Toys you never knew of and toys you never got.

[tundra9]

I was pretty much into every major toyline as a kid, but there were some that I didn't know about
that I'd love to have now, and would pretty much be blown away by back in the day.

I didn't know Silverhawks had a toyline, if I had known I'd gone bonkers since they weren't released in Norway....
I would love to have a full collection, the cartoon was excellent!

I loved Robotech, but only had one vehicle, which I traded away the week after I got it. Got it off of ebay 25 years later though, and love it.
Would love a full set of those as well.

Other lines I didn't know existed until "recent" years is A-team, Defenders of the Earth, and Mash comes to mind.

 

[Palifan]

Commando is probably the oddest line to me due to the fact that the film is so violent ( I know it's quite cartoony but it does seem a crazy thing to make into a toy line).

I'm not sure if there was ever a TV spin off show like there was for Rambo (another odd choice for an action figure line if you ask me), but some of the toys came with a small comic.

All in all a bit odd but once I found out about it I had to get me one!

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/commando-arnold-schwarzenegger-1985-74332674

 

[tundra9]

Hehe, Arnie figs would have been the ultimate toys back then, glad I never knew about them..

 

[x-pack]

Indiana Jones toys. I never knew they existed when i was a kid. Would have been well into them 8) I had a Daniel-son Karate Kid figure. They were cool

 

[Grant]

Rambo action figures
Terrahawks action figures
Ullyesses 31 toys
Last 17 Star Wars figures...

 

[Palifan]

Big trouble in little china - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Big-Trouble-In-Little-China-JACK-BURTON-CHINESE-WILDMAN-NEW-/151024736310?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item2329c69836

 

[tundra9]

Thanks for that Palifan..............now on my must have list.....

 

[Palifan]

They are a nice set and I remember seeing grey prototypes of these years a go for sale from The Earth. I think they were around $200 dollars for the set but let them pass, I never even realised until fairly recently that they did actually end up releasing them.

 

[timbo72]

I never got a 'tin can alley' or astro wars

 

[Richard_H]

I wanted a tin can alley. Improvised using SW figures are elastic bands.

 

[Stormtrooper37]

I wanted tin can alley as well.

Also wanted Mr Frosty for some bizarre reason - was told it was a waste of money by my mum

 

[Richard_H]

I always remember a neighbour saying once that she felt ad not getting her second son Mr Frosty as the first had it 5 or so years earlier. In her words it was important for him to find out what was crap too.
I bought it for my daughter and it was given to charity over 2 years later. Still sealed.