Random toy thread!

*BigApple3AM* · 11-18-2005, 09:25 PM

I figured most of the people that hit the general discussion don't care about toys, so I thought it'd be nice to have a general toy thread here, especially for toy lines that take a lot from the TMNT like Toxic Crusaders, Ghostbusters, Biker Mice, Bucky O'hare, Earthworm Jim, etc... Or toy lines that TMNT took elements from like Masters of the Universe, GI Joe, etc...

Just to talk about random toys in general including random bits from the Ninja Turtle line as well as long as it doesn't fall under something in the stickied topics, or Post your finds/buys, and take pics of random toys in your collection. If the mods think this is a bad idea then feel free to close the thread.... but you'll make baby Jesus cry

Thought I'd post this to start it out:

Funny similarities

**Jester** · 11-18-2005, 09:32 PM

Let's not forget the same skulpt used for multiple figures....

*Weapon X* · 11-18-2005, 09:46 PM

Random Toy thread ehh...hmmm well here we go.

G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO.(Hasbro, 1982-1994.)

It had it all. Complex and unique characters who's back-stories leaped off the package at you with the help of the greatly written "File Cards"(written by Joe Comic writer Larry Hama). Cool heroes, awsome villains, packed with accessories, impressive poseability, 12 points on 3 3/4-inch figures!, Ninjas! The action figures alone were enough to keep you playing for hours, but the inclusion of realistic military vehicles from tanks to jeeps, and some never thought of with great detail, firing missiles, etc, playsets were a whole nother story, the two greatest, The U.S.S FLAGG for the Joes and the Terror Drome for the baddies, both giant bases that fit more figures then many kids had, with a crap load of different features that blew kids minds. It's one of the greatest toy lines of all time and a personal favorite and brought out one of the coolest characters ever, "Snake-Eyes".

Is this along the lines of whats supposed to be in this thread?

*BigApple3AM* · 11-18-2005, 10:21 PM

Yeah totally. Just talk about random toys. Post sightings that you thought were awesome, favorite figures, pics of your collections, whatever.

I too love GI Joe. They were awesome because of the size and price point you could build a plastic army that didn't suck unlike those green non poseable army men. I have a decent size collection, mostly of the older stuff, though I like the JvC,Spytroopers,VvV,DTC stuff too.

I saw this awesome Gremlins Mohawk figure from Neca's cult classics the other day, it rocks!

Neca's cult classics line rocks, wave 3 is going to include DIE HARD: JOHN MCCLANE! I've waited for a figure of Bruce Willis from that movie for what seems like ever. Finally getting one, I hope it does't suck.

I've been buying a lot of Star Wars ROTS figures, anyone else get caught up in that line with all the hype around it?

*Weapon X* · 11-18-2005, 10:27 PM

NECA is sweet, the cult classics line is really cool, love the detail put into the figures so much.

As for ROTS figures, I didn't go after everyone, but one of them that I did make sure I got was this one.

Pure goodness, sculpt, articulation, accessories, everything's great.

*BigApple3AM* · 11-18-2005, 11:32 PM

Yeah I have that figure, best Obi Wan figure probably ever. I really like the ball joint hip. I don't like the boots though, you can see the problem in that pic. The join that movies the feet isn't colored and looks tan whereas the rest of the boot is brown. It just looks funky. Otherwise he's great, and probbaly the best figure to come out of ROTS.

I also liked the VOTC line because that had more memorable characters like Luke, Han, Chewie, Lando, Leia, Darth, the droids, etc...

*Weapon X* · 11-18-2005, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ectocooler

I also liked the VOTC line because that had more memorable characters like Luke, Han, Chewie, Lando, Leia, Darth, the droids, etc...

Hell yes and there will be more VOTC style figures in '06's Saga Collection.

FireFly · 11-19-2005, 09:26 PM

first pics of the new venom from SMC 16

it's all gravy

*BigApple3AM* · 11-19-2005, 11:54 PM

I have the one on the left. That new venom looks too upper body bulky, and seems to have a lot of garbage detailing whereas the one on the far right is nice and smooth. Unfortunately that one looks too much like Sabretooth, otherwise it's the best venom.

My favorite figure from Marvel Legends is still the first wave Iron Man. Anyone else notice how after wave 1 or 2 they started using ball joints for the hips, whereas the Ironman and Captain america have a different type of joint there that looks more normal?

installerray · 11-20-2005, 08:53 PM

one word, VOLTRON

*Weapon X* · 11-20-2005, 09:09 PM

Funny, I got figures of Lance, Hunk, and Pidge on my desk right now, and I'm sure at least three or four of the lions are in the basement.

*BigApple3AM* · 11-21-2005, 08:13 AM

Anyone remember Gargoyles? That toon/toyline needs a revival already. Done in the new action cartoon animation style (TMNT, The Batman, etc...) It could be really awesome. I just want super poseable Gargoyles, that would be sweet!

*cowabunga14* · 11-21-2005, 05:18 PM

I remember Gargoyles. Those figures were really well done for their time. I remember wheh I was real little and I had this guardian type of person (think childcare but at someone's house) and there was this other kid there and he brought his Gargoyles action figures whenever he could. We spent hours playin' with 'em and spendin' time together. Too bad I only have one Gargoyle figure. The Goliath one with the armor and the projectile gauntlets. I don't remeber the exact name of him.

Anyone remeber the X-Men figures from the '90s? I really enjoyed playin' with those figures especially the variants and the robot fighter ones. Those figures were great when they came out. Today I'm still lookin' around for a couple of the figures I've seen on websites that look really appealin' to me. I bought Weapon X Wolverine (1992) from the last toy show I went to. He was cheap and I'm glad some of the more intrestin' figures are still out there.

*Weapon X* · 11-21-2005, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cowabunga14

Anyone remeber the X-Men figures from the '90s?

Yep, I had every X-Men, didn't get many of the "other" characters except for Cable and Deadpool, etc, I had the Blackbird jet, Wolverines jeep, the 13 in. Sentinel, The HQ playset. The figures were pretty good for the day, nice detail and articulation. Major part of my toy play in the early 90's.

As were the Spider-man Animated Series toy's, I had all them too.

*BigApple3AM* · 11-21-2005, 09:45 PM

I had a CRAPload of the 90's x-men figures, still do somewhere probably. I boughty 3 of them at a convention not too long ago. Wolverine (red and orange), Deadpool, and pre x-men tas and ironman tas Ironman with removable armor. This brought back a lot of memories, thanks for the reminder. I need to go back and get some more of my childhood figures.

I've actually never owned a Gargoyles figure, I used to loathe them because I thought they were too much like Turtles, but eventually I got into the show a bit. I remember bringing over my newly bought Metal Armor Leonardo to this kids house and we watched Gargoyles.

Didn't have as many Spider-man TAS figures, but I did have my fair share. Shocker was and still is my favorite of the line.

*Weapon X* · 11-21-2005, 09:51 PM

Here's a question, did anyone else ever have a giant battle with all your figures, I remember I had TMNT Vs. G.I. Joe Vs. X-Men Vs. Power Rangers Vs. Spider-man Vs. STAR WARS, heroes and villain in an all out war in the basement. If I remember right I think I actually had the Villains from each property join together, then the corresponding heroes joined forces with each other, the heroes won, but there were a lot of casualties that day, I think I had all the Power Rangers die, TMNT suffered the lowest loss of men, god it was so much fun.

**Jester** · 11-21-2005, 10:55 PM

I still do...sad but true. Shredder even has connections with Cap and Wolvie in that he fought them in WW2....am I sad or what?

*Weapon X* · 11-21-2005, 10:57 PM

Yeah, but that's why we love you.

But yeah doing stuff like alternate universes were all the characters are connected somehow was always great.

*BigApple3AM* · 11-21-2005, 11:31 PM

I haven't cross-connected figures in battles, in fact the only toy I've "played with" recently are 3.75 inch GI joe figures. Those things are awesome to throw around and just have a blast. Unfortunately I keep breaking them so I gotta chill from playing with any toys.

Haven't played with TMNT since I was a kid. The new toys are just not "play" friendly, or I just don't care about them, and the old toys are stashed away in boxes. I do push Toon Leo's button every friggin day to make his eyes pop out. I love that action feature to this day.

I still think that playing with toys is no worse than playing a video game or an RPG or writing a fanfic or something. Nothing wrong with it, stimulates the imagination. I bet Lucas was playing with some toys and was like "hmm I should give my toys names and give them a universe" and thus star wars was born

(kidding, I don't know where star wars came from, probably a mushroom or lsd or something)

*cowabunga14* · 11-22-2005, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weapon X

Here's a question, did anyone else ever have a giant battle with all your figures, I remember I had TMNT Vs. G.I. Joe Vs. X-Men Vs. Power Rangers Vs. Spider-man Vs. STAR WARS, heroes and villain in an all out war in the basement. If I remember right I think I actually had the Villains from each property join together, then the corresponding heroes joined forces with each other, the heroes won, but there were a lot of casualties that day, I think I had all the Power Rangers die, TMNT suffered the lowest loss of men, god it was so much fun.

I've done somethin' like that before. I had my good guy Marvel Legends team up with Master Chief, Spider-Men, and the Turtles. They fought Magneto, Doc Ock, Cameron Hodge, Spiral, Mojo, Venom, Kraven, Hobgoblin, and Sabertooth. I took pics of it but my digital camera doesn't work any more so I can't share 'em.

11-18-2005, 09:25 PM	#1
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	Random toy thread! I figured most of the people that hit the general discussion don't care about toys, so I thought it'd be nice to have a general toy thread here, especially for toy lines that take a lot from the TMNT like Toxic Crusaders, Ghostbusters, Biker Mice, Bucky O'hare, Earthworm Jim, etc... Or toy lines that TMNT took elements from like Masters of the Universe, GI Joe, etc... Just to talk about random toys in general including random bits from the Ninja Turtle line as well as long as it doesn't fall under something in the stickied topics, or Post your finds/buys, and take pics of random toys in your collection. If the mods think this is a bad idea then feel free to close the thread.... but you'll make baby Jesus cry Thought I'd post this to start it out: Funny similarities

11-18-2005, 09:32 PM	#2
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	Let's not forget the same skulpt used for multiple figures.... __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

11-19-2005, 09:26 PM	#8
FireFly Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: I can be at anyplace, anytime i want to be. Posts: 524	first pics of the new venom from SMC 16 it's all gravy __________________ my myspace http://www.myspace.com/56152317 "This is bad...a pro shouldn't let the fight get personal...I should calm down and--Naaaah! I'll worry about it after I stomp a few more Cobras!" Flint, GI Joe(v-1) #53

11-21-2005, 05:18 PM	#13
cowabunga14 Lover of Weird Things Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,014	I remember Gargoyles. Those figures were really well done for their time. I remember wheh I was real little and I had this guardian type of person (think childcare but at someone's house) and there was this other kid there and he brought his Gargoyles action figures whenever he could. We spent hours playin' with 'em and spendin' time together. Too bad I only have one Gargoyle figure. The Goliath one with the armor and the projectile gauntlets. I don't remeber the exact name of him. Anyone remeber the X-Men figures from the '90s? I really enjoyed playin' with those figures especially the variants and the robot fighter ones. Those figures were great when they came out. Today I'm still lookin' around for a couple of the figures I've seen on websites that look really appealin' to me. I bought Weapon X Wolverine (1992) from the last toy show I went to. He was cheap and I'm glad some of the more intrestin' figures are still out there. __________________ How can something so beautiful shine on something so dreadful?

11-21-2005, 10:55 PM	#17
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	I still do...sad but true. Shredder even has connections with Cap and Wolvie in that he fought them in WW2....am I sad or what? __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

11-18-2005, 09:46 PM	#3
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Random Toy thread ehh...hmmm well here we go. G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO.(Hasbro, 1982-1994.) It had it all. Complex and unique characters who's back-stories leaped off the package at you with the help of the greatly written "File Cards"(written by Joe Comic writer Larry Hama). Cool heroes, awsome villains, packed with accessories, impressive poseability, 12 points on 3 3/4-inch figures!, Ninjas! The action figures alone were enough to keep you playing for hours, but the inclusion of realistic military vehicles from tanks to jeeps, and some never thought of with great detail, firing missiles, etc, playsets were a whole nother story, the two greatest, The U.S.S FLAGG for the Joes and the Terror Drome for the baddies, both giant bases that fit more figures then many kids had, with a crap load of different features that blew kids minds. It's one of the greatest toy lines of all time and a personal favorite and brought out one of the coolest characters ever, "Snake-Eyes". Is this along the lines of whats supposed to be in this thread?

11-18-2005, 10:21 PM	#4
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	Yeah totally. Just talk about random toys. Post sightings that you thought were awesome, favorite figures, pics of your collections, whatever. I too love GI Joe. They were awesome because of the size and price point you could build a plastic army that didn't suck unlike those green non poseable army men. I have a decent size collection, mostly of the older stuff, though I like the JvC,Spytroopers,VvV,DTC stuff too. I saw this awesome Gremlins Mohawk figure from Neca's cult classics the other day, it rocks! Neca's cult classics line rocks, wave 3 is going to include DIE HARD: JOHN MCCLANE! I've waited for a figure of Bruce Willis from that movie for what seems like ever. Finally getting one, I hope it does't suck. I've been buying a lot of Star Wars ROTS figures, anyone else get caught up in that line with all the hype around it?

11-18-2005, 10:27 PM	#5
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	NECA is sweet, the cult classics line is really cool, love the detail put into the figures so much. As for ROTS figures, I didn't go after everyone, but one of them that I did make sure I got was this one. Pure goodness, sculpt, articulation, accessories, everything's great.

11-18-2005, 11:32 PM	#6
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	Yeah I have that figure, best Obi Wan figure probably ever. I really like the ball joint hip. I don't like the boots though, you can see the problem in that pic. The join that movies the feet isn't colored and looks tan whereas the rest of the boot is brown. It just looks funky. Otherwise he's great, and probbaly the best figure to come out of ROTS. I also liked the VOTC line because that had more memorable characters like Luke, Han, Chewie, Lando, Leia, Darth, the droids, etc...

11-19-2005, 11:54 PM	#9
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	I have the one on the left. That new venom looks too upper body bulky, and seems to have a lot of garbage detailing whereas the one on the far right is nice and smooth. Unfortunately that one looks too much like Sabretooth, otherwise it's the best venom. My favorite figure from Marvel Legends is still the first wave Iron Man. Anyone else notice how after wave 1 or 2 they started using ball joints for the hips, whereas the Ironman and Captain america have a different type of joint there that looks more normal?

11-20-2005, 08:53 PM	#10
installerray Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: nj Posts: 190	one word, VOLTRON

11-20-2005, 09:09 PM	#11
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Funny, I got figures of Lance, Hunk, and Pidge on my desk right now, and I'm sure at least three or four of the lions are in the basement.

11-21-2005, 08:13 AM	#12
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	Anyone remember Gargoyles? That toon/toyline needs a revival already. Done in the new action cartoon animation style (TMNT, The Batman, etc...) It could be really awesome. I just want super poseable Gargoyles, that would be sweet!

11-21-2005, 09:45 PM	#15
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	I had a CRAPload of the 90's x-men figures, still do somewhere probably. I boughty 3 of them at a convention not too long ago. Wolverine (red and orange), Deadpool, and pre x-men tas and ironman tas Ironman with removable armor. This brought back a lot of memories, thanks for the reminder. I need to go back and get some more of my childhood figures. I've actually never owned a Gargoyles figure, I used to loathe them because I thought they were too much like Turtles, but eventually I got into the show a bit. I remember bringing over my newly bought Metal Armor Leonardo to this kids house and we watched Gargoyles. Didn't have as many Spider-man TAS figures, but I did have my fair share. Shocker was and still is my favorite of the line.

11-21-2005, 09:51 PM	#16
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Here's a question, did anyone else ever have a giant battle with all your figures, I remember I had TMNT Vs. G.I. Joe Vs. X-Men Vs. Power Rangers Vs. Spider-man Vs. STAR WARS, heroes and villain in an all out war in the basement. If I remember right I think I actually had the Villains from each property join together, then the corresponding heroes joined forces with each other, the heroes won, but there were a lot of casualties that day, I think I had all the Power Rangers die, TMNT suffered the lowest loss of men, god it was so much fun.

11-21-2005, 10:57 PM	#18
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Yeah, but that's why we love you. But yeah doing stuff like alternate universes were all the characters are connected somehow was always great.

11-21-2005, 11:31 PM	#19
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	I haven't cross-connected figures in battles, in fact the only toy I've "played with" recently are 3.75 inch GI joe figures. Those things are awesome to throw around and just have a blast. Unfortunately I keep breaking them so I gotta chill from playing with any toys. Haven't played with TMNT since I was a kid. The new toys are just not "play" friendly, or I just don't care about them, and the old toys are stashed away in boxes. I do push Toon Leo's button every friggin day to make his eyes pop out. I love that action feature to this day. I still think that playing with toys is no worse than playing a video game or an RPG or writing a fanfic or something. Nothing wrong with it, stimulates the imagination. I bet Lucas was playing with some toys and was like "hmm I should give my toys names and give them a universe" and thus star wars was born (kidding, I don't know where star wars came from, probably a mushroom or lsd or something)