Banned Toys! Transformers, Voltron, GI Joe, Alien, Battlestar Galactica Toys - Toy History #11

In this weeks Toy History we take a look at a couple Banned and Recalled toys of the 70's to the 90's. Be sure to check out the previous instalments of the series...
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[@Football__Junkie]

I love how the alien toy was too nightmarish and scary to play with. Sounds like a win for the toy designers to me.

[@talkingxeno716]

Yeah... We're pretty winnerific! Haha!!

[@fireentertainment5]

69 likes

[@Merylstreep1949]

Boycotted toys= FUTURE EBAY COLLECTIBLES

[@toxicbananas3219]

You forgot to mention that Matchbox Toys made similar Peewee Herman dolls at the same time as the Freddy Krueger dolls. Because of this, there were a couple Peewee dolls that had the Freddy voice box due to a mistake at the factory. As a result, there were PeeWee Herman dolls that said things like "I'm gonna' cut you in two!"

[@carlosrobertozambranobarba123]

Lol

[@PercivalThe23]

i thought it's exactly the opposite!?

[@JogVodka]

@@PercivalThe23 now i cant stop thinking about freddy kruger saying shit like "I know you are but what am I"

[@gabrielgaster3992]

@@JogVodka Like thats out of character for him?

[@darkforestzombie218]

Lol

[@charlesdavis4887]

Replicas of Freddy's glove with rubber blades were also made for kids. Saw them at K-B Toys back in the day.

[@davindamico1759]

Started as a halloween costume, but then we would just use them like in (play) War. That was the real first person shooter experience, sneaking up and meleeing with KREUGER CLAW

[@potatoweaver4116]

I guess 80s parents didn't realize they could just not buy a Freddy toy.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed 🤓

[@kingbaby8761]

Me and my brother had one. It would by in a different place in the house every morning when we woke up. We buried it lol.

[@jeffreystein9871]

Daltanious was never actually used in Voltron. I think the story goes that they intended to use him, but they used Golion instead. Also, my dad found Megatron in my dresser in gun mode and freaked out for a moment until he realized it was just Megatron... Lesson learned: store your Megatron in robot mode!

[@snukastyle]

Yeah, the production company wanted Daltonious, but asked for "the one with the lion" and we got GoLion instead.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤠 awesome i didn’t know that!

[@DenverStarkey]

@Cmndr Roy Fokker a couple years ago they made a new gun toy megatron , his robot form looks almost spot on to the cartoon , but well his gun mode a little less so ,. that said his robot form doesn't have said odd bit down below. it always bugged me that the original megatron toy (which i did own ) looked nothing like his show counter part when in robot form. he looked so damn odd (big head , stubby arms big trigger section between his legs , proportions totally off from the cartoon megatron.

[@DenverStarkey]

@Cmndr Roy Fokker not completely true ,. i lived it man , betwen me , my brother, and my cousin (he was like a third brother to us) we had nearly every transformer released from 84-88 even some of the hard to get mail in ones. while yes the toys did come first , quite a few of them did look like their tv show characters. Optimus prime , soundwave , bummble bee , grimlock, (every other dino bot) , shockwave, Star scream (mostly) just to name a few that did look very much like their show counter parts. then there were the ones that didn't megatron, ratchet, Iron hide, . but in general the ones that "looked nothing like" were much fewer than the ones that at least resembled the toons as much as possible.

[@jaustill237]

Daltanious actually WAS used as Voltron. Before airing the series across the nation, it was initially screened in California. They dubbed the first 4 episodes of Golion, Dairugger, and Daltanious and aired them as Voltron: Defender of the Universe. Then, they based which Voltron would air first on the response they got (popularity). While neither Albegas nor Daltanious got full release as a Voltron series, they were both at one time or another planned to be used, prior to the poor reception of the Dairugger XV based second season.

[@snesdude7]

Some of those Freddy Krueger dolls actually had a PeeWee voice box in them by mistake.

[@kevinconleysage2659]

I always heard about that but never thought it was true

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That would be funny 🤣 Mom you got me the wrong Doll!

[@autobotstarscream765]

Freddy goes even further beyond to become even scarier! 😂

[@thomasplouffe1363]

Yea I’ve seen those, especially when pewee Herman was talking like Freddy

[@ken.f.c.1977]

Welcome to primetime PeeWee

[@JinxSanity]

I guess parents got pretty chill later on since Aliens, Robocop, Predator, Demolition Man, Rambo and Terminator all got toys. It really was a golden age which I noticed it ended at the turn of the millennium once the rating was taken more seriously (I remember my JP 3 toys having a disclaimer for the movie's rating) and also the arrival of collector lines.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah every blockbuster action scifi got their own toys then 🤓

[@dkres82]

By the the end of the 80s kids were dressing up as Freddy Krueger, playing with some Xenomorphs was definitely fine lol.

[@RemyJackson]

Rambo and Robocop managed to sidestep the "Based on an R rated movie" stigma by actually releasing toys based on a cartoon targeted toward kids, rather than the movie itself. However I'm sure there was some backlash over the fact they made cartoons based on those movies in the first place.

[@xenofett7008]

I got the Kenner ALIEN figure for Christmas in 1979. It was #1 on my list to Santa. The next day my Mom took it back to the store because I got scared of it at bedtime. 10 years later I managed to reacquire one from a scfi collectable dealer for a reasonable price.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Cool to hear you got one 🤓

[@xenofett7008]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Wasn't easy tracking one down near mint in box. This was way before eBay so it took the collectables dealer about 6 months until he found one. I had to mow a lot of lawns and forfeit half my Christmas presents to pay back my Mother, but it was worth it.

[@jasongriffin1517]

I got one of those talking Freddy dolls for Christmas. I kept it forever, but it got lost in a move somewhere. I had no idea it was so rare.

[@oxleymations]

I've actually got one of those original Freddy Krueger dolls, i picked him up at a flea market for lime $25, he still works but his voice is a little high pitched, i put him out with my halloween decorations every year.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤠

[@darkforestzombie218]

I have one too. If you hold the string when it js going back in then it will slow the voice down and make it sound right.

[@oxleymations]

@@darkforestzombie218 This is true, and you can do the same thing with any Peewee Herman, Ed Grimly, Ernest P Worrel, and Beetlejuice talking dolls that have developed this issue.

[@darkforestzombie218]

@@oxleymations they all work on the same mechanism.

[@theflyingninja1]

One of the most important 4 year olds who ever lived. He changed the world in a way. RIP

[@joeriveracomedy]

Time tunnel in San Jose, Ca had that freddy & specializes in vintage horror toys

[@Carlos_Balli]

The boycott of the Freddy Doll was probably started by the mom from Detroit Rock City Movie...

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤣 indeed

[@autobotjazz1972]

G1 Megatron was not so much recalled as it was discontinued and kept off toy shelves to the sadly necessary toy gun safety laws. Al;so hasbro decided to drop a lot of the older characters/toys to make room for new stuff based on the new characters introduced in the 1986 Animated Transformers movie. Hence a lot of characters were killed off early in the film including Optimus Prime. Megatron sort of survived as he was reformatted into Galvatron, who's toy was inline with the new laws.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Discontinued indeed due to them laws 🤠 Galvatron i still want that G1 toy!

[@aaronstepien2363]

Ed's Retro Geek Out get a real Walther instead, oh wait, you live in Europe...

[@GermsOilCotten]

It always upsets me when people try to ban a toy, video game, or show/movie because a kid got hurt like its the toy/game/movies fault. I know its a wild out there idea but how about us parents just oh i dont know actually pay attention and watch what our kids are doing? Lol

[@SkottiKimble]

When I was a kid, my neighbor had the 18" Alien figure. I wanted one so badly.

[@EllisD01]

There was a WWF figure in the 90’s that “concerned parents” tried to get pulled from store shelves. In the wrestling world, Al Snow carried around and talked to a mannequin head. His action figure came with the mannequin head, but the “concerned parents” claimed the figure came with a woman’s disembodied head.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yikes 😅

[@anthonyxavier6300]

I wonder what those parents are thinking looking at all the horror related toys today.

[@Cyril29a]

Alien is a movie where no one bothers to listen to the smart woman, and because they don't everyone dies except the smart woman and her cat.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed😸 best movie ever!

[@xenofett7008]

The Kenner ALIEN is one of the coolest toys ever. It only crime was being ahead of it's time.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

Instead of marketing the product for little kids they should marketed it towards nerds who collect figures. That way they would've avoided the parents

[@ShinnsDestiny]

The Hotwheels Hotbirds of the early 70's were recalled due to their noses damaging the drywall in walls due to the nature of the toy to be strung up and "flown" along a string attached by a metal clip.

[@TXVGCollector82]

Keep these up! Great series man!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🤓

[@VcoLabs]

Regarding the talking Freddy- in high school I worked for an arts & crafts store similar to Michaels named Zaks. They must’ve purchased the entire recalled lot of those dolls because they had literally hundreds of them in stores in their ‘bargain bin’ section up front. They sold them for $5.00 each. I even had to do an announcement over the store’s PA in order to push them because nobody was buying them. And no I didn’t buy any unfortunately. :(

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

😁should have stocked up then!

[@skindemon4458]

fun fact with freddy is that he came out the same time with a peewee herman doll.... and there are dolls out there where they put in the wrong voicebox....freddy with peewee voice and peewee with freddy's voice

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤣 that would have been funny

[@blackcat-dh8gq]

I love the archival footage you use. As a kid I had all the Voltron Lions and even the castle and all the figures. Probably sold it at a garage sale for quick cash. "To promote this toy would be tragic!"

[@wiibrockster]

The worst nightmare of any toy company: Over concerned parents and over sensitive religious groups!

[@mistergio3683]

I understand the parents safety and concern for their child and religious people being i don't know...also concerned but come on let us kids have fun for once.

[@mikepalmer392]

@@mistergio3683 I think its hilarious that religious groups say dont judge thy nabior yet there the most judgemental people of all lol pluss there were alot of overly sensitive concerned parents that hated everything that looked scary and was too small to play with hell I'm an 80's person who got alot of Lego sets those are very dangerous due to their very small pieces I though had the common sense to NOT put the pieces in my mouth but hey were kids parents needed to watch their kids closer when they was playing with toys that used small pieces and shot out missiles lol the good old days

[@nocreativename]

They haunt normal society daily 😂😂

[@rexremedy1733]

I don’t get it. I am a Christian. If I don’t like a toy, either for me, or my children, I don’t buy it. Better still explain to the child why certain toys are bad before buying it and trying to find something better together. Just because I believe a certain toy isn’t good for my children, doesn’t mean I can or should prevent others from getting it. But that’s an alien concept in this collectivised society. Individual choice...

[@dalea1691]

All the good toy's got recalled because of a few dumb kids. My Aunt bought me that Alien toy when I was 16. I was stunned but still grateful for the gift. I just put it on a shelf with all my models I've built.

[@MidKnighToker]

The GI Joe isle @ toys R us is legendary. man the memories. loved them back then when i was 10, still love em at 38

[@colt5189]

I've got that mini Voltron with the lead paint brand new in the box. I also got his sword and shield new on the bubble card. The one I had back in the day got all rusted because I'd play with it in the bathtub.

[@stevenimeson902]

wow i just found a cylon raider at the flea market! heres a story for ya i was in a grunge band playing bass and during one of our gigs i brought my freddy doll and had him on stage , i even held him up to the mic and pulled his string so he could "talk to our audience" :)

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s awesome 🤣 I used to pop my gameboy speaker to my guitarpickupband have the tmnt 2 gameboy intro theme play to start a show 🤣🤣

[@stevenimeson902]

Lol that's classic brother!!

[@kevinconleysage2659]

Those Max Fx figures looked awesome

[@0takudad]

Makes me wonder why most toy accidents happen only in the USA. We got to enjoy the toys as it was supposed to be. With spring loaded missiles and stuff and still do get toys like those and my kids never had any problems.

[@Tayfrog]

Spencer gifts re-released a collectors version of the doll in the late 90s early 2000s. I ended up getting one. It still works and my kid always wants to play with him. I'm a little weirded out by that. I won't let him watch the movie at all.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Cool i didnt know about the rerelease 🤓

[@faiththeunknownbeing8126]

Lol. I loved playing with the Halloween decor that looked like demons

[@shawnshedivy4500]

The Orange cap started After G1 Megatron and he was discontinued after the second wave and replaced with Galvatron. He was not recalled and there was even a Mail Away release in 86. I saw the Retail one in stores as late as 1988 in mom and pop toy stores.

[@dennissmith5807]

Still have my Kenner Alien in his box. Paid $20 for him in JCP.

[@MarvelX42]

Polly Pockets: the magnets were glued on loosely, came off and were a choking hazard. The Tramp action figure from the Dick Tracy movie: people thought that it was offensive to call a "homeless person" a tramp. Jarts: obvious reason. Aqua Dots: contained a high level of a poisonous chemical that was also dubbed the "Date Rape" drug as it had the effect of (if swallowed in sufficient amounts) making a person pass out and not be able to remember what happened.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Ive done the dick tracy one in the previous vid 🤓

[@Pupppeteer]

I was watching that show about toys on Netflix last year. It made me realise toy history is as interesting if not more interesting than video game history. This is great I need to go back and catch up on your other toy history videos.

[@LlanoRiverBlue]

Right? Ed's Retro Geek Out and Toy Galaxy are my favorite channels for obscure toy history!

[@Pupppeteer]

@@LlanoRiverBlue thanks for the second channel recommendation didn't know about that one will check it out tonight.

[@pennygadget7328]

@@Pupppeteer Seconding the Toy Galaxy recommendation; it's a great channel with eclectic content. You should probably start with the "History of ___" vids :)

[@Pupppeteer]

@@pennygadget7328 thank you will do!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah Toy Galaxy is awesome also check out: Pixel Dan, Retroblasting, Analog Toys, Toy Polloi & Laura Legends for more awesome toy docustyle content!

[@autobotjazz1972]

I have never been able wrap my mind around a toy company making toys based on a rated R film.

[@JurassicRod]

Kids love R rated films.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Who else is gonna make them toys 😏

[@nine_tails137]

I actually miss the old days, when Transformers toys had Spring-loaded projectiles. It gave them a hidden feature, aside from simply converting between 2 or more modes. Some examples include: Beast Wars Megatron and Quickstrike with spraying water, Transformers Armada with the Mini-Cons, Energon with the combining feature for Autobots, and Hyper Modes for Decepticons, Leader class figures with lights and sounds, and etc.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Beast wars had so many cool features

[@nine_tails137]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut IKR? Fuzors(aka: 2 mighty Beasts fused in one), Transmetals(aka: Robotic Beast -> Vehicle -> Robot) Transmetal 2, etc. Plus, Beast Wars was my Gateway transformers series. So it holds a special place in my heart.

[@mrninjaxl1373]

I think they recalled the yelling Tarzan 12" figure as well.. because of his "hand placement"

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

He’s in the first banned toys vid 🤓

[@TimHayes]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Did you cover an Austin Powers talking doll that would say sexual things? I remember seeing it on the news and hearing it got pulled. LOL

[@luvbeinghiswife1148]

@@TimHayes Toys R Us carried the Austin Powers doll for a bit. Much to the disgust of the pearl clutching Karens 😂

[@pickettpride6980]

Nowadays if something got recalled from a brick & mortar some online retailer would sell them for sure as an “exclusive”

[@mistergio3683]

I remember hearing something about a kid chocking on a Battlestar Galactica toy piece on "The Toys that made us" along with that whole changing the Boba Fett figure (well my Dad told me that years before but still) also poor kid.

[@LordSnurdle]

I think the earlier Alien toy sounds really awesome! I’d play with that.

[@Michaelmaddsicc]

Your channel is education on the history of Karens lol

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤯 damn it is

[@dranimations7902]

I had a plastic Freddy Krueger glove that you could wear (just like the one in the film) when I was a kid and nobody thought anything of it!.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Cool 🤠

[@CB-ke7eq]

Ugh, that Max Efx set up looks dope asf!

[@danielspencer582]

I had the road block with the missile launcher, I forgot how terrible he looked. The neon nineties was not good to the Joe's.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I liked the neon colors but I do think when you grew up with them in 80’s the 90’s colors made em look silly

[@danielspencer582]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut I liked them back then, looking at them now makes me cringe cause I start remembering the neon stuff I wore at 8 & 9🤣

[@xenofett7008]

Yeah the GI Joe Eco-warriors! I remember those neon atrocities being major peg-warmers in the 90s.

[@danielspencer582]

I received one of them and it fell to the bottom of the toy box and never saw the light of day again.

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@danielspencer582 Then it's probably worth money now! 🤑

[@LaDracul]

They're STILL making "Alien" toys for kids, they even popped up on a Disney themed Easter Basket list this year for some Mega Blocks blind buy capsules.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Alien has become just like dracula, frankenstein was in the 80’s it takes a decade for it to become a classic monster

[@BiancaRoughFin]

That Roadblock GI-Joe reminded me of the Transformers Dreadwing Toy that could turn into a Tank or B2 Bomber and had this smaller jet that latched onto his back. Back when it came out i got it for my Birthday at Toys-R-Us , the Gatling gun on the toy you would spin the back side and it would launch the missiles in a sequence, problem is the part that released the missiles was extremely fragile and broke easily. We had about 3~4 trips to Toys-R-Us that same day to change the toy but gave up after it broke yet again.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

damn 🤦 that sucks

[@williamthompson5504]

Did you use Roadblock after the tip I gave you? I remember you liking it. I mailed Hasbro so many letters in 1992 that they sent me a packaged figure with warnings all over the package. They sent my parents a letter asking for permission and requesting a signature freeing them (Hasbro) from any liability. I must have mailed 200 hand written letters to them. He's now on display and his disc launcher is SUPER powerful. Mine spins to my ceiling and is forced to stop. Hasbro said the launcher broke too easily. Yeah right. Thanks ED. You're the man!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

A couple of comments had mentioned him but I will have read your comment indeed 🤘 I keep a large file of all toys i can fit in one of these and he had been on the list for some time 🤓

[@Andy-dg9od]

I love these videos!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🤓

[@kaygee5115]

I had no idea the Freddy doll was recalled. I still have mine. The alien figure looked awesome too. I understand a parents concerns over safety but to complain because of these reasons is dumb. Especially the religious group who has no problem showing kids images of a man being nailed to a cross.

[@OverlordZeroULTIMA]

An almost naked man! AND tell the story how hewas beat, tortured, and all of that stuff in such a graphic manner. Admittedly, I really can't watch horror movies so I don't like Freddy, but to be against something scary and graphic like that while you also support something of the same manner is quite hypocritical.

[@serveaux]

Yeah, my Battlestar toys had the crappy "safety" barely pop out and push it back in missles that didn't even leave the vehicle.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🥲 that’s no fun

[@joeblaster8770]

3:34 You can have Rom The Space Knight and The Adventure Team go up against him but no someone had to get mad about it.

[@MrHankHill]

I just watched a whole different video that also explained Battlestar Galactica. It's a sing. I must watch the show

[@bonebreakingaction6815]

That gremlins shirt sure is sweet

[@JaymeSplendid]

I still have that circular ship where the wings slide out. I got it at a garage sale in 1989 along with those two weird floating droids from the Disney movie 'The Black Hole', one is normal and the other is all dented and messed up(purposely) paid 5$ for them both.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome find!

[@SevenDeMagnus]

I played with the G1 and it was a pellet gun, it was fun, May parents stop, stopping cool toys meant for non-toddle or non-infantr kids, the age range is already in those cool banned toys like the Zenomorph with action. God bless.

[@frankensteinmoneymac]

Ah, I actually remember bringing Megatron to school with me. Nobody batted an eye...It was a different time.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed 🤓

[@AsgardianQueen]

Speaking of Aliens, Disneyworld used to have a ride called "Extra Terror estrial" and the ride ended up being shut down because it was too scary.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I hadn’t heard about that 🤓

[@AsgardianQueen]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Yeah, it was later replaced with Stitch's Great escape, but now, even that has been closed.

[@MERLINnecrofan]

Thr 18inch alien figure Is AMAZING

[@jimbox31]

Great video! Love the puns. Especially enjoy how you just report history as it happened and that you stay objective about it, Thank you!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching 🤓

[@summerwolf1414]

toys are not made tough like they were in my days. My favorite toy was a crashup derby where you put the whatever it was with teeth on it into the middle of the car yank the thing out and let it fly off the ramp. Mine came with a pickup truck and the volkswagon. then i had this massive aircraft carrier with foam planes p51s and a jet. you attached it to the elassitc pulled it back hooked it into the slot then when you were ready you pulled the lever for each plane. it came with stickers for the carrier. Then i had those yellow plastic skis you remember those? the ones with the 20 feet of wrapping that you had to wrap your boots with. I had quite the hotwheels collection too.

[@humanperson2547]

I use to have one of those Cylon raiders as a kid but it was the non firing version.

[@andrewgrant2990]

File this under stupid things I couldn't do today! I always wanted a G1 Megatron, but never could get my parents to buy me 1. A bunch of kids blamed his scarcity on some kid getting shot somewhere. Flash forward to 1995/6 & the wonderful world of eBay. I finally ordered 1 & was so excited I assembled him in the cafe. When he his stock, scope, etc I walked across the room to show my other cool friends this gun toy. Nobody tackled me.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Im not sure if it was the megatron gun they used but it was a couple of toy guns that did bring the orange tip into effect. I did read about megatron being used for that on forums but never found an article 🤷‍♂️

[@andrewgrant2990]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut You are an awesome guy Ed- thanks! I love that you personally reply to a bunch of these notes. Keep up the quality entertainment! As to Megs, I always wondered if that kids death was really true or more of a pre-internet rumor. On a side note, I wish we would've gotten the Browning gun toy as well.

[@angusrumplemeyer1791]

I didn't have the Freddy Krueger doll as a kid but I did have and still do have my Freddy Krueger head that was also a squirt gun and my Freddy Krueger yo-yo from childhood.

[@righty-o3585]

I had one of those 18 inch alien toys. I remember the teeth being silver, and the second set that shot out when you pushed the button, and it seemed almost as big as I was at the time, kinda. Was probably 1982 - 83. I was about 6 years old .

[@christopherpoole4240]

Keep this series going Ed. Good stuff. Every video in this series I learn something new

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🤓

[@snukastyle]

I'd read that Roadblock was rare and expensive, but I didn't know it was due to a faulty weapon. Wow.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

And the roadblock is exactly the same i do believe only the launcher sets it apart I tought 🤔

[@Phaota]

A school friend of mine back in 1980 had the ALIEN figure. I loved it and wished I could have had one. Unfortunately, those original version are amazingly pricey now.

[@jamesdubeck4920]

Very informative ed. Keep up the good work

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🤓

[@ludgerwillgaster2095]

Aliein toy was not set up for other toys to match, like shot in warriors they just work a were just kewl looking

[@TimHayes]

I remember that 90s Kenner Aliens action figure line. It was started right after or before Alien 3 came out,but the figures were based on the 2nd film:Aliens(1986).

[@DenverStarkey]

LOL we (me and my brother ) had the Deluxe voltron. as a kid i always wondered why they disapeared off shelves. DOUBLE LOL ... i also had the Megatron Toy . saddly his arm broke about 2 years in to owning him , i could still get him into gun shape and it stay on , it would only fall off him in robot form.

[@adamfrazer5150]

I managed to send away and receive the entire line-up of special mail characters from SW as they became available. I didn't even hear about there being a launchable-Fett for years. Those were THE days though - recalling exactly that pitch of youthful excitement that I've only tasted when seeing one of those small, nondescript boxes arrive in the mail 😌 [runs off to storage....just to make sure that rocket doesn't actually fire....]

[@afriend9428]

*The Rock plays Roadblock now!* 💡

[@paulrippcord506]

I’m glad we live a world where toys are made for man and women children collectors. I love that 1/12th scale.

[@nightmaster5593]

that Alien toy is so awesome

[@metalbeast83]

as far as Alien my dad took me to go see it when it came out i was maybe 6 or so i grew up watching monster movies, i even got one of the liens for christmas.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 😏

[@jamesclukey7488]

The ALIEN 18 inch figure later went on to be one of the most sought after, and expensive items in the after market, pulling down upwards of $500.00 loose, and over $1000.00 in the original box ! I have the original figure and bought a facsimile box for it from a vendor in Rome, N.Y. who specializes in retro boxes. How to repair videos are found on KZbin and new figures come out every year. So that decades later, this toy beat the odds and is more popular than ever.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I once saw one boxed at a fleamarket for 350$ should have probably picked it up but 10 years ago that was like 7 days of garagesaling budget 😅

[@prismstudios001]

I had the Freddy doll, and the CryptKeeper one as well.

[@ismaelrodriguez6420]

It seems that you focus mostly on boy toys, but let's not forget that girl toys have had their fair share of recalls and boycotts. A couple to mention are Growing Up Skipper, this was a doll of Barbie's little sister that grew up one inch taller and her breasts came out too. And pregnant Midge, that had a baby doll in her belly, also the one Barbie with the dog that could eat "food" pellets and then poop them. LOL.

[@soccerboi003]

Nice vid & channel, handsome, knowledgeable, and a great communicator. Keep'em coming please.

[@coryholden666]

I managed to get my hands on a reissue G1 Megatron with plastic bullets and no orange tip.

[@SDWNJ]

I had the non-firing version of the Colonial Viper.

[@redpill.world2475]

You know dad's had no part of getting those toys pulled lol they were the ones who got them for there kids just so they could play with the toys to hahaha... but cool father's are no match for a angry mob of Karen's lmao the Karen's been destroying dreams of fun for many years. Great vid 👍🏽👍🏽😂

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤣👌 thanks

[@luvbeinghiswife1148]

💯

[@Ronin-lb5ij]

I don't think the dad was aware that the toy could kill his young son. It's a tragedy, regardless.

[@Ronin-lb5ij]

Back then was quite different. Back then, we didn't realize what we understand now. I mean, they used to sell radioactive toys for kids.

[@DarkmanPoe]

I actually had the Maxx FX Freddy doll many years ago. I guess I managed to nab one before the recall.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Nice 🤓

[@johnmcfayden4897]

I had a Battlestar Galactica electric slotless racecar set,also the alien doll and shogun warriors,and godzilla plus evil keneival zipcord rocketcar and motorcycle.

[@devekut2]

1) amazing accent, 2) great nostalgia. New sub.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks, it’s a flemish accent 🤓

[@DJFuzzboy]

I had the Megatron gun... until at one point I no longer did. I assume my mom took and it disposed of it somehow. There's no way I would have lost him.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

The og megatron still looks really cool 🤓🤘 too bad someone threw yours away 🥺

[@scubaguy14]

I remember the car trade in now... I kept the bullets lol

[@davidgragg1048]

I still got a Megatron pistol it's very vintage and not broken I never have played with it

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Minty 😏

[@NARC.1]

Interesting about the monster line, great vid dude!

[@e.d.t.]

That recalled Voltron looks like the one my dad had that he let me play with sometimes when I was little.... uh oh...

[@douglaswilson2375]

Wow. You'd definitely be the coolest kid in the world if you had that Alien.

[@michaelsierra9]

I had and still have the go lion giant die cast toy. It was one of my favorite toys as a kid and i remember really begging my parents for it, lol. I rarely did that even as a kid but the other toy i really asked for was a namcot famicom star wars videogame. Good times, lol. Other ones i really wanted but didn’t have to beg for since they were a lot cheaper were serpentor, modulok, and this amphibious tank which had a cool looking super small pilot character garbed in green which i don’t remember the name of.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Serpentor is one of the coolest joes! 🤓

[@MC_ToyDawg]

Great commentary. Your segments were almost seamless...

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks

[@Damned_Damian]

Damn those Maxx Fx toys look awesome

[@lancediaz3011]

Another great Ed video!!! You ALWAYS kill it my dude

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🤓

[@frenchabortion]

Man these are great, I just found your channel maybe like a month ago (?) but you're quickly becoming my favorite toy channel... Much respect from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🤓