Nostalgia

[valoharth]

We were all kids once and we all use to play pretend. I don’t know about most of you, but I use to pretend that I was a superhero or something close as a kid. In your childhood fantasies, who did you pretend to be?

Me, I spend a lot of time pretending to be Peter Vakman from the Real Ghostbusters (Which J. Michael Straczynski wrote a lot of episodes for). I would sit at my desk in my room and make up contracts promising to eradicate ghosts and force my siblings to sign the contracts and then I would get around to exterminating those ghost when I felt like it. I even had made me a Proton pack a box, a paper towel cardboard thing, and a piece of rope.

If I wasn’t being Peter Vakman I was down in the park playing X-men with my friends. Unlike most kids, I never fought over being Wolverine. I preferred to be Cyclops or Nightcrawler which always worked out for me because no one ever wanted to be them. Once everyone stopped arguing over who would be wolverine, which the argument usually ended us concocting a story of how there could be 3 wolverines on the X-team, we would go off and fight whatever foe we could think of. Most of the time it just ended up being Skeletor from Heman for some odd reason.

Anyway I think this is just an interesting topic. I kind of what to see what other people use to imagine up.

[kahunablair]

Cool topic idea, Valoharth.
You actually reminded me of the fact that one year for Halloween my Mom made me my very own GhostBuster Jumpsuit. I wore that thing for years afterwards. I'm going to have to find that now....

As far as what else I did as a child, I remember playing the superhero game quite fondly. I had a few friends that also drew and we'd spend the morning doodling in class, and recess playing as the character(s) we created.

Oddly enough, I was always the villian. I have to find a picture of my main guys, they were "Children of the Times"!
One was pretty much Venom with Horns, and his name was... wait for it.. DEMON!
The other one was called Krull. He was a mix of Cobra Commander and Doctor Doom. Yet he looked like he shopped at a Rob Leiffeld outlet store.

I can't remember the other guys characters too well. One guy ALWAYS gave his characters Wolverine claws. All he changed up were the number of claws. Another guy made up a weird mix of Green Lantern and Black Panther. His colors were purple and he was into pumas... If I remember right his Hideout was even a purple and black colored Thundercat's Lion-base.

I remember my one friend was always Megaman though. We were all these different weird knock-off of real characters, and he just went balls out and said, "Screw it, I'm MegaMan."

[itsbecca]

I think this is the only reason people like the goonies.

(Paper - Solidarity bro. Solidarity.)

I have a lot of wasted nostalgia for X-Men. That cartoon rocked my world. Then when I'm older and started reading comics I go "X-MEN!" And in the next breath... "What the..." So I just settle for reading the Dark Pheonix Sage over and over and over. Also, I noticed the comics, due to the medium sadly, have a distinct lack of Chris Potter speaking in a very sexy cajun accent. I need to find some mp3's of him and just play them as I drift off to sleep each night.

[labor_days]

This guy.

http://img31.picoodle.com/img/img31/4/3/8/f_indianajonem_099b354.jpg

As a kid I had the hat, jacket and whip. Indiana Jones was a huge influence on my psyche. Thank god, the movies hold up remarkably well. A lot of that shit you love as kid is dire when you look back on it.

The whip was an especially big deal at the time. For mine was an actual leather bull whip. We went on vacation one summer (lol @ middle class resorts) and my mom & I went to some souvenir shoppe. The kind of place that sold moccasins and dreamcatchers. Amid all the cheaply crafted knick-knacks, there on a hook above the counter was the sole leather whip.

I desired it. My mother bought it after some whining and begging on my part (lol @ parents buying children weapons). The whip was long and heavy as fuck. I distinctly remember how much of a pain in the ass it was having to coil the whip for storage.

No matter. The whip made the “wwwhhattttishhh” sound when you cracked it. And it hurt like hell if it caught you in the arm or face. All the kids were deathly afraid of the whip. Which of course meant all the kids wanted to wield it against the other kids. Children are mean.

Over time the whip began to fray and fall apart from hard use; taking the bark off trees, grappling stairwell beams to swing across (children are also stupid) like some chasm. And of course, swinging it as hard as possible across the bare legs of any kid foolish enough to wear shorts that summer.

There was some whip action to be had while riding your bad ass BMX bike as well. Drive-by whippings, if you will.

At some point we got hold of actual ninja stars. Naturally, children would not let an opportunity pass such as that. A ninja star was attached to the end of the whip. That was bad business for everyone.

I don't know how I survived to live this long. But it was fun (and deadly) as all hell nonetheless.

Also I loved Ghostbusters (holds up) and American Ninja (doesn't hold up). Why? Who the fuck knows.

[esophagus]

Batman. I'm sure there are pictures of the overused costume out there somewhere.

[gungadin]

I dunno, man. I always had delusions about being Batman or the Red Ranger from Power Rangers. Heck. La.

P.S. They need to release the 90's X-Men show on DVD. They need to do it now.

[cenquist]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! I always was Donatello so I never had to fight with my other buds either.

[cenquist]

I dunno, man. I always had delusions about being Batman or the Red Ranger from Power Rangers. Heck. La.

P.S. They need to release the 90's X-Men show on DVD. They need to do it now.



Agreed! And Spider-Man.

[kahunablair]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! I always was Donatello so I never had to fight with my other buds either.

Haha. Another Donatello guy here. He seems to be a "Niche" character.

[gungadin]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! I always was Donatello so I never had to fight with my other buds either.

Leonardo. That guy was awesome. Katanas, bro!

[cenquist]

Who needs Katanas when you can use a stick!!

[gungadin]

Who needs Katanas when you can use a stick!!

That stick was insanely good.

But in the end, my best friend was Michaelangelo, and, as I found out a couple of months ago, the swords were the most beatable of the Turtle's weapons while the nunchuks were the most unbeatable.

... That... or it was the sai... I don't remember.

[itsbecca]

Is it weird that when the TMNT figures came out I always wanted to be Splinter? There's just something cool about rats.


Also, "major lolz" at Labor's childhood of flagellation. The catholics would kill for you buddy.

[gungadin]

Is it weird that when the TMNT figures came out I always wanted to be Splinter? There's just something cool about rats.

No. Splinter kicked and still kicks ass... Much, much ass.

[labor_days]

The bull whip was so long that we would wrap it around our necks when riding our totally badass BMX's to the park. A few times, one might even have seen the whip wrapped around the neck AND handlebars.

Again, I have no credible reason for surviving childhood. But it's what we did for kicks back then.

[itsbecca]

No. Splinter kicked and still kicks ass... Much, much ass.

Thank you! I mean... he was the master. Yet, I never had trouble making claim to him.

I also never had much of a problem getting my dinosaur of choice, the stegosaurus. Everyone always went for old T-Rex. Don't you see those tiny tiny arms?! MINE has SPIKES on his tail!!! It's also important to note that my particular stegosaurus breathed fire.

[gungadin]

Thank you! I mean... he was the master. Yet, I never had trouble making claim to him.

I also never had much of a problem getting my dinosaur of choice, the stegosaurus. Everyone always went for old T-Rex. Don't you see those tiny tiny arms?! MINE has SPIKES on his tail!!! It's also important to note that my particular stegosaurus breathed fire.

My Dinosaur was the Archeopetryx... Just kidding. I actually liked the Velociraptor...

Also, can you imagine being a ferocious, vicious killing machine like the T-Rex and walking around with such tiny arms? Talk about a natural handicap.

[itsbecca]

My Dinosaur was the Archeopetryx... Just kidding. I actually liked the Velociraptor...

Also, can you imagine being a ferocious, vicious killing machine like the T-Rex and walking around with such tiny arms? Talk about a natural handicap.

Reminds me of meet the Robinsons. Such a great movie.

I'm curious. Does anyone actually rollerblade anymore? I mean really?

[jaflanagan]

Indiana Jones, Luke Skywalker and Superman.

By the way, it's Peter Venkman, but good topic nonetheless.

[six-gun]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Sn4ke22/navyseals1.jpg


I wish I was kidding.

[paper]

The question is "who Didn't Pol pretend to be as a kid?"

I was always the kid who set up the make-believe games. I would develop the world. What the boundaries were, the character back stories. I took it very seriously.

Thundercats was big. Spider-Man and Batman. Silverhawks. I dressed up as Indiana Jones too. Star Wars was later, and I did some funny videos with my Star Wars figures (the big GI-Joe style ones).

Sherlock Holmes was a big deal.

Most of the time, though, I'd create a new character that could live in the world of the Thundercats, Power Rangers, Batman, etc.

[valoharth]

The question is "who Didn't Pol pretend to be as a kid?"

I was always the kid who set up the make-believe games. I would develop the world. What the boundaries were, the character back stories. I took it very seriously.

Thundercats was big. Spider-Man and Batman. Silverhawks. I dressed up as Indiana Jones too. Star Wars was later, and I did some funny videos with my Star Wars figures (the big GI-Joe style ones).

Sherlock Holmes was a big deal.

Most of the time, though, I'd create a new character that could live in the world of the Thundercats, Power Rangers, Batman, etc.

I would occasionally pretend to be Lional, he was a bad ass.

You know what else I would do, I use to build Magazords with my legos. That was always fun.


I also never had much of a problem getting my dinosaur of choice, the stegosaurus.

I thought I was the only one. Dude spikes on the tail how freaking cool is that and the thing had a natural Mowhawk which was also armor. If you think about it the Stegosaurus was pretty much a punk rocker.

[niceguyeddie]

i had a lot of things i clung to as a kid.
i remember making catlike noises and kicking the shit out of imaginary bad guys in a kung fu tournament, i remember tying a towel around my neck and pretending to be superman, also putting a little plant stem in my mouth, getting my dads sombrero and a small blanket and putting it over a piece of carboard under my shirt and shooting it out in the old west... i also remember getting a plastic pipe, pretending it was a shotgun and wanting to be the terminator.

[superfriend82]

For me it was TMNT and power rangers.

[blakbyrd]

When I was little, it was ThunderCats, Voltron, Knight Rider, and TMNT.

When I got a little older, it was X-Men, Batman, and Power Rangers.

[valoharth]

When I was little, it was ThunderCats, Voltron, Knight Rider, and TMNT.

You know I never watched Night Rider as a young kid. I think I was maybe in High School when I even heard of Knight Rider and then I thought that show sucked. But you know what show I did try to imiatate as a kid, MacGyver.

[casually-drowned]

I wanted to be Heather Thomas in "The Fall Guy". I am not 100% sure why, but it might have been because I thought Lee Majors was a billy badass and I wanted to hang out with him.

[esophagus]

The question is "who Didn't Pol pretend to be as a kid?"

I was always the kid who set up the make-believe games. I would develop the world. What the boundaries were, the character back stories. I took it very seriously.

Thundercats was big. Spider-Man and Batman. Silverhawks. I dressed up as Indiana Jones too. Star Wars was later, and I did some funny videos with my Star Wars figures (the big GI-Joe style ones).

Sherlock Holmes was a big deal.

Most of the time, though, I'd create a new character that could live in the world of the Thundercats, Power Rangers, Batman, etc.I think Batman was the only existing character I ever pretended to be. Other than that I was very much like you. "Let's pretend we're people in a world with dinosaurs and pirates, and the pirates made dinosaur slaves to ride, but the dinosaurs are fighting back, and I'm a brontosaurus." These were the kind of games I played. The kind I made up, and could replace at will. "Now the pirates and dinosaurs like each other. Let's just forget it. How about I'm a superhero in space, and you're the bad guy, but you're from earth, so you have to wear these oxygen gloves."

[itsbecca]

I think Batman was the only existing character I ever pretended to be. Other than that I was very much like you. "Let's pretend we're people in a world with dinosaurs and pirates, and the pirates made dinosaur slaves to ride, but the dinosaurs are fighting back, and I'm a brontosaurus." These were the kind of games I played. The kind I made up, and could replace at will. "Now the pirates and dinosaurs like each other. Let's just forget it. How about I'm a superhero in space, and you're the bad guy, but you're from earth, so you have to wear these oxygen gloves."

I always tended more towards fantasy type characters rather than sci-fi. I would climb the tree in our front yard with my pretend panther friend. I remember writing this grand story in my head about a society of elves (little elves. Not big, tall, pretty tolkein elves), gnomes, dwarves and talking animals that lived in the ground and in the treetops to escape the tyranny of this big evil monster called The Beast. I rarely went to space. I was much more interested in exploring what could be hidden on earth.

Also, maybe it was when it came out... or maybe it was the influence of older siblings, but I always knew that Power Rangers were ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, I watched till they replaced the original cast, but I remember laughing at it. Except for the green/white ranger. That dude was super hot.

[paper]

One weekend I was like "There should be an evil Power Ranger. That'd be interesting." I explained to my parents how this would be a thrilling dichotomy. "He could be Gray. Orange. Perhaps Brown, which, as you know, is a combination of complimentary colors."

The following week....Green Ranger!

[darron]

One weekend I was like "There should be an evil Power Ranger. That'd be interesting." I explained to my parents how this would be a thrilling dichotomy. "He could be Gray. Orange. Perhaps Brown, which, as you know, is a combination of complimentary colors."

The following week....Green Ranger!

The whole 'Green Ranger Saga,' which ultimately lead to the 'White Ranger Saga,' was sooooo enthralling as a 7 year old. God, I wrecked that dagger/flute from playing with it so much. Take that, Zora!!!!

[labor_days]

I missed the whole Power Rangers/Pokemon phenomenon.

I am old.

[kahunablair]

I experienced the whole Power ranger thing through my siblings. When that whole Green/White ranger thing happened, they were GLUED to that TV. It was crazy.

[labor_days]

I am an only child, Kahuna.

My parents gave me weapons to entertain myself with instead.

[superfriend82]

I forgot a adout batman. On a sidebar Friend and i would make muntan snowmen form Clavin and Hobbies. I god i miss make those muntan snowmen! good times.

[casually-drowned]

I missed the whole Power Rangers/Pokemon phenomenon.

I am old.

I'm with you, Labor. Too old. Even my little sister was not into them.

[blakbyrd]

But you know what show I did try to imiatate as a kid, MacGyver.
Yes! Forgot about MacGyver! I loved that show, as well, along with the A-Team, AirWolf, and the Fall Guy.

[esophagus]

One weekend I was like "There should be an evil Power Ranger. That'd be interesting." I explained to my parents how this would be a thrilling dichotomy. "He could be Gray. Orange. Perhaps Brown, which, as you know, is a combination of complimentary colors."

The following week....Green Ranger!Oh shit was that good times. Power Rangers was a fun one because anything could be an enemy. I remember lord Zedd turning a bag of garbage into an angry mutant. "Watch out, the neighbors fence is going to get us".

[itsbecca]

I never really did the cape thing as far as I can remember. I watched Batman like an addict, and they ran afternoon reruns for at least until I hit high school. I remember when I was like... 12... 13? I did online role playing with x-men characters, which is probably my nerdiest achievement.

[esophagus]

I never really did the cape thing as far as I can remember. I watched Batman like an addict, and they ran afternoon reruns for at least until I hit high school. I remember when I was like... 12... 13? I did online role playing with x-men characters, which is probably my nerdiest achievement.I did my share of online roleplaying. I'd tell you more, but... No.

[itsbecca]

I did my share of online roleplaying. I'd tell you more, but... No.

Pahahaha. Haaaaaaaahahahaha. :)

[valoharth]

Pahahaha. Haaaaaaaahahahaha. :)

Hey! I think everyone has experimented with online Roleplaying. The only thing is you could never believe if the other person actually rolled a natural 20. :)

I forgot a adout batman. On a sidebar Friend and i would make muntan snowmen form Clavin and Hobbies. I god i miss make those muntan snowmen! good times.

Are you kidding me I still do this, at Christmas time my neighborers have Nativity sets, Me I have decapitated snow men and other freakish science experiments gone wrong.

The whole 'Green Ranger Saga,' which ultimately lead to the 'White Ranger Saga,' was sooooo enthralling as a 7 year old. God, I wrecked that dagger/flute from playing with it so much. Take that, Zora!!!!

There were two things I couldn't really grasp as a kid, How could a guy in a helmet play a flute. And how can a rooster whistle? Disney's Robin Hood drove me crazy because that damn Rooster whistled, you have to have lips to whistle and when you grew up on a farm you could see roosters had no lips. Of course the fact that the movie was filled with talking animals really didn't bother me...

Oh shit was that good times. Power Rangers was a fun one because anything could be an enemy. I remember lord Zedd turning a bag of garbage into an angry mutant. "Watch out, the neighbors fence is going to get us".

That was so a knock off of the Godzilla movie where he fought the flying pollution monster. My favorite Godzilla movie, with the next possible being Mothra

[darron]

There were two things I couldn't really grasp as a kid, How could a guy in a helmet play a flute. And how can a rooster whistle? Disney's Robin Hood drove me crazy because that damn Rooster whistled, you have to have lips to whistle and when you grew up on a farm you could see roosters had no lips. Of course the fact that the movie was filled with talking animals really didn't bother me...


I agree with the Robin Hood bit (By the same accord, could a fox shoot an arrow? Probably not), but boy did I love that flick. And thanks, now I have that damnedable song stuck in my head.

As for Power Rangers, considering all the crazy crap that's already going on (floating, talking heads; goofy c3po-meets-'Lost in Space' Robot stumbling around; a villain that created monsters out of clay and gave them life by putting them on a conveyor belt, and the weird 90210-ish stylings), the flute thing never really bothered me. All I know is this...I muss the Putty Patrol. "Blugha blorg!"

[esophagus]

I always thought the flute looked funny. It was obviously not touching anything but the hard plastic of his helmet, and he was just moving his fingers. I managed to believe it though. He was a Power Ranger. He could do anything.

[valoharth]

I always thought the flute looked funny. It was obviously not touching anything but the hard plastic of his helmet, and he was just moving his fingers. I managed to believe it though. He was a Power Ranger. He could do anything.

Yea, I guess becaus Johnathat Franks was a good actor! Yes I know the names of the actors who played the Power Rangers. Well only three of them Amy Jo Johnson (Pink) and Billy Yost (he was the Blue Ranger).

Anyone else had a crush on Amy Jo?

[superfriend82]

[QUOTE=Valoharth;313592]Hey! I think everyone has experimented with online Roleplaying. The only thing is you could never believe if the other person actually rolled a natural 20. :)



Are you kidding me I still do this, at Christmas time my neighborers have Nativity sets, Me I have decapitated snow men and other freakish science experiments gone wrong.



I try to get some of my little cousins to make once and all i got were strange looks. Kids theses days.

[esophagus]

Yea, I guess becaus Johnathat Franks was a good actor! Yes I know the names of the actors who played the Power Rangers. Well only three of them Amy Jo Johnson (Pink) and Billy Yost (he was the Blue Ranger).

Anyone else had a crush on Amy Jo?I was one of few who didn't. I didn't want to mess with destiny, and she was destined to be with Jason.

[gungadin]

I was one of few who didn't. I didn't want to mess with destiny, and she was destined to be with Jason.

No way. She was meant to be with Tommy, the Green then White Ranger! :D

But if she didn't go with him, I was a close (and I mean very close) second.

[esophagus]

Everyone says that, but while Tommy was evil, Kim seemed to have a thing for Jason. I pulled for the underdog. The chemistry between her and Tommy was definitely there, though.

[valoharth]

Everyone says that, but while Tommy was evil, Kim seemed to have a thing for Jason. I pulled for the underdog. The chemistry between her and Tommy was definitely there, though.

You know, If I couldn't have Kimberly I thought that Billy and her would have been a cool couple. I always like the nerdy guys in shows like this, Billy and Donatello from TMNT.

[gungadin]

You know, If I couldn't have Kimberly I thought that Billy and her would have been a cool couple. I always like the nerdy guys in shows like this, Billy and Donatello from TMNT.

I will always love Billy. Poor guy. Love him mucho. He shoulda gotten a little sum'tin sum'tin. Was Alpha a chix0r? Maybe he spent some quality time with her...

... Actually, that's really gross....

[blakbyrd]

Yea, I guess becaus Johnathat Franks was a good actor!
Jason David Frank. In the last few years, he was supposed to be in a remake of the Fall Guy (movie). He also appeared once or twice on MTV's Undressed show. He's also a real martial artist, and has his own dojo.

[gungadin]

Jason David Frank... He's also a real martial artist, and has his own dojo.

How frakkin awesome would it be to learn martial arts from the green ranger? I'd die.

[valoharth]

Jason David Frank. In the last few years, he was supposed to be in a remake of the Fall Guy (movie). He also appeared once or twice on MTV's Undressed show. He's also a real martial artist, and has his own dojo.

I also saw him in Sweet Vally High
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*ahem* I was channel surfing... not like I watched it or anything... So how about that local sports team? *akward* :rolleyes:

[casually-drowned]

I also saw him in Sweet Vally High
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*ahem* I was channel surfing... not like I watched it or anything... So how about that local sports team? *akward* :rolleyes:

Riiiight. I forgot that show even existed, much less who was on it. :)

[valoharth]

Riiiight. I forgot that show even existed, much less who was on it. :)

Well at least I didn't admit to reading them that would just be wierd. I did read a Babysitter's club book once, some one tricked me into thinking it had something to do with The Boxcar Children... but it didn't.

[blakbyrd]

How frakkin awesome would it be to learn martial arts from the green ranger? I'd die.Agreed.
I also saw him in Sweet Vally High.Yep.

[superfriend82]

Agreed.
That be tops!

[jimski]

Power Rangers came on the air when I was in college. This is horrifying. This reminds me of the time I visited my friend the high school teacher at school, and he made a Simpsons reference as he often does, and his student looked back at us blankly, and it dawned on me that the Simpsons had been on television for his entire life.

But in the end I decided not to kill myself after all.

When I was a lad, it was the trinity: Star Wars, GI Joe, and Transformers. I kept coming back to Star Wars throughout my life, but I think GI Joe was the one we were all more passionate about as kids.

The thing I remember most about playing GI Joe is conversations like these:

"Ptyew ptyew! I just shot you!"
"I have a bulletproof vest."
"I just shot you again, then, with a laser."
"My vest has laser shielding."
"Nuh-uh!"
"It totally does so."
"Well then, hwah!, I just through a grenade into your face."
"This isn't my real face; it's a special grenade mask. I put in on back at base."

And so on. Kids in my neighborhood could spend half an hour pulling bizarre magical defenses out of their butts to avoid one stupid imaginary arm wound. I'm convinced this is why someone invented Laser Tag.

[jimski]

I should add that, when I was 10-12, I wanted to play Marvel Super Heroes, but no one ever knew what the hell I was talking about because I was one of two comics kids in my class. The only action figures Marvel had back then were Secret Wars, and that was not cutting it. I'm crazy jealous of kids now, who can be all, like, "I want an Ant-Man figure, but which one? Which of the many Ant-Man figures available on the open market should I get?"

[euchre0]

When I was a wee lad, we would play "X-Men." there were no parameters to playing "X-Men," since we basically meant all comic book characters ever, including ones we made up in our heads. Still, we always called it "X-Men," and never anything else.

[euchre0]

"Ptyew ptyew! I just shot you!"
"I have a bulletproof vest."
"I just shot you again, then, with a laser."
"My vest has laser shielding."
"Nuh-uh!"
"It totally does so."
"Well then, hwah!, I just through a grenade into your face."
"This isn't my real face; it's a special grenade mask. I put in on back at base."


for some reason this reminded me of the old G.I. Joe action figures that could "talk," which means they could say, "Eat lead, Cobra!" "Move out!" "Yo Joe!" and they could sound like bullets: "Digga-Digga-Dow" It was always fun to press the buttons real fast and make them say "Eateateateateat eat lead eat lead eat lead, Cobra!"

[animalvader1]

Boy, am I about to show my age.

I remember being three heroes as a kid, All based on live action TV shows, the first was Batman. On several occasions I would open the garage door and fly down the driveway as fast as I could on my Big Wheel going "DA na na na na NA, DA na na na NA, Batman!" Then there was the Hulk who would growl at my friends and brake branches and Styrofoam with his bare hands. Lastly I would also pretend to be the Greatest American Hero, running around in my pajamas with a towel around my neck diving into bushes because I never learned how to fly strait or land. Good times...


More recently, after the first Spider-man film came out, I bought some web shooters. Nothing like going to a party, getting wasted, and webbing every one you know.

[jimski]

Man! When I was tiny tiny, I thought the Hulk was It. I never missed that show... but we never played Hulk. I guess, when you get right down to it, playing Hulk with other kids means one "Hulk" and nine "not the Hulks." Not a lot in it for 90% of the people playing.

[kahunablair]

Oh come on, Jimski. Someone could have been Thor!
http://members.tripod.com/hamrman52/PICTHORANDHULKTVMOVIEFORBLOG.jpg

[esophagus]

"Ptyew ptyew! I just shot you!"
"I have a bulletproof vest."
"I just shot you again, then, with a laser."
"My vest has laser shielding."
"Nuh-uh!"
"It totally does so."
"Well then, hwah!, I just through a grenade into your face."
"This isn't my real face; it's a special grenade mask. I put in on back at base."Conversations like this are where my hatred for "Cops and Robbers" comes from.

"I just caught you."
"But then I escaped."
"... Okay. But I took out my handcuffs, and arrested you"
"And then I used my skeleton key to get out and then shoot you"
"Siiiiigh. And then it bounced off my bullterproof vest, and hit you"
"But I was wearing a bulltetproof vest, and it bounced again, and hit you in the eye"
"Good thing I had goggles on"
"Good thing the bullet went through your goggles."
"They were bulletproof"
"It was a special bullet"
"... It was my gun. Can I be the robber?"

[itsbecca]

Conversations like this are where my hatred for "Cops and Robbers" comes from.

"I just caught you."
"But then I escaped."
"... Okay. But I took out my handcuffs, and arrested you"
"And then I used my skeleton key to get out and then shoot you"
"Siiiiigh. And then it bounced off my bullterproof vest, and hit you"
"But I was wearing a bulltetproof vest, and it bounced again, and hit you in the eye"
"Good thing I had goggles on"
"Good thing the bullet went through your goggles."
"They were bulletproof"
"It was a special bullet"
"... It was my gun. Can I be the robber?"

I remember these conversations well. But I also remember violence becoming involved at some point.

[paper]

Haha, this stuff is so funny. I love this thread.

I'd share my exchanges, but when I was involved in a make-believe session, it was about an hour of world-building and guidelines followed by about ten minutes of actual play.

"Pol, it's dark. Can we just get one fight in?"
"Night time? Perfect! Let's review the cycles of the planet's eight moons. (Three of which trigger my transformation into a sort of werewolf Voltron)."

[itsbecca]

Haha, this stuff is so funny. I love this thread.

I'd share my exchanges, but when I was involved in a make-believe session, it was about an hour of world-building and guidelines followed by about ten minutes of actual play.

"Pol, it's dark. Can we just get one fight in?"
"Night time? Perfect! Let's review the cycles of the planet's eight moons. (Three of which trigger my transformation into a sort of werewolf Voltron)."

These type of conversations would most likely end in violence with me as well. I was quite the little firecracker...

I had more detailed fantasies, but those were me time. In the tree. Occasionally my sister would be involved, but I thought I was smarter than her so it wasn't often.

[valoharth]

Haha, this stuff is so funny. I love this thread.

I'd share my exchanges, but when I was involved in a make-believe session, it was about an hour of world-building and guidelines followed by about ten minutes of actual play.

"Pol, it's dark. Can we just get one fight in?"
"Night time? Perfect! Let's review the cycles of the planet's eight moons. (Three of which trigger my transformation into a sort of werewolf Voltron)."

I had a friend like this in the 4th grade, but he would steal ideas from things he like. His worlds usually involved X-men or Gremlins 2 where we were a Roller blading set of Mogwi who battled a evil scientist who was the size of Galaticgus (or just seemed that way because you know we were play as a creature that wasn't even a foot tall). The Scientist had a death ray that only our Tornado Attacks could block.

[esophagus]

Haha, this stuff is so funny. I love this thread.

I'd share my exchanges, but when I was involved in a make-believe session, it was about an hour of world-building and guidelines followed by about ten minutes of actual play.

"Pol, it's dark. Can we just get one fight in?"
"Night time? Perfect! Let's review the cycles of the planet's eight moons. (Three of which trigger my transformation into a sort of werewolf Voltron)."
My grandfather is an auctioneer, and everytime he ran into a box of action figures, he bought them, stockpiled them, and gave me huge boxes of them for my birthday. I also had a small addiction to Robotix. The combination meant my basement and bedroom was usually filled with elaborate buildings, robots, armies, etc. I found it hard to control howm uch my friends followed my imaginary guidelines, so I relied on my toys for such games. Good times. I still have a lot of the action figures, they're all poor quality and in boxes. Most of them are from shows and movies I've never seen or heard of. There is also a box full of just different variations of Batman. My favorite was the one with the oxygen mask. It made it a lot easier for him to kill people. In close second was one that someone had painted yellow, with a slightly melted arm. He was elast-Batman, and I pretended he could stretch.

A favorite game of mine was making my army hide the magic crystal from invading armies. This involved putting a solid marble into a cup, turning my desk lamp on, and putting the desk lamp right up to the brim of the cup to make the marble shine. When I got bored an hour and a half later, the marble was always incredibly hot.

[itsbecca]

I love the cross pollination when you're a kid. I inherited all my siblings toys... so I had GI Joe sieging the Heman castle (which was freaking AWESOME by the way). I had epic Cowboy and Dragon fights. There is no way anyone would've convinced me to have Batman and the X-Men stay in their separate corners at that age.

[kahunablair]

I love the cross pollination when you're a kid. I inherited all my siblings toys... so I had GI Joe sieging the Heman castle (which was freaking AWESOME by the way). I had epic Cowboy and Dragon fights. There is no way anyone would've convinced me to have Batman and the X-Men stay in their separate corners at that age.

See, there was a 7 year gap between me and my siblings. The whole "I'll give them my toys" never really happened for me.


PLUS I was a bit OCD with my toys and I really can't see letting anyone touch my He-Man or Thundercat toys!

[gungadin]

Hey question. Does anyone remember pogs?

[kahunablair]

Pogs and Baseball cards got my butt into a comic store. I think they were my gateway drug!

[blakbyrd]

Hey question. Does anyone remember pogs?

Yes. I'd a lot of those.

[gungadin]

I never owned any, and I never really knew how to play... But I would watch everyday as people would play pogs. It was super endearing.

[esophagus]

Hey question. Does anyone remember pogs?Call me lame, but I still playt with pogs. I was an avid player and collecotr as a kid. Had one of the largest collections in my park. In fact, I remember one time playing against a neighbor. I lost, and he decided we were playing for keeps, and took my favorite slammer. I kicked him in the chest, ran in the house, and hid from his father for a few hours.

I had kind of forgot about them until I found some at a thrift shop last summer. Not long after that I saw a flyer for a Pogs competition. I didn't join, but I've been having fun with them since.

[kahunablair]

I bought my brother a Marvel Superhero Pogs set last summer from Target. He played with them for about 5 minutes and then that was it. Kids today!

[esophagus]

Was he playing alone? That is no way to experience Pogs.

[paper]

I was way into Pogs. I'd go to the boardwalk and buy huge sheets with, say, Pogs of the 50 States. Huge collection. I also had a slammer which should never, ever be allowed in official play. It was an image of Goofy in a car...plastered on an inch-thick piece of metal.

[esophagus]

I was way into Pogs. I'd go to the boardwalk and buy huge sheets with, say, Pogs of the 50 States. Huge collection. I also had a slammer which should never, ever be allowed in official play. It was an image of Goofy in a car...plastered on an inch-thick piece of metal.
Metal slammers were the shit, but they were never ever allowed in a game unless your opponent also had one. I had three, jsut to ensure I could always use mine. Of course I always got the thickest most awesome one.

[kahunablair]

Ah, the quest for the biggest Slammer.

Is there a more kiddie version of, "Whose bigger?"
I think not.

[jimski]

My brain is completely pog-proof. A little cousin of mine had some pogs when they were hot, and I said, "So, what is this now?" She spent about twenty minutes giving me her pog presentation, and at the end I said, "So, what is this now?"

[valoharth]

I remember how big pods got, at my local Kmart there was a Pog station and it was the coolest pog related thing I had ever seen. It was a lot like the Teddy bear work shops that are popping up at Walmarts everywhere. You basically chose the size of tube you wanted, I always got the big one, and you would go fill it up with pogs.

[esophagus]

That's bullshit. I had the big tube, but I had to work to fill it. Took me forever.

[animalvader1]

Since we're on the subject of Nostalgia, I was thinking:

What's your favorite (__________) toy from childhood?

The blank this week: G.I. Joe

My answer would have to be the Hovercraft. I loved that thing. I took it everywhere. The pool, beach, back yard, kitchen floor, out in the snow...Cobra had nowhere to hide! I had a blast with that thing.

[gungadin]

What's your favorite (__________) toy from childhood?

All my Batman action figures. I had like... so many, and they were awesome.

[superfriend82]

All my Batman action figures. I had like... so many, and they were awesome.

batman and TMNT were big for me.

[itsbecca]

Now that I thought of it earlier... That freaking Heman castle was awesome. If that counts. It had all these traps and such to play with. And you could use like it in a million different ways. Holy hell it was fantastic.

[valoharth]

Well I would say I had two stages, the first stage was my Stuff Dog, Wrinkles and then the second stage would have to be Legos. I could play with those for hours and hours.

[kahunablair]

Now that I thought of it earlier... That freaking Heman castle was awesome. If that counts. It had all these traps and such to play with. And you could use like it in a million different ways. Holy hell it was fantastic.

Greyskull was indeed epic.

I don't know if this says anything about me, but my favorite He-Man toy was Skeletor's Snake Mountain castle. The Microphone attachment was the best part!

[itsbecca]

Greyskull was indeed epic.

I don't know if this says anything about me, but my favorite He-Man toy was Skeletor's Snake Mountain castle. The Microphone attachment was the best part!

DUDE! THATS THE ONE IM TALKING ABOUT!!!!

That thing was SWEET!

Oh I'm so excited someone else remembers that!

[acomicbookgirl]

While I loved He-Man, I had every She-Ra toy you could imagine..

My cousin had every Voltron toy out there..

My Favorite toys was my Bumblebee car and my wonder woman figure.

[kahunablair]

DUDE! THATS THE ONE IM TALKING ABOUT!!!!

That thing was SWEET!

Oh I'm so excited someone else remembers that!

Snake Mountain is not something you forget easily!
http://i20.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/d8/09/658b_1.JPG

[kahunablair]

Another Favorite of mine was the Castle for all of Eternia..
http://i8.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/e0/04/7528_1.JPG

And my favorite He-Man Vehicles are ...
http://i4.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/df/81/3ef7_1.JPG

And...
http://i19.ebayimg.com/03/i/08/67/a2/33_1_b.JPG

Oh, eBay. How my inner child loves you!

[valoharth]

Two words: Dino Riders!

[jimski]

What the eff?? I have never seen that Eternia castle before!

He-Man is the one toy line where, upon reaching the age of reason, I looked back and realized someone in a power tie at Mattel was having a great deal of fun at my parents' expense.

"The skeleton one will be Skeletor. Then there'll be one that looks like a skunk, and we'll call him Stinkor... no, no, wait. Get this. Get this. We'll take the He-Man mold and sell the exact same identical toy, except blue. Wait for it: Fakor! And they'll all be like $7 a piece, and kids will lap it up like dogs at a toilet bowl! Ohhh, those dumb rubes, we're gonna be rich!"

[deezer]

oh god... I wish I could remember what these things were called, but there were these things that were a CLEAR rip-off of TMNT called Street Sharks or something. Each one had the legs of a human and a massive head of a shark, I loved those things as a (younger) kid, then they all got put into a box of giveaway clothes by accident and I never saw them again (sigh...)

[kahunablair]

Don't forget about Moss Man. Whoever came up with a character that smelled like mold on purpose was insane!

What the eff?? I have never seen that Eternia castle before!
That Eternia was given to me at the end of my He-Man fascination. I barely played with it, but it was MASSIVE.

[deezer]

/Users/deezer/Desktop/7_ST_SHARKS_FIGURES_VEHICLE_1_MAR16.JPG

My day has just been made...

[kahunablair]

oh god... I wish I could remember what these things were called, but there were these things that were a CLEAR rip-off of TMNT called Street Sharks or something. Each one had the legs of a human and a massive head of a shark, I loved those things as a (younger) kid, then they all got put into a box of giveaway clothes by accident and I never saw them again (sigh...)

You are correct, sir. The Street Sharks. They were "Jaw-Some!"
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/Streetsharks.jpg

[valoharth]

oh god... I wish I could remember what these things were called, but there were these things that were a CLEAR rip-off of TMNT called Street Sharks or something. Each one had the legs of a human and a massive head of a shark, I loved those things as a (younger) kid, then they all got put into a box of giveaway clothes by accident and I never saw them again (sigh...)

They even had a TV show on USA along with Double Dragon and Jim Lee's W.I.L.D.catz. Also there was a show with Supreme, you know the Capitan Marvel knock off by Image or Mirage comics... I don't remember it all that much.

[jimski]

That's a great image. They seem as surprised and appalled to see Street Sharks as I am.

[gungadin]

They were "Jaw-Some!"

That's such a 90's phrase.

[kahunablair]

That's such a 90's phrase.

The one shark even wears Zubaz pants and Rollerblades!

[deezer]

Soo the one with the rollerblades and the boxer? Yeah, just placed a bid on E-Bay...
Seriously, I'm not losing them this time. I was heartbroken when I found out they got sent to Salvation Army in Nowhere, Texas (no offense to you Texans out there)

[valoharth]

Soo the one with the rollerblades and the boxer? Yeah, just placed a bid on E-Bay...
Seriously, I'm not losing them this time. I was heartbroken when I found out they got sent to Salvation Army in Nowhere, Texas (no offense to you Texans out there)

If you are an action figure junky I'm telling you Salvation Army is the place to go. Granted the figures may be out of package but when you can find a Weapon X like this for 50 cents worth it.

http://i3.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/be/5d/df71_1.JPG

[esophagus]

You are correct, sir. The Street Sharks. They were "Jaw-Some!"Yesterday I was going to post this exact picture, and then I was like "No. I think I'm alone on that one." You guys have proved me wrong.

I had an action figure of that hulking villain of theirs that looked like a fish, but his head and one of his hands popped off. At first I could just put them back on, but they always fell off again. This led to me losing them. In the end, he served as a corpse. Anytime someone died in a really brutal way, their action figure was switched out for him. He also had a large purple cape that you could put on under his head, but without a head it just didn't stay. I have a Bruce Wayne action figure that you attach armor to, and you can pop his head down into his body and a Batman head shoots out. His armor was a strange blue color. I gave him the Street Sharks blue cape, and he was Super-Batman. That was the Batman you got after he fell into the vat of radioactive fluid that came with my toy Batcave/Batmobile.

That started off as a fun story, but got so intricate you'd need to see my toys to understand. Oh well.

[esophagus]

Does anyone else remember Creepy Crawlers? It started out as the boys version of an easy bake oven, which I owned.

http://www.backtobasicstoys.com/images/6670.jpg

Then they made it a TV show, and a line of action figured based off of the show. Those were some of my favorite action figures. One of them was this strange green skeleton, that had a lock in his chest. Instead of hands he had working handcuffs, so you could handcuff his enemies to him. He also had a tophat that opened up in the middle to reveal a fully fanged mouth. Strange, but awesome.

Also, the creepy crawlers machine was epic. The problem? I was not informed that the toys were not edible. After trying one, I figured that out. I then had a stack of hundreds of crawlers, and no use for them. I'm sure they've shriveled up in a jar somewhere.

[deezer]

Do I ever remember Creepy Crawlers! They had Batman, Joke, Robin, and Superman molds too. I used to have so much fun putting the bugs into my sister's bed (she was older and, in my 6 year old mind, deserved it)

[gungadin]

Does anyone else remember Creepy Crawlers? It started out as the boys version of an easy bake oven, which I owned.

Those were awesome. They were like... the best things ever.

[valoharth]

I missed out on the Creepy Crawlers... couldn't afford it as a kid. If I couldn't find it in Salvation Army or at a Yard Sale it was pretty much off limits.

[esophagus]

I think they've updated it since I owned one, because the one in the machine looks a little too "modern".

[deezer]

I'm pretty sure that stuff was actually toxic... hence why it was pulled from the shelves relatively quickly.

Then again, it seems like everything I used to play with as a kid has been deemed "unsafe"... I mean, we all survived playing with it, have people grown soft over the years?

[valoharth]

As a kid I played with a lot of action figures and cars but there were four things that would always keep me entertained for hours: An Appliance sized box, A red wagon, A sled, and A common garden hose.
I don’t know what it is about these four things but they always grabbed my attention. The box was always made into a fort or space ship straight away. Just give me a box of crayons and I was over that thing like gangbusters.
A red wagon was fun because you could hall stuff. All kinds of stuff like rocks, grass clippings, dogs, toys, wood for building fort and the list goes on. The convinces of this toy was what really made it fantastic.

Sleds were fun because there was a sense of danger to them. My favorite were the ones with the metal on the bottom that if you hit something wrong it would cut you in half. Well that was my theory as a kid and I would try and test it out by making bumps and hitting rocks. I also liked converting Tractor Tubes into sleds too because they always gave you the best speed but you also had little control over the thing which meant hitting trees were inevitable.

The last one, the Garden hose was always the best. I used it for the common things slip n’ slides and sprinklers when you couldn’t get to the pool. But I also used it to build moats and rivers. I loved building moats and river, heck as much sim city as I play I still do. There is just something awesome about making rivers and moats that I just can describe, its like you’re playing god or something.

Anyway those are my non action figure toys of choice what were your’s?

[superfriend82]

As a kid I played with a lot of action figures and cars but there were four things that would always keep me entertained for hours: An Appliance sized box, A red wagon, A sled, and A common garden hose.
I don’t know what it is about these four things but they always grabbed my attention. The box was always made into a fort or space ship straight away. Just give me a box of crayons and I was over that thing like gangbusters.
A red wagon was fun because you could hall stuff. All kinds of stuff like rocks, grass clippings, dogs, toys, wood for building fort and the list goes on. The convinces of this toy was what really made it fantastic.

Sleds were fun because there was a sense of danger to them. My favorite were the ones with the metal on the bottom that if you hit something wrong it would cut you in half. Well that was my theory as a kid and I would try and test it out by making bumps and hitting rocks. I also liked converting Tractor Tubes into sleds too because they always gave you the best speed but you also had little control over the thing which meant hitting trees were inevitable.

The last one, the Garden hose was always the best. I used it for the common things slip n’ slides and sprinklers when you couldn’t get to the pool. But I also used it to build moats and rivers. I loved building moats and river, heck as much sim city as I play I still do. There is just something awesome about making rivers and moats that I just can describe, its like you’re playing god or something.

Anyway those are my non action figure toys of choice what were your’s?

Where were you when i was a kid! :D

[deezer]

I was a big fan of tree houses... my dad built my sister and I one when I was about 7 or 8 and it was awesome, even though it was just a platform with a coupla railings. We'd spend hours up there on any given summer afternoon, and its height and viewpoint over my neighbors fence made it great for waging war on his stupid dog (and him, he was our age). Then I got too old and couldn't really fit up there anymore, but the people who bought our house recently have two kids that LOVE it, so it's good to see it getting some use.

Also, sticks (or foam baseball bats) were a lot of fun, especially to the 5 year old whose favorite show was the cartoon version of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (the one where the football players became the knights? huh? anyone?)

[superfriend82]

.

Also, sticks (or foam baseball bats) were a lot of fun, especially to the 5 year old whose favorite show was the cartoon version of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (the one where the football players became the knights? huh? anyone?)[/QUOTE]

i saw that a few times.

[adeepercut2k]

First and best toy I had was a chemistry set. Lost that privilege when I burned a fat circle on the carpet in my room. Coolest toy I've ever seen and only played with 3 times was a big ass Luke Skywalker figurine. It had a grappling hook. Done deal. It was my cousin's and he only let me play with it when I visited. On top of that he limited my time with Luke when I was there. I was deprived. LOL.

He-Man, GI Joe and Transformers were my staples. Robotech was a luxury I couldn't afford and TMNT was too late for me to play with but I loved the early trades. Hated the movies. Not gritty enough. :)

[esophagus]

Non action figure related toys? Aside from what I've mentioned?

My "dress-up" box.

[decepticon]

Lots of fond memories from my childhood...most of the time I'd pretend to be someone like Batman or Indy...Batman mostly ;)

Also, I'd often pretend to be a Jedi...not Luke Skywalker though...a cool Jedi! I'd sometimes pretend to be part of G.I. Joe as well.

Really...nothing too creative, but it was always epic in my mind :p