OT: Movies/TV Shows

[Montana]

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Haha, I have no fucking clue which was the first I ever bought. Way too long ago.

I do, however, remember wanting Snake Eyes so fucking badly and could never find him. Never caught a glimpse of him at any Toys R Us, or any other toy store, and even when Consumers Distributors would send their catalogue, I'd call them up immediately and ask if they had one and they'd say no, sold out. : (

100% my experience as a kid, wanted that so bad…..

 

[Volcanologist]

my cousins had the StarScream from that set, and it was the coolest thing on earth as far as I was concerned.

I had Jetfire, which looked kinda like the Robotech mechs

 

[Montana]

I had Jetfire, which looked kinda like the Robotech mechs

we gotta also mention Soundwave and his transforming cassettes….that was elite af.

 

[JackBurton]

Megatron was the one Transformer toy I didn't like, actually.

When he transformed into the gun, he was fucking massive so no other figure could obviously hold him, and the gun wouldn't stand up on its own, and so it was a misfit in the collection. Making his transformed state a gun was a pretty dumb idea by the creators. The leader of the bad guys has to be held and fired by someone else in order to do any damage outside of his robot form? And wasn't mobile like literally every other decepticon and autobot? They actually fixed this when they turned him into Galvatron in the movie because his laser cannon form was able to stand on its own and fire. Should've made him like that from the start.

Separately, I loved those 5 merging into 1 big robot ones. The Constructicons initially, and then later the Aerialbots and others. Genius.

As a kid that bothered me as well. In the cartoon he just became a small gun, but the toy was huge.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

I had Jetfire, which looked kinda like the Robotech mechs

That guy was epic. The episode where he appeared was early on too, and was probably the best early episode of the series, that was heartfelt and actually had a sad ending that I still remember.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

As a kid that bothered me as well. In the cartoon he just became a small gun, but the toy was huge.

I bet it was one of those disconnects where the toymakers told the tv guys, why the fuck did you make this one a gun? We can't make him a normal sized gun without making him a miniature robot, and we have to make him as big as Optimus, so now he has to be a huge gun. Nice job, dimwits.

 

[Montana]

Do you guys remember that laser tag tv series, that pretended you could play along from home? I think it was Canadian made.

Found it.

 

[oscarheyman]

Found it.

To bring it back to George Peppard....Captain Power was the original "Face Man"!

 

[blkngldbabe]

the original Transformers were made of mostly metal.

back then, Megatron turned into a Walther PPK-like pistol.

fucking awesome.

I had negation, Optimus prime. Shockwave and a tripl changer that was purple and changed from train to space shuttle to robot. Loved it. I also had masters of the universe stuff. The Slime pit was the coolest. All of the lions to form Voltron. It was huge. I loved me the Barbie movie but was NOT a Barbie girl lol.

 

[leafman101]

MASK was the shit.

no COPS?

 

[Artnes]

 

[Montana]

MASK was the shit.

no COPS?

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Definitely recall this cartoon but never had any of the toys

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

I had this as a kid:

But as a kid, I played the **** out of it rather than keep it pristine/unopened in its box. Lost those "rockets" pretty fast lol.

I had one of those too. Those Corgi's even had spring action suspension (which my little brother of course broke)

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

The GI Joe figures were cool, but underwhelming since they were so tiny. Their vehicles were awesome however (I remember I had some remote control jeep one that they made). The packaging was honestly cooler than the figures that came in them. Fantastic marketing on their end to make it so damn desirable.

Transformers, on the other hand, were in a league of their own. Their toys were bigger, more colorful and vibrant, and of course, fucking transformed. Amazing IP, that Michael Bay and the other dunces have ruined, with the last good Transformers product being the 1985 animated movie.

In the 70's when I was a kid, G.I. Joe was an 11" tall action figure (with "Kung-Fu Grip" and a sniper rifle)

I had the headquarters kit shown in the last commercial.

 

[JackBurton]

Masters of the universe was a silly concept/show, but that castle toy was amazing.
I'm too young for the Evil Knievel stuff but people rave about the motorcycle toy.

 

[oscarheyman]

Masters of the universe was a silly concept/show, but that castle toy was amazing.
I'm too young for the Evil Knievel stuff but people rave about the motorcycle toy.

Didn't have that toy but had this (in the days before "rechargeable batteries" re: "Juice Machine" heh):



I don't think that product line last too long though (didn't sell well enough).

 

[zeke]

The four of us had three of the OG Transformers - Optimus, Megatron, and Soundwave. May have also had one of the racecar ones but I don't remember. Then little bro got the orange plasticky 2nd generation ghettoblaster guy. I forget his name. Maybe it was just Blaster. Then at some point we got the Constructicons, which were basically Voltron, and were awesome.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Masters of the universe was a silly concept/show, but that castle toy was amazing.
I'm too young for the Evil Knievel stuff but people rave about the motorcycle toy.

I never had it myself but I do remember watching his failed attempt to ride a rocket over the Snake River Canyon on Wide World of Sports.

 

[zeke]

 

[Montana]

I had the Q-Bert one.

I had the Q-Bert one.