Mail Away Toys - GIJoe, Ghostbusters, Mighty Max, Starcom, Action Man, Star Wars- Toy History EP56

[@bootleggodzilla1]

Its crazy to think that some of these give aways were so fly by night that the companies sometimes have no record or barely a record of them like the toy formerly known as wonderbread he-man. That's gotta be one of the biggest toy mysteries solved ever.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed, you’d think they’d track a bit better 😅

[@sneakyskunk1]

The fact that Jem and the Holograms chose to make a pink llama their mascot is one of the most 1980s things ever.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed 🤣

[@ryanhudgins9004]

I love the " Toy History " episodes !! I mean I love all episodes but these are very interesting and I always learn something new.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks Ryan 🤘

[@mczilla8628]

I remember as a kid doing a mail away for Boba Fett and then Cobra Commander and Duke the anticipation running to the mail box everyday hoping for it to come and when it did 4 to 6 weeks later you thought you won the lottery, good times.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Epic 😁

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

In the 90's Fruit Loops did a mail away for a Han Solo Stormtrooper. I did it but that 6-8 weeks came and went, then this little white box showed up, it was awesome. AND THEN... there was a 3 pack, Han/Luke/Chewy. Lol

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

3-pack is epic 😁 so many figures at once

[@bakertron846]

I did not realize my create a cobra was that uncommon. Gonna have to dig that one out

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yeah give it a good spot 😁🤘 hopefulky you have the paperwork and weapon as well then you have a really good collectors piece

[@LlanoRiverBlue]

Great toy history lesson! The only mail aways I remember getting were Disney PVC figurines from Kellog cereal boxes. Rescue Rangers, and Ducktails. I still have my Gizmoduck, the rest are lost to time. Also subscribed to Star Wars Insider magazine and used to order exlusive toys through that with my mom, but I think that was pretty much just mail order, not some promotion. Memories!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s awesome

[@adamjeremycapps]

Neon colors were on everything back then, "neon green, pink, blue, yellow," Neon pink was also called hot pink. I never heard it be called 90s pink before. I bought a neon pink zippo recently and my friends treated me like I bought a girly lighter.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

It was all funky 80s skisuit colors 🤣🤣

[@adamjeremycapps]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Yeah I wouldn't be caught dead in those kinds of clothes these days.

[@Sean-ms8hx]

But you did buy a girly lighter😂

[@looselycollected7505]

I'd like to see mail away exculsives return. I see current toy companies make exclusives for cons claiming they are a thank you to the fans of the line. When in truth they usually are more a punishment for the fans between people not being able to go to the con and then having to pay through the nose to buy them in the resale market. I know sometimes they make enough for some to be available on their website. But that limits them again. I'd much rather do mail away stuff like this. But I really don't think we'll ever see them again. Oh well, thanks for the memories dude.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I feel like newer toys are just too pricey compared to 30 years ago it’d be 3-8$ now it’s 20-40$ for a toy how can they really justify giving one away for free … well you know 😅

[@bobcalderon2534]

Another great video. Keep them coming. I really learning alot. I 68 years old and l never stop learning. 😊

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thank you sir 🤓

[@seanseamands]

My Mom was all about getting me all the mail aways for g.i joe. The only mail in figure I have from childhood is the Kelloggs/Kenner Starwars Power of the Force Han Solo in Stormtrooper armor. This is a wonderful series to trigger that nostalgia feeling 🤘

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Hasbro did such a great job on their mail aways

[@211inprogress]

I love this, You really do Great toy history videos, I could watch these all day long, me and my brother used to have star com toys they are brilliant. Also we had Glow bugs like the glow pals on here. 🇬🇧

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Epic 😁🙏thanks for watching

[@211inprogress]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut 👍

[@SupermanKalEl7828]

I'm glad you're back, Ed! Thanks for a History Lesson of Mail Away Toys: G.I.Joe, Ghostbusters, Mighty Max, Starcom, Action Man, Star Wars, Etc. The 60s 70s 80s through 90s has the Best Vintage Toys and Toys History Ever. Excellent Video as always! And keep your Channel Growing, my Friend! 😎 🙌 👌👍👍

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

You bet!

[@SupermanKalEl7828]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut 🤜💥🤛

[@dillpicklefart8627]

That Alien in box behind you is awesome. Been looking for one but so hard to find complete and in good condition

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I love how he’s kinda crawling out 😝

[@davidfulmer5840]

Another great video. Now my brain is thinking of every flag, or proof I collected but never sent in. Not sure why lol

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Aw yeaah 😅 toy regrets

[@markthemaniac3350]

Love toy history. Keep these coming.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy

[@cloudvectors]

That was a fun episode. I remember getting both Dengar and the Emperor mail-order from Palitoy. There was another mail-away where you got a little box of star wars accessories. A grappling hook, oxygen masks, back packs. Very cool mail days! The other one I remember were Ghostbusters puffy glow stickers from a crisp promotion

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Ghostbusters had a crazy amount of premiums and yes I remember that weapon pack for star wars. I covered it in a previous episode, i feel like that one was cheap for the company but added a lot of playability for the kids that got them

[@WagesofCine]

The fun part was forgetting you even ordered them and then one day they showed up 😮🎉

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤣 so truee

[@volodymyrzablotsky5372]

Do an episode on the mail away karate fighters! Both the black and silver ninjas are pretty valuable today

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Oooh i’ll look into that 🤘🤓 thanks for the tip

[@CosmicRanger-xg7cz]

The Mail aways. I had the Return of the Jedi Luke Skywalker figure and the Super Powers Steppenwolf figure. Great Toy History bring back memories.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Epic 😁🤘

[@treasuresfortrigger915]

Excellent summary of the mail always Ed! 😎 I still love collecting the mail away paperwork🤓😆

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed that’s so much fun to collecting getting all the paperwork too 😁

[@Jaydopey]

Those Emperors dark were also packaged without the staff

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Really 😄 I didn’t know that, perhaps they cut the production on the figure later then the staff so they ended up with loose ones

[@cybereagle777]

I'm pretty sure I have that customized Steel Brigade mail away. I remember being so excited to have a G.I.Joe figure with my name.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 😁

[@LoganWood121]

The Heroic Three Pack for LAH was a JC Penney offering from their catalog if I'm not mistaken. So you were actually on point with it being simlilar to the MOTU offering that JCP did. Side note: those Incredible Crash Dummies Crack-Ups are epic. Only the real ones know those gems. Lol.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy! I needed to have that crack up dummy so cool 😁

[@Chris-Mac-B.C.Toys.]

Great stuff as usual. Keep bringing the 🔥.......... Pretty please . And Sgt Slaughter told us our mail away is in better condition than his 😉

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Epic 😁🤘

[@bambiraptor9]

My Little Pony mail aways were all the rage; I miss those days of wrecking packages to mail in points 😢❤ Thanks for this vid Ed!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

😵‍💫 imagine how many pristine packaging would be left if it weren’t for those points

[@matthiash3136]

I got the mighty max kronosaur mail away on our trip to the uk last year thanks to nerdbase it even came with the brown shipping box love that thing 😊

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I was so jealous of you picking that up 🤣

[@AMVH2012]

I never received a single mail away figure back in the day, I think my parents never realized they were USD.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I wish i learned about mail aways as a kid 😅 I just ripped open the packaging

[@citadelli]

Oh that 6-8 weeks. Be it from cereal boxes or especially the Joes, and Star Wars, we got so many. It was fun. I like Action Force is bringing that back a little ❤

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed 🤘

[@deformschool]

Sick Arkangel shirt! I didn't realize that you were a hardcore kid too!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Hardcore, Punk & Metal 🤓 I play in a hardcore band called Rotzak

[@ToyKennections]

Love it. Glad you included my fave... the LJN sized Hasbro Sgt Slaughter!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

It’s a pretty crazy story 😅 I think you have one right?

[@ToyKennections]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut I do indeed!

[@80sKid.]

4-LOM was the mailaway I remember most. Apparently the Toltoys Nien Nunb 65-back mailaway is a white whale of MOCs, nearly impossible to find. There was some quirk where the Nien Nunb 48-back was released in Australia with the Nien Nunb mailaway offer. Pretty weird lol

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I got to check that! Thanks so much for letting me know

[@retrorandotoys]

I mailed away for the LGN Sergeant Slaughter figure and received it. I was so stoked. For some reason I had 40% of my G.I. Joe still left over from when I was a kid. When i started collecting again. He was gone and sold off at yard sales from my childhood collection. I was very bummed. I have two Steel Brigade Variants in my collection. I mailed away for a few different G.I. Joe Mailaways when I was a kid. My first ever mail away was He-Man’s MOTU Mumm-Ra from 1985!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Mummra was in Thundercats? 🤓 so cool you had the sgt slaughter! 🤘

[@retrorandotoys]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut yes, I meant ThunderCats 😆

[@jasonking3182]

The legendarily mysterious Savage He Man was evidently a forgotten mail away promotion

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Correct 🤘

[@AllBreaksLoose]

I had the hooded cobra commander, one of those steel brigade troops, and I think I got others but can't remember... Oh yeah I also got (and still have) the star wars ROTJ poster with the film characters on one side and a picture of all the star wars action figures on the other.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Action figure posters are the best I have a motu one and it’s perfection

[@mercuryman1250]

I remember sending off for the darking duck magnifying glass. It took a month and a half to get it

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

First im hearing about that! That’s awesome 😁

[@mercuryman1250]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut thanks. Do you remember those Kelloggs floating toys inside the cereal boxes in the mid to late 80s, and wundarr he-man figure mail in toys

[@steelcurtain187]

I used to love these mailaway figures back then 😎

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

It does feel like a win win 😁

[@rodrickadamginsburg8960]

I remember the mail ins very well! 🎉

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

So much fun 😁

[@dennis_p]

That gold steel bigrade is awesome! 🫨

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Love it 🤘

[@ToyTalkGuys]

Ed! These are seriously the best videos. You're killin it, brudda!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Glad you like them!

[@dennisrounds1996]

Love your content sir. You have a great demeanor and your videos are well researched and produced, thank you. Btw , Starcom toys were amazingly produced and looked wonderful. I love smaller scales like that of it, M.AS.K. And Jayce & Wheeled Warriors

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

First time seeing jayce wheeled warriors in the wild last week, i never come across that line

[@Brian_is_Not_Sus]

Last Action Hero 3 pack is JC Penney again. From their mail order catalog. I have Jackss Olds 442 in a White JC Penney box too!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Epic 🤘

[@zachquam]

Ambush predator from the 90’s was one of my favorites.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s a good one 🤘

[@elcowabungahe-man6156]

Awesome video Ed a lot nostalgia of times that won't come again

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy

[@edwinsmith-jones6205]

I'm not sure about America, but here in the U.K. Kelloggs seemed to have a long-standing deal with Matchbox toys. I must have eaten truck loads of corn flakes, collecting tokens, for various promotions such as die-cast Ford Model A vans & Spitfires. My personal favourite was a R.A.F. Red Arrows Hawk aeroplane and its transporter truck in matching red paint scheme.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

That’s awesome 🤘

[@DJKC]

As a kid I had loads of those Action Man mail aways from collecting stars of the packaging. I had the Action Man figure and the Mounty. I also sent for the Sentry box but remember receiving a German version complete with German signs as they were out of stock of the advertised version .

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

It’s too bad i don’t have more action man paperwork there must be some more cool mail away deals in there

[@kultur-vultur]

Toatally did the mailaway Might Max Dino set, was a bit smaller than I expected but still was cool in the collection. I still have my Mighty Max style TMNT sets.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Love those tmnt mini’s i outta be more on the lookout for them 😋

[@colincarroll7218]

I think it'd be cool if you did the toy history on the toy rejects as part of your toy history. Almost like the kind of toys that really didn't get a chance to make it as big as some of the bigger toys did like TM and t and stuff like that. Almost like the toys that went straight to the bargain bins. Or if you could just make a straight up toy history on the bargain bin itself. That'll be cool Amber. All the toys lost to history there. That'll be cool course. That'd be a big, huge one, never mind. That might not be the best way to go about this😅

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I did a failed toy lines one 🤔

[@colincarroll7218]

Oh did you my bad. I must not have seen the failed toys one. My bad😂

[@shuey9299]

Really enjoy the toy history episodes Ed! Thanks for the great info 👍

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy 😁

[@rogertrump1026]

Love this video along with all your other toy history videos but honestly man, I miss the days of mail away figures and even toys that came in cereal boxes, you just don't see any of it nowadays. Lol 😂 not even a cheap ring or prize in a cracker jack box anymore.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Mc donalds has cardboard toys these days it’s really sad 😕

[@exosapiens2509]

As usual: Beautiful video, beautiful vibe. Keep the good work up!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thank you 🙏

[@batangbatugan]

Wasn't the GI-Joe Super Trooper a mail away figure as well? I remember the 90's live action commercials they were hilarious!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed! I have an army of those 😁

[@travisboyle285]

I remember getting the Clark Kent and Steppenwolf from the DC Super Powers.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Those are great, i’ve been able to find both for my collection 😁

[@lonniestringfellow9854]

I remember ordering Hooded CC, Sgt.Slaughter, The Fridge, and the M.A.N.T.A. all from G.I.Joe throughout the 80's

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Nice 🤘

[@PaladinHeart]

Loved the glow worms when I was little, and Mom saved up for the special one and sent off for it- And since I live in the US it definitely wasn't a Canadian exclusive.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome & thanks for clarifying ;)

[@jamesmoss3424]

I want that Sergeant Slaughter toy.😀👍

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Me too 😋

[@brianrobinson2962]

Fantastic ed toy history awesome mate we would like more please

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

More to come!

[@bloodeagle6458]

Yaaaaaaa he's back he's back

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy 🤘

[@80sToysRoc]

Killer video Ed!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy

[@RadSalacan]

A llama?! People got together in a group and all decided that kids wanted to play with a llama?!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed 🤷🏻😅

[@PaladinHeart]

It makes a great pinata in Fortnite. xD

[@matthewwhite2774]

Very cool video and enjoyable new old information, I had the palitoy mail away dog so yes I am an older collector and to be clear still collecting and not planning on stopping anytime soon as indeed I hope your channel isn't.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy

[@TheRetroTinker]

Great episode Ed!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy

[@Phoenix2312]

6:53 OH MY WORD! My Parents got me teh mail away Dengar! LOL! Along with a few other Mail Away's... The Accessories Kit being one...

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Epic

[@eltenda]

Excellent video as always brother 👍

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks 👍

[@shavanzar]

Cool video I got my Cobra Commander via flag points back in the day. Excellent work Hello from the West Coast of Canada. Name: Stephen

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Epic

[@biggdogg1975]

Love this

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks buddy 🤘

[@LauSkypainter]

My comment seems to have disappeared. 2nd try in 2 parts 😒: Thanks for putting always so much effort in your Toy History videos (and in all others as well 😉). And thanks for not shying away of showing some girls toys 😜👌. I did not know about the Polly Pocket mail aways of the regular compacts. I only knew about the crystal one. Cool~ but agreed~ color variants would have been a good idea 😂

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks so much! 😁🤘 will you attend Toyplosion? The polly’s were only in the UK i believe

[@LauSkypainter]

@@EdsRetroGeekOut Yes, I will😁 I even have a table. Unfortunately they don't list me under my KZbin name... but under my real name 🙄(Laura Stolle 😂) and they also don't list me under "special guests" 🤷🏼‍♀️ whatever 😝 Yup~ makes sence with Bluebird being UK excl. ✌

[@bootleggodzilla1]

A store called service merchandise did toy packs similar to the last action hero one you have. Sam's club did them at one time too

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Sweet 😁 so it makes sense

[@colincarroll7218]

As you're doing these kind of videos, I noticed that there's a crash test dummies back behind you I wonder were there ever any crash test dummy mailways? I'd love to hear if there were😊😊😊

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Not sure if there are but i’ll look into it 🤔

[@colincarroll7218]

Follow-Up question. What's a toy that you grew up with that you thought should have went farther than it should

[@NARC.1]

It's time to strap in 😎

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

For a Eurotrip!

[@Empiretoys1138]

Miss templuex! I'm going to make sure we try and come out again next year!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

We should 😁🤘

[@mr.popular3282]

I have the heroic gift set mib.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Awesome 😁

[@sanroman3461]

Nice video!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thanks for watching

[@legendodinson7082]

Only mail away I ever got was the Kenner invisible Predator

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Great toy 🤘

[@cabbitkisser2620]

as a kid of the 80s. remember the mail away points on the transformer's toys. what piss me of that you can't buy reflector in the stores. in order to get him you have to buy a mess load of transformers to get the points off the boxes & send away an x number of points & $10, i think. plus, shipping & handling.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

He’s a pretty cool one too that reflector 🤘

[@colincarroll7218]

I'll be truly honest the only mail away that I truly think I liked of these ones even though it's kind of like not much is the mighty Max. I I just had a thing for the mighty Max. Kind of stuff bib fortuna was even cool. Everything else I don't think I would have really gotten into because it wasn't my kind of tea

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

They’re still pretty nice sets those horror heads 😋

[@colincarroll7218]

They just are. I don't know what it is but horror sets of anything just does it for me😊

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

I only got 3, from Toy Biz Magazine; Guardian, Feral, and Shadowcat!

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Nice

[@gagemclaughlin8992]

I’m too early 😂🎉

[@dcap20]

Damn, no mention of the Kenner Super Powers Clark Kent mail away 😞

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Already covered in episode 20 🤓

[@Wayoutofdate]

Super Trooper dude

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

I have a couple 😋

[@solataire9805]

The classic free toy that cost $129 in cereal to obtain

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed 🤣🤣🤣

[@wheeljack0]

I sent off for a few of these, also sent of for a few Action Force Skeletrons as well

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Skeletron was epic!

[@bossvalordave]

Another top video ed

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Thank you

[@thewatcher6794]

You forgot the Colonel Duke Mail Away for G.I. Joe. I remember I sent in 5 proofs of purchase and I think $7.50 plus $1.50 for shipping and awhile later you were able to buy it in the store but by then the G.I. Joe craze had died down. And the Mail Away version was far more popular than the Sgt.Slaughter

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Epic i’ll look that up

[@tappajavittu]

I wish we had mail away figure type of deals in my country when I was a kid, such a great marketing gimmick. EDIT: Also, what band(?) shirt you're wearing?

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Great way to get you to buy more indeed 😁 the band is Arkangel 🤘

[@Takeshi357]

There's one other LAH gift set, Benedict with his car, they were all exclusive to one of those mail order giants like Sears or something. I see them on ebay all the time. Does that still count as a mailaway if it's just from a catalog??

[@mi3ter_t474]

1 or 1.50 for Postage 😅 those were the days

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed 🤣

[@beartrapinuwuland]

Yes dad, I saved my points to get a naked guy in the mail, no, it's not weird

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

🤣🤣

[@MrMryan81]

Dude Mummra as the mummy was the shit

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed

[@sawyerwonderlich6786]

I miss toys being 3.99

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

This! Indeed 😁

[@fuzzylumpkins6034]

I always wondered if there was tthere special mail order toy warehouse that was a secret locattion and what ever happened to the toys no one claimed. My mail orders included (and werent limited to) : Sgt Slaughter camera ttransformer thing my wife several gi joes

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Sweet 🤣🤭🤭 what wife? 😅 how many points was that

[@MartinCarterProduction]

Great an interesting Video agaim. Nice ... See you at Toyplosion 2 :)

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Yes! Can’t wait

[@mikeymccann3074]

Emperor dark has the triforce

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Indeed 🤔 there’s a Link 😏😝

[@jamesmiller1200]

You totally forgot the Hooded Cobra Commander from 1984.

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

Or maybe it was already in episode 20 😏

[@ZOMb2010]

EDliked the video...but what has happened to the toy show type vids ???

[@EdsRetroGeekOut]

They’re back in september, there need to be shows 😅

[@jogarthehutt]

Can't tell you how many times I sent off for an action man

[@yerbuddy5022]

Dude the only time I actually bought enough of one line and patient enough to save the upcs' was in like 95ish, I was 15, and if you had like 3 or 4 alien or predator toys u could send in for a "special" predator toy. I remember daydreaming about what the fuck he would look like because the ones they had out we're kinda badass. Well when I got it he was a clear plastic like he was invisible predator, he was sick as fuck.lol. He came with like a chest plate, mask, and wrist blade things that were all bright crome like just like the guy has on the thumbnail to this video. Idk I just thought he was super effen cool so I thought I would grace you all with his story😁🤣