M.A.S.K returns!

Oooo! Ooo! Excited! :) About time.

http://geekculture.co/hasbro-is-bringing-mask-back/

Room Cleanup! Part Tres.

Clearing out the storeroom today, pleasant surprise to see these old toys again, even though they were stored in boxes, most came out prrreeetty ok. :p Some of the rubber tires had the 'rot' though, that's to be expected in our climate!

Found some toys that have not been seen in a while! This is the F4 from the X-Panders toy range by galoob. (Yes, it sounds like suspenders, a most unfortunate similarity!). The "Power Deploy" feature for this still works and most parts are intact. The Apache is also there, missing one or two acessories. Also found some sky commanders stuff mostly intact, so that's cool.

Also found my Classic Star Wars figs on top of my cupboard in a box... :P i should keep them better!

Back to the old Room! - Part 1

Spent this Sunday back at my old place packing up the last of my stuff ( I really have too much old stuff), but seeing some of these toys again, i actually forgot i had them in the first place!

Found my MASK raven again, still looks pretty good, and the driver (Calhoun Burns) is still inside!








Also found another bunch of G1 transformers that entertained me in the 80's and early 90's.... ahh, these toys show signs of being well played with!









Also got my Micro Machines collection largely intact; the playsets and all are still there, maybe a bit fiddly but working. :) My favorite was this tool box that opened up into a city, complete with bridge, airport and marina! :D









Gawd, i thought i threw these away; the tech specs and instruction manuals for my G1 TF's and GI Joes. Most of my viper figs are wonky now, the rubber band midsection deteriorated on most of the figs.












One of my favorite figs, the COBRA B.A.T (Battle Android Trooper), it had interchangeable hands PLUS a cool hologram sticker in his chest! :D

The first day!

Whew! Survived the first day of work! I guess that most people are not back yet as office was relatively quiet... tomorrow will be a MADHOUSE! (0_0)

What are your top 10 favorite toys? As we all grew up, most of what we collected 20 years ago has suddenly rekindled a small piece of nostalgia in all of us, it's like finding a missing part of your childhood, or fulfilling a dream from the past. It's surely a sign of growing old though! Amazing how seeing these toys can bring back specific memories.... ahhh. :)

Here are my favourite toys in no particular order :


1. Transformers

I guess this would still be my favourite series, i can still remember Toy's R Us at Marine Parade with ROWS of carded arielbots or constructicons.. no mad scalper dash like nowadays.... The newer movie items don't really catch my fancy, there's no... symmetry... :p

Favourite Item - Metroplex!
Wanted but never got - Not much really since the older stuff has been reissued mostly.. maybe shockwave?


2. Star Wars

I think most boys born in the 70's would have had a SW figure or two.... so little poseability but so much fun... and they cost like, $5 then? Now it's almost $20 each!

Favourite Item - Millenium Falcon, classic, it's all yellowed though and missing parts!
Wanted but never got - B-Wing, saw this at Toy's R Us again, it was this, or the Falcon... took the falcon. Lotsa reissues, but didn't get! :p


3. GI JOE

Love the little figures, used to go to the basement toy shop at USSC to buy from the fat spectacled uncle. :p also $5 bucks a pop. I only collected the bad guys though, cos prob they look like robots?

Favourite Item - The humble Viper Trooper. Simple elegant design.
Wanted but never got - Terror Drome! Saw this at Wisma Toys R Us loooonngggg ago, they would suspend the box from the topmost shelf out for reach.. it cost $300 bucks, way out of my budget then. :p And it was HUGE!


4. M.A.S.K

"Masked crusaders working overtime, fighting crime, fighting crime!" Matt Trakker's such an ass, making his people work OT! But seriously, who hasn't heard of MASK? It was also later that i found it stood for "Mobile Armored Strike Kommand" Kommand? Haha!

The cartoon series was excellent, and the accompanying toys also had outstanding playability that matched the cartoons; that was probably why it was so popular!

Favourite Item - Condor! It was my first mask toy. :) Toys R us again. i Still have the old price ad for it!
Wanted but never got - Goliath. Still available on Ebay, but too lazy to start over again.. :P maybe one day!


5 . LEGO

I have and still collect LEGO today! It has really come a loonnggg way since the old classic space days... i 've been picking up the older series online, and the new Star Wars sets and Modular Buildings are really nice!

Favourite Item - Home One Mon Calamari hanger (7754) - It's what started me off again on this (expensive) hobby!
Wanted but never got - Hmmmm, probably an old classic space set, it's quite easy to find old sets... just how much you're willing to pay! And these can cost crazy amounts!


Ok, that's 5 for today, next five are for the next post! :D