Toy of the week

Stripe, from Gremlins. My sister had Gizmo, but I of course preferred his counterpart.

Scary toys and proof of Claus

Way back in 1980 I just had to have the most awesome, 18" action figure ever made: Alien



What kid wouldn't want such an incredible, nightmare inducing hunk of plastic? I honestly don't know what the folks at Kenner were thinking when they came up with this. A tie in for a R rated horror movie. At any rate, being a monster and sci-fi buff, I wanted it.

My mother, of course, said no way. Being 7, I decided to ask Santa for it, since my mother wouldn't even entertain the idea. I wasn't holding out much hope, since she said she was telling Santa not to get it.

Christmas morning rolled around, and Santa left the usual pile of booty. One of the last presents I opened was a big box, and as the paper peeled away I saw that monster's eyes peering out at me. I exclaimed in joy "Santa got me the Alien!!!"

My mother acted all pissed. "Damn it, I told Santa not to get that for you!"

I remember going back to school, convinced Santa must be real if he went against my parents' wishes and got me the toy I wanted most.

I still have it to this day:

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GoBot Geeper Creeper

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C-3P0 mask V2. I wish I still had the plastic aprons that comprised the costume part of these costumes.

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One of my first Star Wars costumes: C3P0

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Yeah, I'm not much of a Trekkie, but I do have the odd toy or two floating around. This phaser projects a light on the wall and came with a couple of discs to project the Enterprise and some other shit. Long lost, but I believe the light and sound still work.

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Harry Booth from The Black Hole. Yes, I have an action figure of Ernest Borgnine.

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Maximilian from Disney's The Black Hole. Funny story: I used to pretend the figure of Dr. Alex Durant was me, code named Lightening, when I played with my GI JOE guys.

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HESS truck! It lights up, and that's about it.

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18" of Alien terror from the good folks at Kenner. I still haven't figured out why, exactly, they'd make a toy out of something from an R rated horror movie. Whatever, the thing is freakin awesome. The head glows in the dark, and the secondary jaw extends when you push a button on the back of the head.

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ET, featuring an extending neck and a Speak and Spell.
I used to have a prosthetic ET finger with a light up tip. It looked like a big gray, shining cock. That appears to have long since disappeared.

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Colonial Viper from the original BSG. The front and rear sections separate, and you can add pieces of other ships to "customize" it. At one point there were little orange projectiles that fired from the cannons, but I fear they are long lost to the ages.

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Remote Control Jawa Sancrawler! The original commercial for this bad boy boasts about it's mult-directioness: Forward, reverse, and forward again!

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Avoid the Noid! I have no idea how I managed to end up with this little guy in my possession, but I did. There he is.

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Tron with Light Cycle. I think I still have the ripcord floating around somewhere.

(edit) Actually, that's Flynn, not Tron. Tron does not sport a toga.

Toy of the Week #2

The "Cairo Swordsman" from the Raiders of the Lost Ark collection.

Debut post: Toy of the week

Now that I have plenty of megapixels at my disposal, I thought I'ld start a toy of the week post. What better to start with than the Guy Fawkes loving anarchist, V for Vendetta.