When I was a kid and played with He-Man guys or Transformers, there was always a time when the scale of whatever war I was waging grew beyond the number of figures I had from that set. This meant that I had to throw in other guys to pad the numbers to make sure everything was just fine.
For example, He-Man would help The Autobots when Skeletor was bearing down on them with all his henchmen, some bad GI Joe guys, Randy Macho Man Savage, and a lone Captain Planet villain from a random aunt two birthdays ago.
This also worked for tournaments, Battle Royals, and no-holds-barred street races.
You knew the races were getting out of hand when a big Tonka dump truck started playing dirty and dumped a half-dozen Micro Machines on the carpet to scramble and run the Batmobile off the road.
Sometimes my sister got in on it, too.
If the Decepticons kidnapped Barbie then Ken would jump on My Little Pony to try and rescue her. And if that didn’t work, she’d be forced to wheel out the big guns.
Yes, I’m talking about the Cabbage Patch Kids.
Oh sure, they were just stuffed dolls, but they were also four times the size any of my action figures and had really heavy faces that were strong as steel. Basically, the game was over at that point because she’d capture all my men and just toss them in the Easy-Bake Oven.
And come on, there was something great about those interspecies action figure wars. Think back and remember sliding across the carpet in your overalls, making spitty sound effects, and zooming your head into an imagination world that was so fun, so real, and so
AWESOME!
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I used to play with my Gumby toy, a collection of horses, two small plush kittens, and an evil long-necked dinosaur. Oh, the adventures we had…
I don’t remember this one the first itme around. Hmmm….
Is it bad that I can name most of the wrestlers in the first picture? My brothers used to play with their action figures while I played with my barbies and they all rode on My Little Ponies.
I don’t know if I’m too old to remember my action figures or we were just too poor to buy them. I’ll have to ask mom.
These are all fun blasts from the past! You forgot to add in the Ghostbusters figures. Along with the wrestlers and He-Man (can I get a shout out for She Ra?!), my son played with all of these. I was from an earlier time with fewer figures, but I used to play with my Barbies and remember adding in a cheap G I Joe I bought at the local Woolworth’s.
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I had Gumby and Pokey=D
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Oh but Noah has MANY and he’s just turned three! How times have changed!!!