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    Museum Robot
    • May 9, 2007
    • 5948
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    Toy-Ventures: Christmas Wish List 1979



    Welcome to the Toy-Ventures Christmas special! In this episode, I dig up my Christmas Wish List from 1979 and tell you which toys I got and the ones that got away. Mego Superheroes, Micronauts, Kenner Star Wars and apparently, I had a thing for cats? We’ve got a new book coming! Knock-Offs Totally Unauthorized […]
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    • PNGwynne
      Master of Fowl Play
      • Jun 5, 2008
      • 19892
      #2
      In 1979, I was twelve--fifth grade-- and still very much into toys, particularly Star Wars and Micronauts (especially the aliens)

      But my memory is fuzzy--I know I had a Hornetroid but don't recall the year. I annually received the JCPenney bagged sets of Star Wars new releases.

      I'm impressed that you still have your list. I mentioned in another thread how I'd like to make a list of when and from whom I received my childhood Megos.
      Last edited by PNGwynne; Dec 19, '21, 10:48 PM.
      WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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        • SainthoodDenied
          Veteran Member
          • Feb 26, 2008
          • 334
          #3
          Great episode, for me, Christmas was pretty much Star Wars from 78-81. There was an Atari in 1980 along with the new ESB snow speeder.
          Chad

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            • LonnieFisher
              Eloquent Member
              • Jan 19, 2008
              • 10984
              #4
              In '79 I was thirteen and not really into toys anymore. I think a record player was on my Christmas list.

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                • tay666
                  Career Member
                  • Dec 27, 2008
                  • 785
                  #5
                  Pretty sure this was my big Star Wars year.
                  I got the cantina, land of the jawas, and the droid factory. And yeah, land of the jawas turned out pretty lame.
                  Droid factory was a blast though.

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                    • Myoldtoys
                      Veteran Member
                      • May 15, 2012
                      • 303
                      #6
                      The two gifts I remember from 1979 were a set of 6 Buck Rogers figures and the big gift, the Millennium Falcon. I remember the size of that Falcon box on Christmas morning. What a great toy and playset. I still have it. I'm only missing the training ball which really just looks like a craft bead. 1979 was an excellent year!

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                        • Falstaff13
                          Persistent Member
                          • May 28, 2008
                          • 1256
                          #7
                          Christmas 1979 was the year I got the Gabriel Tonto (having gotten Lone Ranger and Silver the year before) and I know Bugs Bunny both as a stuffed animal and a playset. I'm sure I got Empire's Legends of the West then too.
                          Hugh H. Davis

                          Wanted: Legends of the West (Empire & Excel) and other western historically-based figures. Send me an offer.
                          Also interested in figures based on literary characters.

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                            • Myoldtoys
                              Veteran Member
                              • May 15, 2012
                              • 303
                              #8
                              The Lone Ranger figures are one of the few where I don't remember when I got them. It pretty much had to be a birthday or Christmas. I'm pretty sure they came before I started buying Star Wars figures though.

                              My big 1979 present. Still the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy. And it goes well with my imperial wall behind it.

                              Last edited by Myoldtoys; Dec 23, '21, 7:27 PM.

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