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  • PNGwynne
    Master of Fowl Play
    • Jun 5, 2008
    • 19444

    #16
    ^Yeah, that was why I missed some lines. I was collecting MOTU, Super Powers, and Sectaurs while in high school and it was $$$.
    WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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    • Klosterheim
      Persistent Member
      • Mar 23, 2013
      • 1121

      #17
      Originally posted by PNGwynne
      I don't have a lot of regrets in collecting, though I do miss some things I impulsively sold, like MOTU. But there are some favorites I wish I had collected, that seem really appealing to me now. My top 3:

      * Crystar. I liked these as a kid but never bought any.

      *Indiana Jones. So well-made.

      * Dungeons and Dragons. But I wanted the cartoon characters, too.


      What did you miss collecting?
      I think someone made a line of rare non poseable Dungeons and Dragons figures of the main characters from the animated series. I would have liked to have collected those.

      There may have been other 1980's toy lines that I missed, I'll have to think on it.

      One toy line that I just remembered, that I missed out on buying, are the super deformed Robotech Veritech Fighters. They had a bunch of them on the discount wall at Montgomery Wards.

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      • Bravestarr
        Museum Super Collector
        • Mar 26, 2017
        • 185

        #18
        Power lords revel

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        • pmwasson
          Maker
          • Sep 12, 2007
          • 4864

          #19
          I wish I had got the Marvel Secret Wars figures. I was still in the mindset that I was too old for toys when they came out.
          sigpic LaserMego

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          • torgospizza
            Theocrat of Pan Tang
            • Aug 19, 2010
            • 2747

            #20
            Originally posted by pmwasson
            I wish I had got the Marvel Secret Wars figures. I was still in the mindset that I was too old for toys when they came out.
            That's the way I was from about 1983 until Batman came out in 89. I missed out on a lot and didn't know a lot of them existed until much later. I do wish I had full sets of Battlestar Galactica, Mattel Flash Gordon and Mego Buck Rogers figures now. Think I only bought Flash and Buck back in the day, and can't seem to score a carded Buck now to save my life.

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            • johnnystorm
              Hot Child in the City
              • Jul 3, 2008
              • 4293

              #21
              Inhumanoids, Sgt. Rock...wish I'd gone heavy into Ghostbusters and Super Powers when they were clearanced at KB toys.

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              • Mikey
                Verbose Member
                • Aug 9, 2001
                • 47242

                #22
                Forgot the name but my nephew loved something kinda like Transformers.

                One figure was a Volkswagen thing

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                • LordMudd
                  Persistent Member
                  • Aug 22, 2011
                  • 1331

                  #23
                  Originally posted by pmwasson
                  I wish I had got the Marvel Secret Wars figures. I was still in the mindset that I was too old for toys when they came out.
                  By the end of 91 I had all of these and did a ton of customs from them as well.


                  CCC.

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                  • jwyblejr
                    galactic yo-yo
                    • Apr 6, 2006
                    • 11141

                    #24
                    Originally posted by Mikey
                    Forgot the name but my nephew loved something kinda like Transformers.

                    One figure was a Volkswagen thing

                    Gobots?

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                    • Nostalgiabuff
                      Muddling through
                      • Oct 4, 2008
                      • 11290

                      #25
                      I dabbled in many of the lines mentioned and did collect Indiana Jones, MOTU, D&D and a few others but other than IJ I sold all of it off years ago

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                      • Hedji
                        Citizen of Gotham
                        • Nov 17, 2012
                        • 7246

                        #26
                        Originally posted by torgospizza
                        I do wish I had full sets of Battlestar Galactica, Mattel Flash Gordon and Mego Buck Rogers figures now. Think I only bought Flash and Buck back in the day, and can't seem to score a carded Buck now to save my life.
                        Oooh, I forgot about Flash Gordon. I got Flash and Lion Man once for Easter. Wish I'd gotten all of those, because they're beautiful figures.

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                        • Figuremod73
                          That 80's guy
                          • Jul 27, 2011
                          • 3017

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Mikey
                          Forgot the name but my nephew loved something kinda like Transformers.

                          One figure was a Volkswagen thing
                          Probably this guy. It's a Super Gobot. A pretty high quality toy back in the '80s.: s-l500.jpg

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                          • Figuremod73
                            That 80's guy
                            • Jul 27, 2011
                            • 3017

                            #28
                            There was lots of cool Heman knockoffs I wish I had collected. I was always saving up for an actual MOTU figure though.

                            One line I wish I had paid more attention to and collected was Thundercats. I'm enjoying the little Loyal Subjects figure being released right now and it's making me want to get the original Cartoon collection.

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                            • LordMudd
                              Persistent Member
                              • Aug 22, 2011
                              • 1331

                              #29
                              Originally posted by LordMudd
                              By the end of 91 I had all of these and did a ton of customs from them as well.


                              CCC.

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                              • LordMudd
                                Persistent Member
                                • Aug 22, 2011
                                • 1331

                                #30
                                Originally posted by Hedji
                                Oooh, I forgot about Flash Gordon. I got Flash and Lion Man once for Easter. Wish I'd gotten all of those, because they're beautiful figures.

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