For me: the Golden Age of action figures was 1975-85 (give or take a year).

[acrovader]

I was born at the right time. I was born in '73 and grew up with the best toys. I was lucky to have enjoyed toys of the mid 70's up through the mid 80's or so. There were toy stores EVERYWHERE. back then Even stores that weren't strictly toy stores were selling toys. Shopping malls had at least one toy store (Kay Bee might of been the most well known). Hobby shops where selling toys. Dime stores carried action figures. Department stores had their own toy section. Even grocery stores and hardware stores were selling toys and action figures. Playsets and vehicles for the action figures were plentiful. During the Christmas, stores had toy displays in their front windows. Toys R Us or Children's Palace (or like store) had rows and rows of action figures. Six Million Dollar Man, Shogun Warriors, Super Joe, Space 1999, Star Wars, Micronauts, Metal Man, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Starbird, Fisher Price Adventure People, Pocket Super Heroes. the Black Hole, G.I. Joe, Acro Space War, the Other World, Masters of the Universe, Tron, Clash of the Titans, Transformers, Gobots, Crystar, Voltron AD&D, Blackstar, M.U.S.C.L.E.- and everything in between... this was sure a great time to be a kid. And never mind all the toys from Japan, Microman, Henshin Cyborg, etc...

Think back to a warm summer day in the late 70s. Luke and R2D2 find the blue Phaoid buried in a mound of sand on Tattooine (er, SANDBOX). Space War's 'Darth Vader' is commanding a group of Cylons and has taken over the Super Joe Command Center. Force Commander, ruling from his ice fortress (er, rearranged pillows on the sofa) sends R5D4 out to find Luke. Right before the Cylons are about to strike, Han Solo, Metal Man Astronaut, and Hammerhead swoop in on Eagle One to save the day..

[Figuremod73]

I was born Dec '73, but I dont remember much of what was available from the seventies. I do vaguely remember going to my cousins and playing with Star Wars figures. That was probably in the late seventies. I didnt know much about it other than storybooks and coloringbooks, since I hadnt seen the movie. (I didnt see Star Wars till its network premier).

I come from a really small town. Our town was the type that had only two red lights, a Swanee Swifty, a grocery store, and a Western Auto. I didnt get to go to the nearest city often (it had a toys r' us and mall) but our Western Auto use to carry movies AND toys. I can remember going with my parents and renting a VCR and a few movies. While they did that I would check out the MOTU figures and later Transformers. I kinda wish it was still like that....

[Red Hulk]

That sounds about right.I was born in 71 so I kind of missed AT GIJoe but yeah Lone Ranger,Mego WGSH,Star Trek I could keep going and there was always the prospect of finding a toy or figure from the 70s in an odd drug store in the 80s.

[Figuremod73]

That sounds about right.I was born in 71 so I kind of missed AT GIJoe but yeah Lone Ranger,Mego WGSH,Star Trek I could keep going and there was always the prospect of finding a toy or figure from the 70s in an odd drug store in the 80s.

I got my only mego as a kid from a drug store. My grandma gave me a Bo Duke for my birthday in '83. One of the neatest figures I had as a kid and the reason why I remembered Megos.

[Red Hulk]

I got my only mego as a kid from a drug store. My grandma gave me a Bo Duke for my birthday in '83. One of the neatest figures I had as a kid and the reason why I remembered Megos.

I found an early 1970s Big Jim at a Peoples Drugstore in 1980.

[Spawn67]

Agreed 100% I was born in 1973 as well. Toy stores were EVERYWHERE back then! I think about everything you wrote all the time.

[HardyGirl]

Well, I was born in '66, and I had Action Jackson and Big Jack, and my cousins had Marx BOTW, SMDM, GI Joe Adventure Team, The Lone Ranger and Karaaaaate Men. My other friends who had brothers had Mego Superheroes mostly, but I really loved the commercials.