Cryotron

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Cryotron is a spacey action figure case offered by Sears Canada in their epic 1980 catalog. I'm not sure who made it and I never had one but I remember it mostly because I stared at the page it was on for a LONG time as a kid.

It's one of those oddball items snuck onto catalog pages that is meant to catch the heat of Star Wars without ever passing Lucas's desk, I love stuff like it.

I was surprised to find out it's fairly hard to get but doesn't command a terribly high price either, funny how that works sometimes.

After literally 30 years of toy shows, I saw my first one this past December with a child's name scrawled across it in magic marker. I'm surprised I didn't go home with it.

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[jwyblejr]

That is just all kinds of cool.

[ScottA]

Pretty neat. Reminds me of the Hot Wheels wheel case.

[monitor_ep]

Oh that would have come home if I saw it.

[Hedji]

Kinda reminds me of the bridge of the Enterprise. Wonder what WMV stands for?

[EMCE Hammer]

I am amazed that you passed that up. I have never seen one.

[Earth 2 Chris]

If the Millennium Falcon and the Enterprise made babies, it would look like that.

Chris

[Access]

It looks like a repurposed toilet seat!

[Brown Bear]

I had that when I was a kid and my Mom hated it. She kept saying it took up too much room under my bed. LOL

I have no idea whatever happened to it.

[palitoy]

I have no idea whatever happened to it.

Your mom hated it and it disappeared? Let me connect the dots...

[Megotu]

...Sometimes when a toy gets very old and it can't run as fast anymore, it goes to live on a farm upstate....With lots of other toys and rabbits it can chase...

[Actorman]

It looks like a repurposed toilet seat!

I'm glad someone said it! LOL!!

[mightyquinn]

It looks like a repurposed toilet seat!

LOL, that's what I was gonna say. Portable toilet

[cjefferys]

That was pretty neat seeing one in person, I didn't know it was that scarce though. I can't remember how much it was selling for.

[spacecaps]

I want one.