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Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2013.05.03 12:45:00 -
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I got a neat space ship looking toy for Christmas. It was made of this awesome soft, ivory coloured palstic; a ship of sorts, with 3 or 5 crew members. It could be taken apart and made into 5 individual ships, the "wings" of which were like pistols that shot out darts with big rubber bumpers on them.
Apparently the rubber bumpers often broke off and the plastic shaft became a sharp missile propelled by a powerful spring. The toy was recalled, and one day my mom packed it up and we went to the store to return it. I got to pick out any other toy that I wanted! I got 2! They were Buck Rogers space ships each with a guy.
They were made of cheap, hollow sounding plastic. And a bit to large for a little kid to play with. The figures fell apart soon after as they were pretty cheap. Nothing like the guys on the ship that was returned.
I always missed that ship. And I still wonder what happened to the company that made it. It was a well made toy that had a flaw which could have been easily fixed. Instead the toy was destroyed and I imagine the company that made it along with it.
This was 35 years ago or so. Did you ever have such a toy? Or a great childhood disappointment that is perhaps the reason for you playing Eve? The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
Carte Dor
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2013.05.03 12:50:00 -
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You have far to much time on your hands to be able to post this much on the forums. |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu Curatores Veritatis Alliance
359
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Posted - 2013.05.03 12:55:00 -
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I'm home watching the kids today. We played hide and seek, ate some toast, and counted all of their transformers. At this point we read a kid book together, then we read a few forum posts together =-) They often get bored with the forum posts and I have a few minutes to think and write.
Lulz The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
Pepper Solette
University of Caille Gallente Federation
25
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:01:00 -
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I remember going to s 6 cinema drive-in with my family when i was a boy. The screens were all around us and all you needed to do what change the channel on that speaker you hooked onto the window seal.
Well, my brother and I are in the back of this station wagon. (I had Milk Duds). Yes, i remember all this that vividly. My parents were there to watch something else when my brother and i saw a spaceship movie. Turns out it was Buck Rogers. Well, needless to say we got our parents to change the channel on that thing and we had an AMAZING time.
That year, i got a metal Buck Rogers fighter. I loved it a hell of a lot and I still have it to this day.
I used to play with Space Lego when i was a kid and also got an X Wing and a Tie Fighter for Christmas back in 1978. I still have them too.
So spaceship stuff was all around me and it was a natural progression all throughout my life. From dumping quarters into the original Asteroids stand up console at the arcade to Wing Commander, Elite and a D&D Style game called Star Fleet Battles.
I also have one of these. It's called a FlapJack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPD193nH0Ks Still have it to this day and it still works. |
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon Drunk 'n' Disorderly
671
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:01:00 -
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Go outside and show your kids that there is a life without you staring at a screen at every possible opportunity.
"Also, your boobs " -á CCP Eterne, 2012
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Tuttomenui II
Aliastra Gallente Federation
61
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:05:00 -
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When I was 6 I got this spaceship for Christmas. And it opened up kind of like that millennium falcon toy storage but it was not a storage type ship it unfolded to become a base. It had this foam ball that would hover over the a port that blew air. The blower failed and when my mom took it back the guy at the store gave her money back and told her they would just be told to toss it int he garbage and told her to take it back home, so I got to keep it. It was a pretty cool toy. Had little men that were 1/2" tall and there was a reddish see through tube elevator thing on it to. That was 24 years ago. |
Vincent Gaines
Cold Moon Destruction Transmission Lost
421
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:09:00 -
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I had construx as a kid where you could build almost anything.
On a side note, Battle Beasts made a perfect fit in Construx seats/cockpits. Not a diplo.-á
The above post was edited for spelling. |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu Curatores Veritatis Alliance
360
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:11:00 -
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Eugene Kerner wrote:Go outside and show your kids that there is a life without you staring at a screen at every possible opportunity. We have a play date latter today and will go for a walk and swing on the swings in a while.
You are on my block list and have been for a long time because you are a troll and kind of a nasty poster Eugene. I was just curious how you would respond to this post.
I am no longer curious. The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
Azami Nevinyrall
Carbon Circle Tactical Narcotics Team
830
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:13:00 -
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Replace Toy Company with CCP, and toy with EVE/Dust, and you have all of us in a few years... I'm not entirely clear on the point of this, but I do have a sudden urge to jump in a catalyst and blow up a miner. Twitter! - @AzamiNevinyrall I'm half expecting a ban for this post. |
dark heartt
I Own Four Sheep Nyratic
167
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:14:00 -
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Shouldn't this be in Out of Pod? Bienator II: "You can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose."
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Jarod Garamonde
Action Bastards
87
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:24:00 -
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Corey Fumimasa wrote:I got a neat space ship looking toy for Christmas. It was made of this awesome soft, ivory coloured palstic; a ship of sorts, with 3 or 5 crew members. It could be taken apart and made into 5 individual ships, the "wings" of which were like pistols that shot out darts with big rubber bumpers on them.
Apparently the rubber bumpers often broke off and the plastic shaft became a sharp missile propelled by a powerful spring. The toy was recalled, and one day my mom packed it up and we went to the store to return it. I got to pick out any other toy that I wanted! I got 2! They were Buck Rogers space ships each with a guy.
They were made of cheap, hollow sounding plastic. And a bit to large for a little kid to play with. The figures fell apart soon after as they were pretty cheap. Nothing like the guys on the ship that was returned.
I always missed that ship. And I still wonder what happened to the company that made it. It was a well made toy that had a flaw which could have been easily fixed. Instead the toy was destroyed and I imagine the company that made it along with it.
This was 35 years ago or so. Did you ever have such a toy? Or a great childhood disappointment that is perhaps the reason for you playing Eve?
Corey recalls the rage of this memory, everytime he logs on. Burning with the fury of exactly 5 3/8th Class O stars, he makes a beast out of himself, as the client program loads. A beast that hungers for killmails. He presses the undock button... and all is lost. "you can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose."-á --áBienator II |
Jenn aSide
STK Scientific Initiative Mercenaries
1717
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:25:00 -
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Corey Fumimasa wrote:I got a neat space ship looking toy for Christmas. It was made of this awesome soft, ivory coloured palstic; a ship of sorts, with 3 or 5 crew members. It could be taken apart and made into 5 individual ships, the "wings" of which were like pistols that shot out darts with big rubber bumpers on them.
Apparently the rubber bumpers often broke off and the plastic shaft became a sharp missile propelled by a powerful spring. The toy was recalled, and one day my mom packed it up and we went to the store to return it. I got to pick out any other toy that I wanted! I got 2! They were Buck Rogers space ships each with a guy.
They were made of cheap, hollow sounding plastic. And a bit to large for a little kid to play with. The figures fell apart soon after as they were pretty cheap. Nothing like the guys on the ship that was returned.
I always missed that ship. And I still wonder what happened to the company that made it. It was a well made toy that had a flaw which could have been easily fixed. Instead the toy was destroyed and I imagine the company that made it along with it.
This was 35 years ago or so. Did you ever have such a toy? Or a great childhood disappointment that is perhaps the reason for you playing Eve?
Not the reason I play EVE. But I remember getting this toy , loving it and losing it on a trip and was never ever able to find anything like it ever......Until I made enough isk to buy my 1st machariel lol.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iZPpsC5rjbs/TZzOCIFFXqI/AAAAAAAABiw/yVbYjytTDvI/s1600/01%2BBuck%2BRogers%2BStarfighter%2BCorgi%2BSpaceship%2B4.jpg
(The one I had was on the left)
Edit, by the way this is a great site for us old folks to relive the glory days lol: http://www.toysyouhad.com/ |
Jarod Garamonde
Action Bastards
87
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:31:00 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:Corey Fumimasa wrote:I got a neat space ship looking toy for Christmas. It was made of this awesome soft, ivory coloured palstic; a ship of sorts, with 3 or 5 crew members. It could be taken apart and made into 5 individual ships, the "wings" of which were like pistols that shot out darts with big rubber bumpers on them.
Apparently the rubber bumpers often broke off and the plastic shaft became a sharp missile propelled by a powerful spring. The toy was recalled, and one day my mom packed it up and we went to the store to return it. I got to pick out any other toy that I wanted! I got 2! They were Buck Rogers space ships each with a guy.
They were made of cheap, hollow sounding plastic. And a bit to large for a little kid to play with. The figures fell apart soon after as they were pretty cheap. Nothing like the guys on the ship that was returned.
I always missed that ship. And I still wonder what happened to the company that made it. It was a well made toy that had a flaw which could have been easily fixed. Instead the toy was destroyed and I imagine the company that made it along with it.
This was 35 years ago or so. Did you ever have such a toy? Or a great childhood disappointment that is perhaps the reason for you playing Eve? Not the reason I play EVE. But I remember getting this toy , loving it and losing it on a trip and was never ever able to find anything like it ever......Until I made enough isk to buy my 1st machariel lol. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iZPpsC5rjbs/TZzOCIFFXqI/AAAAAAAABiw/yVbYjytTDvI/s1600/01%2BBuck%2BRogers%2BStarfighter%2BCorgi%2BSpaceship%2B4.jpg(The one I had was on the left) Edit, by the way this is a great site for us old folks to relive the glory days lol: http://www.toysyouhad.com/
It looks like a damn Curse.... "you can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose."-á --áBienator II |
Pepper Solette
University of Caille Gallente Federation
28
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:33:00 -
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That one on the left-front is exactly the one i have.
Nice find.
NFI what they would be worth today. |
mr ed thehouseofed
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
123
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:39:00 -
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early 70's ,i had cast toys . i had a set of spaceships and tanks from the tv show UFO . ahh good times
http://ufo.sfdaydreams.com/toys/peufo.htm real gamers only need one toon-á |
Arduemont
Rotten Legion Ops
1362
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:41:00 -
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Posting in a stealth Bring back WiS development thread.
There was once a company that made something with an easily fixable flaw, and they stopped making it. "In the age of information, ignorance is a choice." |
Cecil Montague
PCG Enterprises THE ROYAL NAVY
3
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:41:00 -
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I once had a set of Star Trek ships that I loved. But there was one problem, the Galaxy class was way too small. That ship was supposed to be huge! I shrugged it off and played with my Constitution class and Bird of Prey instead.
Then I found Eve and got my first Rokh... and the old disappointment returned
"There is no such thing as an effective segment of Totality" - Bruce Lee: The only man with a Chuck Norris killmail. |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu Curatores Veritatis Alliance
364
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:47:00 -
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Pepper Solette wrote:That one on the left-front is exactly the one i have.
Nice find.
NFI what they would be worth today.
Some of those old toys are wicked expensive. I have a lego set with a few missing pieces, "The Forest Hideaway" or something. I looked into replacing the set and complete in box is now 600$.
This was one of the small sets form that line, maybe 20 - 40 dollars at release. The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
Jarod Garamonde
Action Bastards
89
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:47:00 -
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mr ed thehouseofed wrote:
My brother and I had untold amounts of lego sets. We used to build huge fleets of spaceships that would fight epic battles in a distant solar system (which was actually the floor of our basement). There was one that was twice the size of all the others... the mighty dreadnought USS Nevada, as we called it. No Russian ship could withstand the force of its all-powerful Wave Motion Cannon (thanks to Starblazers for the awesome name). In fact, for my brother's sake, I still played these spaceship battles with him, even when I was in high school. Girls who wanted to date me would just have to deal with the fact that it was what I did on Saturdays (pausing only to watch The Tick), before anything else.
Little did I know that I would still be playing with spaceships, fighting Russians, and explaining to my girlfriends why it's so interesting to me, well into my 30's... "you can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose."-á --áBienator II |
LHA Tarawa
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
603
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:48:00 -
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Seems I'm close to the same age.
Sounds like the micronauts battle cruiser
http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?6,190093
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Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
1705
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:52:00 -
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Corey Fumimasa wrote:I got a neat space ship looking toy for Christmas. It was made of this awesome soft, ivory coloured palstic; a ship of sorts, with 3 or 5 crew members. It could be taken apart and made into 5 individual ships, the "wings" of which were like pistols that shot out darts with big rubber bumpers on them.
Apparently the rubber bumpers often broke off and the plastic shaft became a sharp missile propelled by a powerful spring. The toy was recalled, and one day my mom packed it up and we went to the store to return it.
The awesome Micronaut Battlecruiser
Many good times were had shooting at dogs, cats, and schoolmates with this in preparation for Doc's later career in EVE.
The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the ho's and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' and I'll look down, and whisper 'Hodor'. |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu Curatores Veritatis Alliance
365
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Posted - 2013.05.03 13:58:00 -
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Doc Fury wrote: Many good times were had shooting at dogs, cats, and schoolmates with this in preparation for Doc's later career in EVE.
OMG! thats it!!! I have to buy one! Thanks Doc You're the best!!!
The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
1706
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Posted - 2013.05.03 14:08:00 -
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Corey Fumimasa wrote:Doc Fury wrote: Many good times were had shooting at dogs, cats, and schoolmates with this in preparation for Doc's later career in EVE.
OMG! thats it!!! I have to buy one! Thanks Doc You're the best!!!
If you can find the original comics (there were 61) they are quite collectable. There is also rumor of a J.J. Abrams live action movie.
A lot of the old Micronauts stuff can still be had on eBay.
The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the ho's and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' and I'll look down, and whisper 'Hodor'. |
Jarod Garamonde
Action Bastards
91
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Posted - 2013.05.03 14:11:00 -
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Corey Fumimasa wrote:Doc Fury wrote: Many good times were had shooting at dogs, cats, and schoolmates with this in preparation for Doc's later career in EVE.
OMG! thats it!!! I have to buy one! Thanks Doc You're the best!!!
And, now, the Dread Pirate Corey no longer PvPs with rage in his heart.... but with humor and happiness. Another honorable pirate is born.... "you can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose."-á --áBienator II |
Ravnik
Choke-Hold Beacon Light Alliance
7156
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Posted - 2013.05.03 14:17:00 -
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I used to have one of these
Loved that space ship
Oh .and a bigtrak!
Oh, the good ol' days The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly.......... |
Eram Fidard
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
85
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Posted - 2013.05.03 14:30:00 -
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My first thought was "huh, I never really had any spaceship toys growing up"
Then I remembered the thousands of different ships I designed, symmetrical, asymmetrical; sleek, or ugly; from unmanned drones and single pilot fighters to frigates studded with turrets and crew.
Lego, Pencil, Paper.
Guess it all starts somewhere, heh. |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu Curatores Veritatis Alliance
368
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Posted - 2013.05.03 14:36:00 -
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Lol, that's exactly it LHA! This may be my new hobby, collecting all of the Micronauts! Man I somehow knew that I would find the answer here in Eve.
I was born in July of 1972. Solidly Cancer, although my mom used to insist it was "moon child" =-P
The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
LHA Tarawa
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
606
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Posted - 2013.05.03 14:37:00 -
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Corey Fumimasa wrote:Doc Fury wrote: Many good times were had shooting at dogs, cats, and schoolmates with this in preparation for Doc's later career in EVE.
OMG! thats it!!! I have to buy one! Thanks Doc You're the best!!!
WTF!!!!!
I posted it first, and he gets the accolades?
SERIOUSLY? |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu Curatores Veritatis Alliance
368
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Posted - 2013.05.03 14:40:00 -
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Eram Fidard wrote:My first thought was "huh, I never really had any spaceship toys growing up"
Then I remembered the thousands of different ships I designed, symmetrical, asymmetrical; sleek, or ugly; from unmanned drones and single pilot fighters to frigates studded with turrets and crew.
Lego, Pencil, Paper.
Guess it all starts somewhere, heh.
My first spaceship drawings were circles with 2 points coming out of the front and flames (a long triangle) from the back indicating thrusters. Over time they developed designs on the main body, wings, and missiles. Then I saw a book about how to draw spaceships in 3d!!! I spent a year or 2 doing that and learned a lot about perspective
The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
LHA Tarawa
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
606
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Posted - 2013.05.03 14:41:00 -
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Corey Fumimasa wrote:Lol, that's exactly it LHA! This may be my new hobby, collecting all of the Micronauts! Man I somehow knew that I would find the answer here in Eve. I was born in July of 1972. Solidly Cancer, although my mom used to insist it was "moon child" =-P
Oh, young 'un. 1967 for me.
I not only had the micronauts battlecruiser, but also the buck rodgers toys.... and yes, the battlecruiser was by far the better toy. Oh, the collection of Star Wars toys I had... and what they would be worth today!
BTW: My parents let me keep the battle cruiser, even after the recall. Of course, they also didn't make me wear a seatbelt in the car, allowed me to ride my bike all over the neighborhood including across busy streets, AND without a helmet!
I guess back when it was common to have 5 kids, they were less concerned about 1 or 2 of them not making it to adult hood. |
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