The Cool T-Shirt Thread
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I remember wrestling (and Hulkamania, Ultimate Warrior, etc) being big in the mid-80s, but mostly on TV. I don't really recall the toys being all that big. Then again, by then I was entering my teen years. I wasn't into the toys/collecting thing from 1986-1995 ( Yeah, I know... old 
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Nuka Cola Kidd
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Ugh. Why did I think Hulk Hogan was Stretch Armstrong?
I suppose Stretch was technically more of a late 70s toy initially (then again, so was Chewbacca), but when did the WWF figures hit big? Weird.
Anyway, since I ordered the shirt I am going to pretend that's Stretch Armstrong instead of Hulk Hogan.
Dont feel bad. I thought it was Stretch too.
Here is the figure referenced I believe. This is the one I had.
Wow. That's definitely it. But I would never have known. That's how disengaged I was by the time the wrestling toys hit big.
Late 70's/Early 80's FTW.
Nuka Cola Kidd
Super Freak
Late 70's/Early 80's FTW.
I had one and I was born in 86 so they were around atleast 70's - Early 90s
Darth Waller
Are you on the square?
Nuka Cola Kidd
Super Freak
Darth Waller
Are you on the square?
Hey. I graduated HS in 1990. Now I don't feel quite as ancient. Thanks! 
(I broke a hip and 67 blood vessels while typing this
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(I broke a hip and 67 blood vessels while typing this
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Darth Waller
Are you on the square?
OLD MAN YELLS AT IRISH
The ill Jedi
ILLest of 'em all!!
I had those toys, but they played no where near as big a role in my childhood as all the others did. They should've put a Robotech Veritech in there instead.
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I had those toys, but they played no where near as big a role in my childhood as all the others did. They should've put a Robotech Veritech in there instead.
The ill Jedi...screwing up cool shirt ideas since, well, yesterday.
Grenouille
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The LJN Hulk Hogan was a major staple of my childhood. I think I had about 4-5 things on that shirt. Now to ponder ordering....
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The Robotech Veritech is the one thing I would have loved to add to this shirt but I'm cool with what they added. My wife even wanted one because she had some of these and her brother had the others. I didn't graduate high school until 1999 so compared to some of you I'm still a fetus.
My 80s:
Star Wars
G.I. Joe
DC Super Powers
Marvel Secret Wars
Estes Model Rockets
Sea-Monkeys
Heavy Metal Music
Star Wars
G.I. Joe
DC Super Powers
Marvel Secret Wars
Estes Model Rockets
Sea-Monkeys
Heavy Metal Music
That is an excellent idea. "Plastic Villains". I like it.
Huh....if they go evil then you'd have to go Skeletor, a Robeast, Andre the Giant, Vader, Shredder, Storm Shadow, Mumm-Ra, Joker and in the center Gargamel, Megatron and what? What is the evil equivalent of a Lego?
Actually, Super Powers Luthor was probably the more popular villain figure in that line and might have a more identifiable silhouette as well:
