Early 80s videogame toys

[Figuremod73]

Something that im interested in collecting is toys from the early eighties based on videogames, the problem is I cant remember 99% of them. I know there to be five or so figurines of Pacman (such as Ms pacman from the link) vintage MS. PAC-MAN collectable arcade figure MOC Coleco | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-MS-PAC-MAN-collectable-arcade-figure-MOC-Coleco-/140667220929?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20c06b73c1) What eles was available? Was there anything with Q-bert, Frogger, etc.?

[Werewolf]

Pac-Man had all kinds of stuff. Like trading cards, Board games and plush toys. Tomy also made a neat set of Pac-Man wind ups. They ran along and chomped.

[bizzaro megomauler]

There are Donkey kong ones, I still have Mario, but DK and Pauline are long gone. Pauline came with a mini DK arcade cabinet! There are a few other pac man ones, (one has a halo and angel wings?) Q*bert ones were out too, that's all of the PVC ones I can recall at the moment.

[Bruce Banner]

I recall quite a few Pac Man items in stores back in the day...

One thing I did have a lot of were the Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man and Donkey Kong scratch game cards, where you rubbed off the dots to play the game.

[LadyZod]

I had all those Pac mac PVCs... and the Donkey Kong ones too.

Bizzaro Megomauler is right about Pauline with the Cab. There was DK himself holding a barrel and DK jr on a vine as well. And of course... MARIO.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-RARE-1981-COLECO-PVC-MOC-DONKEY-KONG-MARIO-ACTION-FIGURE-NINTENDO-TOY-/230726641639?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b86127e7
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Donkey-Kong-Nintendo-1981-1982-Coleco-Collectible-PVC-Figure-/260927409366?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc07c4cd6#ht_500wt_1287
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NINTENDO-DONKEY-KONG-JR-ARCADE-LEGEND-ZELDA-PVC-FIGURE-COLECO-1982-/390365849389?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae39e272d#ht_816wt_1037

I still have the Mr and MRs Pac wedding PVCs somewhere around here.

I had a QBert that you wound up and he hopped as well.

http://www.16bit.com/fotd/fotd-pics/0133-qbert-windup-kenner.jpg

I don't remember anything for Frogger though.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pac-Man-PVC-Figure-Lot-Wind-Up-Coleco-Knickerbocker-Plush-Mrs-Red-Ghost-/150716378235?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item2317656c7b#ht_500wt_1054

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5wg5WNYACGg/THABhcRpITI/AAAAAAAABCU/b--SUxelOY0/s1600/qbert9.jpg

[Figuremod73]

Thanks alot guys, I knew some of you here would remember!

[MIB41]

When I think of arcade figures, the first thing that pops to mind is TRON. Even before the movie came out, the game was a blast. Now of course the figures are movie based, but I still see them as true arcade figures too.

[Figuremod73]

Thats a very good point. Those tron figures were great. My favorite tron game is still Disc of Tron. Its a challenge after a few levels!

[spacecaps]

Qbert had some plush guys too in different sizes. There's a really rare stuffed Qbert snake out there too. Also the Qbert blow-mold banks are pretty cool too.

[cjefferys]

Those Q*Bert toys are awesome. :smiley1:

[spacecaps]

Here's my banks and large plush Qberts.....
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/thor%20myx/DSC_0002.jpg
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/thor%20myx/DSC_0058.jpg
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/thor%20myx/DSC_0066.jpg
"#@!%"-Qbert

[Figuremod73]

Thanks for sharing your qberts with us, those are great! So theres no frogger at all out there? Thats a real shame. I would think they would have taken advantage of his license.

[spacecaps]

I've never seen anything for Frogger that wasn't an arcade game. I do remember seeing Burger Time character PVC figures back in the day though....

[Figuremod73]

Im still on the hunt. Some of those guys are unbelievably expensive. I think im at least getting the pacman stuff.

[Splitty]

That Q-Bert plastic bank is a-w-e-s-o-m-e.


I've never seen anything for Frogger that wasn't an arcade game.
I do remember seeing Burger Time character PVC figures back in the day though....
They made this board game. I haven't played it yet, but sadly no sound effects. Somehow just doesn't look as excitin'.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6454553059_ebca298f96_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/splittyhead/6454553059/)

Also, here's my Pac-Man game.
They also have a Mrs. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, and Donkey Kong board games I'm dying to git.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6454559423_65619e004e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/splittyhead/6454559423/)

[Figuremod73]

As a kid I had a pacman board game. I dont think i ever played it. I wonder if that one in the picture is it? The one with frogger looks incredible simple. That frogger board game makes me think there may have been some frogger memorabilia that isnt remembered.

[boynightwing]

I remember that Pac Man board game!! Wow! As soon as I saw that picture my memories just flooded back to me!

[spacecaps]

I have the Pacman game but that Frogger one has got to be pretty rare. I've never seen one before. It looks like my son would enjoy playing it. I just picked this guy up on Sunday for $5. I was gonna pop him open but the card is to nice and it serves as a checklist of sorts. I'm pretty much a sucker for anything Qbert. I'd love to find the plush Coily they made but I haven't seen one since the 80's. I wish he was pictured on the back of the card. I'd also like to find the D, E, and F PVC's on the card back. I don't have them either.
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/ebay%20mego/DSC_0209.jpg
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/ebay%20mego/DSC_0210.jpg

[Splitty]

$5? That's great!

Those Q-Bert are adorable. The plushes are pretty darn cute too.

[spacecaps]

This just came on today. He's got more than 10 available! I think I might get one. Why were character garbage cans so popular back in the 80's? I had a Pacman one and a Star Wars one growing up....VINTAGE 1983 Q BERT 7" METAL TRASH CAN GARBAGE MYLSTAR ELECTRONICS # | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1983-Q-BERT-7-METAL-TRASH-CAN-GARBAGE-MYLSTAR-ELECTRONICS-/260947923912?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc1b553c8#ht_922wt_1398)

[Figuremod73]

I think I may have had that wind up. I have no idea what happened to that stuff. sheesh!

[MPM1972]

I had the Frogger board game. Sadly, I do not anymore. I did score a Berzerk board game this past summer.

There were Q-Bert pen top erasers packed with the early Bic eraseable ink pens. If memory serves correct, I think I still have the eraser I had packed away.

[Figuremod73]

If you do, please show some pics. Alot of that stuff is long forgotten!

[Den82]

When I was little, I had a few of these Nintendo Trophies.

http://videogamemm.com/main/node/1097

Been looking for them for a while but still haven't found any.

[spacecaps]

I just sold all of my NES Trophies a few months ago. They can go for quite a lot of money; especially the ones that are not Super Mario. If I can find the auction photo's I took, I'll post them here.

[spacecaps]

here are those NES Trophies I mentioned and a Mario advertising doll:
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/DSC_0020.jpg
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/DSC_0025.jpg
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/DSC_0024.jpg
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/DSC_0023.jpg
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/DSC_0026.jpg
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/DSC_0027.jpg
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/spacecaps/DSC_0015.jpg

[samurainoir]

I had both of these.
http://www.battlegrip.com/images/reviews/01-11/zaxxon/z01_l.jpg

http://www.retrotrader.com/catalog/images/new021%20004.jpg

[Figuremod73]

That mario doll is alsome.....really all those that you posted are neat.

A zaxxon board game? Where the heck that come from? Whats the donkey kong game like? Is it like Snakes and ladders?

[spacecaps]

That mario doll is alsome.....really all those that you posted are neat.

Thanks! That Mario doll went for $200 on ebay!

[Funkyterrance]

I've got a Pac Man squeeky toy from way back in the day buffet.

[4NDR01D]

I just sold a small 2" Link pvc figure from 1989. Not much zelda merch from back in the day. I know they did a couple different 3 3/4" figures that I've come across from time to time, but that was late 90's I think.

[Werewolf]

I just sold a small 2" Link pvc figure from 1989. Not much zelda merch from back in the day. I know they did a couple different 3 3/4" figures that I've come across from time to time, but that was late 90's I think.

Toybiz had a set of Zelda figures and horses when Ocarina of Time came out and Target had an Ocarina 3 pack with Link, Zelda and Ganon that are roughly SW figure scale. I have both sets. They're really nice.

[megoat]

Not much zelda merch from back in the day.

I found the Zelda boardgame last summer. It's fairly scarce. I think I got $120 for it....

[4NDR01D]

I found the Zelda boardgame last summer. It's fairly scarce. I think I got $120 for it....

That's cool, can't say I've ever seen it. Always thought the video games converted to board games was a bit of an oxy-moron, the fact that it really doesn't make much sense is what appeals to me.

[huedell]

Something that im interested in collecting is toys from the early eighties based on videogames, the problem is I cant remember 99% of them. I know there to be five or so figurines of Pacman (such as Ms pacman from the link) vintage MS. PAC-MAN collectable arcade figure MOC Coleco | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-MS-PAC-MAN-collectable-arcade-figure-MOC-Coleco-/140667220929?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20c06b73c1) What eles was available? Was there anything with Q-bert, Frogger, etc.?

Kudos... had to just give you a virtual pat on the back for starting this thread.

One of my favorite subjects ever.

Love the "classics" so much.... and the merch that surrounded those classics
are such cool items!!!

[Figuremod73]

I enjoy this thread to. Hopefully at some point, ill get ahold of some of these, lol. I LIKE the sonic and mario themed figures that are being currently made a good bit though. Ive gotten some of the smaller ones of the main characters.