All this talk about toys has me wondering about my own lost toys of childhood (and my lost childhood for that matter). If you ever wondered about some of those vintage (it hurts me to use that word) toys there are places that collect the minutiae. For example:
"This 13" all hard plastic goliath, with red underwear, was created with some of the neatest toy innovations ever. He had a "see-thru" Bionic eye that made everything look far away, and the creepy "realistic" skin that rolled up on his bionic arm to reveal clear "Bionic" circuits. And the Coup the gras - the button on the back that, when his head was turned to the right, allowed him lift up to 2 lbs with the mechanical bionic clicking sound. (The legs were nothing special they were actually the same for all figures except Bigfoot) He came with a red "NASA inspired" jogging outfit, socks and red sneakers. This thing had a collar that would make Elvis cringe, and was cut just as low (hey it was the 70's). He also came with a car motor to show off his fantastic strength. All packaged in a hideous bright pink box. But this was just the tip of the iceberg! "
"The premise behind Simon was quite simple. It was based on the old game Simon Says. You would start the game and one of the four colored panels would light up and sound a tone. Your responsibility was to press the panel that lit up. Simple enough. Then Simon would repeat lighting that panel and add another. Now your job was to press the two panels in order. The number of panels would continue to increment until you could no longer remember the sequence which would cause Simon to issue a harsh buzz."
If you want more, follow the links:
http://www.toynfo.com/http://bigredtoybox.com/
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