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Modern Day Hercules posted:I think that place sold used video games too, unless this was a totally different store in the Freehold Raceway Mall. I just remember they let me play the games before I actually paid for them, which was cool. I think you're thinking of Funcoland. Man, that store was awesome. I got a Sega Saturn with all of the trimmings and a couple of games for under $40!  I mean the downside was that I owned a Sega Saturn, but still.
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rockinricky posted:I was thinking Construx, but that doesn't have the colors you mentioned. No, it's not that either. It's not a generic building toy, the parts are clearly supposed to be arms/legs/hands/whatever, you can just combine them in a bunch of different ways.
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Was it the lego run with the tall lanky dudes in, I think, purple and one in some sort of turquoise? Lots of holes in the construction beams? Came with the bitchin' rad lego canon that shot a rounded rubber tipped projectile at little machine scorpion dudes with targets on their tails? Hell, even if it isn't, can someone find out what that was? I tried Knex and technic in addition to the mentioned ones and I still couldn't find it.
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Lego has a line that sounds like that now called Bionicles. I think they also did a similar, more humanoid looking thing in the late 90s/early 00 called Galidor that you might be thinking of.
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SevenSocks posted:Was it the lego run with the tall lanky dudes in, I think, purple and one in some sort of turquoise? Lots of holes in the construction beams? Came with the bitchin' rad lego canon that shot a rounded rubber tipped projectile at little machine scorpion dudes with targets on their tails?  
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Dead on. I saw technic during my little search around, but the preliminary pictures only listed the realistic builds like trucks and machines. So many good memories of launching that little rubber missile at people, losing it for a few months, only to find it, shoot it, and lose it again.
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I was into all the Lego games that came out on PC in the 1990s, but it was mainly because they all came with an exclusive mini-figure.
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SevenSocks posted:Was it the lego run with the tall lanky dudes in, I think, purple and one in some sort of turquoise? Lots of holes in the construction beams? Came with the bitchin' rad lego canon that shot a rounded rubber tipped projectile at little machine scorpion dudes with targets on their tails? Nope, it wasn't Lego of any kind. Lego was always my number one toy (still is actually) and what I'm trying to find definitely isn't Lego. It's bugging me so much and I just can't find anything. It must have been a lot more obscure than I thought.
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Nope, it wasn't Lego of any kind. Lego was always my number one toy (still is actually) and what I'm trying to find definitely isn't Lego. It's bugging me so much and I just can't find anything. It must have been a lot more obscure than I thought. I know exactly the ones you're talking about - they weren't like lego etc and made out of bricks but out of whole modular components you could put together to make different space vehicles. They had little transparent canopies on the cockpits and there was definitely a drill tank type thing. I have the impression that they weren't based off any show or made by one particular brand and they were fairly cheap. You'd buy a blister pack with a bunch of different bits in it. e: These things!  http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/90s-vintage-retro-space-robot-toy-figure-builder-set-/221715931737?pt=UK_Toys_VintageToys_RL&hash=item339f4ca259 spleen merchant has a new favorite as of 14:28 on Apr 2, 2015 |
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spleen merchant posted:I know exactly the ones you're talking about - they weren't like lego etc and made out of bricks but out of whole modular components you could put together to make different space vehicles. They had little transparent canopies on the cockpits and there was definitely a drill tank type thing. I have the impression that they weren't based off any show or made by one particular brand and they were fairly cheap. You'd buy a blister pack with a bunch of different bits in it. I have become weirdly obsessed with figuring this out. Wheeled Warriors, maybe? Here's a couple of blister packs that sound like your description:  And here's the drill tank: 
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Wheat Loaf posted:I was into all the Lego games that came out on PC in the 1990s, but it was mainly because they all came with an exclusive mini-figure. Did you build them brick-by-brick? Tock-by-tick?
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Pastry of the Year posted:I have become weirdly obsessed with figuring this out. Haha I actually googled drill tank. It was a popular concept for toys in the 90's apparently.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Did you build them brick-by-brick? Tock-by-tick? Is that from the "Click That Brick" song from Lego Island? I was never able to finish that game. I always got to the last mission where you have to fly about in a helicopter and launch pizzas at the Brickster to slow him down and dougnuts at the police to speed them up, but I could never beat it.
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spleen merchant posted:I know exactly the ones you're talking about - they weren't like lego etc and made out of bricks but out of whole modular components you could put together to make different space vehicles. They had little transparent canopies on the cockpits and there was definitely a drill tank type thing. I have the impression that they weren't based off any show or made by one particular brand and they were fairly cheap. You'd buy a blister pack with a bunch of different bits in it. Holy poo poo! That's exactly it. Thank you so much! Any idea what the name of the toy is? I'd like to get some more info on it 1000 Brown M and Ms has a new favorite as of 02:04 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Holy poo poo! That's exactly it. Thank you so much! Nah, I spent quite a while trying to find them cause I was curious too. Google found nothing - found those by searching ebay for "90s space toy". If you look closely one of them has "mac" written on it which may have been the brand.
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Ok, that's a shame. At least I'm not the only one who hasn't been able to find any info on them.
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spleen merchant posted:Nah, I spent quite a while trying to find them cause I was curious too. Google found nothing - found those by searching ebay for "90s space toy". If you look closely one of them has "mac" written on it which may have been the brand. Maybe send the dealer a quick message asking them if they know what the name of the line is?
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I hope you had or at least knew somebody who had one of these Fossil watches with the animated LCD dial when you were in jr. high or high school 
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Dog Case posted:I hope you had or at least knew somebody who had one of these Fossil watches with the animated LCD dial when you were in jr. high or high school My watch had a little pixelated surfer that would go around the screen
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spleen merchant posted:Nah, I spent quite a while trying to find them cause I was curious too. Google found nothing - found those by searching ebay for "90s space toy". If you look closely one of them has "mac" written on it which may have been the brand. http://theredwoodconnection.com/?page_id=192 These? Jaycee and the Wheeled Warriors e:f,b
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Anyone remember this adult puppet show that featured two dick shaped neck beards? It was sort of in the style of Bevis and Butthead where they spent a good amount of the show commentating on internet videos or something. I think the title was something like The Dick and the Buttface.
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spleen merchant posted:I know exactly the ones you're talking about - they weren't like lego etc and made out of bricks but out of whole modular components you could put together to make different space vehicles. They had little transparent canopies on the cockpits and there was definitely a drill tank type thing. I have the impression that they weren't based off any show or made by one particular brand and they were fairly cheap. You'd buy a blister pack with a bunch of different bits in it. That's exactly what I thought he was talking about, I had that mac one I think that's what the drill and the tank tracks came with. I couldn't recall the name of them though I think they were just some cheap Chinese brand I think kinda like a poormans Manta Force. edit: I've found out the name of them: MULTIMAC 
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Holy poo poo. This thread. Looking back at the Mighty Max posts reminded me of all the miniature type toys they had back then. Took me back to Monster in my Pocket, Z-bots, and, from what I can recall, the little known Trash Bag Bunch. These figures came in a dissolvable "trash bag" so you never knew which figure you were going to get. Drop em in the water and watch it fizz and bubble as you waited in anticipation of who you'd get next. Gotta love random toys. The set:  Dissolving action! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgiocq6j62k
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beato posted:That's exactly what I thought he was talking about, I had that mac one I think that's what the drill and the tank tracks came with. I couldn't recall the name of them though I think they were just some cheap Chinese brand I think kinda like a poormans Manta Force. Cheers. Even with the name there's not a lot on Google about it, so I guess it was a lot more obscure than I thought.
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Archibald Tuttle posted:Holy poo poo. This thread. Looking back at the Mighty Max posts reminded me of all the miniature type toys they had back then. Took me back to Monster in my Pocket, Z-bots, and, from what I can recall, the little known Trash Bag Bunch. These figures came in a dissolvable "trash bag" so you never knew which figure you were going to get. Drop em in the water and watch it fizz and bubble as you waited in anticipation of who you'd get next. Gotta love random toys. There is a British company that has basically brought these back. I mean it's not the same sculpts or anything but it's clearly inspired by them heavily. They are called Toxic Mutants and come in a barrel of slime.
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Cheers. Even with the name there's not a lot on Google about it, so I guess it was a lot more obscure than I thought. You get quite a lot of hits if you put the word toys at the end of your search result otherwise you just end up with a ton of car seats for babies.
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Trash Bag Bunch owned, I had that Bio-Degrader guy who looks like a WH40K space marine. Speaking of things that own, here's the original Mortal Kombat arcade flyer:  I'm not sure what my favorite part of this is, because it's all amazing.
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Ahh the 90s when Dance, Goth, and Rap were all the same genre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgAKnsO6N-s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPvOJTYkS-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b2T8K2D-ps Also did someone mention 90s novelty songs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSbyk0VReyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVkhR9sPML0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h37KQu64RY4 Edit: Missed the best one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU1XYvIUOrM beato has a new favorite as of 13:51 on Apr 5, 2015 |
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Doc Morbid posted:Trash Bag Bunch owned, I had that Bio-Degrader guy who looks like a WH40K space marine. I like to believe that Richard divisio is still hanging out in a hollowed out arcade cabinet somewhere waiting to scare the poo poo out of some little kids
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beato posted:Edit: Missed the best one! Holy poo poo, I never knew there was a music video version of Tongue Tied.  spleen merchant posted:I know exactly the ones you're talking about - they weren't like lego etc and made out of bricks but out of whole modular components you could put together to make different space vehicles. They had little transparent canopies on the cockpits and there was definitely a drill tank type thing. I have the impression that they weren't based off any show or made by one particular brand and they were fairly cheap. You'd buy a blister pack with a bunch of different bits in it. I had these as a kid too, they were great toys  . I think I might've even had that exact set in the picture, come to think of it.
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beato posted:You get quite a lot of hits if you put the word toys at the end of your search result otherwise you just end up with a ton of car seats for babies. Yeah, I found plenty of pics and entries on retro blogs, but I was meaning more in terms of a catalogue so I could try to find the exact one I had. I couldn't find anything like that.
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I would dig a book of all those old 80's/90's arcade flyers. They was some of the best, cheesiest things ever. What made them weirder is, and please correct me if I'm wrong, most of them weren't really made to advertise to kids but to arcade owners which makes the cheesy set up even funnier. Arcades might be the thing I missed the most from the 90's. Yes the 80's were when arcades might have been the biggest in terms of pop culture, but I still remember going to the mall with 5 bucks in quarters and playing Area 51 OldTennisCourt has a new favorite as of 14:22 on Apr 6, 2015 |
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AV Club has a great interview that was just posted today with two of the winners of Nickelodeon's Super Toy Run. Pretty interesting stuff, and I immediately remembered how badly I wanted to win this when I was a kid. http://www.avclub.com/article/i-got-4-bikes-2-nickelodeon-super-toy-run-winners--217394
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Archibald Tuttle posted:
Hell yes, if I'm remembering correctly I got Muckoid, Sewerbat and.... Sparkler  The good guys were so much lamer than the bad guys, but I guess that applies to every toy line from the 80's/90's. ed: Also Skuzbeast! How could I forget Skuzbeast?
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beato posted:Also did someone mention 90s novelty songs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC0B7bQf12Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz4HfJHxMk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz1aZq3axgg Those were the, uh, days. Maybe.
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FunMerrania posted:Anyone remember this adult puppet show that featured two dick shaped neck beards? It was sort of in the style of Bevis and Butthead where they spent a good amount of the show commentating on internet videos or something. I think the title was something like The Dick and the Buttface. Are you thinking of Internet Slutz? They used to review all sorts of weird websites, like a Sneezing Fetishist website or Tooth Tattoos.
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