Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Tiger Electronic Games

For a very short window of time, these things were absolutely everywhere. Tiger and competing companies made games about everything under the sun, and it seemed like everyone had at least one of them.

My collection so far (click on pictures to enlarge):



















Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

 WARNING: This is somewhat out of date, I've since gotten the Green Ranger's armor piece, plus a complete White Ranger. Updates coming soon.

A recent rekindling of my interest in Kaiju has lead me to the toys based on a show I largely ignored when it was on, and that is Power Rangers. There's something now about big, hollow vinyl monster toys that gets me interested, and MMPR has plenty of that.

The Rangers themselves are also all over the place, although hard to find without massive play damage. The worst figure in this lot is the Pink Ranger, who is scuffed, broken and wobbly. I'm still putting this set together, but it's off to a good start.

My collection so far (click on an image to enlarge):

Red Ranger, Blue Ranger

Yellow Ranger, Pink Ranger

Black Ranger, Green Ranger

Goldar, Baboo

 Finster, Lord Zedd

 King Sphinx, Putty Patrol

Rhino Blaster, Guitardo

Master Vile, Goo Fish

Scorpitan, Hornitor

Pirantishead

Monday, June 25, 2012

Atari 2600 Games

I purchased a couple Ataris and a bunch of games at a garage sale on a whim with designs to resell it all. I kept one of the systems, and have since been collecting cheap Atari stuff as I find it.

My parents had an Atari when I was young, and it was one of my first exposures to video games, so it also has a bit of a nostalgic factor for me.

I try to collect versions of games that have nice labels, as I think the art is about half the fun of owning a game. They also have to work, obviously.

Here's my collection so far (click on pictures to enlarge)