5 Forgotten Toys of The 1980s

[@4STPearson]

I'm always blown away by the production value of this channel

[@RetroDaze]

Thanks man. It’s been a great collaboration. Splitting up the duties three ways really helps!

[@gregordawgbin5227]

​@RetroDaze do you remember Battle Beasts and Muscle Men? Some of the first things I collected and they were both amazing. I still have a huge Muscle Men collection that I will keep forever

[@angelafisher5726]

Anyone else remember getting the sears Christmas catolog and having to mark every toy you wanted that year from santa like it was a shopping spree and you were actually going to get them all!

[@RetroDaze]

Absolutely. Only for Santa to disappoint year after year. Why didn’t I get the G.I. Joe aircraft carrier and VHS camcorder I marked Santa? Huh!? Answer the question, tubby.

[@angelafisher5726]

@RetroDaze lmao! I'm still waiting on that baby alive and the tape recorder with duel sides! I had to make my mixed tapes using the RADIO......

[@RetroDaze]

Instead we ended up with real babies (and real poop) and Spotify.

[@angelafisher5726]

@RetroDaze lmao. Yes that is exactly what we did!!!! And than it was our turn to deny the little poop monsters the items on their Amazon lists!

[@RetroDaze]

@@angelafisher5726I think you mean SANTA denied them. We are entirely innocent. 🤨

[@nstooge]

Ok, I’m 62 and still think the toys from the 60’s and early to mid 70’s are the best…

[@RetroDaze]

Very cool. What were some of your favorites growing up?

[@GBHickz]

Dude, Starcom was badass.

[@patrickmartin7692]

Agreed. I loved mine

[@RetroDaze]

Yes! A well-made toy line with a fun cartoon attached. Just couldn’t catch on like some others unfortunately.

[@Toadimuss]

@@RetroDaze It's unfortunate, the cartoon was actually pretty good

[@jayme69]

Boglins were awesome back in the day. Just like having your own Mutant Muppet Show. I don't have any Boglins nowadays but I do have a very cool Gremlins Cable Guys controller holder :-) Great video Jon!

[@RetroDaze]

Now the image of Kermit fighting off a horde of Boglins is swirling around in my head. 😆

[@adamkime5205]

I have a StarCom figure standing on my refrigerator right now!

[@RetroDaze]

Perfect! Such a great, underrated toy line.

[@Toadimuss]

I have one on the metal strip of my window blinds.

[@eddstarr2185]

The 1980s was a toy and cartoon tsunami that's staggering in hindsight. And that's where the, "too much of a good thing", kicks in as kids have to back away from the endless salad bar of product placement toys. I remember Starcom because one Saturday it was there, next Saturday it was gone. The cartoon ended when the toys finally hit the stores. It's a lotta fun seeing all these toys again. Looking forward to the next installment. 👍👍

[@RetroDaze]

Thanks Edd! Yeah, aside from StarCom and a few Wheeled Warriors, these were not in my toy box. There were just too many other products vying for attention.

[@williestyle35]

Same. I was so interested in seeing the show, it was on TV for like one month and never seen around my area again - no reruns, just evaporated. Then the toys came out and disappeared nearly as quickly.

[@glennso47]

The Tonka and Nylint metal toy trucks. They were my favorite toys as a child.

[@RetroDaze]

Loved my Tonka truck collection as well. Great stuff.

[@animewolfOtakuwolf]

I still have a few Starcom toys up in the attic, to be more precise: The Shadowbat, Shadow Vampire, SF/B Starhawk, Battle Crane, the Medbay and the Vehicle Repair pods.

[@RetroDaze]

Nice! The line was actually pretty well done. Just couldn't take off like some of the others at the time.

[@finsta74]

Best show and toys on this list is easily Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors!!!!

[@RetroDaze]

It was definitely a great show and some fun toys.

[@hazelgoodshepherd9315]

I recognized my playset in the thumbnail! They were such awesome toys even if I never saw the cartoon!

[@Toadimuss]

Although very awesome, I personally feel Starcom was the better show.

[@terrywilliamson825]

Years ago, I bought (and still have) Dwork the Bogglin lol. I remember Sucker Man, but never had one of those.

[@RetroDaze]

That’s very cool that you still have your Boglin. Did you happen to buy any of the rerelease versions?

[@terrywilliamson825]

Lol no, I didn't even know about the rerelease versions until I saw your video

[@jettjedi73]

I remember Wheeled Warriors cartoons and toys being cool in the 80s. I remember the Booglins as well.

[@RetroDaze]

@@jettjedi73 Wheeled Warriors had some great vehicles and the often mentioned stacking feature.

[@rustyshackleford4338]

Stompers, matchbox cars, and legos were fun for me. Then one 1980 year, I got a Criss Cross Crash for Christmas. It was awesome!

[@RetroDaze]

That’s a kind of forgotten one!

[@ross2283]

I absolutely loved my Starcom toys and wish I still had them.

[@RetroDaze]

There were some great vehicles in that line.

[@SchardtCinematic]

One of my favorite 80's toys that I don't hear much about anymore are the Stomper 4X4's. I loved those trucks and soft wheels

[@RetroDaze]

Stompers were awesome! Especially if you got some of the terrain and obstacles to go over, or just made some yourself.

[@SchardtCinematic]

@@RetroDaze I used to have one of the playsets and used to go outside and make hills in the dirt to see how much they could handle. I also had the ones that could go on water.

[@RetroDaze]

Then you could also race them. There were always some that were faster. You wanted to make sure they both had fresh batteries though.

[@inkwolf77]

I had several of the StarCom toys and I thought they were awesome! The figures were surprisingly well articulated for their size and the magnets in their feet let you stick them to the refrigerator or the playground jungle gym. I particularly remember playing with the star base that could either fold flat or stand up with three tiers. Also the little black triangle ship that had collapsible wings. While they weren’t as memorable as Star Wars or Transformers, they were still quality toys. Definitely the stand outs of this episode in my opinion.

[@RetroDaze]

They were definitely quality toys. My brother had a few of them, and the shuttle made its way into a homemade movie we filmed once. 😆

[@CJWhite-bg3vl]

Wacky Wall Walkers. Got those in cereal boxes, drove the cats nuts and left oil spots on the wall🤣.

[@RetroDaze]

Ah yes. The infamous "wet" spots got me in trouble a few times. Best to keep them contained to the wood paneling. LOL

[@dewfall56]

I don’t think I ever saw one of those toys, and certainly didn’t own them, and I was a child of the 70’s. I was into TSMDM, Starblazers, electronic toys, legos, Shogun warriors, BB guns, and matchbox cars.

[@RetroDaze]

I still have my Shogun Warriors Godzilla, and then bought another on EBay a few years back that was in better condition.

[@dewfall56]

@@RetroDaze I had great mazinger and a friend had Godzilla as well. So much fun shooting rockets from its hand.

[@JonHuhnMedical]

Star Com had great vehicles! (And lousy figures). It also taught me a valuable lesson on materialism. When I was 12, I got the space station for my birthday. I also got $60, which I used to buy a whole bunch more vehicles all in one shopping spree. When we got home from the toy store, as I was surrounded by opened boxes of Star Com toys, it was devastating how empty I felt inside. In previous years, I'd have to collect my toys just a few at a time because my family wasn't well off, and every single toy was cherished. But when I was able to buy a whole bunch at once on my 12th birthday, they didn't mean nearly as much. Ever since then I felt deeply sorry for wealthy people.

[@RetroDaze]

I’m guessing not all folks felt the same way when they could finally afford those prized items. But it does make sense to have that feeling. For me, the emptiness wasn’t in owning the toys, but in not having anyone to play with you using them. If a friend wasn’t over, they mostly sat unused.

[@JonHuhnMedical]

@@RetroDaze That is an interesting insight (and sad... Sorry to hear about the loneliness). I was the opposite... If other kids were involved, it messed up the flow of my creative concentration, ha ha!

[@RetroDaze]

Ha! Yeah there were always those kids that played in ways unlike you.

[@revanamarie7210]

I remember garbage pail kids .. those cards were hilarious

[@RetroDaze]

Some of them are worth quite a bit of money now!

[@perfectsplit5515]

I used to skirt-chase a pretty cheerleader named Robin (who didn’t like me). Then I got the Garbage Pail Kid card - Basking Robin.😅😅😅. She criticized me for how immature it was.

[@shibumi8]

Out of all of these the only one I’ve never heard of was Sucker-man. I’ve seen or heard about everything else with Wheeled Warriors and Ring Riders being the two I came closest to seeing in stores. Though if I remember correctly Wheeled Warriors was just a mini pamphlet I encountered at a friend’s party.

[@Revivethefallen]

I loved my Boglins! I tried to keep one for years and it just melted away. Great video!

[@RetroDaze]

Thank you! Yeah, unfortunately the materials did not hold up well over the years.

[@tyneishalewis9917]

Just discovered your channel today. It's awesome, keep up the great work!

[@RetroDaze]

Thank you! Very glad you found us and are enjoying the videos. We greatly appreciate it!

[@Bizguy1217]

Clackers. I earned notoriety for how long I could keep them going in my neighborhood. If you recall, two Superball-sized balls on each end of a string with a tab in the center, which you held in your thumb and forefinger and began hitting the two balls together until you could make them meet again overhead. It was a simple concept. Just made a loud clacking noise. I loved ‘em.

[@RetroDaze]

Long before there were fidget spinners, there were clackers! 😆 Though fidget spinners can’t really double as a weapon like clackers could.

[@autofox1744]

Here's the thing about the Wheeled Warriors: the toys actually predate the cartoon. There was an entire set of lore and characters made for the toys, but when it came time to make the animated tie-in almost all of it was thrown out, resulting in a whole new set of characters and story with only a few of the vehicles in common.

[@RetroDaze]

Much like Masters of the Universe. Ditching the mini-comic lore for the Filmation version of events.

[@ctbinary42]

I had a few StarCom things and I loved the Wheeled Warriors cartoon. I had no taste back in the day 😂

[@RetroDaze]

I had some Wheeled Warriors and my brother had some StarCom stuff, so apparently there were quite a few of us out there lacking taste. 😆

[@twitchster77]

I'm just there for the free cake and ice cream TBH.

[@RetroDaze]

😆 You’re the butthead!

[@kriscole8648]

That was pretty much every kid back then 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@patrickaker4380]

I remember, had, and loved all of these. I have said growing up in the 80s, was the opposite of growing up in the Depression. We were spoiled to a level when 30 plus years later we knew it would never get better.

[@RetroDaze]

You’re not wrong. Sometimes it felt like everything everywhere revolved around us!

[@tkskagen]

My favorite toys from the 1984-1989 era were LEGO, Tinker Toys, ERECTOR SETS, and Micro Machine vehicles!

[@RetroDaze]

3 building toy lines and a line of vehicles to use on them. 😆

[@Dfunk1210]

I loved Starcom toys

[@RetroDaze]

@@Dfunk1210 There was a great deal to love about them!

[@johnboats9075]

I would give a lot to visit 80s toy stores again

[@RetroDaze]

Absolutely! The only problem would be trying to figure out how to transport all the toys to bring back. 😆

[@DonWinslow-cn7zx]

I had a Sucker-Man toy. I flung that thing around all day when I first got it, until my mom got tired of me ripping it off the dining room window. Eventually, it lost the ability to stick.

[@RetroDaze]

Oops. 😆 It didn’t take much to make them lose stickiness. One or two drops on the carpet. Doh!

[@DonWinslow-cn7zx]

@@RetroDaze Yeah, I remember mine started to lose its stickiness from cat hair. 😂

[@TerranceChilds-ui8nh]

I was one of those kids who would show up at a birthday party just for the free food

[@RetroDaze]

It was you! You’re the culprit! Time for a game of “Smear The…“ uh… “Smear The Kid Who Came To Eat Cake”.

[@556guy4]

I did have Jase and the wheeled warriors. I had his vehicle and one other. Wish I still had them. The 80s were great.

[@RetroDaze]

Yes they were. I had a few Wheeled Warriors myself.

[@alw1217]

I do remember most of them, and happen to still own my original bogglin. Nice list.

[@RetroDaze]

That’s awesome! Unfortunately I’ve had to basically recollect most of the interesting toys I had as a kid. With a few exceptions… I am grateful I kept my Shogun Godzilla and a handful of other items.

[@nicholasbullock1709]

Watched Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors and StarCom. Had a lot of StarCom toys and still have most of them. Also remember Boglins quite well.

[@RetroDaze]

That’s awesome that you still have a bunch of your StarCom stuff. Such a great toy line, despite it being short-lived.

[@donaanjon]

I was born in 65, my son in 85. I never seen any of these.

[@RetroDaze]

They had varying degrees of success, but they were all overshadowed by much more popular toy lines. So it isn’t unusual for these to have flown under the radar of both you and your son. I appreciate you watching!

[@kimhawxhurst2707]

Lol that's why they're on here

[@RetroDaze]

@@kimhawxhurst2707Indeed.

[@andrewthielmann5342]

StarCom to this day remains one of my absolute favorite toy lines. I still have one of the little loader vehicles on my nostalgia shelf.

[@RetroDaze]

It is funny how some toy lines that didn't resonate with the majority of kids, hold such a special place in the hearts of those for whom they did. I personally thought Starriors was a cool line, but it failed pretty hard and fast.

[@andrewthielmann5342]

@@RetroDaze I think you nailed it, there was just an over saturation of so many toys that were amazing. 80s really was a toy renaissance and the fact that so many lines are still around today or are remembered so fondly today proves it. Happy I grew up in such an era for sure. My bank account isn't, lol.

[@RetroDaze]

@@andrewthielmann5342 😆😆Yeah, neither is my bank account. But when I walk into the old "retro cave", my eyes and my heart sure are.

[@andrewthielmann5342]

@@RetroDaze Totes. *Fist bump*

[@SPac316]

I remember Wheeled Warriors. I had a couple of the vehicle toys. Decent show to. Too bad it could not have lasted longer.

[@RetroDaze]

Agreed. Wish it had caught on.

[@chestercopperpot8647]

Thank you I just had a full on flashback and my mind just flooded with forgot toys I had or wanted. Penny Racers Key Cars Stomper trucks Madballs And Spinjas!!!

[@RetroDaze]

I loved my Stompers collection. I had a nice set of track that I could run them on to see which one could finish without crashing or running off course.

[@adrielburned6924]

I used to have a battery powered toy called a "whacky walker". It came with different legs to put on it. Also an air powered "moon jumper" i think. I have never found any pics of them. I was born in 1980.

[@RetroDaze]

Hmm. I don’t recall those. They sound interesting though.

[@adrielburned6924]

@@RetroDaze thanks for replying! The air powered one looked like a spider kinda. It had a main body that was black and a big bulb. It got air pumped in to power the toy. I hope to see one some day on your channel. You're my only hope. 💚

[@RetroDaze]

Oh no! That’s a lot of pressure! 😆 But we’ll keep an eye out for something fitting that description.

[@adrielburned6924]

@@RetroDaze I subbed, so I will watch for it in a video.....? Lol maybe? God Bless you. Thank you for making my week!

[@RetroDaze]

Our pleasure!

[@joypadretro2797]

StarCom was awesome, it felt so 'Mature'. I saw it in 1990 when in was aired on 'Veronica' in The Netherlands and our toy stores were flooded with awesome spaceships. I distinctly remember buying a Col. Paul "Crowbar" Corbin action figure while on Spring holiday in the south-west of The Netherlands. Good times.

[@RetroDaze]

We’re kind of jealous that StarCom was far more successful in parts of Europe unlike here in the states. It was so underrated here.

[@terrencem223]

80's kid here (born in '76), my favorite thing was Masters of the Universe. I would watch the cartoon religiously and had most of the action figures.

[@RetroDaze]

Mine as well (Producer Tony)! I was a MOTU super fan. We cover it in our “Toys That Defined The ‘80s” video.

[@leeh6317]

Wheeled warriors was a rare instance where the toy came out before the cartoon. That is why they were not packaged with the main characters from the cartoon.

[@RetroDaze]

Unfortunately it hurt the brand pretty badly.

[@katmacoconnor]

Yaaaaay, Jon! Kudos to all involved in the video production. 😁 I don’t recall, and didn’t have, any of these toys. Favorite one, though: Suckerman! 😹

[@RetroDaze]

Ha! Yeah, Suckerman seems to have some appeal regardless of gender. We’ll make sure Jon doesn’t get TOO big for his britches now that he’s a multi-channel celebrity. 😁

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@RetroDaze Ha!

[@katmacoconnor]

@@RetroDaze 😆😉

[@2006gtobob]

Wow, I don't recall any of these toys. I guess there wasn't anything to forget.

[@RetroDaze]

Aside from Boglins, they were mostly drowned out by all the competition.

[@MATTY110981]

I had a load of Starcom toys bought for me when I was six for Christmas. They were brilliant and it was a shame that they got lost in the shuffle

[@RetroDaze]

Absolutely agree. We just had so much great stuff to choose from, it was easy for toy lines to struggle to get a foothold.

[@matthewbailey2166]

I still have a boglin, the orange jackolantern one. And I watched the wheeled warriors with dedication. It was amazing how many star wars parallels the show used.

[@RetroDaze]

Huh. We never made that connection. But, now that you’ve mentioned it, it’s definitely there.

[@barstowwalker1598]

I still have starcom toys and the moon base in my basement

[@bothanjedirogue]

Jayce and the wheeled warriors was amazing.

[@RetroDaze]

Yes they were!

[@Whosfatandhappy]

I loved Wheeled Warriors!

[@RetroDaze]

Such a great toy line!

[@Whosfatandhappy]

@RetroDaze show wasn't to bad and the theme song rocked

[@torquetheprisoner]

​@@Whosfatandhappyi got up at 6 am to wach jace and the wheeled warriors

[@Whosfatandhappy]

@@torquetheprisoner awesome

[@BradBowmannewspoliticsbourbon]

I totally forgot about Sucker Man! Nice hosting Jon!

[@RetroDaze]

Thanks for check out the video! Always happy to make a forgotten memory surface again.

[@johnrossi6212]

I am so disappointed in myself. I don’t remember any of these 🙈

[@RetroDaze]

Well, the likelihood that any of us had much exposure to these is pretty minimal. Some didn't last very long, or did better overseas. Plus the market was just so full of choices. So don't feel to disappointed.😉

[@johnrossi6212]

@@RetroDaze I’m sure I saw commercials for them, but just don’t remember. And I was old enough. Born in ‘73.

[@RetroDaze]

@@johnrossi6212’74 here. Most of these I knew only because other kids in my circle of friends had some.

[@johnrossi6212]

@@RetroDaze love your videos. Great seeing old memories and stuff like this that I don’t remember at all.

[@RetroDaze]

Agreed! I wish there were more channels out there doing it. Some good ones are Recollection Road and Rhetty for History.

[@JM-fb4kz]

My brother and I had three of the starcom toys! They were awesome

[@RetroDaze]

They were honestly pretty decent toys. Well made with good play features.

[@darkwarrior5560]

Starcomm. Loved those

[@RetroDaze]

StarCom was such a great line. Sucks that it didn’t catch on better.

[@gregrogers6886]

I remember all of them probably because I started work for a toy think tank in 1980, my first job out of college. Eight of us worked on toy concepts. On our first day, our boss took us to Toys-r-Us and he took a Suckerman out of the package and threw up onto a skylight yelling "SUCKERMAN!' The boss also said that Suckerman would stay up there until sometime in the middle of the night when it would fall and set off the store alarms. What a guy.

[@RetroDaze]

😂😂 That sounds like an excellent place to work! Designing toy concepts for a boss with a good sense of humor. Nice.

[@gregrogers6886]

@@RetroDaze It was a lot of fun, but it was also a lot of pressure. Toys are a fashion industry, needing to get to market quickly. I spent two years there, two years at Kidco, and under two years at Hasbro, increasing my salary substantially.

[@RetroDaze]

@@gregrogers6886That’s very cool. But I can see how the pressure to be on top of the latest trends and IP could be exhausting.

[@cnowakwittmann]

Girl household so I only recognized baby alive. And boy do I remember her!

[@RetroDaze]

You might enjoy the Christmas “Holy Grail” Presents video… a couple good girl toys in that one. 👍🏻

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors was an awesome cartoon.

[@RetroDaze]

There was just so much competition back then. Made it really hard for even good cartoons to stand out from the crowd.

[@bicyclelife7088]

I still remember the unusual smell of Mangelors.

[@RetroDaze]

It was… different. That’s for sure. 😆

[@game-OJACK]

not as bad as STINKOR though.

[@ryansmurda1552]

You have a fantastic channel! I love reminiscing about things from my childhood. I didn't remember any of these toys except for bogglins. My toy life in the 80s revolved around garbage pail kids, micro machines, and of course nintendo.

[@RetroDaze]

Then it was a stellar toy life indeed! All three of those are ‘80s kid staples. And thank you for the kind words. It means a lot!

[@TheBlindDyslexic]

I have the Only figure Park Bros put out. Rom Spaceknight. Sadly the box is no longer about. Somewhere I don't know where, is Tobor. Forget if I still have its controller though.

[@RetroDaze]

Rom has come up in quite a few “forgotten” videos here on KZbin. Even heard rumors of a possible comeback of some type.

[@TheBlindDyslexic]

@RetroDaze There's been talk of a big screen movie. If IDW didnt have the rights, he Could have appeared in the first Guardians movie.

[@RetroDaze]

That would have made for a cool cameo.

[@MOTU_CTR]

Great list! I remember Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors from an insert in the He-Man magazine. I don't recall ever seeing the cartoon, but a buddy of mine had some of the toys. I think they ended up being cannon fodder in his G.I. Joe wars. Fun memories.

[@RetroDaze]

Ha! Yeah I had a few myself, and they typically ended up being incorporated into stories of other toy lines I played with. My main toy line was indeed MOTU, but they didn’t work well in that line.

[@MOTU_CTR]

@@RetroDaze True, they weren't sized for MOTU. My younger brother had Power Lords (also a forgotten toy line), and we ended up incorporating those in our MOTU battles.

[@RetroDaze]

I had one or two of the Warlord figures that I mixed in with MOTU now and then.

[@martinjrgensen8234]

I adored Starcom. It was so cool

[@RetroDaze]

@@martinjrgensen8234 It definitely had the potential to be huge. Just didn’t work out.

[@jeremiehanks5333]

This is great. Trip to childhood

[@RetroDaze]

Very glad it got those nostalgia juices flowing! There is more where that came from.

[@jerrybriggs3233]

GI Joe was number one ☝️ .

[@RetroDaze]

It was a great toy line! But, definitely NOT forgotten.

[@Benjamillion]

Suckerman would've been right up my alley with its weirdness 😂great video as always, Vapor!

[@RetroDaze]

Thanks Ben! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@wizard3z868]

Born in the late 70's and none of the 5 toys or cartoons I remember 😢 bogglibooglins I remember along with the madballs and the mini muscle men

[@RetroDaze]

Chalk it up to the over saturation of good quality cartoons and toys. There was just too much competition, and it was so easy for these to slip through the cracks and never show up on our radars.

[@ShadeofJeremy]

Manglors, knew of them but never had any. Suckerman, don't remember even knowing of him at the time. Wheeled Warriors, didn't have the toys or watch the show, but I did have some books which I still have. Ring Raiders, still have a few and I enjoyed the cartoon. And then there's Starcom. This remains one of my favorite toy lines and shows of the 80's. I still have all of my toys, my VHS tapes of the show, the complete series on DVD and the coloring book as well as a few pieces from the official fan club. Great video I'm glad I subcribed and I look forward to more.

[@RetroDaze]

Very nice StarCom collection! My brother had a few StarCom pieces, including the large shuttle. I remember we tied a string to it and filmed it against a black sheet with white dots (as stars) to give the impression of space flight to a crappy home movie we were making. 😆

[@ShadeofJeremy]

Very cool. If I'd had a camera I'd had enjoyed trying to do that myself. That shuttle, the Starmax Bomber was one of my favorites.

[@RetroDaze]

Starmax Bomber… that just sounds cool.

[@ShadeofJeremy]

Yes, the vehicles had some cool names.

[@Lord_Clayton420]

Facts...StarCom toys are going for a fortune now

[@RetroDaze]

That’s for sure. Check out some of the factory sealed item prices!

[@BlandoGaming]

I still have Wheeled Warriors and StarCom toys boxed up. I loved them! The Starcom ones especially were awesome. I remember the Ring Riaders and Boglins as well. The other 2 not so much.

[@RetroDaze]

All were pretty good in different ways… well, not Manglors. 😆

[@annwall6042]

My kids are grown n. Up now I still have there toys from from the 80 ,

[@RetroDaze]

I would say that if they aren’t looking to keep them, and you need the space/cash, you could probably get some good money from them.

[@JukeBoxDestroyer]

i had the first 2 and remember the boglins commercial, cause they reminded me of the movie 'Ghoulies'

[@RetroDaze]

Ahh Ghoulies. That could probably fit nicely on a “forgotten” list itself. 😆

[@italjahcorntrashroller]

Oh star commm, thats a rich kid toy line.

[@RetroDaze]

Ha! There were a few inexpensive items, but not a lot.

[@metaphyzxx]

My friend that had the StarCom toys also had the full Wheeled Warriors collection, and had the power glove

[@r.shanethompson7933]

​@@metaphyzxxgot the power glove that first xmas it came out. What a disappointment. Also got a Manglors years before that, Kmart actually gave us a refund when my mom returned the plastic egg full of dismembered limbs.

[@ButterSpider3]

The only one if these that I remember are the Boglins. But, I never had any.

[@RetroDaze]

I myself (Tony G) only had some Wheeled Warriors. But knew some kids that had StarCom (my brother) and Boglins. Prior to this video, I had never heard of Ring Raiders.

[@ThomasConnolly]

You forgot about the 1980s toy line called Super Naturals👍 They were figures with built in holograms😁

[@RetroDaze]

@@ThomasConnolly Oh yes, we definitely remember them.

[@whiterabbit75]

Starcom looks really well animated.

[@RetroDaze]

It was a good show, and the toys were great. Just didn’t catch on.

[@LastBastian]

Had a glow in the dark Sucker Man! ...learned the hard way that sticking him directly to a 100W lightbulb and walking away was a bad idea... !

[@RetroDaze]

Yikes! Poor Suckerman! We cover a similar incident in our Cereal Prizes video. 😆

[@davidlawson8227]

I remember Mangalore. I was skeptical about it, even as a kid.

[@RetroDaze]

Yeah, kids sometimes have good BS detection, and Manglors were definitely setting off alarms.

[@freakjob0]

I remember all of these except for Suckerman and Starcom.

[@RetroDaze]

Yeah, prior to this video I didn’t recall anything about Suckerman either.

[@wertz987]

I'm 1967 Gen X, I was a teen in the 80s and don't remember any of those except baby alive existed.

[@RetroDaze]

Given the sheer amount of variety available in the ‘80s, it’s not surprising. So many toy lines, some that were even quite good, got lost in the sea of competition.

[@tolfan4438]

She was almost a good idea

[@user-pz1pc8wi1z]

Starcom was ahead of it's time.

[@RetroDaze]

@@user-pz1pc8wi1z We can get on board with that. Elements of it were outside-the-box for sure.

[@mistybollinger3312]

I can still hear the kid saying "Deek" at the end of the show!! 😊😊

[@RetroDaze]

😆 Yeah, right. It’s like it’s permanently ingrained in our minds.

[@JehovahJava777]

I was born in ‘81 and I remember being very young and watching Dino Riders on t.v. I also loved the toys . I don’t think it was ever popular and I’ve yet to meet someone my age that ever played with Dino Riders

[@RetroDaze]

Dino Riders was a GREAT toy line. Very cool.

[@jasonwalter2924]

I had a couple of the Wheeled Warriors vehicles! They were actually pretty cool. You could completely customize and even "Stack n' Attack!" Multiple vehicles.

[@RetroDaze]

So much potential. Too bad, really. They should have lasted far longer on the market.

[@chadwalters8569]

I had the red sucker man

[@rbharms1]

My brother and I had the complete Jayce and Wheeled Warriors set but I was always confused why it didn't come with Jayce.

[@RetroDaze]

Yeah. That probably didn’t help the line… not connecting it to the cartoon very well.

[@ModernBarbarian187]

I remember saying that as a kid. I made no sense that there weren't characters.

[@lgsewolf]

Wondering why Starcom wasn't rebooted at some point ? Own all the sets of the first wave, my daugther plays with them still today. But hell it's fragile : Some of these rewind motors just don't work anymore and some plastic ends can easily break... and not talking about the small visors getting lost 😅. But the modularity : transporting small cubes transforming into base or vehicule is just awesome.

[@RetroDaze]

There were a lot of fun features in the line. Too bad it didn’t stick around longer.

[@italjahcorntrashroller]

Bringback wjeeled warriors, i had 2, but i lovd them, didnt know what they where back then.

[@RetroDaze]

They were hard to get into since the cartoon didn’t really tie into the toy line as well as others did.

[@joelwillems4081]

Didn't even know there was a cartoon for them. Parents got us some, probably on mark down. Then someone got me a second of the same one. It was the saw blade one, which I thought was neat so okay. I think the wheels and some parts were interchangeable on different vehicles.

[@derrickorman712]

Never saw any of those toys anywhere.

[@RetroDaze]

@@derrickorman712 in all likelihood they were in less obvious sections of the toy shelves. Retailers loved to keep the big sellers front and center. Everything else was on the periphery.

[@scrutch666]

Starcom design still holds up. It actually still looks like it was designed today

[@RetroDaze]

It definitely doesn’t date itself like some other toy lines of the time.

[@dragonshadow1902]

I clicked on this video because I recognized Jayce and the wheeled warriors.

[@RetroDaze]

Such a great line. Too bad it just didn’t catch on.

[@khjr14]

I got the Starcom bomber, the single-seat fighter and an Air Warriors fighter for my 11th birthday in 1987, which I spent completely alone, with said toys, because we had moved away to New Hampshire for a year and I didn’t want a party. Good memories. :-)

[@RetroDaze]

Well, at least you received some great gifts!

[@maikeru_riddle]

I had a few of the Wheeled Warriors and StarCom vehicles but I don't remember the cartoons they were based on, I just thought they looked cool when I saw them in the toy aisles at Kmart of Toys'R'Us. Still wish I had them today! 😎👍

[@RetroDaze]

Some of the vehicles and play sets would be nice to own today! Especially sealed in box, or even just complete. The quality of both lines was actually pretty high.

[@mohawkgorilla6216]

Great video brother! Keep them coming! I love this kind of content! Stay Retro! 😃

[@RetroDaze]

More to come!

[@zephyrsonzephyrson8618]

Good title! ...I don't remember ANY of those! 😉👌

[@RetroDaze]

Ha! Mission accomplished then.

[@zephyrsonzephyrson8618]

@@RetroDaze Totally!

[@mrf19741]

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to find the Starcom series on DVD for $2.97 at FYE.

[@RetroDaze]

Wow! That is a bargain. It’s a well produced show. DIC always did a great job on their animated shows.

[@mrf19741]

@@RetroDaze The show is very well animated, but it just didn't have enough action scenes for me. Namely, space combat.

[@RetroDaze]

Star Wars it was not. 😆 But at least looked great.

[@jamesheina6952]

On my 7th birthday (1985) i got a yellow radioshack dash 4x4 moster truck which works still and is emaculate now i chase my 5 year old son with it. I burn through 4 C batteries and carry a spare set when we go to the park its a eye catcher sometimes not as fast or fancy. But she still has it! I remember also a article in popular science where they had instructions for adapting the truck into the automated robot from "Flight of the Navigator"

[@RetroDaze]

That’s awesome! Especially with it still working and being a part of your son’s childhood. Love that so much.

[@jdefabs2112]

Alway wondered what toy was " stretch them, pull them apart, put back together " I remember the commercials but don't think I ever actually saw one 😄

[@RetroDaze]

😆 Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

[@jdefabs2112]

@@RetroDaze "GI Joee 🎶" 🤣🤣

[@draperdj]

The world wants to know who else is on the T-shirt. We can see Inspector Gadget, Lion-O and Slimer.

[@RetroDaze]

I will make the talent exit his trailer long enough to give us the scoop on the rest of the cartoon icons. 😉

[@mastervision5902]

@@RetroDaze Apparently the talent never left his trailer...

[@Hurricanelive]

That Joe aisle looks so good. Even got a little taste of Cops N crooks there by a nice MASK section. I can just picture myself picking out a Cobra Wolf and Pogo or a Stiletto and Destro. Looks like a strong 87/88 line up. Great years to be a kid.

[@RetroDaze]

How amazing would it be to travel back in time there and just load up carts full of those things! 😆