The "Catch-(Mostly)-All" Toy Thread

[Ebonhorn]

I'm planning a real toys for tots haul this year....I think lots of gi joes. I love giving to toys for tots. I always make sure to get things with lots of figures in it. Joe multi packs....cause it always seem weird when people just get a single joe, splurge and get two.

[manekochan]

Manek, ha that's cute.
I didn't know there were non-bear Care Bears.

On My Little Ponies, these are the awesomest ones I've seen:
http://www.marikasurinen.com/sculptures_main.html

They're the Care Bear cousins. BrightHeart Raccoon, Swiftheart Rabbit, Braveheart Lion, etc... They were fun. ^^
The My Little Ponies-- I linked to this site earlier http://www.thetoyzone.com/2009/little-p ... pony-mods/ and they're mostly by Mari Kasurinen. That's funny. I didn't notice until I went to her site and started looking that they're almost all hers.

[SilntAngl5]

I LOVED this doll I had when I was little... Magic Nursery something-or-rather. I had a toddler that had blond braids you could pull to make longer or shorter. She had a heart on her cheek that turned to a star when you kissed it. She had blue eyes. Her name was Samantha. Never got into Care Bears much or My little Ponys. I love Polly Pockets, back when they were only an inch or so tall. man I had a ton of those things....

and Legos. I still love Legos.

[Lay Ze-Man]

I had this awesome Voltron that was made up of like 30 pieces. It wasn't lions, but little vehicles. I loved it. I think about replacing it now and again.

Was it a dude with propellers and stuff?

I enjoyed MASK as a kid too.

Ditto!! That 25th Trakker was an evil tease.

A lot of my toy memories involve being at the stores more than the toys.

True for me somewhat, too.
It was sometimes overwhelmingly awesome.

-I would kill for a vintage shot of an 80s Sears toy aisle.

I know, right????!!!!

Can't believe no photos or video footage exists of 80's toy stores/aisles.
There had to be local news puff pieces about the Christmas shopping season . . . SOMETHING!

Seeing the Flagg for $60 at Wal-Mart

Don't think I ever saw that outside of the catalog/booklets.

[Lay Ze-Man]

i loved the kenner swamp thing toys.

Never had any of those, I'll have to look up pics, they sound sweet!!!

[Lay Ze-Man]

Although the toys were slightly on the cheap side (Mattel?! NEVER! LOL) I loved the Captain Power toys.

I got several of the figures, and really wanted the "Power On" playset, but had to make do with going around and plugging in a yellow or white Christmas string light into his back. Good times.

[dayraven]

i loved the kenner swamp thing toys.

Never had any of those, I'll have to look up pics, they sound sweet!!!

here you go lay-ze:
http://www.virtualtoychest.com/swampthi ... thing.html

the toys i gave away were the bio glow and snare arm swamp thing, the anton arcane w/ mask, and then i still have dr deemo and skinman, but the masks are long gone. i still have the transducer, but my brother wrekced my bog rover. i always wanted the swamp trap, but never actually saw it. the kid also got my ectar and mortdred fro mthe visionaries line, and my slash (tmnt). and dad only dated this gal maybe a year! i didn't see the kid that often, but i always felt bad for him, cuz he was a toy geek w/ no money.

[NoisyDvL5]

and Legos. I still love Legos.

Legos are awesome.

I got sucked in Coast Guard Legos earlier this year. Love the orange pieces.

Although the toys were slightly on the cheap side (Mattel?! NEVER! LOL) I loved the Captain Power toys.

I got several of the figures, and really wanted the "Power On" playset, but had to make do with going around and plugging in a yellow or white Christmas string light into his back. Good times.

Captain Power was awesome! I never understood the video interaction thing.

[NoisyDvL5]

i loved the kenner swamp thing toys.

Never had any of those, I'll have to look up pics, they sound sweet!!!

I still have a couple of those around. I put the Snare Arm with my Super Powers and I got this cool little swamp playset at the aforementioned Mister C's that I still have somewhere.

[NoisyDvL5]

Was it a dude with propellers and stuff?

Yeah, on his shoulders. Every few years I remember his name and forget it again. He was made up of thirty vehicles - and there's a nice big one of him, but I just had the one where they were like erasers.

I know, right????!!!!

Can't believe no photos or video footage exists of 80's toy stores/aisles.
There had to be local news puff pieces about the Christmas shopping season . . . SOMETHING!

I've looked off-and-on for a long time. You're right about video footage from a local news thing, there has to be that somewhere.

Don't think I ever saw that outside of the catalog/booklets.

I remember a lot of toys that I saw at stores and never got. I remember when my parents gave me choices, and looking back I chose poorly, like Metroplex or the Joe Swamp-masher. I remember one time being at Springfield TRU and wanting NightForce Joe stuff for my birthday, but I wasn't allowed to get the vehicles because my grandmother correctly identified them as repaints I already had. (I still am a sucker for repaints like that too).

Oh, I just thought of an awesome childhood toy...