I wasn't into superheroes as a kid, I'd read Sgt Rock comics and that's about as close as I got. I vividly remember all my Planet of the Apes figures and playsets, setting up the fort in the the old farmhouse I grew up in, burning the box for the Forbidden Zone in the fireplace of the old smokehouse, opening Dr. Zaius only to find he had a loose arm...
My favorites were Micronauts, I remember opening the Mobile Exploration Lab for Christmas, the Terraphant and Hornetroid once we moved into the new house when I was six, and saving my allowance to pick up that weird Micronauts City set with all those easily broken silver joints to connect all the pieces together. I was so happy when the aliens came out, I bought them in the Toy/Lawn and Garden section of the Kings store up in Hannover PA, a weekly shopping trip with my grandparents.
The best and shortest lived line was the WWII Lion Rock series. I remember the huge shelf of them at Toys R Us in Kennsington MD, I bought the German Mountain Trooper and German Soldier while visiting with my cousin that weekend.
There was nothing larger to a kid than those old Toys R Us aisles filled from floor to ceiling, and going on for what seemed to be a football field's length.
My favorites were Micronauts, I remember opening the Mobile Exploration Lab for Christmas, the Terraphant and Hornetroid once we moved into the new house when I was six, and saving my allowance to pick up that weird Micronauts City set with all those easily broken silver joints to connect all the pieces together. I was so happy when the aliens came out, I bought them in the Toy/Lawn and Garden section of the Kings store up in Hannover PA, a weekly shopping trip with my grandparents.
The best and shortest lived line was the WWII Lion Rock series. I remember the huge shelf of them at Toys R Us in Kennsington MD, I bought the German Mountain Trooper and German Soldier while visiting with my cousin that weekend.
There was nothing larger to a kid than those old Toys R Us aisles filled from floor to ceiling, and going on for what seemed to be a football field's length.
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