Favorite childhood action figures

[2D_mastur]

Mainly for those weird 80s-early 90s stuff that you remember fondly.

For me, its gotta be Supernaturals. Glow in the dark weapons and fucking holograms.

 

[wataru330]

Micronauts.

They were my first toys.

Also:

Shogun Warriors.

Never had any, always wanted some.

 

[2D_mastur]

Were Shogun warriors sold in the USA? Never seen them, but they look bad ass.

 

[wataru330]

My Wife and her siblings all had them; however, they were sent by an Uncle stationed in Japan.

They were sold in the USA by Mattel.
Here’s an old TV spot-


https://youtu.be/SbjoI47ARUs

 

[max 330 mega]

My favorites as a kid were all my TMNT figures and savage mondo blitzers were a close second

 

[LoneSage]

I used to play with my hands, a lot. I had turned them into characters, given them stories and arcs. They were superheroes and supervillains.

One guy was caught in a lab accident that turned him into a rock-like creature (a closed fist).

I can't remember any of those old stories now tho.

I didn't like action figures because I thought they were too limiting. I wanted to make my own characters. But I guess what kids did was create their own canon with those toys. It was blasphemy.

But anyways, I played video game 99% of the time if I was playing.

 

[evil wasabi]

Stormshadow, Hound, Wheeljack, and Casey Jones.

 

[@M]

Masters of the Universe. I had almost every figure in the vintage line, so many, I kept them in a big plastic garbage can that was filled to the top. Star Wars, G.I.JOE and Transformers were also big ones for me.

 

[Dr Shroom]

never had any. we used to play outside and hit each other with sticks a lot.

that and videogames.

 

[Neorebel]

 

[2D_mastur]

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What were those called again? Totally forgot about them

 

[fake]

Were Shogun warriors sold in the USA? Never seen them, but they look bad ass.

Yup, Shogun Warriors is actually their western name. In Japan they were called Jumbo Machinder.

 

[Stefan]

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Wayne Barlowe's Power Lords
Godaikins(repackaged JP toys)
Starriors by Tomy
Visionaries

 

[Syn]

The OG Gi Joes, Evel Knievel, Six Million Dollar Man, Shogun Warriors and Star Wars.

 

[Tron]

G.I JOE,Transformers,Star Wars oh and this

Still it's some thing,hasbro has the rights to m.a.s.k but still no reissue of any kind or updated version of the toys.

 

[wataru330]

Evel Knievel.

The bike is back out! Wish the funny car and all the others were too...

https://www.evelknieveltoys.com/products/evel-knievel-stunt-cycle

https://youtu.be/Uv-ePgAhXrU

 

[Taiso]

What were those called again? Totally forgot about them

Sectaurs.

Star Wars were the toys I actually played with.

With G.I. Joe and Transformers, I was more of a collector in the sense that I thought they looked really cool but by the mid 80s I was getting more serious about non toy geek hobbies like anime and comic books.

 

[evil wasabi]

never had any. we used to play outside and hit each other with sticks a lot.

that and videogames.

children hitting each other with video games seems so primitive. Maybe it was best for them be kept in cages after all.

 

[lithy]

So we have one thread for 'action figues' and another for 'action firgures'.

 

[NeoSneth]

I had some bitchin StarCom stuff.

My brother actually found two giant tubs of just action figures at Mom's this weekend. I barely remembered some of them.

 

[2D_mastur]

So we have one thread for 'action figues' and another for 'action firgures'.

Fixed. Spell check on a phone is still tricky. Old fuck here .

 

[SouthtownKid]

Micronauts.

They were my first toys.

Also:

Shogun Warriors.

Never had any, always wanted some.

Yeah, I had a friend who had 3 of the Shogun Warriors while I had none. That was rough. But the coolest action figure a friend had was the much smaller die-cast metal, transforming Raideen. I was had such a persistent, lingering jealousy of that one that I bought the reissue when it came out 30 years later. Now of course, it's in a box in a garage somewhere, but whatever. The closure of getting that out of my system was worth it.

And yeah, Micronauts were the shit. I had Space Glider and Acroyear. Fucking awesome. And I was glad I still had them when I discovered the comic a few years later.

 

[Taiso]

The Micronauts comic is a masterpiece of adventure storytelling, IMO. Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden absolutely killed it. That comic absolutely would not exist today. There might be a Micronauts book but it wouldn't be anything like that.

As for Shogun Warriors, I owned Mazinga (not a typo, that's how it was spelled). Raideen (ironic, a Tomino super robot before Gundam) and Godzilla, who was marketed in the US as a Shogun Warrior. My cousin had Dragun. I believe another one called Gaiking came out as well but I don't remember what it looked like for the life of me.

I remember the Shogun Warriors comic book from Marvel as well. Doug Moensch and Herb Trimpe, who also did Marvels criminally underrated Godzilla comic.

I still have my Raideen die cast toy somewhere in the crawlspace toy bin. I remember its plastic fold over 'wings' that covered the arms in the flying configuration. I also remember it had this awkward landing wheel harness that was functional. It had a sword and launching arms, all of which I lost at some point.

 

[Kid Panda]

He-Man far and away. Most fun I had with toys.

 

[HDRchampion]

Bismarck from Saber Riders & the Star Sheriffs.

I posted this an action figure thread. Found it couple months ago at my parents house. The ship got lost from the movers & the arm was broken off from an ex-friend.