All-time best "BIG" toys

[livingdead70]

Suprised no one has mentioned that Big Jim Ski Jump/Tower thing.
Or what were those foam rubber airplanes/jets that were basically launched with rubber band slingshots? They had an aircraft carrier too, I had one, pretty large toy. I actually got that and the Big Jim Ski set at the same christmas.............
trey

[wilbs518]

Shogun Warriors, the GI Joe Base,U.S.S. Flagg, and the Death Star playsetwere my favorites.

[DocDrako]

Sectaurs Hyve Playset for me too!

I still want a Sectaurs Hyve Playset. My Megos would take it from them of course. Minimal losses on both sides. Maybe an uneasy peace treaty afterward. And then betrayal, revenge, etc etc. You know how it goes.

[Tothiro]

The Sectaurs Hyve playset was pretty cool too.

I scored one of the GI JOE Defiant space shuttle and launch platforms in my "I will not give up toys by sliding directly into collector" mode in which I had to ... Pose, yeah pose a lot of my collection for hours. It was a giant vehicle that revealed a playset that launched two other vehicles that both opened into playsets. Anything that a Micronaut could die on from falling from a great height was pretty sweet.

Oh and inflatable bop-bag robots with radio controlled rolling feet? Awesome.

[AJ Collector]

AJ Jungle House & Hot Wheels Loop to Loop race track...

[SpaceCrawler]

Joe90, that sub is cool!

Sean

[huedell]

... I also love the Cobra terror drome

Did that come with a Sgt. Flava Flav action figure?

[AAAAA]

Okay... BIG Toys...

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Some of you more mature types might recall this ad?

http://www.getafreemonkey.com/scans/sub.jpg

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Well, this is what it looked like.

http://www.boingboing.net/Submariner.jpg

Actually... It looks to be Mego Scale, eh?
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I had the fiberborad army tank version which was pretty large

[R.O.M.]

Big Jims Camper and Rescue Rig...Spent a bazillion hours playing with those! The plane was cool too, but I never did get one until a couple years ago...Now I have two!

Totally forgot about the big jet. I used to have that. That was the fold-out one that had a handle on it so you could carry it, and the flip-up tail? Man, I remember that thing! I don't recall having any other Big Jim stuff, but I certainly remember that. It hung around the basement well into the early '80s when I was playing with GI Joes and Transformers. I think it got pawned off to my nephew along with my Godzilla.

[kennermike]

the Earthquake Tower by Remco toys looks like it was one of the biggest toys in the 70's

[toys2cool]

Okay... BIG Toys...

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Some of you more mature types might recall this ad?

http://www.getafreemonkey.com/scans/sub.jpg

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Well, this is what it looked like.

http://www.boingboing.net/Submariner.jpg

Actually... It looks to be Mego Scale, eh?
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That's not bad for $7

[Joe90]

Okay... BIG Toys...

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Some of you more mature types might recall this ad?



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Well, this is what it looked like.



Actually... It looks to be Mego Scale, eh?
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[rche]

That Imperial Shuttle is a tough one to display, especially with the wings down. It is 2ft plus wide in fly mode. Box takes up a buncho space as well. I can vividly recall the feeling of looking at those on the toyshelf with a bunch of AT ATs stuffed in there next to them like oversized books in a library. Awesome.

[toys2cool]

this one ain't as big but I always loved the Ewok village

[Nostalgiabuff]

the vintage Imperial Shuttle is pretty big too. I still have mine and am debating whether to put it on display or give it to my son to play with. All versions of the ATAT are also pretty huge.
I always liked the GI Joe Adventure team trucks....never had them but I am always looking at them on ebay.