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.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Skeletor - Lord of Destruction

The original 80s bad ass, only Darth Vader could put this baby in the corner. 

Skeletor, resident of Snake Mountain, was a giant pain in the butt for our hero He-Man, but you had to love him. Looking all mad and evil in his purple and blue livery, he was one of the few cool looking bad guys of any toy series. He made being deviant look cool, until you put him on this purple crushed  velvet ride, aka Panthor. Compared to Cringer/Battlecat, Panthor was a pussy.

I picked up this Limited Edition, 1 of 15,000, for just under twenty bucks and after checking prices online, it looks like I got a bit of a bargain. There is a Comicon here in KC this weekend, I'm gonna go there and see what they are selling for there. I'll report back on the prices.
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