This come up on my youtube feed so I watched. Something strange with just one Xmas tree deco keeps swinging on its own.

My favourite part of the new Argos catalogue was always the smell! Then the toy pages! 😂

The thing that really caught my, away from the predictable action toys, was Yahtzee, I used to love that game.

Really enjoying your videos, please keep up the good work! Christmas always reminds me of Star Wars toys, used to get them every year 1978-1984. Happy Holidays 🎅🏻 🎄

Test Match caught my eye and I think I got it the year after in 85. Great game. I was 12 by this time and action figures were no longer of interest. I still used to linger on the Star Wars pages

How ironic is it that back then Argos were not in Ireland but as time went by they would be but after a few years they closed down their Irish stores and pulled out of the country......the more things change the more they stay the same

You look so dramatically different as that nerd guy it scares me.

I too received Optimus Prime for Christmas. I distinctly remember how excited I was getting him. First thing I did was show my childhood best friend, who happened to be by next door neighbor. We would show each other our Christmas gifts through the windows of our houses that were facing each other. Such a great memory. I think that was the same Christmas I received Megatron as well. He turned out to be my favorite Transformer of all time. He looked silly as a robot but something about him was still cool to me. Thanks for sharing your memories. Love your minty white Jetfire.

Absolutely amazing collection :) I myself don't have that much music memorabilia. I do still have a lot of concert tickets from 2003 till now, concert T-shirts and one or two signed LP's. I'm myself also an Elvis Presley fan. Those Neca figurines just look awesome, but I mostly have CD boxsets and DvD's/Blu-rays of Elvis Presley concerts and movies. The classic space Lego is awesome to see too :) Ow...you got that Matchbox truck with the plastic cars...I had that one too as a kid. And those Flying Gliders were awesome to play with. The 80s toys I have the most of is Lego (Castle, Pirates, Space and Western) and The A-Team from Galoob. I also have a Cresta Jungle Kong handheld game I used to play a lot with back then :)

We Need Gordon & O'Hara seriously

Fun video! Thanks for sharing your Top 10!

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LOL 😂 you tell them 👍

Transformers weren't on my Christmas list, but I couldn't tell you what was in 1985. Think that was the year I got a personnel stereo and a copy of the Quo album, Back to Back. But I can't remember what toys I got, assume it would have been Action Force as I did get the annual that year.

'85 really was the year of Transformers, no other toy mattered. Still have my OG G1 Optimus Prime and Megatron + a few others, including Twin Twist. Just loved the look of that guy, haha. But I can't find Starscream anywhere. Dunno what I've done with him. Spewing coz he's my favourite by a mile. Starscream is all about Starscream and everyone else can eat it. Such a massive dickhead, lmao P.S. We legit had to cancel Christmas in 2015. Everyone came down with gastro. Just ran through the whole fam. Pretty rough couple of days. It's forever known as "Shitmas" 💩😆

I have a similar story from Christmas of 1984; I was six years old and wanted Optimus Prime, just like all my friends did. I knew it'd be boring if everyone had the same toy when my friends and I played Transformers, so I asked for Megatron, probably one of the easiest Transformers toys to find at the time. I liked having that toy because he could pull double duty as a reasonable toy gun when we'd play army. I never got Optimus Prime as a child, nor do I have him or any other Transformers as an adult. Forty years on, I still remember that Christmas very fondly . . . I only wish (as people our age do) that everyone who was there in '84 could still be here in '24.

I would love to have all the space sets from the late 70's. I had a bunch of them back then and I'm sure they are still hanging around in my lego storage container. Guess I should go have a look and see what I have left from back then.

I never asked for Optimus Prime, not because i didnt like him, i guess i just had other favorites i wanted more. As a kid i had: JetFire, Metroplex, Scorponox, Skywarp, Scourge, Lamborghini Countach Stunticon. I was pretty happy with the ones i got gifted, i am getting Optimus Prime this year for xmas, its the cartoon colours G1 Optimus Prime with trailor, i wanted the original vintage style so didnt ask for the missing link version.

Nice video, thanks. I remember back then getting Jetfire for Christmas one year. What an awesome, sturdy jet/robot. I had trouble figuring out how to transform from jet to bot I remember that Christmas. He was a much larger scale figure than all the other ones, like a giant bot. And the jet mode was giant too, so the scale wasn't quite on par for humans. But the whole line was inconsistent with the mini bot vehicles too.

4:00 - Imagine waking up on Christmas morn' only to find a book of stamps. I would have been furious. This was the 80s, not the 50s!

If only Megatron was a tank from day one....

Awesome List Dean.

My brother did receive Optimus Prime one Christmas, but I think it was '86. I had the Slime Pit from Masters of The Universe. He won that year. Topspin and Twintwist wouldn't have appealed much to me either, as they're a bit gimmicky. However, in the comic they were members of an elite group called The Wreckers who were well hard! Nice story about Jetfire. Funny how toys can bring back such great memories. A merry Christmas to you 🎄

I got Optimus prime for Xmas. Was a great toy. The little shit next door pulled his arm off. To this day I hate that kid. Good choice of grandma thoigh. I would love jetfire. Especially later on in life being a fan of anime and learning that his design was based on the macross valkyries

Totally meme worthy 👌👍🏻👍🏻

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Hell Yeah 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🖕🖕🖕you kick ass Dean

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I had few of these back in 1982/1983... marvelous but extremely fragile. As a 4 year old I thought why make it so light and fragile while it cannot fly like a paper plane? They sold them at tobaco/candy/newspaper/magazine stores. Oh yes... the paninni stickers... Euro 1988 and the holographic reflective ones were all the rage. I still remember the smell when opening them.

There is a third group who would want these figures. Customizers. I will be getting a bunch of those to make a bunch of customs. The acolyte sucked but master sol would be a cool character in another show or movie.

So value for the money. One of the best head sculpts but cloud car pilot over Luke jedi 😂 i can't with this channel 🤦

I'm just here for the Tina Turner reference.

Thank you all for watching and I hope you enjoyed my little story of Christmas in 1985. If you did enjoy it, please considering leaving a "like" and subscribing if you haven't already done so. Did you get Optimus Prime in 1985? Please let me know in the comments.

My personal favourite as a kid was the Death Star Gunner

Solid Top 10, and not just the same old figures that are seen on seemingly all top 10 lists. Really enjoyed your reasoning behind each figure and going through this list with you. Also, your display looks absolutely amazing Dean!

Awesome Dean

If the Walrus Man is screen accurate, I think this will be an almost perfect set from Hasbro. I hope they continue on this track.

Wow this is awesome. You’re very lucky sir. My collection is confined to a single XL Billy (IKEA) cabinet only the very best makes the shelf. Would love to have a set up like yours 👍

This line really frustrates me. I still haven't forgiven Target for cancelling my Batgirl preorder, because now you can't even find them at scalpers' prices. Just received the Superman figure, and that cape arrived ruined by cellophane tape from the factory. It's like there's absolutely zero quality control on these figures (Robin's fragile little arms, anyone?) and McFarlane couldn't give a toss.

Admiral Akbar was my absolute fav Literally my best friend 😂😂

My Favs: 0:05 Longlife "Melting Snowman" 0:35 Boots "Days of Christmas" 1:17 Andrex "Puppy and Duck" 2:16 Oi! Scream for Cream 2:58 Fosters Draught "Get home safe" 4:09 WH Smith "More to discover"+Disney classics @Wollworths 6:35 Discover Bejam;s world of frozen food 7:37 Asda "Jingle in your pocket"+Boots "BIG Present" 9:38 Ocean Spray "Turkey joke" 10:35 NOW 86 ft. Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Diana Ross, the Comunauts, Level 42, Pet Shop boys, Queen 11:36 Duracell "Dino toys" 12:37 Woolworth Video "Witches of Eastwick" 15:31 Country Life butter men wish you a Merry Christmas 17:44 Polaroid ft. The Muppets 18:54 Heiniken "Sad Snowman" 19:45 Heiniken "Partridge in a pear tree" 21:58 Quality Street "all the fun of the share"+BBC Videos for Christmas 24:25 Boots "Christmas Card" 26:18 Pizza-Hut "Leftover Turkey" 28:22 Hollywood Nights "Look for the lights"+Branston "Great Brittish Family" 29:46 Woolworths "Spectacular Christmas Show" 32:58 Woolworths "a 1000 ways to say: You Care"

My Favs: 1:59 Carnation's (Santa's Favorite Cocao) 6:55 Happy holidays from Bedrock 7:53 What a time to remember... 9:13 Oreos for Santa 10:12 "Star Wish" McD's 13:52 Xmas on the Disney Channel+Garfield & Claymation Christmas ft. California raisins

Nice Video Dean! A good selection of figures in your top ten...Pilots and At-At Drivers were so cool! Bespin Han and Luke, were my favorites as a kid....I collected all but 2 figures back in the 80s loved all of them! Picked up Paploo and Barada in the late 90s,least favorite are Imperial Dignitary and General Madine. Hope all is good in Thailand!

Lobot was horrible, he would be #1 on my list, I can't believe I willingly bought that guy. Pretty good list, although I disagree on Hammerhead.

Bespin Luke is one of the best, agreed! Nice list. Bib Fortuna too.