Bags of Fun: Action Figures

[EmergencyIan]

Was anyone else sick enough to use a flame or soldering iron to melt wounds and holes in them? In my adolescent years, some of mine were pretty grisly victims.

It was only you!

- Ian

[Earth 2 Chris]

I tortured a few of the lamer GI Joe RAH figures I had as I phased out of toys. I feel really guilty about it now, but I think I was trying to legitimize still "playing" with them. I also blew up my Super Powers Golden Pharaoh with an M-80 firecracker, because I hated that they made him instead of say, Nightwing or Blue Beetle.

But I don't recall every torturing army men.

Chris

[palitoy]

I think in the summer of 1979, for some project my dad was doing there was a large amount of sand in our drive way. Naturally, I set it up with army men, dinosaurs and used my Shinsei Jeek Tunnelin to produce this sprawling saga loosely inspired by Star Blazers. I remember I took the top off a tank to make this gigantic cannon on the hill. It was one of the happiest times of my childhood, i was so engrossed in it that i remember it all vividly.

[SeattleEd]

Any set of those and a big can of Lincoln Logs = days and days of childhood fun!

Indeed. That was a lot of fun. Never seen the spacemen one. Very cool

[Werewolf]

I don't recall ever seeing those. I would grabbed a bag of the knights.

[Mr.Marion]

The bags of fun toys I had as an adult collector. For my money the Swingers were the real fab four.

[B-Lister]

Man, that's a nice piece right there.

[Hedji]

Any set of those and a big can of Lincoln Logs = days and days of childhood fun!

Very true. I didn't have Lincoln Logs, but Gramma did. It made going to her house even more special. These kinds of toys really do require imagination to complete the play experience.

[tay666]

Was anyone else sick enough to use a flame or soldering iron to melt wounds and holes in them? In my adolescent years, some of mine were pretty grisly victims.

No, but when I got older they made great items for target practice with the 22.

My best friend had a target backstop made out of railroad ties. We would put the army men in several locations on the backstop and see if we could score any head shots from about 100 yards away.