Your Top 5 EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[megostretchhulk]

Okay, it's time to have some fun on these boards!! Everyone here always talks about those toys that are the magic of our youth. Well it's time all of us geeks give up your 5 best of the best toys you've ever owned and played with (today and yesterday)!! I don't want toy lines or comics. I want your top 5 single toys, board games, bikes, puzzels, etc. you've ever had and why!!!

I'm probally the biggest freak here, so I'll start.


1). Elastic Hulk (Mego) 1979:

This toy change and derranged my young mind of a normal reality!! I'm not kidding, this toy made such an impression on me that it changed my life and put me on a life long quest to find it, read this for the full story here:

www.action-figures.ca/articles/writers_corner.php?subaction=showfull&id=1204601067&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

Today I really do own the best Elastic Hulk figure in the world and I deserve too because NOBODY wanted this thing more than me!!! I just can't say enough about this toy. I idolize and worship it...gulp, I really do.

2). Stretch Hulk (Denys Fisher) 1979:

I didn't know this thing existed until the year 2000 and my world was once again turned for a loop. Even though this figure is not as important to me as the Mego Elastic, I still pray to it every night. And knowing that I own it in flawless condition makes the world brighter to me.

3). Marvel World (Amsco) 1975:

This playset just has soooooooooooooo much to offer and so true to the comics. The alter-egos, the Fantastic Car, the Negative Zone, brick walls that you could crash through, even Galactus for christ-sake!!! I just can see way a kid could lose himself in this for hours on end.

I was way too young to know about this when it was released but I do remember it from the heroes world catalog (a drawing of course) and it looked very cool to me. When I later purchased the Hulk and Spider-man adventure city carrycase (at a Woolworth that had a TON of them stacked on the floor) I thought that that was the Marvel World. A few years later I would know how wrong I was. Anyway, I had hours of fun with the carrycase in my basement (have a nice still sealed one today). I can only imagine how much fun I would've had with this thing if I knew.

Man, I'm in looooooooove with this playset. I'll eventually get a used one and have adventures with my daughter as we beat the hell out of it together saving the universe. And a shout out to Rob for finding this for little ol' me.

4). The Hulk Smash Up Action Game (Ideal) 1979:

I went through about three of these when I was a kid. I played this game with friends for hours on end and we would rev the Hulk up as hard as we could so he would spin around and smash everyones lab. Hell, I can't even tell you how your suppose to win this game but that didn't matter to me and my friends at the time! I'll make a bold statement and say that this game still remains the greatest board game of ALL TIME!!! It's true!! It still lives up to all the fun even today!! Go play it now, if you can and you'll see the glory!!

5). Hulk Flying Fist (funstuff) 1979:

When I was a child I saw a kid at school with the Spidey web-shooter on his wrist and I thought that he was the coolest kid on the planet. I just couldn't believe he could shoot a stringed suction cup from his wrist (I even thought he could really swing from buildings with it). Now that I'm older it really doesn't look nearly as good as I thought it did when I was a kid. And if the kid tried to swing from a building he would be dead. Anyway, when I found out that a Hulk existed (in a CVS) I nearly passed out. My brother picked up the Captain America Flying Sheild and I got the Hulk Flying Fist that day! These toys probally lasted about a week but man were those some fun times because we both thought we were really superheroes!!!

Okay, now you geeks tell me what's up!!

[catgut]

1) earlest i remember was a simi trunk lego set (also instructions for a bus)
2) aset of build up men ,which each came with parts(i now have 1 but dont know the name yet arh)
3 and 4) the Megadon and Dino Warrior waty cool as at the time massive !!!
5) Big Trak with Trailer !!!! fantastic

[blokstyle]

(Super powers)- "Green Arrow"
(Masters of the Universe)- "Mossman"
(Star Wars) Rancor Monster
(Droids) John? main character I forget his name
(Secret Wars)- "Spiderman" ;D

[madmartigan37]

1. Ninja Turtles Technodrom
2. Millenium Falcon
3. Darth Vader 3 3/4 inch figure
4. Battle Damage He-man
5. Panthro

[bowheadwhale]

Here is my list:
1- Safari ltd 1991 GREY WHALE REPLICA.
The best buy I never made (I bought it in 1998). Safari ltd makes incredible animal replicas and doesn't seems afraid to represent animals not everyone knows. And since I'm a huge baleen whale fan... you know what I mean. I often play with it in the bathtub and swimming pool, most of the time with other whales I have.

2- 1983 Imperial EVIL PEGASUS.
Bought it in 1984, in K-Mart. My overall favorite childhood toy. Fantastic creature, never represented by any other company. Only thing wrong: the hard plastic used to make was not appropriate, as it broke in many places. Had to repair it myself, by my own means.

3- Masters of the Universe G1 PANTHOR.
Bought in September 1986 in K-Mart. So pretty in its purple soft flock, I always felt the need to keep in in the best condition I could.

4- 1983 "Made in Hong Kong GREEN-ORANGE LIZARD.
OK, it has no mark what-so ever, but you can see it in one of my collection's gallery picture, along with miscellinious toys (sorry for the bad quality of the pic, though). I bought in in 1983, if I remember well. Man, did I play with that lizard! Played with in the sand, played with in the water, played with along with He-Man, played with dinosaurs... in almost any situation I was. And apart from a few paint weirs... it's still like new. And unfindable on Ebay...

5- 1980's Schleich little ELASMOSAURUS. You know, the one I show in the thread "Dinosaurs I Want". If only I had bought more back in 1987... This elasmosaurus is made in a graceful mold and in a good-quality vinyl and, despite its rather realistic style, it does not show the same agressivity as most dinosaur toys we see everywhere. My brother has the Mammoth.

[jokerfan4orever]

1. Movie Masters Joker
2. Hot Toys basic Joker
3. Bull T-Rex (Lost World Jurassic Park)
4. Bespin Luke (1980)
5. Mego Batman 8 inch version

[broncoskk]

1 LJN, Hulk Hogan
2 LJN, Randy Savage
3 LJN, Roddy Piper
4 Transformers G1, Metroplex
5 MOTU, Flying Fist He-Man

[toyworks]

in no particular order:

Fighting Furies Capt. Peg-Leg
Transformers G1 Soundwave
Zoids Giant Zrk
Mattel 1978 Godzilla game
Stretch Monster

[drbo]

Here mine, top of my head:

Star Wars Vintage 12" C3PO
Masters of the Universe He-Man and Battle Cat
Thundercats Grune the Destroyer
Rambo Colonnel Trautman and Rambo
Neca 18" Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th part VII

[BoogDoc7]

1. Super Powers Batmobile. Still own it. Still isn't broken. Still the best Super hero action figure line ever.
2. MASK Boulder Hill. Used with MASK and GI Joes.
3. GI Joe Tomahawk.
4. Super Powers Batman
5. Super Powers Hall of Justice.

[victoryleo19]

1) Gi Joe rolling Thunder
2) LJN T-Ray from Tigersharks
3) DROIDS A-Wing Fighter
4) COPS- Taser Figure
5) MOTU Rioblast

[cobralegion]

A tough one!!
1. GI Joe Alley Viper V2 1993
2. GI Joe Equalizer
3. Ultimate Soldier M48 Patton
4. AT AT original
5. Super Mario Bros movie Goomba

[proteus]

well here goes.


1 .my number one toy ever without a doubt , is denys fishers 1976 ten inch mego doll of the giant robot from doctor who.theres just something about it, the way it stands, the design of the robot,its size- its just perfect.I never had this as a kid,but the dr who story with the robot in was always in my memory, i loved the design of the robot,nd it was quite some years until i found out that they had done a toy of it, and when i finaly found one, it was just the best.

2 .vintage star wars,- jawa . as a kid i tended to like the lil guys, when the first 12 figures came out i looked everywhere for the jawa.my friend at school had one- i hated him!
eventually my mom found one for christmas 1979. i took it everywhere.jawas rule.

3.mego 3 3/4inch the black hole dr Alex Durant. yeah i know, he gets killed in the film, but a schoolfriend gave me this figure when i was 11, and for some reason i loved it, and i still do.i have no idea what it is about this figure but i played with it so much.

4. vintage star wars ugnaught. again, one of the lil guys,but theres just something about this figure the design, the joints seem to be a lot smoother than other figures, and he was the jawas friend. ha ha.

5. mego 3 3/4 black hole harry booth. still lookin for one of these,this was the only black hole figure in the store, but for some reason i loved it.

[toy tracker]

1. Snake Eyes 1985 with Timber. i remembering wanting this figure so bad and never ever seeing it once in stores. On my birthday and woke up and it was on my nightstand. My mom had somehow found the figure. As a kid I had him but still never ever saw him in stores once.

2. Thundercats, Cat Lair. As a kid I loved Thundercats, but apparently my section of Canada never really got that many. I rarely saw anything for them in stores beyond the first release of figures and my parents picked me up some from Consumer's distributing. I never got the thing as a kid, never once having it avaliable for me to plead for. As an adult I am vacationing in LA go into some comic store. They have cool boxes of stacked to the roof in various parts, i assume they are empty and for display, but I see the Cat's Lair. i asked "is that for display", the guy responds "no it is for sale and never opened". I literally go crazy and start negotiations for it right there(and oddly they had a sealed Mumm-ra lair as well in the back). I got both for $1000.

3. Wetsuit 1986 for Gi Joe - he was the first joe I ever owned, right when the 1986 line was first coming out. when I got back into toys as an adult he was also the first MOC joe I bought in memory of my childhood one

4. Optimus Prime, I remember getting him for Christmas and he was the toys I played with alot. About 6 months later during some great toy battle Optimus went down the stairs and broke his legs off (in a stupid way too that as an adult i don't know exactly how it would happen without the help of a hammer and vise). I had to bother my parents for ANOTHER one to replace him.

5. Squarbles, if you know what they are,congrates. I have one shooter on card and several loose ones.

[else3573]

Just off the top of my head...

1.Transformers Megatron. (it's a GUN and a ROBOT, the reasons should be pretty clear there...)

2.Transformers Optimus Prime (love the fact that the trailer opened up to become a playset, and I can;t have Megatron without Optimus Prime)

3.Super Gobots Psycho (I got this for Christmas one year, before I got into Transformers. I remember bringing it to school to play with at recess. Loved this toy)
www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/SuperGobots/Psycho.html

4.M.U.S.S.C.L.E figures (any of them, I loved these guys, especially the little garbage can 10 packs)

5.MOTU-Merman (I could pick almost any MOTU figure, but since I'm a Pisces and a fisherman and I love the ocean, I had a bit of a soft spot for Merman in all his evil fishy moat lurking glory.)

[bowspearer]

Ok if the list is this restrictive, I'm going to go with playsets/large vehicles for most of it.

In no particular order:

Captain power Power Base
Visionaries Dagger Assault
M.A.S.K. Boulder Hill
M.A.S.K. Outlaw
MOTU Snake Mountain

[else3573]

Actually, if we're counting games, then I'd have to make the jump to video games and my Atari 2600 which I played for like 6 hours straight christmas morning, 1980 (I think it was 1980 anyway)

[cougar]

no particular order

optimus prime materpiece
TMNT neca (full set)
Starscream masterpiece
Superman vs Doomsday (with graphic noval)
Big Toms Construction Set (child hood fav)

[brcthrift]

1) Super Powers Superman. I have told this story before, but the arm snapped on this guy and my dad fixed it wth a small screw. I cherish this figure for the patch job my dad did.

2 and 3) Secret Wars Spider-man and Captain America. After my Superman broke, my dad went to the toy store to get a new one for me. He couldn't find one and came home with these guys.

4) Star Wars Rancor. This guy could be so many things. To me in addtion to being Jabba's pet he was, a monster created by Cobra, a beast summoned by Skeletor or Mumra, an alien creature encountered by the Transformers or Voltron, and on and on and on.

5) Definitely Dinosaurs T-Rex. I loved this thing. He terrorized cavemen and Gi Joes, went toe to teo with Scorponok and the Rancor, attacked Castle Gray Skull, and fought of Godzilla. An awesome toy.

[geomagno]

Good thread!

1. Evel Knievel motorcycle and van set
2. 6 Million Dollar Man with rocket
3. Stompers!
4. Star Wars figures, Stormtroopers are coolest but any vintage figures
4. Micronauts, from the 70's not the Palisades repro crap.