What it was like to Collect Action Figures in 1999

[@FigureCollections]

What was your favorite figure from 1999??

[@swayvacious1]

Beast wars dragon megatron, and yes I still have it🔥🔥🔥

[@harveydent5334]

Transformers, beast wars, batman, spawn, jakks Pacific wwf toys, biker mice from mars, earthworm jim, mortal kombat and street fighter (when they were like the g.i. joe toys and came with a variety of weapons u had to break off lol)

[@wallybescotty]

i loved those wcw figs, i had the first and 2nd lines, i wish i still had them they were very fun, i feel like alot of figures lost the detail unless you buy an "elite" or "ultimate" the basics just seem lacking in detail and articulation, i maybe just blinded by nostalgia lol

[@pedromoraes7608]

I think the boom that all these video game toylines had is impressive. Video game action figures are the hottest new thing in 1999.

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers flip-head action figures, I am still so sad my mom just gave them away lol

[@NikkiWrightVGM]

I feel like from 1998-2000 almost my entire toy budget went to buying Jakks WWF figures and sets.

[@FigHeel]

Great watch! Thank you for inviting me to be a part of it!

[@FigureCollections]

Happy to have your first hand experience featured in the video! Happy Thanksgiving!

[@BLITZASMR]

i grew up during this time and so for me collecting action figures at this point felt like a gold mine. I remember just being in aww through the aisles. Sure the figures of today have amazing articulation and the detail is incredible, but this was a “You had to be there “ time period!

[@Basillikos]

Power Rangers staying within Top 5 in 1999 is amazing. Feels like the Lost Galaxy year doesn't get enough credit for surviving a market dominated by the Monday Night Wars and a new Star Wars movie.

[@rubix187]

I really hope the Marvel vs Capcom figure line gets resurrected

[@peerboom]

Hasbro released Marvel vs Capcom figures back in 2017 under their Gamerverse series.

[@LegitThatDude]

For MvC Infinite. You know, the one that made people play DBFZ instead?

[@BrianAwesome]

In particular, figures for X-Men C.O.T.A. - MvC 2 🔥

[@youngemu3949]

Fr especially since Hasbro owns the “Video Game Superstar” line from Toybiz. Thou it probably wont happen anytime soon since Jada Toys most likely has production rights to Street Fighter (& others) toys in the US.

[@thefigcave]

This was a great watch! Thanks for having us be a part of it! - Tommy

[@Weaponx8]

Wow this video hit the nostalgia hard. Subbed!

[@justinmohan7103]

This video was utterly amazing and awesome. I like how it focused on just one year.

[@samuelcolon7380]

This was great. You should do a video on the early 2000s. He-man 2002, TMNT 2003, the start of Marvel legends, GI joes:valor vs venom. There were a ton of toy lines I remember

[@TheKingofThessaly]

This was great! Really took me back to being a collector in my late teens/early twenties! Brought back all kinds of memories, and not just stuff related to toys- stuff that happened around that time in general... Definitely added some things to my list that I used to own and would want back!!!

[@CryptToys]

Hell of a video, Chief. Was sic taking a trip down memory lane!

[@EricPerridon]

For me: it's still amazing back in 90's and wonderful memories.

[@Lipumamania1980]

Excellent video…thanks for having me be apart of it

[@johnamaral375]

Man this hits right in the nostalgia a little extra this time. Another great video

[@nottelling4066]

This type of thing always fascinates me. I'm a toy collector, and my dad is too. I've never been opposed to any type of toy, I love figures, dolls, lego, etc. Think a lot of it is that my dad encouraged me to collect whatever my heart desired as a kid. My dad started collecting around this era, because his first present ever from my mom was a wrestling figure. This was right before I was born. My dad loves to look at everything, even if he doesn't collect it, yet he's never told me much about what the scene was like in the late 90s/early 2000s. Idk, weird sense of nostalgia for a time I could never experience, yet it makes me think so much of my dad. Also because I had some hand-me-downs from around this time, usually defects or just figures my dad fell out of love with lol.

[@AyeThatsHandsomePete]

Great video. Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@pedromoraes7608]

This video was more fun than I imagined. ❤ I hope that 2000 and 1998 (the year I was born) and other years get episodes too

[@Rydonattelo]

The loft at my mothers house is absolutely jam packed with storage boxes full of action figures from the late 80s and 90s. God i wish we'd kept the boxes.

[@jarredmorris9749]

stumbled upon this video/channel. first of all, love the video style and great content. subscribed

[@lbandjcfan54]

I was 4 in 1999 and this was the year when my parents decided it was time for me to graduate to action figures. I still have quite a bit of these figures (namely Pokémon and Toy Story, and those Spider-Man/Venom/Carnage/Wolverine figures were my first Marvel figures, which i got in 2000. Speaking of, yes, absolutely do the 2000 vid. Hope to see some more familiar toys (namely the Gen 2 Pokémon figures and Spider-Man Classics Series 1). Also wish I was really into wrestling back then. My dad had a few figures from circa 1996-98 from WCW, and I got a pair of Stone Cold and Undertaker walkie talkies for Christmas in 1999. I didn't really get into wrestling until 2004 and wish I still had those

[@foxclubz5666]

Awesome video man!!!!!!

[@paolomongon6616]

1999...wow, I think I was about 15...that was when my toy buying eased off a bit and I only started buying the figures that appealed to me. No need to collect whole lines.

[@Death138death]

This video brought back so many memories.

[@jat0005]

excellent video as always!

[@WWFederationZ]

Great stuff...and love your figures. 🔥

[@al6127]

great pathway to memory lane. Where all things were simple and pure joy. 😊

[@CasvalSVER]

I remember the WWF titantron stuff, that, PS1, and Lego were easily the main toys I played with as a kid in the late 90s

[@josephzanabria9369]

loved this video, ❤, we need more like this , thanks

[@randomfools808]

So much of what made the 90s special is gone. Stores will never look like they did for the Episode I launch again. No one knew that Pokemon cards would end up being the big value item out of all of these. Toybiz Mario Kart line was so ahead of its time.

[@rattis]

What makes the the most surprised to hear is that Power Rangers were still near the top selling action figures by 1999. Maybe it was different i the US, but here in Sweden at least the Power Rangers era as a huge phenomenon was over by 1996 at the latest.

[@FigureCollections]

I'm there with you! From my memory, we (everyone of that age group at the time) all collectively moved on from Power Rangers. By 1999 it wasn't the cool thing to watch anymore - literally everything else had taken its place!

[@wolfman210]

@@FigureCollections You're right, Power Rangers had actually fallen off after MMPR and by Turbo the ratings had gotten so bad In Space was meant to be the final season. But In Space and Lost Galaxy rode the sci-fi boom Star Wars' revival in the mid-late 90s had caused. Just like MMPR rode the early 90s dinosaur craze Jurassic Park caused. In other words Saban did the impossible and caught lightning in a bottle twice.

[@DangerousDannyTee]

More amazing content!!! I went back and watched the WWF Jakks BCA videos, which were also awesome. It would be cool to do a video strictly on the WWF Jakks STOMP series 🔥

[@RetroCharged]

So much nostalgia on one video

[@spaceknight793]

I was buying all the Star Wars action figures and vehicles I could find, plus all the Timeless/40th Anniversary G.I.Joe reproduction rereleases. And what I remember most is how easy it was to go to the toy aisles and FIND them all. Such a huge difference from today where that has become impossible. Half or more of every toy line I buy requires online purchases. "The hunt" has radically changed and not for the better.

[@madamplatypus313]

Dudes, I was barely even two in ‘99 but I’ll still never forget those Rugrat toys were my entire world.

[@MichaelGraham-h9j]

Finally a new video

[@ClintLowe]

Good luck finding pokemon toys back in the 90s. It was insane how fast those things sold out.

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

Subbed you're definitely my people dude you could've replicated any moment with the bone crunchers but chose Mick's title win that happened a few days before my 15th birthday & Mick has always been my favourite of all time even back in 90s WCW. I remember the Ken Shamrock sculpt being amazing as I was a UFC fan but there weren't any UFC figures til like 2005. I remember being upset the next generation was the solid titantron style I was too old (In my younger brain) for figures at the time so I just felt bad the next generation had crappy titantron builds like the commissioner Michaels figure in bonecruncher series functionally useless.

[@CeemPlay]

the world was just better then

[@BrianAwesome]

Favorite 1999 Figures 1) Marvel Vs Capcom Figures 2) Power Playback Figures/Tapes 3) Wwf Bone Crunchong and Titan Tron Love Figures 4) Pokemon/Game Boy Color figure sets 5) Brast Wars Transmetals/Tramsmetal 2 figures

[@joshhamester]

Man I had a lot of these toys and if I didn’t have them their my friends certainly did or I studied all of these toys intently as a 7 year old in every store toy aisle back in 1999. Indeed this was peak times!

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

Omg i love this this amazing Best channel ever I collect but id dint even think about the history or how much some of these could be worth if I got my hands on them

[@_The_Worst_]

Ah...☺️...whatta lovely time it was...🤘🏼💯✔️

[@ToyGyani]

Nostalgia hit hard 😅 cool video

[@ErinCreations]

Very cool video!

[@Elite-0Zero]

That Goku from Irwin is still on my shelf! It came with removable hair even though you had to buy a different figure to get the Super Saiyan hair

[@ProWrestlingReality]

It must have been an absolutely...Incredible era 🙏

[@ILoveMary12]

Do more of this!!

[@wildranger5]

The video needed more on the Lost Galaxy considering it was in the top 5 best selling toys all year pretty much lol

[@taimak123]

I’m frustrated that I didn’t know that there were mystery man figures and I’m furious that they didn’t make one of Kel Mitchell’s Character

[@Binx345me]

As a kid I collected the entire Burger King pokemon set! As well as the entire pizza hut, kfc, and taco bell star wars set. You can sometimes buy the toys by themselves but when BK stop doing that due to huge pokemon demand i got all my relatives to get kids meals too.

[@GabrielSC174]

I loved Gex and was so happy when those figures were announced. Still can’t believe it got cancelled

[@LetsplayActionfigures]

Awesome video

[@alexchung47]

Loved the commercial break.

[@harveydent5334]

Born 1989..and toys from 1994-2000 were THEE BEST TOYS

[@francoisregis2155]

It was fun to collect back then stores where full of toys it was easy to complete your series. No scalpers toys were cheaper nowadays action figures are now 25$ (here in 🇨🇦) while back then prices were between 6,99$ and 8,99$

[@stanstansky5522]

Take me back 😖😭😭😭

[@sbgangan]

Great vid

[@mikeandrosc5469]

We're going back in time

[@aIt-girl]

i wish i was born in the 90s to experience this era 🥹

[@CeemPlay]

days of our lives

[@buckspearman3013]

Every single person in Toys R Us that night 25 years ago thought they had their early retirement in those buggies and by the year 2024 it would all be worth thousands and thousands. We were wrong.

[@kyleworrellSr]

super cool!

[@JUniverseChannel-juc]

Totally awesome video man oh yeah subscribe your channel man 😎.

[@ryankeefe2102]

What we need now is a history of OSFTM ECW figures

[@FigureCollections]

Major Pod covered it and did a great job! That said, I'm not opposed to it!

[@ryankeefe2102]

@FigureCollections fits with the history of bone crunchers and wcw toybiz

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Yes, the 2000s ❤

[@robertkomninos4220]

That’s what got me into wrestling figures!

[@IvanRemax]

You should do a video about Gundam Figures from early 2000’s… MSIA Gundam

[@youngemu3949]

The Vs Series & Tomy’s Pokemon figures were my crack as a kid 😩 I bought some of the packs like Captain Commando vs Venom three times cause I overplayed them and they get destroyed 😭 There was a store that I remember sold imported Tomy figures. I don’t think every PKMN got repackaged for the west so those imports helped me fill out my collection. I still have some of my other toys like Mario Kart bowser, Movie Cyclops & Hollywood Hogan laying around somewhere, of course they have also fallen apart. They should probably get thrown away but they have sentimental value 😅

[@UncleUkaliq]

I remember having the animorph transformers hawk

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Plese do video of the Mr. Potato varients & the Yugioh Mattel miniatures

[@Pauric84]

Jada Toys need to make Duke Nukem Action Figures!! The Buffy figure headsculpts are amazing for the time!😊

[@FloridaEbikes]

1999 was peak humanity. It's been downhill ever since.

[@joshhamester]

💯💯💯

[@AkiyamerGaming]

i remember having those wrestling figures

[@blakeandersonECW420]

This video makes me wish was born in the 90s

[@lakerskb2465]

Take me back please

[@superiorcybergodzilla5670]

I was born two years later 😢

[@JapiCustoms]

10:56 I had forgotten how horrible Hasbro's DC figures were.

[@Djp2987]

12 inch military figs, macfarlane toys, star wars

[@oscarmejia1003]

Awesom

[@vincently1995]

25 Years Ago

[@joeybaseball7352]

It was a whole lot needed in 1999. Luckily I was a kid in 1999, so I actually played with my toys, and used my imagination. But I would imagine for adults, it must've been really shameful, because there was really no internet to share your love with other nerds. And I know someone will tell me there was internet in 1999. But it was the nerdy dark web of the dial-up era. Back when it would take 25 minutes to download a 20kb picture. Now it's so open, and you can show the world. And even most of the world won't care, there's less judgement. Especially from younger generations. The old-heads, and the WWII generations still judge. At least what's left of them. But now it's an era of apathetic indifference. They see you have a toy collection. They don't care. But instead of judgement, they just think "eh whatever, that's his thing, not mine" and they move on with their life. There's a lot less shaming now. And a lot of that has to do with celebrities showing their odd and eccentric collections. They made it acceptable in the mainstream. The only time anything that was once ever considered taboo, becomes mainstream, is because a celebrity endorsed it, and brought positive awareness to it. Getting away from toys, if you were born in the 90s, or earlier, you're old enough to remember when crocs were the laughing stock of the shoe world. You were the lamest, most uncool person if you wore crocs. You were literally getting made fun of. Those same people who hated crocs, are the same exact hypebeasts who love them now because Justin Bieber and Post Malone started wearing them.

[@giselle8205]

1999 was all about wcw toybiz and wwf jakks.

[@Justjames89]

Great year! Was 9. Put the action men away for the last time

[@nathanilsaenz8178]

I think the old Irwin DBZ figures and Jakks figures are better than the newer dragon stars and dragon ball evolve figures produced today.

[@Starscream2588]

I was there in 1999, Collected toys my whole life. I was one year out of high school. End of 1999 I got my first power rangers megazord. But mainly a transformers collectors Ever since 1993 G2 I bought 2 of everything of transformers. I still have everything today I have all beast wars sealed. G2 sealed.. I never paid attention to Star wars I can't stand it. I never got pass the first movie. Hated it my self

[@lolo27234]

I would kill for new good NHL figures a barkov ,Igor , Mathews or Crosby I would love

[@alejandromolinac]

Shame you didn’t feature any McFarlane….. love their late 90s output…. Before they went full on McStatues….. HATED THAT…..

[@zesanx]

I had a good chunk of the figures featured here... Being a 30 something is cool i guess

[@richardfownes8065]

bro please get a nice mic, that's shredding my ears

[@silviodante7346]

Great video, horrible voice over audio quality 🤣

[@swayvacious1]

Very trying lol

[@THAJUICE_408]

I just wanna thank my parents….6-8 yr old me did not need that many WCW\Wwf action figures 🥹 0:38 I had most of those lol

[@THAJUICE_408]

Rey mysterio in Red … The Giant !!…DDP wit the pose…I remember my 1st dog bit up my Scot hall in red attire 😂 hair all chewed up jacket..missing fingers it was terrible lol