: Rob on Sunday, October 23 2005 @ 06:53 PM

Gnip Gnop had six buttons or (slappers) three to a side that when pounded sent three orange balls to your oponents side. The winner was the one with no balls left on his side. Stupid and like DanZ said really annoying.

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