Update: 9/11

Small update today. Added photos to the Other World and Kinnikuman categories.

Update: 9/7

Added a post for "Outer Space Men" and added a few photos in the Romando Kinnikuman post.

Outer Space Men

I spent a lot of time staring at pictures of these online, and finally decided to take the plunge. They're based on old bendy figures from the 60's and I love that they maintain that aesthetic into these new incarnations.

I was surprised when they showed up how small they are. I am somewhat disappointed by their size, but they're still cool and I'm sure I'll be picking up the subsequent waves.

I'll also say that the figures all come in collector friendly blisters that can be opened and closed repeatedly, and that's particularly cool here because the cards are amazingly cool and look like they are straight from that 60's sci-fi mindset.

The pictures don't show all the accessories, and in some cases I removed the space helmets because they obscure the sweet head sculpts.

My collection so far:

 Xodiac the Man from Saturn, Metamorpho the Man from Alpha Centauri

Astro-Nautilus the Man from Neptune, Inferno the Flame Man of Mercury

 

 Electron + the Man from Pluto, Commander Comet the Man from Venus

 Mystron the Man from Hollow Earth, Alpha 7 the Man from Mars

Wanted

This is my current, updated want list. If you have something I'm looking for please feel free to email me. Some things I'm mostly looking to trade for, some things buy. If you want ebay prices for your items I probably won't be interested since, if I was, I probably would have already bought it from ebay. However, I'm not looking to screw people either.

Romando Kinnikuman:
-Kinnikuman
-Warsman
-Buffalo Man
-Ramen Man
-Terry Man
-Blocken Jr.
-Kinkotsu Man
-Ashuraman
-Junk Man
-Planets Man
-Benkiman
-Open to trades for others, but not high priority

Star Trek TNG and DS9 figures by Playmates
-Just started, any main/recurring characters in most common clothing


Defenders of the Planets:
-Strongarm
-Blond Orion
-Any mount/beast

Warrior Beasts:
-Skullman(hoodless)
-Wolf Warrior

Warlord:
-Deimos
-Machiste's clothes (or Machiste with clothes)
-Mikola's clothes (or Mikola with clothes)
-any horses

Super Powers large KO Superheroes:
-Spider-Man
-Robin

Other World:
-Kreena
-Froggacuda
-Jurka
-Moc's Catapult and Rocks, or Moc complete
-Antor' saddle, or Antor with Saddle
- Lavaman with intact wires and Rocks
- Weapons Master's weapons rack and chain
- armor pieces and weapons
- Lots and lots of Jips and Mogs
-Anything on card or in box

Milton Bradley T.H.I.N.G.S.:
-Go Rilla
-E E Egor
-Box for Eggzilla
-Parts for Dr. Whack-O

TMNT:
-Leonardo's Swords
-Muck Man's Garbage Can and Joe Eyeball figure
-Krang's dome for his stilt chair
-Wyrm
-Walkabout
-Chrome Dome (with shoulder thingies)
-Monty Moose
-Hothead
-Scail Tail
-Mona Lisa
-Scratch
-Hot Spot
-Shogun Shoate
-Irma
-Vernon
-Berne
-Whit
-Kenshin
-Princess Mitsu
-Walker
-Warlord
-Any Neutrino
-Footcruiser
-Mutant Module
-Needlenose
-Killer Bee

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 8":
- Pink Ranger in good shape
- Bones
- Squatt
- Merrick the Barbaric

Godzilla 6"-ish Bandai figures:
-King Ghidora
-Mecha King Ghidora
- Mothra
-Rodan
-Anguirus
-Minila
-Final Wars Rodan
-King Kong
-Destroyah
-Baragon
-Mogera
-Titanosaurus


Palisades Muppets:
- Lips
-Rowlf
-Scooter
-Pepe
-Beaurigard
-Pops
-Lew Zealand
-Uncle Deady
-Clifford
-Robin

MOTU Mini Comics:
Battle in the Clouds
Between a Rock and a Hard Place!
The Cosmic Key
Energy Zoids
Enter ... Buzz-Saw Hordak!
The Fastest Draw in the Universe!
The Flying Fists of Power!
He-Man and the Power Sword
The Hordes of Hordak
Masks of Power
The Menace of Multi-Bot!
The Obelisk
The Powers of Grayskull: The Legend Begins!
Revenge of the Snake Men!
The Search for Keldor
Siege of Avion
Slave City!
The Tale of Teela!
The Terror Claws Strike!
The Ultimate Battleground!


Lil Gremlin Creatures/Uggs
-Oogy
-Mooky
-Uggy
-Okky

Strong Board Game Wants:
Green Ghost
Zelda
Thundercats
Civilization
M.U.S.C.L.E.
Sealab 2020
Marvel Super Heroes Strategy Game
Marvel Super Heroes Game
Any Pressman X-Men game

Also...

-SLUG Zombies series 1 coffin pack
-Shitty Mexican KOs of anything in the MOTU/Thundercats body style
-Most Superhero KOs, especially the large "Super Powers" KOs and Batman related
-Any Godzilla KOs and large Imperial Godzilla
-Unique or vintage board games
-Tiger Handheld Electronic games
-M.U.S.C.L.E. figures listed by number below:

001
007
008
010
011
012
015
019
025
033
034
035
037
040
041
050
055
057
061
062
063
065
066
068
069
076
083
085
090
093
095
096
098
100
102
113
116
118
119
121
122
127
130
131
132
134
137
142
147
148
150
151
157
159
160
162
163
164
168
172
173
175
177
181
183
186
189
191
192
197
199
209
213
217
219
221
227
229
233
236

Update: 9/6

Added new posts for:
Definitely Dinosaurs
M.U.S.C.L.E.
Romando Kinnikuman
Fisher Price Sesame Street
Woodseys
Individual Figures

I'm nearly done with the lines I collect now I think. I'm definitely missing Fisher Price Great Adventures, Lego Minifigures, and maybe one or two others.

I'm also going to be posting a "Wanted" thread in case someone out there has any of the pieces I'm looking for.

Lastly I'm clamping shut the Nerfuls sales offers for a while. A few individuals have purchased some of my series two figures (although for the sake of having an online resource I'm keeping the pictures up) and I want to re-assess where my collection is and what I'm comfortable getting rid of.

Individual Toys

Somewhat infrequently I will pick up one toy from a line, or a toy that is not from a line at all. Those will go below.

My collection so far:

 Giant Bebop figure.

I recently got this guy in a trade, and it's a friggin' huge chunk of vinyl. I would be thrilled to death to get a matching Rocksteady

Scud

One of my favorite comic book series. I was glad that a figure of the main character was made, though the company that made it, Shocker Toys, is somewhat sketchy and their toys are never available anywhere even though they're based in my home town. Scud here was a gift from my sister, and I'm happy to have him.

Romando Kinnikuman

I love these figures. Love them. I first saw them when Toyfare magazine did a pictorial about the Japanese Toy Fair, and was totally excited to see that the guys from my childhood M.U.S.C.L.E. collection were now huge, colorful, articulated figures.

I then bought a whole bunch while I was in college, kept them for a few years, and then sold them because I needed the cash. A few years later when I was on better financial footing I bought probably about 30 of them. I sunk a crazy amount of money and was trying to collect them all. It became evident while trying to track down a Mixer Taite figure that I was never going to get them all, and also that I was running out of room in my house for any other toys. With a heavy heart I decided to sell them off. At the time I was very bad at collecting "part" of a toy line, and was of the mind of having all of them or none of them.

So here I am again. My absolute favorite figure, Akuma Shogun, appeared on Ebay recently and I had to buy it. Now I'm trying to put together a collection fo just the main good guys and my favorite group of bad guys. It'll still be expensive and take a while, but I mean to keep them this time.

My collection so far:

Akuma Shogun

Sunshine

Geronimo

Robin Knight

The Ninja

 Sunigator

Sunigator in Claw form

Alexandria Meat

M.U.S.C.L.E.

 
I've had a large number of these at various times of my collecting life, from the 80's as a kid to three years ago when I sold about 150 of them at a garage sale.

My attraction to these now is pretty much derived from the anime property it's based on, Kinnikuman, which is a sweet 80's wrestling/monsters mash-up. The characters are very cool, the story is funny, it's been largely ignored in the USA for a long time.

So I'm slowly re-building my collection, aiming for my favorite characters first. In the list below I'll give the character name if I know it and the M.U.S.C.L.E. poster numbers.

I am behind in keeping up my photos, so there are none for the time being. However I do have the following, by number:

002
003
004
005
006
009
014
016
020
021
023
024
030
031
032
036
039
042
043
046
048
049
052
053
054
058
067
070
071
072
073
075
079
082
084
091
101
106
108
109
111
117
123
124
125
126
133
136
140
141
149
153
154
155
156
158
161
165
166
167
174
178
182
184
204
211
215
216
222
223
225
228
231
234
235

Wrestling Ring

Woodseys

This is a cute little line thatI had some of as a kid. Most of the ones below are what I still have from my childhood.

I'm not really looking for these aggressively but it'd be nice to build this collection.

My collection so far:

 Papa, Milkweed

 Bramble Beaver, Grandma

 Blue Bird

 Woodseys Log Cabin

Woodsey Store

Definitely Dinosaurs

I bought one of these at a thrift store very cheaply with the idea of throwing it in my garage sale for slightly more.

Then I found more of them, and I bought those too.

Then when they didn't sell, I'm sure in part because the price I was asking was somewhat ridiculous, I bought some more.

Now I don't want to sell them because I find them pretty sweet. I think everyone should have a dinosaur line, and this one is mine.

An interesting side story, it's because of this toy line that I learned that humans and dinosaurs did not coexist. I remember being in a store when I was very young and commenting to my dad about how I found something about them sort of stupid. Then he said something along the lines of, "Yeah, dinosaurs were dead before there were people", and suddenly I had learn something.

Lastly, as much as I come across these guys pretty often I NEVER find any of the saddles for the dinos. It's becoming maddening, and I really hope I find some soon.

My collection so far:

 Tyrannosaurus Rex

 Triceratops

 Spinosaurus

 Stegosaurus

 Anatosaurus

 Pachycephalosaurus

 Dimetron

Moschops

Deinonychus

?, Grak

 Zorg, ?

Reeve

Fisher Price Sesame Street

For the sake of full disclosure I should say that my father worked for Fisher Price when I was young. As a result my house was absolutely filthy with FP toys. There are several collections that are or will be posted on this blog that are inspired by toys I got while he worked there.

Fisher Price Play Family figures, or as they're often known "Little People" are, in my mind, the prototype child's toy. They're so basic and fun and I had a ton of them as a kid. I didn't have the Sesame Street figures though as they came out before I was born.

I had often seen the Sesame Street playset at garage sales or collectibles stores, however it was often without any accessories, or the lithograph on the side was in horrible shape, so I didn't buy it for the longest time. Then one day at a small church rummage sale I bought the one below from an old lady which was absolutely packed with stuff. The handle was broken on one side, and the chalk board had crayon on it but the litho was in wonderful shape so I offered her $30 (a number that she was pleasantly surprised by).

The second playset is less cool, and I didn't really "want" it, but it was a decent price and it had one of the figures I needed. The figurines I've had amazing luck finding for very little money. The only two I'm missing now are Gordon and The Count. People keep telling me how not rare these figures are, but yet nobody seems to have them for sale around here. But, the hunt is half the fun.

There are a couple pieces I'm missing for the playsets too, but I feel pretty confident I'll find everything locally.

My collection so far:

 Play Family Sesame Street Playset

 I'm so very impressed with the above playset and the amazing attention to detail that I tried to jam my camera (well, phone) in and take a bunch of detail photos. Try to find anything outside of collectors toylines that gets that much love nowadays.

 Sesame Street Clubhouse

 Mr. Hooper, Susan

 Bert, Ernie

 Big Bird, Mr. Snuffle-upagus

 Prairie Dawn, Grover

 Sherlock Hemlock, Roosevelt Franklin

 Herry Monster, Cookie Monster

Oscar the Grouch