mazinz
Jul 2, '07, 11:47 PM
Ok I am currently 34 years old (ewwww). When I was much younger (assume the years 1979-1982) their was a popular toy collection out I need some help with identifying.
Now I can swear it was called "pixel sticks" and I know (or pretty sure) it was made by a major toy company as one of the sets was based on Marvel/DC comic characters.
Here is what it was: they were colored sticks (like red, green, yellow, etc) that you could attach to each other and build a number of various things. For example, lets say you made a building. The toy pipes looked like a skeleton version without the actual walls being placed on, kind of like an erector set.
At any rate this was popular at the time and they had some sets with Marvel characters. The Characters themselves were stickers applied to a small square plastic piece (similar to a board game token). Some of these pieces though had clips which would enable them to hang onto the pipe structures you made.
The set I had was called "World of Masu" (or something very close to that). This was a space monster set and you constructed Masu who resembled a giant turtle. The head and claws were a real monster and just attached to the pipe frame body.
Does anyone recall or remember anything about this toy line at all? I am sure I might have the name wrong of either the set I had or the actual line itself, but it has been driving me nuts for a number of years. If anyone can help out I will forever be in your debt. thanks again--
PS: I just found a pic of plastic tinker toys and these look very similar to what I remember. Did tinker toys ever make such "action" sets as I described above?
Now I can swear it was called "pixel sticks" and I know (or pretty sure) it was made by a major toy company as one of the sets was based on Marvel/DC comic characters.
Here is what it was: they were colored sticks (like red, green, yellow, etc) that you could attach to each other and build a number of various things. For example, lets say you made a building. The toy pipes looked like a skeleton version without the actual walls being placed on, kind of like an erector set.
At any rate this was popular at the time and they had some sets with Marvel characters. The Characters themselves were stickers applied to a small square plastic piece (similar to a board game token). Some of these pieces though had clips which would enable them to hang onto the pipe structures you made.
The set I had was called "World of Masu" (or something very close to that). This was a space monster set and you constructed Masu who resembled a giant turtle. The head and claws were a real monster and just attached to the pipe frame body.
Does anyone recall or remember anything about this toy line at all? I am sure I might have the name wrong of either the set I had or the actual line itself, but it has been driving me nuts for a number of years. If anyone can help out I will forever be in your debt. thanks again--
PS: I just found a pic of plastic tinker toys and these look very similar to what I remember. Did tinker toys ever make such "action" sets as I described above?