There Was This Toy, And I Can't Remember What It Was Called

[The Alcoholic]

i don't think you could get away with manufacturing a toy like this in 2012.  people are sooooo safety obsessed, i just don't think there's any way.  i can already hear the arguments against such a toy: "what if kids burn themselves?" or "what if kids drink the wax?"


i think being a kid in america 2012 is probably a buzzkill.

Oh yeah the kids nowadays who have their iPhones and PlayStations are soooo saddened that they can't get toys like a  master caster anymore..

[Rix Gins]

I wanted one of these, so I went down to a local hobby shop that sold lots of slot racing stuff.  I was wandering around looking at all the race car sets but couldn't find  it anywhere.  Then, oddly enough, someone's dad walked up to the counter and asked if they carried those fly over chicane racing sets.  The know it all clerk said something like, "Nah...those things are worthless.  Ya see when they fly over the chicane the cars come down and miss the slot half the time, so you have to pick the racer up and set it back into the slot."  He also said that the plastic sensor that fit into the slot itself was easily broken off and that's why they didn't carry them.  After hearing that, I walked out of the store because I didn't want the guy to ask me if I needed any help.  Still, I kind of wish I'd have gotten one.  It does look pretty cool.

[Dr. MD MD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfznucMwNuU

[trostol]

there was one...was a line of toys ..space themed with the figures..smallish..lil magnets on their feet and their vehicles had these wind up mechanized parts to them

[Dr. MD MD]

there was one...was a line of toys ..space themed with the figures..smallish..lil magnets on their feet and their vehicles had these wind up mechanized parts to them

http://www.therobotspajamas.com/starcom-the-us-space-force-a-special-report/

These? 

[trostol]

http://www.therobotspajamas.com/starcom-the-us-space-force-a-special-report/

These? 

fuck yeah...those were awesome..i think lol

this was my total fave when i was kid though

[zeebo]

Anyone remember those little sticky octopus things that 'walked' down the wall?

[trostol]

Anyone remember those little sticky octopus things that 'walked' down the wall?

yup...used to get dirty as all hell lol

[Dr. MD MD]

fuck yeah...those were awesome..i think lol

this was my total fave when i was kid though

It looks like the Mystery Mobile but that ain't Scooby Doo. I'm stumped. 

[trostol]

It looks like the Mystery Mobile but that ain't Scooby Doo. I'm stumped. 

Fisher Price Adventure People...were fantastic..there was a whole bunch of them...a couple still in box ones on ebay i so wanna buy lol

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Fisher Price Adventure People...were fantastic..there was a whole bunch of them...a couple still in box ones on ebay i so wanna buy lol

This guy has a podcast episode about finding an bunch of adventure people in a thrift store.

http://icebergthirteen.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-toys-r-us-report-episode-74-tales.html

[pate]

Fun-hee-hhe, should mention


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbpUA7bwTWk

Old movie, related to me by an old

[Brody]

I had a spaceship playset that I can't find find pictures of. It was not GI Joes.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Anyone remember those little sticky octopus things that 'walked' down the wall?

Wacky Wall Walkers!

[zeebo]

Wacky Wall Walkers!

Yes!  Loved those things.

[albrecht]

I had a spaceship playset that I can't find find pictures of. It was not GI Joes.

I could've been many things and not knowing the year(s) or any description this is a total shot in the dark but maybe the space ship and figures from the tv show "Space 1999?"
http://www.toysyouhad.com/1999.htm

[zeebo]

Who else had a Merlin?  I remember playing mine obsessively, but cannot recall any of the games. 

[trostol]

Who else had a Merlin?  I remember playing mine obsessively, but cannot recall any of the games. 

i think i still have it in my house some where

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(game)

[Brody]

I could've been many things and not knowing the year(s) or any description this is a total shot in the dark but maybe the space ship and figures from the tv show "Space 1999?"
http://www.toysyouhad.com/1999.htm

That one is not it. Best guess is it came out in the 87-91 range.

[pate]

...

dual winged turtle shell guitar pick

...

That double sided guitar picks and people exisited that could actually use them...  I should write a story!

I kid!

GROUP HUG, wait a second how big is this group/grope?

[pate]

Oh yeah the kids nowadays who have their iPhones and PlayStations are soooo saddened that they can't get toys like a  master caster anymore..

I heard about this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMLTaHOr8QY

amitte?

ediot: I like boobies, Tew! sNorct, sNort!

[Robert]

Wacky Wall Walkers!

They're impressive in that it's hard to figure out how they work, but impressive in a different way were the suction cup wall climbers powered by a spring actuated by a pull string.