Mail-away Toys - GI Joe,WWF, Super Powers,Transformers, Street Sharks, Star Wars - Toy History #20

[@michaelhallen2808]

Oh,the days when the trip to the mailbox was so exciting! The special G.I.Joe figures were some of my favorites.

[@DozFilms]

Ed’s retro geek out.... best channel for anything retro toys!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 🤓 any mail aways you had as a kid? 📭

[@DozFilms]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Sadly no I’m only 12 but am very cultured and a big fan of stuff from the past And the turtles are my favorite!

[@ryanlong3486]

This is a true statement Video games as well don’t forget that

[@larsledwon7092]

Word!!!!

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

The toys I got in 85 had a pamphlet for Reflector and the Omnibots. This was earlier than the 86 date you mentioned.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That could be thanks for pointing it out ;-)

[@Empiretoys1138]

Funny enough they did another mail away boba for the modern TVC line which came with the infamous rocket firing action!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

😜 all those 80’s kids are like sure now he can shoot ... i had to buy crap figures to get a regular bobaaaaaaaaaaaaa 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@maximal10]

Late to the game but when I was re-collecting transformers I came across LJN switch bots (really basic transforming bots with a sparking motor (think G1 sparkbots) the back of the card showed that the good and bad teams could combine into a bigger robot but I remember thinking "There's no combiner weapon/hands with either of the robots, what gives?" Turns out those parts were mailaway according to a paper insert in the package. Of course I also grew up with kool-aid and popsicle points and their catalogues of goodies...good times

[@damnedash9526]

The Chef Boyardee Black Super Shredder!!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

He was part of chef boyardee points in the pasta not as a playmates offering 🤓

[@redboone1509]

There was soooo many toys I'd forgot all about from my child hood. The giant street shark was something I really wanted but never could get

[@ShredwardWizardhands]

Those Kenner superfriends toys were some of my favs as a kid

[@alexandercoltart2790]

Cool video Ed!, I never sent out for any Mail away figures as a kid but I was lucky enough to to find a savage he man at local yardsale.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That's an epic find! :-O awesome dude thanks for watching!

[@stevegallo8483]

I remember getting 4-LOM, Admiral Ackbar and Anakin Skywalker as mail ins from the 80's Star Wars line. I also remember getting the GI Joe MANTA as a mail in from that line.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

The manta! ⚡️🙌

[@snukastyle]

I vividly remember calling the Fridge hotline to get that figure back in the day. WE also had the hooded Cobra Commander, Emperor, and Anakin Skywalker figures when they were available. I'd always wanted a Steel Brigade figure, but never did get one. Though my brother took advantage of one of their later offerings, when you could mail away for toys no longer available in stores, such as the Snowcat and the WHAKE hovercraft.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s awesome 🤩 it was like a backcatalog the mailaway for those toys. I wish i had done more stuff like that 😅 order mail aways

[@residentvania7733]

Fantastic vid Ed!!! I had quite a few of these mail always but I got them from trades or buying them used. I remember mailing away for a Storm Trooper Han or Luke....Can't remember which. It was from a cereal promotion. Sadly I mailed everything in and never received my figure. I was pissed lol

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I've been hearing this over and over kids mailing away and getting nothing :'(

[@residentvania7733]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Yeah I was very disappointed. But shit happens lol

[@theslimjames]

Another mail away line was the ToyFare exclusives, mostly ToyBiz but maybe also McFarlane toys(?). It was a fun way to get out some oddball characters like Molten Man and Union Jack (which I actually got -- a repainted Spider-Man with a little belt).

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I gotta check those out for a follow up video that's awesome!

[@josephjones7828]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Toyfare also had several Star Trek mail-ins.

[@oxwah]

I forgot about those! I have the glow-in-the-dark radioactive Homer Simpson somewhere.

[@danielc3472]

Great video! Glad you covered the mail aways! 👍🏼

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy did you get any mail away toys back in the day? 🤓

[@danielc3472]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut oh yeah from Star Wars!

[@andrewgrant2990]

Thanks for this video- always good to watch you. This could easily have a part 2. There were so many back in the day & it really made you feel like you were getting more bang for your buck. I thought there was a C-3POs cereal one of the escape pod, but I never got it.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome! Yeah i’ll be doing a second one on this topic 🤓

[@bonehunter163]

I have the Sgt. Slaughter figure, Camshaft (partially shown when reviewing Time Warrior), & several Star Wars mail-away figures including Palpatine, Bossk, an AT-AT driver, & a Yoda color variant. I did a lot of package cutting as a kid.

[@Jgd3322]

Great video! I had four of the ones you showed: Steppenwolf, Clark Kent, Hooded Cobra Commander, and MummRa. I also had a Jinx the ninja G.I. Joe figure mail away

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That's awesome I wish I did that back in the day as a kid :-D

[@andystoysandmodels9582]

Another great video 👍. I had the mail away mumra as a kid. Can remember getting it in the post! So excited haha

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s awesome 🤩 I don’t think I ever saved up for a mail away

[@andystoysandmodels9582]

I don’t remember the process to be honest. Just getting him one morning haha. I’m sure the box lasted about 30 secs before Lion-o and the gang got him! Haha

[@oxwah]

Monster In My Pocket had a promo with Spaghetti-Os where you'd mail in some amount of labels to get one of four packs of monsters. I got 3 out of 4, and just couldn't stomach Spaghetti-Os anymore. I ended up getting the last ones on eBay as an adult because I wanted to complete them. Thankfully, I already had the rarest one, orange Ganesh, which was not available in the retail line.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤓

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

I think all of my mail-away figures came from Star Wars when I was a kid, but I did send away for the Ambush Predator in 1993. Nobody did many mail-aways after that, though, did they? I got some coins and a George Lucas in Stormtrooper Disguise from the modern "Vintage" Star Wars, but that was over a decade ago. Everything's damn' Convention or U.S. Retailer exclusives, these days.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

There were mail aways in 94 & 95 😅 but why what was wrong with the predator one??!

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut I remember the Ghost Obi-Wan and Stormtrooper Han mail-aways early in the line, but I don't remember any "Star Wars" offers past about 2008. Never said there was anything wrong with the Ambush Predator mail-away, mate. Pretty darned cool, actually. Still have it!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

@@Beedo_Sookcool I think he looks awesome :-D

[@ericcarr8955]

Great job. How about a retrospective on the mail-in exclusive toys and comic books from Wizard and ToyFare magazines ?????

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome idea I'll check that out :-D

[@joshuachristian5443]

Never mailed away for a toy as a kid but I did win a He-Man figure from Nestlé Quick. The commercial for the contest is on KZbin. About 6 months later I received the blue figure with yellow helmet and boots that spun its upper body in circles. Didn't like or want that figure so I was a bit disappointed.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s a long wait 6 months!!! i’ll have to look that up 🤓 you mean syklone? The one that also got a retail release? Thanks for watching

[@brianbuchmeier]

Other than a bunch of G.I. Joe ones, the only mail-away figure I remember having is the glow in the dark RoboCop from the Ultra Police line. Not sure if he ended up at retail, but I got him in the mail.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

He looks do cool 🤩 i’ll have to feature him in a follow up on this topic

[@fidelsolis6070]

He was presented by Marvel. Robocop was a marvel cartoon.

[@LiSfan2000]

I remember as a kid I always wanted the mail away Captain Harris figure from Police Academy.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome didn't know about that one yet! 🤩

[@genesanford9412]

I sent away for the Mummra ,still have him.Good stuff !

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching Gene! Mummra wants to rock n roll all night!

[@jordaneickholt2059]

TMNT Chef Boyardee black super Shredder. I remember waiting forever to get this in the mail and was sooooo excited when it finally came! And seeing how much they go for now wishing I still had it!

[@dustheg]

Thank you so much for this I miss this option in the toy world. Some mailaways I personally got in my own was the special superman batman from the total justice line and mail away predator then moss man teela and holder from masters of the universe 200x series. Not sure if it counts but I also got the ring from the shadow toyline which is still one of my favorite underrated toylines

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Total justice superman batman i hadn’t heard about that should be cool for a follow up video 🤩

[@dustheg]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut yes they were translucent type figures which were also give away with so much of a purchase in store near the end of that line. Batman was 25 or more purchase from kb toys and superman was 25 with purchase or more from toys r us

[@josephtamburri6418]

Thanks Ed for a great video. There always great 👍

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy did you get any mail aways back in the day? 🤩

[@Bassmasterwitacaster]

Not sure when, maybe 8 years ago, there was a thing where you could send in the receipts of like 6-8 cans of Pringles and get a Pringles speaker that Snaps into Pringles cans. Was a neat experience

[@botchamania4vid]

My grandmother got us the m.a.s.k. toll booth. It took about a year for us to get it, and by then the line was pretty dead

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome i didn’t know about that 😯

[@serveaux]

Yeah the toll booth took forever to arrive, but it was very cool.

[@MegaWolfe]

I remember a Capt Crunch mail away for a Yoshi pen, I mailed off the proof of purchase and the money amd it never came....

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Whaaaat 🤯🐢🤯🥲 damn capt crunch!

[@xcyted4now]

I had the steel brigade and refrigerator Perry. I loved filling out that steel brigade card. I made mine so bad ass for the time.

[@johnaldvizzini2274]

gr8 vid ed 🙂

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching :-D

[@charlescumella4813]

The transparent Predator with shiny silver armor was my most prized mail away toy :D

[@MasterSplinter79]

Great episode again!! Love these Toy History video's!!!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy 🤓

[@TheLordcyrus]

I remember getting Star Wars with the mail away but the first I truly remember was the hooded cobra commander.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤓

[@justinmohan7103]

The only mail away stuff I got was some extra NES Game Genie books.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Extra books 😜 sounds like a Venice thing

[@mattnova18]

I still have my mail-away Han Solo in a storm trooper uniform. Looks like a regular storm trooper, except the helmet comes off to reveal Han Solo's head. Got it from cereal tops back in the 90s.

[@TimHayes]

I think I had to send 8 Proof Of Purchase symbols to Kenner to get the Emperor Palatine figure. Took forever to come in the mail. It came on a cardback, but some came in a baggie and box. I remember getting some metalic Star Wars Empire Strikes Back Micro Collection figures of the Stormtroopers and Rebels from the Battle Of Hoth. Then Kenner had that mail away for Anakin Skywalker which I gave up on trying to save enough points. I didn't want to wait forever for another mail-away figure to come in the mail.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

The wait was so long for these you probably forgot about it when it came in :'D

[@TimHayes]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Well my mother gave up and thought it would never come. Then one day it came in the mail.

[@eltenda]

Great video and mail away!

[@williamperkins3389]

My favorite Mail away toy was the MASK Check point with Alex Skeetor.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I’m gonna talk about that one in the next mail away vid that sounds amazing 🤩

[@patrickowens4294]

Another fun and interesting topic. Great video, Ed.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy did you save up any points for mail aways! 📭

[@puffinman1138]

Mail Away stuff seemed so cool back then but it took so long, you often forgot about it before it arrived. So when my Shadow secret agent hologram ring and Kenner invisible Ambush Predator finally showed up, it was like Christmas morning.

[@oxwah]

I had that ring too! I thought The Shadow was such a cool character.

[@LiquidCucumber]

B'omarr Monk from Star Wars Power of The Force was my favorite one of these!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome I'll have to look into that one :-D

[@josephjones7828]

​@@EdsRetroGeekOut That B' Omarr Monk one is an interesting one. It was initially offered as a mail-in offer that came with another mail-in offer. In 1997 Lay's potato chips had a mail-in offer for a Spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi figure. You had to send in proofs of purchase off of original and/or pizza flavored chips along with a money order. In Canada I believe other flavors of chips were allowed. There were six possible variants of the Spirit figure could receive in the mail. Five of the variants pertained to coming with one of five possible purple coupons (the final variant was getting the Spirit Kenobi figure with no coupon). Of those five coupons only two of them are noteworthy for mail-in purposes. One was for a free mail-in cardboard diorama playset of Mos Eisley Cantina for so many Power of the Force proofs. This diorama would also later be offered as a mail-in with a money order and Power of the Force proofs through the official Star Wars magazine. In Japan you could get the diorama in a seven pack of figures that was exclusive to Toys R Us. The diorama would eventually get a wide retail release packed with white pauldron Sandtrooper and small flying patrol droid. The other notable coupon was a mail-in offer for a free B'Omarr Monk with Power of the Force proofs. Later that year Kenner/Hasbro held a contest on their official Star Wars website where you could win the B'Omarr Monk for free. After the contest was over they put up on their website a printable mail-in order form where you could just buy an unlimited number of B'Omarr Monk figures for about $8 per figure. There were two variants to the B'Omarr Monk figure pertaining to the instruction sheet that came with the figure. The .00 instruction sheet had no choking hazard warning while the .01 sheet did. A slightly more screen accurate repaint of the Monk figure would get a retail release during the 2002 Saga Star Wars line in multi-pack known as the Jabba's Denizens. As for the Spirit of Obi-Wan figure, there is more to say there. In the United Kingdom you could get the Spirit figure in special packaging with a mail-in offer that came with the Special Edition Trilogy VHS tapes. Here in the US the Spirit figure was so overproduced that the leftover stock was purchased by Meijer stores and sold on their store shelves in unofficial exclusive third party packaging they made themselves. If bought from Meijer the Spirit figure could be packed two ways. First was just the Spirit figure by itself, second was the Spirit figure bundled with the golden mail-in Action Masters C-3PO (which Meijer also bought the excess of after that mail-in offer was over). Incidentally in case you are wondering, Meijer also sold the golden mail-in Action Master C-3PO just by itself in their unofficial third party packaging.

[@jasonesler2716]

Lol....still haven’t gotten my Boba in the mail! Yes it’s the one from Empire. My brother got his but still nothing for me.....I often got the fuzzy end of the 🍭.... 😞

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🥲 where did your trauma start? It all started with the not honoring of a mail away promo with rocket firing action ...

[@cetialphav3214]

Keep the faith. It will arrive one day 😆

[@EllisD01]

I remember saving GI Joe Flag Points and Ninja Turtles Pizza Points. I don’t remember any TMNT mail aways though. I remember Star Wars Power of The Force mail aways though. Spirit of Obi Wan figure available through Pepsi/Lays, and Han in Stormtrooper disguise available through Kellogg’s Cereals.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Tmnt didn’t have figures but merchandise witht he pizza points 🤓

[@simonlucas3824]

ahhhh, iv missed toy history. i love this channel, please do a toy history on action man

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Action man you say 🤔🤔🤔 he did come out before 2000 so perhaps 😁

[@Theretrosaint]

Another incredible video Ed!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy did you get any mail aways as a kid? 🤓📭

[@spoonyluv19]

I remember drinking a LOT of kool aid one summer to save up for the Wacky Warehouse exclusive Attack Pack mail away truck. Between my birthday and The start of school we drank like 12 gallaons of Kool aid and each and every time they sent us the same dark claw every time! luckily I had a lot of friends that I could re-gift these to. All I wanted was the scratch cat...

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Epic 🤩

[@riot4jem]

A super cool and extremely rare mail-in is Jem’s Rama Llama. She was a hot pink llama that was a mail-in offer you got with your refund check for 1987. She would have been an in package mail-in for 1988, but the line was cancelled. Since she was produced, she became Canada’s exclusive mail-in offer “Pony Friend Llama” for My Little Pony - super odd, because she was taller than MLP and Rama Llama had fur. I have the Rama Llama Paintmaster.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤩

[@Huskypack77]

The mail way star wars figures we got in the uk where the empor Nien Nunb & I'm pretty sure we got Admiral Ackbar. Still have them in my vintage collection figures

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤘

[@christophergraham3160]

Sgt. Slaughter, Fridge and BOTH versions of Storm Shadow (Cobra and G.I. Joe).

[@danielrecommends]

This was a great topic. There were so many great mail aways that I never knew about as a kid. My favorite one is that Street Sharks mail away. That would be so cool to get a 12 inch Street Shark figure that talks! Do you have any of these mail aways in your collection Ed?

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I have a couple similar figures not sure if they came from the mail away or were retail releases i have seen the big street shark before but didn’t buy him now i wish i had 🤣

[@ashleyh7073]

Yay! Another toy history!! I was never able to order much with points unfortunately bc I never had the money growing up for that many toys. As an adult tho i send in points for stuff unashamedly!😂 I love collecting vintage mail order toys now too, to make up for missing out!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I never had the patience to save them i probably forgot about the option right away 😅

[@mycollectionofvideogames642]

I got the Mail away street shark and mummy mumm ra. Love the giant ripster he’s one of my favorite toys ✌🏻

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That street shark is awesome 🦈

[@RabbiJoeInJerusalem]

The only GI Joes I had as a kid were the mail-away (I named him Brainstormer) and Storm Shadow. I guess that's a theme!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Brainstormer 🤩 awesome name! Dr brainbender’s evil cousin

[@stevebragg4256]

8-12 weeks when you were a kid seemed like a year or more.

[@patrickowens4294]

It really is a long time in comparison to modern shipping times of a few days or less. But yeah, 8-12 weeks was an almost unbearable length of time as a kid.

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

Right? I remember winning some little prize from solving a riddle on the back of a cereal box. By the time it came in the mail, I'd forgotten about it lol

[@stevebragg4256]

@@mikeRedMDK2032 heck, even 4-6 weeks was an insane amount of time to my 7 or 8 year old mind. Now it seems to pass like little time at all. Remember how long it took to get to X-Mas or your birthday? Now as an adult it's here again before you know it.

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

@@stevebragg4256 so true. Time flies now. Back then we thought we had an eternity

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

The mummra one said 2 to 6 months that’s insane 🤣

[@Horzzo]

I'm a Lions fan but I sure had the FRIDGE! The Superbowl champ 1985 Bears were a huge hype team even with a music video. They would use Perry as a running back on the goal line because of his size and weight. Fun toy to have.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Aw yeah 🤓🤘

[@jamesoblivion]

I had, and still have, the Steel Brigade figure, the tomb version of Mumm-Ra, and Savage He-Man, or whatever you wanna call him. I never knew what to call him when I was a kid, either, just 'brown haired He-Man.' haha

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤘😁

[@80svillainstoys63]

Love this toy history videos Ed 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼keep them coming!!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy 📭 which one did you get in the mail? 😁

[@80svillainstoys63]

I didn’t get any 😔but if I could choose one it would be the 12” street shark mail away 🦈🤘🏼

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Me too dude 😍🦈

[@thegeorgiealityshow359]

Wow Ed I saved so much purchase points then never got anything. I still have them somewhere buried at home til today.

[@kidwajagstang]

Dang... because of this video, I’m now remembering that “mummy” Mum-Ra was a mail away figure that I had... yet another figure I used to have that my mom got rid of that is worth quite a good chunk of cash today..

[@thesonofdormammu5475]

I had Sgt Slaughter and The Fridge figures, plus the Manta and Sky Hawk. Man, I loved GI Joe. Good times.

[@X_Augur_X]

Every time I would send in for the Gi Joe mail-in offers, they always sent me two of everything. I got two Hooded Cobra Commanders, two Steele Brigade pack(with two dogtags) ,etc. I sent in for the windsurfing set but they were out, so they sent me two sheets of Flag Points.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s awesome 🤩

[@robinallen9537]

Love your videos! Been hooked since finding them.

[@herbbot8241]

I remember getting these 3 transformers that were available for mail away. downshift, camshaft and overdrive. I loved overdrive with his cannon on his chest and his wings. I remember getting a notice about getting an optimus prime mail away offer by paying + attaching a movie ticket stub for the movie...

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Ooh movie stubs as extra proof of purchase that's awesome :-D

[@CA237g]

I remember my local dental land in Los Angeles back around 1994 had those Hasbro wwf toys free with a visit and I distinctly remember complaining because my hulk hogen wasn't in his original yellow suit!! I'm guessing they had ordered a bunch through wwf catalog... I definitely regret it now!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s awesome 😎

[@LambosOnly]

In the 90's there was a mail away in Fruit Loops cereal for Han Solo in Storm Trooper disguise figure.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Interesting i will look it up 🤩 power of the force?

[@LambosOnly]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut It was around 1994, so not sure which line it was apart of.

[@williamthompson5504]

It’s the 90’s POTF. Dirt cheap, but a good figure. Needs a blaster.

[@jimmycampbell3998]

I still have him

[@bleeneo101]

@@williamthompson5504 don't we all?

[@williamdezynski7342]

I can't believe I never knew about the William Perry GI Joe, I so would have gotten that!

[@tOkKa_Oroku]

What about the Pasta Chef Boyardee Shredder or the TMNT Bigfoot mail aways!!!!🤯🤯🤯👍

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Talked about boyardee shredder in the food video so it wasn't really connected to the toyline pizza points no toys in the classic line I think. Ah man didn't know about the Bigfoot that thing looks awesome :-D

[@tOkKa_Oroku]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut ..maybe i'll throw that thing on the flickr for you at some point when i can make the time.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome your collection is amazing dude 🐢🥳

[@tOkKa_Oroku]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut awwe..thx 🍕🍕🍕🍕

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

Unfortunately missed the boat on most of these. I dig the autobot watch and fridge gi joe lol. We almost got a sylvester stallone joe too, but it wasn't to be

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah the rocky balboa 🥲

[@orcsmash9]

I remember getting my Gen 1 Jazz transformer from a mail in offer through Cookie Crisp cereal. It took forever to arrive and when it did it showed up at my Aunt’s house because she had a street address and we had. P.O. Box address. Still have that one somewhere.

[@lasertoothtiger]

1993 kellogs was doing a promo to get "gi joe" my dad got him for me the year I was born. Still one of the jewels in my collection.

[@NewFriendJason]

Toyfair had the awesome Bullseye exclusive MAIL AWAY toy...Its still only $10 on Ebay brand new...I just got one and can tell its a repainted Punisher Body with a repainted Scorpion Head, still dope tho.

[@paulcresswell1412]

Yep, I got The Emperor this way, back in the eighties in the UK.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🙌

[@bladerunner3314]

I actrually got that Superman ... during a holiday in the states ... despite not liking Supes ...

[@zackfredrick2378]

Do you remember the mail away glow in the dark RoboCop? It was from the RoboCop & The Delta Force series. It was kool. My friend had it. 😎

[@knightwolfpro4494]

I use to save up all my points and proof of purchases from packages, then the offers started wanting a copy of the receipts as well, so you had to start buying them all over again to get the receipt. The Transformers the movie promo was how I received my Original Megatron. Though the worst was the power dashers, since you received one of three randomly selected ones if ordered with your robot points. I'm assuming you're referring to Spector Creative's videos on the Wonder Bread He-Man figure when you talk about new evidence?

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah scott’s vid and pixel dan had one shortly after where he bought a savage heman from which the backstory checked out 🤓

[@jamesmoss3424]

I want that fridge action figure. 😀👍🏈

[@HPTBANDIT]

The only mail away I remember getting was the GI Joe “Super Trooper”.

[@buzzzthrower555]

Same here I was so excited when he finally showed up, in all his chrome glory 🤣

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Chrome glory indeed 😁

[@MadnessHEROReverend]

I was only ever able to get one of the Transformers omnibots, more specifically Overdrive (a red Ferrari). Definitely a Transformer that needs a new figure.

[@Mysterwright]

Pretty sure I had the Savage He-Man figure. The buy 3 get 1 free promo was buy 3 bags of bread and get a free toy? Something like that. Same as Ghost of Obi-Wan in the 90's you had to buy two bags of Lay's Potato Chips and send in proofs of purchase.

[@trapjaw7253]

Reflector, was my only mail away.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

But a cool one!!

[@TheDing1701]

I still have my straight-arm "Mickey Mouse" Cobra Commander! No gun or file card, but his emblem is perfect!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🤩

[@oxleymations]

Another great video here Ed, I'm just surprised that chef boyardi super shredder wasn't on this list, i thought he would have been since you immediately brought up pizza points, regardless keep up the good work

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah turtles had merchandise for the pieza points but no figures you could order 🥲 but will cover pizza points in another video 🤓

[@cliffjumper1984]

That dam red medic guy from gi joe. But was he in a cereal box, or had to send away from cereal??

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Lifeline I got him as well :-D not the most exiting toy but still fun to get

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

I mailed away for a Storm Trooper Han Solo from boxes of Fruit Loops. It took so long I forgot all about it. They sold just Luke and then they made a 3 pack with Chewbacca

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Cool 😏 and you got lots of cereal!

[@AarayKyramud]

I grew up in the 80s....if i could go back in time.....

[@ZEMO74]

Me too, I miss it.

[@rolandkatsuragi]

15:12 Ya boi Savage He-Man

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Sporting a darkbrown cloth and whatever else they had lying around the factory 🤣

[@DCeasedbrickbuilds]

I’m guilty as charged. I definitely did the mail in stuff for GI Joe and Transformers...

[@Tribulation213]

Still have my mail away mumm ra. Now the staff would take some doing to find. Typical lol. Also there was at least another transformer mail away I remember getting I think it was cam shaft. Lost in the ether. They took so long you would forget about them. Then one day a plain box comes in the mail and it’s like Christmas. Good times.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

There’s a lot more transformers 🤓 but saving for a follow up video

[@dhenderson1810]

I got two Star Wars figures via proof-of-purchase. Nein Nunb, who was Lando Carlissian's co-pilot in ROTJ, and helped blow up the final Death Star. You needed 4 Proof-Of-Purchase seals for him. Another was 4-LOM, or was it Zuckuss? You see, there was a mail-away for a figure called 4-LOM, who was a bug-looking bounty hunter in ESB. I was the envy of my friends at school when I got him, and they didn't have him yet. However, years later, George Lucas revealed that the character thought to be 4-LOM was Zuckuss, and Zuckuss was 4-LOM. Through some misunderstanding, the two bounty hunter figures were mixed up, and for years, one had the name of the other, until Lucas noticed and pointed out which was actually which. So I sent away for 4-LOM, and actually got the figure who is in fact Zuckuss. I also bought the other one from the store, and it said Zuckuss on the card, when it was in fact a 4-LOM figure.

[@anonamatron]

I got that custom GI JOE. His name was Sgt. Supertough. I was into Sgt. Slaughter at that time, and if I'M a GI Joe, I guess I'm going to be super tough? I don't think I have my GI Joes anymore, so that card must be gone.. I wonder what else I put on it.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome name 🤣🤘

[@5sec2hell81]

I remember the hot wheels World race, where if you had all 35 cars, you would get the ultimate track set.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome

[@Velociblacktor00]

I wanted to get the Fisher Price Great Adventures invisible knight. I had everything I needed, but for whatever reason, my mom never mailed it out...

[@mojoel1]

In the 80's, I used to send 1 flag point and $1.50 (Canadian, I think; maybe just $1) and I would name the Joe I wanted. They would send me that Joe. I got lots that way.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 🙌

[@fidelsolis6070]

Lol i did that with tmnt as a kid. I think i got a free toy.

[@nightwarper1760]

Which one?

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah which one 🤩

[@fidelsolis6070]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Let me see. Longtime ago. Ok I ggo to toys r us buy the tmnt 2 a week. Saturday especially. I had most of then but I was missing mutagen man & scumbug. It was probably for mutagen man. Good times. 1990

[@chilliwaterlickingecko5113]

I had the gold Porsche transformer as a youngin (80"s) i dont know where it is now.. but i loved it Got sent in the mail 2 weeks after my b day.. bonus

[@johnfaulk7775]

My big mail away memory was a certain Christmas Early Bird Package...

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🚀 starrr warrrrssssss

[@brentmiller2090]

I did the hooded cobra commander mail away