Here is another cool pick up I found today...1978 Knickerbocker Superman Plush.
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Here is another cool pick up I found today...1978 Knickerbocker Superman Plush.
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I've been considering picking up a ROM for sometime now and not sure if I ever will. Back when I was a kid, one of my neighborhood friends older brother had a ROM. But I never owned one as a child. Looking at the toy as an adult collector, it's too clunky and bland looking. I'm sure I'd feel entirely different if I owned one as a child. But the toy is kind of weird, in the sense it had thin arms, not much in the way of articulation, and webbed feet. If the opportunity ever presents itself, and at the "right price", I just might bite the bullet and pick one up.
Yeah ROM isn't the greatest toy design in the world and I never owned one as a child either. But in my case, I was an avid reader of the comic, so I guess my nostalgia stems more from that and therefore I'd like to pick up this toy someday.
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I picked this up yesterday. The figures are approx 2" tall. I just loved the look.
Recently picked up a long-lost toy of years past. I remember getting him at Woolworth, but he broke soon thereafter, then got lost to time. The only reminder of his existence was his shield. I must've been 5 or 6 when Mom bought this for me. Nonetheless, I'm glad to have found him online. I think I paid too much for him. But it's nearly impossible to find SpaceWar toys, let alone loose, complete, and in excellent condition. Not featured in the picture is the 'mechanical arm' and gun. I also got 'R2D2' from this line last Christmas.
SpaceWar 'Darth Vader' by Arco.
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VERY cool acrovader!
Picked these up some time ago, but just got them framed, they aren't toys, but....the original 1970's Thought Factory posters of Shazam and Wonder Woman...I get to add them to my set with Captain America and Superman!
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Today I picked up a Gatchaman/Battle of the Planets PVC figure set, made by Yujin, but I'm unsure when it was made. the date 1980 is above the UPC but somehow I dont think it's that old. I paid $20, seemed like a decent deal ($4 per figurine).
Also picked up a boxed Visionaries Dagger Assault, other than I think it might have had a figure include, it looks to be complete and in very nice shape. pretty rough box at one end, but at $20 hopefully I can make some money off of it. seems like it might be a tough piece of the line to get? a couple of MIB ones just went for nearly three bills.
Finally added a Mattel Blippy to my collection for $10.
also a complete Rattle Me Bones pirate/skeleton game from the 80's for $5. a nice 80's Cricket (the spooky talking one) doll for $3, a carded talkboy (3rd ed.) for $3.
Last week I found a vintage "science Fair" Lie Detector which I thought was pretty cool. In a mixed bag of thrift toys I got a Lego Harry Potter Fluffy, Wicket ewok from the Ewoks cartoon series, a Gi Joe AT jet pack, about a dozen nude Jem dolls for $1 each, some 80's MLP playsets, some 50's board games with some sweet looking dick and Jane type illustrations.
Where did you get the frames for these? I have all 8 in the set I need framed. I love these posters.Quote:
Originally Posted by shazam7208
Very excited to have just picked this up! One of my grails!
kudos Jim. That is a great alien specimen. :hokay:
I actually bought them at Walmart...not all of them seem to carry this style, so you may have to hit a couple of them to find them. I think I paid $15-20 each for them.
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Is the 1980 at the end of a series of numbers right above the bar code? If so, that's the price, 1980 yen.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4NDR01D
Nice pick up! I really love this line, and have to keep convincing myself to not start collecting them. :smiley1:Quote:
Originally Posted by megojim
Thanks. I'll look next time I'm there.
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Scott,
i think I picked up some frames like those at Hobby lobby as well
I will check there as well. Thanks Jim.
Found these at a Bethesda Thrift store. I paid $12.99 each (Dorothy Hamill was only $7.99) but I never find these ladies in the wild.
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Great find!
No way!Quote:
Originally Posted by megojim
I was just looking at those online! That one's in superb shape too!
I never see those in the wild. So cool!
To clarify, I didn't find this in the wild, I acquired it from another Matt Mason collector.Quote:
Originally Posted by Splitty
Picked these SW figures from eBay recently. I had the 5" Dragun as a kid (although I'm pretty sure I had the first release with two firing fists). I did not have Gaiking, but he seems to be the easiest to find complete and I felt it was a pretty good BIN price so I snatched him up. Man, you forget how massive the jumbos were until you hold one again!
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That's fantastic. I love Shogun Warriors. The little guys are pretty affordable, aren't they?
Oh I loves me some shogun warriors....
The little guys can be found for decent prices. I got one for $24, and the other for $30. The cheaper one didn't come with axes, and was more scuffed up. I should have waited a few days when the $30 came up. But I've seen others on eBay for $200, MIB. Probably first release ones though.
Nice get! Gaiking is one of my favourites, and yours looks pretty nice, complete and with good stickers. The little 5" Chogokin ones aren't too expensive when incomplete and in so-so condition, which is how they are usually found. But if you want minty and complete, or MIB, you definitely have to spend some decent cash on them.
I was pleasantly surprised when I unwrapped him and saw what good shape he was in. Very little sticker peeling. His firing fist is pretty scuffed up, but that just means somebody had fun shooting it off! Other than a little dust, he's in tip-top shape.
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The two robots are Star Mites or, really, UFO Commander 7. The Matchbox vehicles are Adventure 2000, or 2000 AD.
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The most recent is the blue, diecast robot- Qonto (or- Mini Qonto, by Bandai) from San Ku Kai (Message From Space knock-off tv show from Japan). And 'Darth Vader' from Space War (long with 'R2D2').
Those robots are cool. The little one is really familiar to me. Either I had one or a friend did, I definitely remembering playing with that one, but I completely forgot about it!Quote:
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A couple of tough pieces added to the collection this week. Just 3 more to go to complete the "whites".
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I picked this up recently, a Dinky Space 1999 Eagle. I matched it up with my Space 1999 lunchbox. I used a lunchbox just like that in 1-2nd grades. I swear everytime I look at that lunchbox I can smell Tuna Fish, LOL...
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I had that Eagle 1 toy.
That's the 1st release Eagle Transporter, with the red tanks and silver engine bells, as opposed to vice versa in later releases.
After 33 years of wanting one, I finally picked up a Kenner Alien. Came with a pretty decent box, and the figure looks unplayed with, still attached to the insert. Unfortunately, the internal rubber connector on one arm is broken (kinda common with these) but a helpful member here posted a good way to fix it in another thread, so I'll be trying that soon. Maybe a bit trickier than restringing a Mego, but it looks doable. I'm just happy to finally get what was one of my biggest wants.
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Awesome score. Kenner Alien is a grail piece for me. I actually had one when I was a kid. Don't know what my parents were thinking.....
Super kudos on a fantastic nab there cj. :hokay:
Gonna have to liberate him to fix him, tho. It is not too bad of a trick to do. Maybe you have replaced arms on a Kenner Vader or Chewie? similar.
Looks good on the shelf. Dominates. ;)
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Thats an excellent looking Kenner Alien with box,Congrats!
Thanks guys. I remember asking for an Alien back in Christmas 1979, he was at the top of my list...didn't get him. Then about a year later I saw a department store flyer where they were on clearance for $9.99. I begged my mom to drive me to the store...she wouldn't, saying that I was "getting a bit old for toys" (Ok, I was around 12-13, but as time has proven, I never got too old for toys :smiley1: ). Some time in the 90's, my dad came back from a road trip and mentioned that he saw one at a flea market pretty cheap. "I didn't pick it up because I didn't know if you still wanted one or not". Arrgh, thanks dad. Finally, when I bought this one, it took nearly a month to arrive, I thought for sure it got lost in the mail. For a while I started thinking that I just wasn't meant to own this toy. :smiley1:
Yeah, and unfortunately it looks like I'll have to cut the arm ties if I want to remove him from the insert. I wish they used twist ties or something, but these look like they don't come off without cutting them off. I've never repaired a Vader or Chewie before, but actually this looks easier because you can actually take the Alien apart, Vader/Chewie don't have screws holding the body together, so I'm guessing that would be a bit more of a PITA.Quote:
Originally Posted by rche
Fantastic stuff guys!