Vintage Collectibles Thread

[MANDO]

That is awesome!!
!!

Thanks, man!

Were those pack-ins?

They were a whole separate line by Kidworks around '86. I remember having a lot them as a kid probably cause I could get mutiples as opposed to just one of something else.
Come to find out they had their own Cats Lair, Mumm-Ra tomb and even Snow Meow.

 

[galactiboy]

I had a couple of those... and the smaller playset of the armory. Pretty cool little Thundercat figures.

 

[frodo]

I used to love these guys, especially the white and black ninjas!

Sweet Star Wars figs too. I'm starting to get the vintage SW itch again myself.

Lately I've been in a mega Thundercat mood. Here's a shot of my miniatures:

wow those are awesome thundercat mini figs i remember seeing those when i was little. i never gave those the time of day cause i was too focused on getting the bigger ones.

 

[frodo]

here are my panosh place voltron figures

voltron force

king zarcon's minions

 

[MANDO]

Nice! I had a bunch of those as a kid. Loved how Hagar had her cat sculpted to her arm!

Here's another shot of my TC miniatures that shows them a little better. Its scary that for the most part the paint apps. on these are cleaner than the new Bandai 'Cats I saw the other day.

 

[galactiboy]

Mumm-Ra looks pretty badass... a bit like a gorilla, but cool nonetheless. And you're right the paint on them is very good considering the size and age.

 

[Darth Waller]

Do you have a bigger sized jpeg of your avi, Richard? Very cool stuff!

Here you go!

 

[galactiboy]

That is just awesome

 

[Darth Waller]

You find some strange things with Google image search sometimes.

 

[FLOSI]

Very, very cool!

 

[user 1190]

Update to the vintage desk.

I need to get another 2 stair setups for the rest and a dozen or so figures, to fill open spots and to replace beat up stand ins from when i was kid.

I also want to get last few MOC R2-d2s. I got all the sensor scope versions and 12 back (not shown) so I just need the ESB, POTF and tri logo pop up lightsaber version.

 

[galactiboy]

The Vintage SW figures are looking good man

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

Nice shelves.

 

[user 1190]

Thanks, I am kinda looking for a enclosed cabinet that will fit those steps.

 

[DPrime]

Just a random question here guys but do you think the 80's era of vintage cartoons was really that great or is it just because we have those found memories of growing up with this nostalgic stuff.

I have this debate with my wife about cartoons and music and her take of the argument is always that "we grew up in that era therefore it's bias that we think it was the best era for these types of subects"

I disagree btw, I really don't think that today's generation doesn't have the same opportunity of characters that we had to choose or be entertained from being a 80's kid.

Ski, are you talking about the cartoons specifically, or the era in general?

I definitely think the era itself was a landmark time period for the toy industry/collecting. I mean, otherwise we wouldn't STILL have Transformers, GI Joe, He-Man, Thundercats, etc coming out. And SW pretty much fits in that category, as well.

As far as cartoons go, some of them were pretty awful, but some hold up and are still enjoyable to me in my adult years. GI Joe and Transformers are watchable (especially the first two GI Joe miniseries, and to a somewhat lesser extent the first and second GI Joe seasons, and TF prior to and including the movie). MOTU and Thundercats, however, I find to be very difficult to watch...

So FINALLY we're getting our basement done. Hopefully I'll be able to put up some of my vintage stuff when we're all done!

 

[MANDO]

Great looking vintage SW spread, Mfoga! Tiers or risers are possibly the best way to display smaller figures like those!

 

[DPrime]

Great looking vintage SW spread, Mfoga! Tiers or risers are possibly the best way to display smaller figures like those!

Yeah, where did you get those? They do look great.

I keep my eyes open for risers but I have no idea where to buy them...

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

Does anyone know of a place to get vintage figure cases to display a bunch ?

I was hoping for something similar to this one :

But my dealer went out of business.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[MANDO]

Yeah, where did you get those? They do look great.

I keep my eyes open for risers but I have no idea where to buy them...

About half way down the page:

https://smalljoes.com/apex-action-figure-collectibles-display-case.___ml

Edit: That link doesn't seem to work but if you click Apex Display Cases on the left it should come up.

 

[Khev]

Man there's just always been something special about collections that focus on only ANH and ESB. I know you've got the other shelf with ROTJ but I like seeing the first two movies represented together like you have above.

I love all the movies for various reasons, PT included, but there's just something about 1977-1982, before there was ANYTHING lame about SW on any level.

I know the Holiday Special existed in that timeframe but even then I don't think anyone really considered it "canon" or anything. Just a one-off goof special.