General Toy Nostalgia

I give you one of the greatest lines that I wanted to like way more than I actually liked it.....

TACKY STRETCHOID WARRIORS

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Ooooh yeah. I didn't have a Stretch Armstrong, but I sure had these guys.
 
Told you I could talk about this all day.

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice. About a football team who bear uncanny resemblance to a disappeared King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table, and go back in time to help lead medieval England.


James Bond Jr.-- I had quite a few of these. Fun show, fun figures.


Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Yes, a cartoon and toyline based on the goofy ass B horror movie.



Rat Fink and the Rat Rods. I knew next to nothing about these. But I saw them in Children's Palace next to the Beetlejuice and Bill and Ted's action figures, and thought they looked cool, so I wanted 'em.

 
My parents used to call my dog rat fink. I had no idea, up until this very second, that he was an existing character. I thought it was an insult.
Capitol Critters, based off of a short lived prime time TV cartoon show. About rats and cockroaches that live in the White House.
I just looked this up. Why, pray tell, would the show be called Capitol Critters if the titular critters did not live in the Capitol?

If they live in the White House, why not call it Capital Critters?

It befuddles.
Goddamn, I didn't realize that I was on this board with so many retirees. All these 70's and early 80's toys. Glad to see some fellow 90's kids.
Right? I was going to post some toys from my childhood, but I was worried I'd receive an avalanche of replies like:

"I was 35 when that came out."
"I picked it up after my second divorce."
 
Rat Fink is an insult. It's a contemptible person, usually like a traitor or swindler.

So you're right.

But he's also a character from acclaimed cartoonist and hot rod enthusiast Edward "Big Daddy" Roth. Popular painted on show hot rods and then adapted to music gig posters and album art. From the 60s, he is intended to be the Anti Mickey Mouse.

He had a lot of merch in the 80s and 90s, but I never saw Hot Wheels.
 
Right? I was going to post some toys from my childhood, but I was worried I'd receive an avalanche of replies like:

"I was 35 when that came out."
About my age when Marvel Legends started.... ;)

I'm enjoying this thread because my toy knowledge has a major gap from between about 1983 (high school, and Micronauts and vintage SW more or less ends) to 1997 or so when Power of the Force started to drop the bulky aesthetic, but didn't really kick back in until Legends, Palisades Muppets and Simpsons World of Springfield lines appeared in the early 2000's and my collecting phase started...
 
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Told you I could talk about this all day.

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice. About a football team who bear uncanny resemblance to a disappeared King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table, and go back in time to help lead medieval England.
That was a guilty pleasure Sunday morning cartoon for me. I thought the idea was stupid, but great execution. I thought the armor designs were pretty cool.

MIGHTY MAX
Never had a desire for the toys, but the show was f'n awesome
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DICK TRACY
These guys where my homies. I only had Tracy, Catchem and the Rodent, but it was the pulp related stuff I had.
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I watched a video recently on gender-swapped toys and Polly Pocket/Mighty Max got included in that. I never had any of the proper MM toys, but like Capitol Critters, I did have the McDonalds version
 
I had the Bat and Spider MM sets. They were neat but it was never a formula that fit my play needs.

As an adult, look into all of them, though. The artistry and creativity is so cool.
 
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