Toys 2 Remember

Funko Pop, Star Wars Black Series, MiniMates, Kubricks; Great new toys discovered!

It may have been Lego that got me back into toys, but now my family and I are discovering all kinds of great new (to us) toys!
My daughter bought our first Loot Crate last month, the Hero Loot Crate, and in it was an awesome Funko POP! Vinyl Groot with an exclusive glow in the dark hand. We had just seen the Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy movie and absolutely loved Groot! There was also a great little Michelangelo TMNT Kidrobot Ooze Action Glow-in-the-Dark Mini-Figure that is very cool. Needless to say, we will be getting Loot Crate from now on!

That exclusive Funko Pop vinyl Glow-in-the-dark Groot made me look into what other Funko products are available and boy was I surprised how many different figures are available. Funko has the licensing power of Lego and Pez put together!

Just about any iconic character that you can think of has an accompanying Funko Pop! Vinyl or Wacky Wobbler figure! Name any comic book character, movie character, popular TV show character (past or present), or even a video game character, and chances are excellent that there is a Funko product to match!

In addition to the vast numbers of different characters represented, there are often exclusive varieties granted to particular companies like the Lootcrate Groot's glow in the dark hand and The Flash New 52 Previews Exclusive Pop! Vinyl Figure shown to the left. Having exclusive figures just adds to the excitement for collector minded people like me.

Some Pop figures also come with vehicles.
They are usually called Funko Pop! Vinyl Rides.

So far I have seen the Batman 1966 TV Series Batmobile Pop! Vinyl Vehicle,
Marty McFly and the Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine Pop! Vinyl Vehicle,
Michelangelo with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Van Pop! Vinyl Vehicle,
and the Ghostbusters Winston Zeddemore with Ecto-1 Pop! Vinyl Vehicle pictured:

The next Loot Crate theme is "Galactic" and should be here any day now. I hope it has some more Funko products. Since we only had the Hero Loot Crate so far to show me what's cool with modern collectible toys, I turned to Instagram to find out what the other hot toys and collectibles are.

I started my Toys2Remember Instagram account 1 month ago and have viewed thousands of great toys and accounts. I also posted pics of many of my new Legos and some vintage toys that I have yet to feature here on Toys2Remember.com. Would you believe I already have 700 followers? The adult toy community is so great!
You can check out my instagram postings by clicking on this badge: I love Instagram! What a great place to see cool toys. I had no idea there were so many collectible figures and minifigures. I realize they have been around for a while, but there are so many Lego Minifigure-like figures like Kubricks and Minimates. Here are a few great examples:

SDCC 2013 Exclusive Wolverine Minimates Set    DC Heroes Batman & Superman Kubrick 2pk       Alien MiniMates 35th Ann Set

 

Probably the most exciting figures that I discovered on Instagram were the Star Wars Black Series 6 inch figures by Hasbro!

I did not know that these existed, but now I have to get as many of them as possible!

As a kid I loved my Mego 8 inch Super Hero, Planet of the Apes, and Star Trek figures. Then when Star Wars Figures came out, Kenner sized them at 4 inches. This allowed them to fit in the great spaceships and playsets, but with the smaller size some detail was lost.

Like the old Star Wars figures, There is a line of 4 inch Star Wars Black Series figures, but the ones that excite me are 6 inches tall. Now that's the perfect size for action figures! Small enough to easily handle, but large enough for added detail.

Check out how cool this 6 inch Black Series Han Solo and this 6 inch Black Series Darth Maul is!

I will be posting more about this line of figures. I can't wait to look into them more and get some of my own.

I think Hasbro also grants some exclusive figures to different stores like Funko does. Hey, wait a minute - the next Loot Crate theme is "Galactic". Star Wars is definitely galactic. Would it be too much to ask for Loot Crate to give out a Star Wars The Black Series six inch figure? Maybe so, but a Minimates, Kubrick or even another Funko figure would be great as well. We will know in a day or so. Until then, don't forget to visit me on Instagram!

Mego Batman Was the Greatest!

Probably the best selling Mego Superhero group was Batman! I know that ALL of my friends had Batman, Robin, and at least one of their arch enemies. Those bad guys were pretty cool too. There was the Penguin, the Joker, and The Riddler. They also had a very funny looking Catwomen and Batgirl, but I didn't know anyone who owned them.

Batman and Robin went through several changes over the years. We had the original Batman with the removable cowl. That was great because we would actually change him to/from Bruce Wayne by using Action Jackson clothes. Maybe that is why our Batman fell apart over the years. We got another one later that had the cowl painted on. I think Robin had a removable mask as well in the beginning.

All of our Batman figures fell apart except Penguin. This is what our Batmans, Riddler and Joker look like now:

I posted a picture of our Penguin in the Last post about Mego Superheroes.

We also had a lot of fun with the Batcave playset, the Batmobile and the Batcopter. The only one left to show a photo of is the Batcopter:

I found some good pictures of the Bat mobile on Ebay from user Ringer 1808. He gave me permission to show them to you:

I love the fact that Robin is wearing a Superman costume and that Batman has lost his chest decal. That is the way most Mego Dolls ended up, isn't it?

As for the Bat Cave, I remember it to be lots of fun. When I look at it on internet sites like Mego Museum, it sure doesn't look as good as I remember. We also never had the BatCycle. Probably because we thought of that as belonging to Batgirl.

I finally figured out how to embed a youtube video, so I want to close this post with a Mego Batman commercial that shows all of what I have been writing about here.

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If you have read anything in this post that interests you or helped you bring back memories, I would love to hear from you. Please comment or send me an email.

I have many other toys that I can write about and show pictures of. Please comment or email if you have a favorite toy form the 60's, 70's, or 80's that you would like me to post about. If your favorite toy is before the 60's or after the 80's, I will still give it a shot. I have many of my Dad's old toys, and I know about the more recent ones too.

This blog is for you. It's for everyone. Together, lets talk about the Toys 2 Remember! Thanks!!

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Now, does that bring back memories or what?

I hope you've enjoyed remembering Mego Batman with me.