list of failed toy lines from the 80's[views:26661][posts:174]______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 8:38am - Yeti ""] http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/154921 some of these i don't remember at all, and some i haven't thought about since i had them. i still have one Army Ant. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 8:47am - Richard Hertz ""] I remember Sectaurs. They were actually pretty cool-- I had a dude that rode a big spider thing and the spider was a puppet. Fun to torment cats with. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 8:57am - arilliusbm ""] LOL @ food fighters. I remember some of these. 80s action figures ruled. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:01am - xmikex ""] Don't fuck around. Super Naturals were grim as hell. The marketing was all wrong though. They could have very easily created an animated series or something to base them off of. You're only going to sell so many anonymous characters to imagination-less kids. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:04am - Richard Hertz ""] Legos > all other toys. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:12am - KEVORD ""] I forgot all about Sectaurs. I had all of those Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos. I also had all of the Karate Kid and Rambo figures. The B movie violence that was my play time in the 1980's is crazy compared to kids today. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:15am - Richard Hertz ""] Yes! 80's violence was/is far cooler than any millennial faggotry. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:37am - arilliusbm ""] bennyhillifier |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:43am - KEVORD ""] My dad wouldn't let me have a My Buddy when I was a kid because he thought it would turn little boys into homos. He was probably right. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:46am - KEVORD ""] This thread just reminded me if I ever get some disposable cash I'm gonna collect all of the Visionaries. Those guys were so rad. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:47am - MikeOv ""] Inhumanoids, YES. The three creature action figures were definitely pretty popular but with Earth Corps could totally fuck off. I used to snap the head off of my Metlar action figure all of the time and my dad used to have to glue it back on. D'compose ruled because I could hold my G.I. Joe's captive behind his rib cages and then of course there was Tendril. His character was inspired by Cthulhu, so that alone should speak volumes for how awesome these action figures were. The T.V. series was pretty violent and touched upon some pretty thought provoking subjects for being a kids series, such as politics, biology, and ancient civilizations. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 9:47am - MikeOv ""] er, "the Earth Corps", rather |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:04am - arilliusbm ""] Remember the Cringer / Battle-Cat action figure that was stiff and didn't have moving parts? Still pisses me off. HEY GUYS IM IN A GIANT BATTLE, LEMME HAVE THIS STIFF TIGER ATTACK YOU |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:07am - KEVORD ""] arilliusbm said:Remember the Cringer / Battle-Cat action figure that was stiff and didn't have moving parts? Still pisses me off. HEY GUYS IM IN A GIANT BATTLE, LEMME HAVE THIS STIFF TIGER ATTACK YOUyeah, and skeletors cat was just the same statue painted black. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:14am - Burnsy ""] My favorite was a Godzilla toy that moved when you clapped or made loud noises. Then there was teddy ruxpin. My buddy sucked. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:17am - dreadkill ""] I had all the food fighters, barnyard commandos and army ants. I had a sectaur, a rocklord, a supernatural, a computer warrior, a chuck norris and a police academy figure. it isn't mentioned in the article,but did anyone ever have a boglin? I still have a mini boglin at home that my kid likes to play with. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:19am - dreadkill ""] KEVORD said: arilliusbm said:Remember the Cringer / Battle-Cat action figure that was stiff and didn't have moving parts? Still pisses me off. HEY GUYS IM IN A GIANT BATTLE, LEMME HAVE THIS STIFF TIGER ATTACK YOUyeah, and skeletors cat was just the same statue painted black. i had both. skeletor's cat had a velvet-like texture. there's a video my uncle took of xmas at my house back in 85 or 86 and i was happy as fuck to get skeletor's kitty as i called it. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:20am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] KEVORD said: arilliusbm said:Remember the Cringer / Battle-Cat action figure that was stiff and didn't have moving parts? Still pisses me off. HEY GUYS IM IN A GIANT BATTLE, LEMME HAVE THIS STIFF TIGER ATTACK YOUyeah, and skeletors cat was just the same statue painted black. Waaaay cooler than that - Panthor was Battle Cat but ENSCONCED IN PURPLE VELVET. He was like the Huggy Bear of action-less-ness figures. Skeletor was a straight pimp. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:20am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] (SCOOP'D) |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:21am - arilliusbm ""] [img] Only the Punchout! Ball game is real. Haha, no idea what to do with that thing. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:22am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] dreadkill said:I had all the food fighters, barnyard commandos and army ants. I had a sectaur, a rocklord, a supernatural, a computer warrior, a chuck norris and a police academy figure. it isn't mentioned in the article,but did anyone ever have a boglin? I still have a mini boglin at home that my kid likes to play with. Boglins were THE SHIT. I had one of the mini ones around somewhere up until a couple years back. (The mini Boglins didn't have the cool articulated eyes, though.) |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:23am - dreadkill ""] KEVORD said:My dad wouldn't let me have a My Buddy when I was a kid because he thought it would turn little boys into homos. He was probably right. Hahahaha, i hated that fucking thing. When my buddy first came out, my dad told everyone i wanted it even though i told him i didn't like the stupid thing. he still brings it up all the time. "hey, remember when you wanted my buddy?" sometimes he'll ask me if i still have my buddy when i never had one in the first place. he did the same thing with mr. buckets and that came out when i was way too old for it. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:24am - dreadkill ""] DYA%20is%20TESCO%20VEE said: dreadkill said:I had all the food fighters, barnyard commandos and army ants. I had a sectaur, a rocklord, a supernatural, a computer warrior, a chuck norris and a police academy figure. it isn't mentioned in the article,but did anyone ever have a boglin? I still have a mini boglin at home that my kid likes to play with. Boglins were THE SHIT. I had one of the mini ones around somewhere up until a couple years back. (The mini Boglins didn't have the cool articulated eyes, though.) i never had one of those big rubber puppet boglins, but i played with them a few times at friends' houses. they were awesome. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:25am - Alx_Casket ""] ITT: where's Spence? |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:33am - KEVORD ""] That's right. I forgot Panthor was velvet. There was a lot of repainted figures in the Masters of the Universe line. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:35am - chrisREX ""] dreadkill said: Hahahaha, i hated that fucking thing. When my buddy first came out, my dad told everyone i wanted it even though i told him i didn't like the stupid thing. he still brings it up all the time. "hey, remember when you wanted my buddy?" sometimes he'll ask me if i still have my buddy when i never had one in the first place. he did the same thing with mr. buckets and that came out when i was way too old for it. Troll dad is awesome. |
| ____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:42am - DYA is TESCO VEE ""] Oh, man. Rock Lords - "yeah, let's combine the fun action of GoBots with... a rock." I had a few. Inhumanoids - YES. Shit ruled. What's funny is I'm just now realizing how much the character designs were inspired by Jack Kirby's Celestials. [img] Super Naturals - soooooo awesome. I loved the little ghost-y guys. Had the lion guy, too. For runner-up hologram toys, though, anybody remember Visionaries? [img] one of my all-time faves was Sky Commanders. They all had these nylon zipline things that they slid down, the tv show had them fighting over some big crazy canyon all the time, but in reality you just strung them all across the living room and your mom wouldn't be able to get to the bathroom and she mad. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:43am - arilliusbm ""] Ghostbuster's Firehouse. Anyone remember that? My cousin had that, shit was SERIOUS. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:43am - barren ark ""] MY COUSIN HAD THAT SHIT TOO |
| _______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:44am - Yeti ""] holy fuck. i completely forgot about Boglins hahaha. i don't know what they consider "failed", but i can think of some that fell into obscurity, though they are probably from the early 90's. Z-Bots Skeleton Warriors Battle Beasts Mighty Max Monster in My Pocket Starcom there is one series that i cannot remember the name of, i have two of them left. both are miniature creatures on mock skateboards, one is a guy with a giant eyeball for a head holding a laser gun, and the other is King Kong holding his arms up with broken chains dangling. HELP ME FIGURE IT OUT. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:44am - Yeti ""] arilliusbm said:Ghostbuster's Firehouse. Anyone remember that? My cousin had that, shit was SERIOUS. i had that and the car, but i destroyed both as a young, retarded lad. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:45am - KEVORD ""] Visionaries? Read my earlier post. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:45am - arilliusbm ""] I was just playing with a mighty max last week with my kid. Haha, they were awesome. Too bad POLLY POCKET SUCKED |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:48am - arilliusbm ""] For best-looking action figures off alltime, my vote goes towards Skeleton Warriors, though I'm positive that was the early 90s. Kinda like Street Sharks. Edit: yea, both of these were 1993-1994. I had one skeleton warrior but by that time I was pretty much done with action figures I think. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:48am - Yeti ""] WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING CALLED [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:49am - barren ark ""] Some of the new toys they have out now are pretty sweet. I wouldn't mind blowing a paycheck on those Star Wars Unleashed figures. [img] |
| _______________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:50am - Yeti ""] FUCK OFF NOWADAYS TOYS |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:50am - dreadkill ""] chrisREX said: dreadkill said: Hahahaha, i hated that fucking thing. When my buddy first came out, my dad told everyone i wanted it even though i told him i didn't like the stupid thing. he still brings it up all the time. "hey, remember when you wanted my buddy?" sometimes he'll ask me if i still have my buddy when i never had one in the first place. he did the same thing with mr. buckets and that came out when i was way too old for it. Troll dad is awesome. he still trolls me all the time about all kinds of shit and i troll my daughter constantly too. my grandfather trolled my dad a lot too. i guess it's a family tradition, like alcoholism. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:51am - KEVORD ""] barren%20ark said:Some of the new toys they have out now are pretty sweet. I wouldn't mind blowing a paycheck on those Star Wars Unleashed figures. [img]The only problem with the Unleashed toys is they're glorified statues so you can't play with them. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:51am - dreadkill ""] i loved battle beasts |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:52am - dreadkill ""] anyone ever have bucky o'hare figures? those never really caught on. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:58am - arilliusbm ""] WHY DID THE GI JOE ACTION FIGURES HAVE AN ELASTIC HOLDING THE LEGS TO THE TORSO. Most of mine are now rotted and worn and the elastic snaps right off. CANT A NILLA PLAY IN PEACE? |
| __________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 10:59am - MikeOv ""] Yeti said:WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING CALLED [img] Redlen from the Inhumanoids. He's sort of like an Ent and helped to assist the Earth Corps against the Inhumanoids. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:01am - xmikex ""] [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:02am - arilliusbm ""] dreadkill said:i loved battle beasts Ditto. they were a solid toy. Small, but sturdy and withstood the test of time. I would love to buy and collect all of them |
| _________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:02am - KEVORD ""] arilliusbm said:WHY DID THE GI JOE ACTION FIGURES HAVE AN ELASTIC HOLDING THE LEGS TO THE TORSO. Most of mine are now rotted and worn and the elastic snaps right off. CANT A NILLA PLAY IN PEACE?So your parents would have to buy you a new snake eyes every birthday and christmas. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:06am - arilliusbm ""] Still got my matchbox and hotwheels from the 80s and early 90s. Ive got a few that are from the late 70s and are much heavier and sturdy than the shit today |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:13am - i_am_lazy ""] I'm pretty confident I had at least one of the Food Fighters and one of the Barnyard Commandos. And I ended up with a few Super Naturals and a couple of Rock Lords from my cousin (One of which was a Rockasaur.) I think he had a couple of Air Raiders too. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:13am - Alx_Casket ""] Z Bots were perfect fits on Tech Decks |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 13,2012 11:13am - Captain Planet ""] arilliusbm said:For best-looking action figures off alltime, my vote goes towards Skeleton Warriors, though I'm positive that was the early 90s. Kinda like Street Sharks. Edit: yea, both of these were 1993-1994. I had one skeleton warrior but by that time I was pretty much done with action figures I think. FALSE, Skeleton Warriors are not the best-looking action figures of all time. Also you spelled OF wrong and you wrote OFF. Talk about grammar. |