If you were a child in the early '90s and your parents didn't like you enough to buy you a Gameboy or even a Tiger electronics handheld game, you might have been the recipient of one of these. Powered by a wind up mechanism (kids, look it up, there actually was a time …
Category: Collecting
Kenner toys Terminator 2 ‘Power Arm’ Terminator action figure, 1991!
Walking around a local sci-fi and comic convention recently I came across a blast from the past (or is it future?). It's the T-800 from Terminator 2! I probably paid a little too much for this toy but it was complete with all of it's accessories, which is quite uncommon for a loose …
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Day XIII, Halloween Countdown 2016 finale! Boglins hand puppet!
It is finally here! The final post of Halloween Countdown 2016! The 1980s were a busy time for small creature movies. By small, I don't mean small in budget (though many of these films didn't cost much to make) I mean small in size. None of the creatures in these films were going to climb …
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Day XII, Halloween Countdown 2016! Mighty Max Trapped in Skull Mountain! Bluebird toys.
This post is up a little than intended as I was out all day yesterday. But it's here now! This is honestly the last Mighty Max playset I will be looking at for a while. I am well aware that MM has featured heavily on this blog the last few months, but that's only …
Day XI, Halloween Countdown 2016! Vivid Imaginations ‘Pocket Shockers’ from 1994!
Here's a toyline that is virtually unknown, which is a travesty. It's actually so unknown that I couldn't even remember what the toys were called even though I owned some of them as a kid. I had to ask the guys on a Monsters in My Pocket forum if they could offer any information as …
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Day X, Halloween Countdown 2016! Monster in My Pocket!
I don't know any kids that didn't love monsters back in the '90s, or at least appreciate them in some form. Monsters were everywhere, if I had to read at school naturally I would gravitate towards books like Goosebumps and Shivers and Creepers.Following the after-school cartoons there would be TV shows like Eerie Indiana, Are …
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Day IX, Halloween Countdown 2016! Resident Evil 2 Claire Redfield and Zombie Cop figures from ToyBiz!
The Resident Evil series was undeniably awesome in the early days, back when the games were still obviously 'survival horror' and not just another generic third person shooter. Though the upcoming 'Resident Evil 7' looks like it might be steering back towards its suspenseful ammo hoarding origins. Whether or not the end result is a …
Day VIII, Halloween Countdown 2016! Kenner The Real Ghostbusters ‘Fright Feature Peter Venkman’ and ‘Haunted Humans: Granny Gross’ action figures!
Ah the Ghostbusters. Remember a time when the franchise wasn't sullied by cheap cash-ins in the form of poorly thought out re-boots that you apparently could only dislike if you harbor misogynistic feelings? I didn't experience the initial airing of The Real Ghostbusters animated TV show (1986-1991) as I was born in 1990,. But I …
Day VII, Halloween Countdown 2016! WereBears plush toys!
The '80s had a pretty substantial amount of cutesy characters that were designed to be made into toys. Care Bears and My little Pony are probably the most popular but there was a whole bunch of sweet scented, cuddly creatures. The intended market for these toys were girls, where as boys had toys that were …
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Day III, Halloween Countdown 2016! Spooky Video Games! Ghosts ‘N Goblins on the NES!
I think I have mentioned previously as to how ruthless some NES games could be, and Capcom's Ghosts 'N Goblins is definitely on the extreme end of that scale. Though challenging, it is thoroughly spooky and deserves a mention on the Halloween Countdown. I am pretty sure I played the sequel before I played this …
The Forgotten Starship 