Glow in the dark and Translucent: Best classic toy gimmicks ever!

[Werewolf]

I don't think glow in the dark toys and translucent toys get enough classic toy love. Me, I love that stuff. Some of my favs.

Aurora Monster models were great that goes without saying. But when they added glow parts it just took them to another level awesomeness.

Mego Mad Monsters: Classic Mego figures made even better because they glowed in the dark. Sure the AHI figures were licensed, but they didn't glow in the dark. Mad Monsters the clear winner.

Now, Remco fixed that with their Mini Monsters and 9 inch Monsters. Because again, Universal Monsters plus glow equals pure awesomeness. The first series mini Monsters aren't nearly as cool as second series glow ones. Not even close. The Creature's entire body glowed in the dark. Beyond cool.

Masters of the Universe Scareglow wouldn't be nearly as cool if he didn't glow in the dark. Again, great figure made even better because he glowed in the dark. Having that evil little dude glowing at kids at night, scarring the crap out of them, pure genius by Mattel.

Glow plastic just makes toys better. It's a fact. Heck, I would even collect Mego Happy Days figures if they glowed in the dark. Sure Potsie sucks. But a glow Potsie, not nearly as much.

Then there are translucent toys.

Tron, what can be said, they were translucent and they glowed in the dark. I mean come on! It just doesn't get much cooler. Tomy could have made them translucent and that really would have been enough for them to be kick butt figures. But they went that extra mile and gave them glow in the dark weapons. Because that's just how toy companies rolled back then. Pure awesomeness.

Crystar by Remco. Wicked cool looking figures. Didn't even have the comic as a kid but knew right away when I first saw them they reaked of translucenty goodness.

[HardyGirl]

I love stuff that glows in the dark. I remember my first taste of this when I was a kid was a Boo Berry sticker. I kept holding it to the light and then running to the bathroom and turning off the light just to watch it til it faded. Now I have a glow in the dark Star Trek universe on the ceiling in my room.

[Werewolf]

Now I have a glow in the dark Star Trek universe on the ceiling in my room.

That is wicked cool!

[toys2cool]

I agree, and it's true about the Scareglow , the only bad thing about that particular fig was that his arms would break off because of the weaker plastic. But he was the coolest one

[generic]

Speaking of glow-in-the-dark Remco monsters, I cried like a little school girl when I stumbled across this auction AFTER it had ended

You can cry too!

I've been doing a search for the "Remco Universal Monsters" every couple of days, but I didn't think to search for "1975 mego pocket heroes Universal"

All I can say is I hope that one of you guys was the high bidder...and that one of those figures was an extra (hint hint! )

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

You've forgotten two of the OTHER greatest toy features ever:

-chrome
-bubble domes

*mmmmmmm....bubble domes....*

Don C.

[Werewolf]

Hmmmm....

You've forgotten two of the OTHER greatest toy features ever:

-chrome
-bubble domes

*mmmmmmm....bubble domes....*

Don C.

Those are great too (just maybe not glow in the dark good ) but certainly well deserving underappreciated classic toy gimmicks.

[4NDR01D]

Glow in the dark and translusent. Two of my favorite toy features ever. I can't believe I've never seen this topic come up, or thought to start a thread about it myself.
Glow toys/stuff- The first glow item I recall would be the "universe" stickers that my sister plastered our bedroom ceiling with. I also remember having a glow in the dark yo-yo ball. It was a yo-yo, but it was a ball with a hole where the string came out.
G.I.T.D. Silly Putty came out when I was in High School, it was fun to play with when you were sto....um, hanging out with Zemo.
The Kenner Glow-Worm is worth mentioning if only for being whats probably the best selling glow toy of all time.
Did a google search on glow toys aand came across these cool monstery Glow Globs by Kenner. I'm not sure whos Flicker account this is.


glow globs on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Translucent toys are also something I always thought looked very cool. I thought I might be the only Crystar fan on the forum. The bumpy and rounded shapes of the enemys really bring out the great angular and clear figures. an underrated line. Can't mention clear action figures without mentioneing the amazing Henshin Cyborg line.
Luminos from the Super Joe line is a favorite of mine, and needs to be mentioned.

[toys2cool]

Speaking of glow-in-the-dark Remco monsters, I cried like a little school girl when I stumbled across this auction AFTER it had ended

You can cry too!

I've been doing a search for the "Remco Universal Monsters" every couple of days, but I didn't think to search for "1975 mego pocket heroes Universal"

All I can say is I hope that one of you guys was the high bidder...and that one of those figures was an extra (hint hint! )

wow that was a sweet deal

[toys2cool]

Glow in the dark and translusent. Two of my favorite toy features ever. I can't believe I've never seen this topic come up, or thought to start a thread about it myself.
Glow toys/stuff- The first glow item I recall would be the "universe" stickers that my sister plastered our bedroom ceiling with. I also remember having a glow in the dark yo-yo ball. It was a yo-yo, but it was a ball with a hole where the string came out.
G.I.T.D. Silly Putty came out when I was in High School, it was fun to play with when you were sto....um, hanging out with Zemo.
The Kenner Glow-Worm is worth mentioning if only for being whats probably the best selling glow toy of all time.
Did a google search on glow toys aand came across these cool monstery Glow Globs by Kenner. I'm not sure whos Flicker account this is.


glow globs on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Translucent toys are also something I always thought looked very cool. I thought I might be the only Crystar fan on the forum. The bumpy and rounded shapes of the enemys really bring out the great angular and clear figures. an underrated line.

my sister had a bunch of those glow worms

[Werewolf]

The Kenner Glow-Worm is worth mentioning if only for being whats probably the best selling glow toy of all time.

I had a glow worm finger puppet whe I was little. Cool toy.

Did a google search on glow toys aand came across these cool monstery Glow Globs by Kenner. I'm not sure whos Flicker account this is.

Wow! Those are wicked! Never even saw those before.

Translucent toys are also something I always thought looked very cool. I thought I might be the only Crystar fan on the forum.

Yeah, they're awesome.

Can't mention clear action figures without mentioneing the amazing Henshin Cyborg line.

And I can't believe I forgot the Micronauts. Clear Time Travelers in loads of different colors.

[palitoy]

weird, i'm working on a piece about this right now and was going to start a thread looking for ideas.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Anything that glowed in the dark was automatically cooler than other non-glowing toys. Translucence was cool too. And colored translucence was sweet too. I remember really liking the orange bubble-domes on my Super Powers Batmobile, even though it wasn't accurate. Roboto from MOTU had that cool translucent chest, so you could see the gears.

Didn't some MOTU figures come with glow and the dark Grayskull rings for awhile? And they had a compartment or something. I vaguely recall having some of those.

Chris

[Werewolf]

Didn't some MOTU figures come with glow and the dark Grayskull rings for awhile? And they had a compartment or something. I vaguely recall having some of those.

Chris

Tri-Klops and Trap Jaw both came with one.

[Neutron X]

I had a lot of fun with a glow in the dark Yo Yo as a kid, It glowed better than anything I have seen. Tomlands Gloiw in the Dark Aliens are awesome. I still have a great deal of love for Atomic Man and Henshin Cyborgs too. Clear plastic and chrome rule.
A new big Favorite of mine is a 1/6 scale glow in the dark skeletons I picked up at a discount store. I customized them.