A moment in time!! Let's hear it!!

[BENDY]

1990, My Son Was 4 Yrs Old. He Wanted A Sesame Street Ernie On A Tractor. I Found It At Lionel, And Saw About 50 Mego Fantastic 4 Figs For 1.99 Each. I Said I Used To Have Those , Then Paid For Ernie. What A Idiot.

[almitysufx]

I got two for you,
First: Xmas shopping with my mom and sister at Toys R Us 1978 or 79. We turned the corner and there was an end cap of Teen Titans. I was just too old to care but I remember thinking it was funny that that were so small. I think one did make it into the cart for an isle or two though.
Second: Star Trek Picard 1701 figure. My girlfriend at the time collected the Next Generation figures. I was at a Hills dept. Store while a new box was being pegged. I picked up 3 of the new ones for her and saw the 1701 Picard and thought, she has like 6 or 7 Picards all ready. At the time I didn't know it was limited to a 1701 figure run. within a month the book price was $1000 + but I don't think it's worth much anymore. Limiting figures really hurt the line.

[Mego Superboy Prime]

That's funny about the early 80's and Mego. I remember in a Toys R Us a wall full of carded Hulk's. I assumed there must have been close to 40 of them on clearance racks. I loved the Hulk but never even picked one up. I assumed they would always be there because there were so many of them. I bet Mark Huckabone bought them all in one swoop.

[Johnny]

I am sure I have told these stories here before but I will summarize briefly the big three for me.

1: In the eighties a bin of hundreds of carded megos at one of those corner stores that would be comparable to dollar stores today. They were 1.99 each and I wanted to buy all of them. Because I did not have enough money to buy all of them, I decided not to buy any.

2: The original Raiders figures red tagged at the Bay. Very cheap. Considered buying a ton of them, bought none.

3: The Kenner 18" figures red tagged again at the Bay. Very cheap. Same story. Wanted to buy them all. Bought none.

I have other stories about selling sports cards pre-ebay and getting a fraction of what I would have received had I waited until ebay existed.

These things used to kind of haunt me a little. They still do if I really dwell on them. So I don't.

[JDeRouen]

Ironically, I was in Toys R' Us one time and desperately wanted a Mego Conan but couldn't find one. My mother told me to look behind the other figures in case someone had hidden one and, sure enough, I found a Conan!

[Mego Superboy Prime]

I only ever saw one Ahi Creature from the Black Lagoon in the wild, at the Kiddie City in King of Prussia, Pa. at some point in the 70s. I forget why, but we didn't buy it that day. So I 'hid' it on the peg behind two Draculas. But when we came back some days later intending to buy, it was gone. That was a bummer, the Creech was my favorite monster.

You know what's funny about this is that I used to do that too. When my mom wouldn't get me something I would hide the toy behind other toys and hopefully it wouldn't sell until I could get back to it. I probably forgot about a bunch of things that were quickly put back in their proper place and sold off. Funny how you never think of those things when your a kid. Good stuff.

[toys2cool]

Turned down four Megos for a Wicket W. Warrick figure and Duke from G.I.Joe. I can still remember turning the aisle and seeing those megos there (on sale even) and then my cousin and brother convincing me to get the other two figures.

I regretted it as soon as I hit the car, but didn't ever say anything...

well the Duke carded now would be really nice

[JDeRouen]

I actually had a Aquaman vs Great White Shark set, but it was lost to the annals of time. I do remember playing with it in the bathtub!

My "moment in time" was a Romulan. I'd been looking all over for one and finally found one in a Jc Pennys or Sears, I think, and my mother wouldn't but it for me. I never saw another one as a kid!

[toys2cool]

I hear yah. I actually got the Eternia playset as a kid. Loved it!! Those blasted rails were so fragile though. Mom ended up giving my entire He-man collection to my cousins in another country. I had everything.

BTW, love your avatar of the Ultimate Warrior. WWF Wrestlefest is the best wrestling game ever made!! I still play it on my PC every few days. I'm usually the Ultimate Warrior and Hogan but since I have the codes to be the Road Warriors I'm always them now! Must of spent a fortune as a little kid in quarters on that blasted game.

lol! thanx man, yeah i have the actual arcade in my garage i didn't know you could play as LOD

[Mego Superboy Prime]

Passed up Aquaman VS the Great white Shark for some tarzan toys, and a Spock.

HOLY MOLY, I also passed on the Aquaman VS the Great White Shark!!! I saw it in a clearance bin at a Zayers probably during the late 70's or early 80's (not too clear on that)!! It was thrown together with a bunch of other misfit toys. I barley noticed it because I didn't really care about Aquaman or Jaws at the time...I wanted Hulk!! What a mistake that was!!!

[kerowack]

Turned down four Megos for a Wicket W. Warrick figure and Duke from G.I.Joe. I can still remember turning the aisle and seeing those megos there (on sale even) and then my cousin and brother convincing me to get the other two figures.

I regretted it as soon as I hit the car, but didn't ever say anything...

[bizzaro megomauler]

Passed up Aquaman VS the Great white Shark for some tarzan toys, and a Spock.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I had mentioned in another thread recently that I couldn't convince my mom to "pull the trigger" on getting the Space 1999 Eagle. The only problem though is that if I had gotten it, I would have played with it until it fell apart.

[jwyblejr]

I remember seeing the Kenner Alien in Ames and thinking "What the heck is this?" Another case of "If I only knew then what I know now."

[david_b]

I remember seeing boxed FF in a store in Madison, WI on our way to see 'Return of the Jedi' in '83, but at that point I had turned 20 and it seemed a bit too adolescent.., even for me.

I was also trying to win my best friend's younger sister for a few years by then.

Damn my maturity.. and hormones.

david_b