General Toy Nostalgia

[JakeEkiss]

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

TACKY STRETCHOID WARRIORS

Ooooh yeah. I didn't have a Stretch Armstrong, but I sure had these guys.

 

[FuzzyBlueDemon]

Having a cartoon & all, it might not be generic enough to qualify, but for me Bots Master totally fit in this theme. Because who cares about the cartoon, I just saw a 3 armed robot Snake Eyes with flip-down roller blades called NINJZZ & had to have him!

https://imgur.com/a/RVpqgw3

 

[RicksNerdLife]

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.

https://imgur.com/a/0bK99n4

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

https://imgur.com/a/yEanDde

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

https://imgur.com/a/eLMF1nv

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.

https://imgur.com/a/F8JxtOa

 

[Alt]

I throw it around a lot with my friends, sometimes ironically, but this thread is proof:

The kids will never know. It won't repeat.

Damn, that's so cool Rat Fink had toys. Iconic.

 

[TheSameIdiot]

Rat Fink

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."

 

[Alt]

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.

 

[superdoug55]

Oh man the memories. I had forgotten about killer tomatoes.

 

[fac]

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...

 

[Spongyblue]

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

DICK TRACY
These guys where my homies. I only had Tracy, Catchem and the Rodent, but it was the pulp related stuff I had.

 

[Boy Wonder]

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

 

[Alt]

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.