Remember Your Toybox?

When you were a child, your whole Universe was contained within the toys you played with and collected. Obviously I can't talk for the ladies of the 80s, but us lads now in our late twenties and early thirties and beyond still have an enormous hankering for toys from the 80s.

I don't know how many times I've been in a grown up situation, talking about the new exhibit at the Nelson and next thing you know someone is saying "Ah man, I used to have Castle Grayskull and every He-man figure, and then when I went to college, my Mom sold them all at a garage sale for nothing, imagine how much that shit would be worth today." Then someone else would chime in with their 80s toy story.

This blog is going to chronicle toys I find and toys I already have. I'll try to keep to the 80s, but I know I'll wander into other time periods. And if you come across any great finds and want to share them, please be my guest.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Spay-C: Gobot

To kick the blog off here's a Gobot called Spay-C I found at the River Market Antique Mall in KC this past weekend. I picked it up for $3.95 and actually didn't know it was a Gobot until I did a little internet research.
As you may have noticed I don't have any shots of Spay-C as his transformed vehicle, that's 'cause he looks stupid in this mode, well not stupid, just a little plain.

If you had this guy or another Gobot let me know. I actually had Baron Von Joy when I was about seven-years-old and I lent it to a friend in school and that was pretty much the last I ever got to play with that toy.

Here's a good Gobot link.
And finally here's a video to prove that our imagination was just as big a factor as the toy themselves, 'cause they sure don't look like much from this commercial.
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