 November 14, 2009 - 6:10am | Found a top ten list of the ten biggest, badest, coolest toys from major toy lines of the late 70s and early 80s Not surprising which toy line had 2 showings in the top ten and walked away with #1 http://www.mania.com/10-toy-chariots-gods_article_117548.html I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 November 14, 2009 - 3:12pm | Had the Millenium Falcon and the GI Joe hovercraft, both awesome toys...surprised the X-Wing didn't make it into the top 10. "You're everything that's base in humanity," Cochrane continued. "Drawing up strict, senseless rules for the sole reason of putting you at the top and excluding anyone you say doesn't belong or fit in, for no other reason than just because you say so." —Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stephens, Federation |
 November 18, 2009 - 6:10pm | The G.I. Joe Hovercraft was the coolest toy ever. I can't believe they don't have any of the Micronauts or Robotech toys on there or the dragonhorse from Baldar the Barbarian or the Warcat from Masters of the Universe. There's also the X-Wing (as Will mentioned), the TIE Fighter, Vader's TIE Fighter, and the TIE Interceptor. The only really cool toys they have on that are the Defiant, the Hovercraft, the Imperial Shuttle, and the MF. The rest suck! View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
November 18, 2009 - 10:06pm | I never had any of these on the list (some I never heard of) BUT what I did have was a plastic tank that was the proper scale size for GI joe (the 11 inch tall one)- not actually made by the company marketing GI Joe but picked up by my Dad somewhere in the world while he was on TDY for the air force. It was mad cool, tons of fun and got lots of attention from other kids. I wonder if its in a box in the basement at moms house still. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 November 19, 2009 - 11:13am | I had the Falcon. Heck I had just about all the Star Wars toys. I sold them all for not much about two yeasrs before The new age Star Wars movies came out. Doh! Then my son got into Star Wars. Wish I had them so he could play with them.... At least I got to scare an alien rabbit thingy...... |
November 19, 2009 - 11:13am | I had the Falcon. Heck I had just about all the Star Wars toys. I sold them all for not much about two years before The new age Star Wars movies came out. Doh! Then my son got into Star Wars. Wish I had them so he could play with them.... At least I got to scare an alien rabbit thingy...... |
 November 20, 2009 - 6:42am | I never had any of these on the list (some I never heard of) BUT what I did have was a plastic tank that was the proper scale size for GI joe (the 11 inch tall one)- not actually made by the company marketing GI Joe but picked up by my Dad somewhere in the world while he was on TDY for the air force. It was mad cool, tons of fun and got lots of attention from other kids. I wonder if its in a box in the basement at moms house still. I had the space capsule for the 11 inch Joe. Loved it had fun re creating splash downs in my pool during the summers. Me and my brother had alot of the old Tonka trucks and matchbox cars. We would play in the back yard in a dirt patch making cities and and building lil houses out of bark from the old trees. I still have alot of Hot wheels cars from the 60's my grandfather collected put up in boxes. Had a lot of the Gi joes and original Star wars action figures. But Once we discovered Legos thats all we wanted. Gold is for the mistress-silver for the maid-copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade.But Iron-Cold Iron- is master of them all |
November 20, 2009 - 4:26pm | I didn't even know someone had made a tank for the 11-inch Joe. @CJ: I'm surprised the Micronauts didn't make it, but not Robotech; the latter didn't have nearly as wide an audience as some of the other toons, and their merchandising wasn't that widespread...I only ever saw Robotech model kits in maybe one toy store when I was a kid(had the VT model, til my brother shot it full of BBs). The real shocker tho: Where the hell were the LEGO toys?! By the time I was 15(a bit old to still be playing with LEGOs, I admit, but who cares?!)I'd amassed over three thousand pieces from different sets(least the ones my brother hadn't used for target practice)and I never once got bored playing with those. "You're everything that's base in humanity," Cochrane continued. "Drawing up strict, senseless rules for the sole reason of putting you at the top and excluding anyone you say doesn't belong or fit in, for no other reason than just because you say so." —Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stephens, Federation |
 November 21, 2009 - 4:02pm | Heck, for a ong time all I had was about thirty Lego pieces, and I never got tired of them. Legos are amazing. My kids love them. The biggest threat we can make to them is to take away the Legos. They straighten right up. "Rome didn't build an empire by having meetings. They did it by killing those who stood in their way." |
November 21, 2009 - 8:48pm | Heck, for a ong time all I had was about thirty Lego pieces, and I never got tired of them. Legos are amazing. My kids love them. The biggest threat we can make to them is to take away the Legos. They straighten right up. Kids love making stuff. Mine live for going to Home Depot for the free kids workshop despite being both girls and into ballet and a bunch of other girly stuff. Whether its wood working, bead and jewlry making, painting wood projects with dad's acrylic paints they're all over it. Whats cool is my oldest (just turned 8) was tough to pull away from a miniatures naval game at the hobby shop, something about the game kept her attention. So the day after her birthday I told her we would go anywhere she wanted just the two of us. She wanted to go to the hobby shop. We sat in on a War of Austrian Succession battle running 3 divisions of Prussian Cav- She had a lot of fun. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
November 22, 2009 - 9:38am | @Gull: LOL, that would work.... "You're everything that's base in humanity," Cochrane continued. "Drawing up strict, senseless rules for the sole reason of putting you at the top and excluding anyone you say doesn't belong or fit in, for no other reason than just because you say so." —Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stephens, Federation |
November 23, 2009 - 12:12pm | @Jedi: I wonder if she'd still feel the same if it had been a Battle Fleet Gothic miniatures battle.... I have ideas why but I can never tell for sure cause she's notorious for not giving the real reason for why she objects to something. (which is why I now ignore 1st and 2nd objections out of hand as its a waste of time and effort to deal with them and just wait till the objection has changed at least 3 times before I bother with it- not what I consider good communication but its less fustrating than trying to invest energy into every other thing only to discover its not the real deal). I fully plan to not say anything and just take my children to learn a little history, strategy and good gamesmanship anyway as those things are good for them to learn and I have a very narrow window of time till they hit puberty and discover boys, make up, jewelry, cell phones and shopping and suddenly Dad aint near as cool as he used to be. In light of how the local public schools opt to teach the MCAS test and drop unimportant things like georgraphy and history I think games like risk and miniatures based historic war games can be a powerfull tool in educating my children. Plus I anticipate playing the volturnus adventure with them using the basic game rules will be one of my fondest SF memories in years to come. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
November 24, 2009 - 11:23pm | @Jedi: I wonder if she'd still feel the same if it had been a Battle Fleet Gothic miniatures battle.... I have ideas why but I can never tell for sure cause she's notorious for not giving the real reason for why she objects to something. (which is why I now ignore 1st and 2nd objections out of hand as its a waste of time and effort to deal with them and just wait till the objection has changed at least 3 times before I bother with it- not what I consider good communication but its less fustrating than trying to invest energy into every other thing only to discover its not the real deal). I fully plan to not say anything and just take my children to learn a little history, strategy and good gamesmanship anyway as those things are good for them to learn and I have a very narrow window of time till they hit puberty and discover boys, make up, jewelry, cell phones and shopping and suddenly Dad aint near as cool as he used to be. In light of how the local public schools opt to teach the MCAS test and drop unimportant things like georgraphy and history I think games like risk and miniatures based historic war games can be a powerfull tool in educating my children. Plus I anticipate playing the volturnus adventure with them using the basic game rules will be one of my fondest SF memories in years to come. Cool.... "You're everything that's base in humanity," Cochrane continued. "Drawing up strict, senseless rules for the sole reason of putting you at the top and excluding anyone you say doesn't belong or fit in, for no other reason than just because you say so." —Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stephens, Federation |
