Vintage Collectibles Thread

[galactiboy]

I would think anything mid-90's and older would get the "vintage" tag. Definitely 80's as all of that stuff is now over 20yrs old.

 

[Mr.E]

Man, how I love those old packages! The art on some of 'em is great...I miss the eighties...

 

[elvis1976]

My 3 3/4 Gi Joe collection.
Sorry for the crappy pics but it's kinda dark here!

 

[Kuzeh]

Well, it's not all necessarily vintage, but I have a box where I keep momento toys from my youth, I like to hold onto little bits from the past, so as I got rid of collections, I kept a figure or two that I'd enjoy having.

That's a great idea MaulFan!!
Those look great!!

Man, how I love those old packages! The art on some of 'em is great...I miss the eighties...

 

[galactiboy]

Love the above He-Man image... its been my work computer's background for the last 6 mos

Killer Joe collection Elvis, and the display is damn classy looking Are those the ones Slade sent you?

 

[elvis1976]

Thanks man, yup those are the ones!
THanks to him, it bring some childhood moment! Pure awesomness!

 

[MANDO]

Sweet Joe setup, Seb! Very well spread out and plenty of great figures in there.

Man vintage toy art was so badass! He-Man and Joe art especially.

 

[Bezzerkerr]

WOW this is a great thread.

I can't beileve my childhood toys are "Vintage"

 

[Mr.E]

Yep, they don't make 'em like that anymore.

 

[Bezzerkerr]

Who's got the BATTLE BEASTS? ? ? ? ? ? my collection is packed away.

they were my favotite...HOLOGRAMS...talk about the 80's...what's not to love ?

 

[MANDO]

A couple shots of the Thundertank before boxing them all back up. WHile it's conciderably underscaled it's a pretty neat toy regardless.

 

[galactiboy]

Who's got the BATTLE BEASTS? ? ? ? ? ? my collection is packed away.

they were my favotite...HOLOGRAMS...talk about the 80's...what's not to love ?

Sadly I only have a couple of those... but they are a damn cool series of toys. And on an interesting note were made by Takara and I guess have some kind of a Transformers tie-in.

 

[Dr.Mirakle32]

Oooh... the Kraken! Now that's a killer figure. I only have the Calibos figure from that series. I had the figure that looked like a Roman soldier as well, but he literally fell apart when I tried to pose him

This is an old picture, but its got a lot of vintage goodness:
Shindana: JJ Evans
Mego: Fonze, Buckwheat, Gorn, Zira and Spiderman
Matchbox: Complete Voltron I
LJN: 12" V
Mattel: Calibos

Nice collection galactiboy, but I kinda have an OT question. How did you get your Medicom Godzilla to stand? I can't quite figure out how to get the tail to properly fit, so I just lean it up against a box to get it to stand.

 

[MANDO]

I don't know if they still are but Battle Beasts a few years ago became prized as hell. People used to pay crazy money for lots of 15-20. I assume it has to do with the small nature of the figures plus the rubsigns. They do hail from Transformers in Japan continuity but I don't know any of the specifics.

 

[galactiboy]

The Medicom Godzilla has an odd center of gravity... I know I shaped the rods in his tail so that it would push upwards a bit, but not look bunched up. He leans forward a bit, but up to this point has never fallen over.

 

[galactiboy]

I don't know if they still are but Battle Beasts a few years ago became prized as hell. People used to pay crazy money for lots of 15-20. I assume it has to do with the small nature of the figures plus the rubsigns. They do hail from Transformers in Japan continuity but I don't know any of the specifics.

Some of them sell for $200+ when you get into the Japanese "Laser Beasts". A big factor on price is not only the rub sign and condition, but the accessories. Those little weapons are quite easy to lose.

 

[ScorpionDeadman]

I used to have one of these:

I wish I still had it, if it isn't in the loft I might get another one

 

[MadCow]

My 3 3/4 Gi Joe collection.
Sorry for the crappy pics but it's kinda dark here!

AWESOME collection! I love the old Joes and will revisit them one day.

Here's my only vintage Joe piece that I picked up at an Antique shop for $10 two years ago:

HOLY CRAP, that's awesome! Thanks for the pic!

I had a buddy pick me up the Art book Mattel put out for SDCC. What a disappointment. They really need a nice hardbound book with all the original paintings. They were magnificent.

A couple shots of the Thundertank before boxing them all back up. WHile it's conciderably underscaled it's a pretty neat toy regardless.

Very nice! The Thundertank has always been my most wanted Thundercats piece.

 

[MadCow]

Some of them sell for $200+ when you get into the Japanese "Laser Beasts". A big factor on price is not only the rub sign and condition, but the accessories. Those little weapons are quite easy to lose.

A good friend of mine (the same one with the Flagg) actually wrote the Lee's supplement on Battle Beasts. I had a few as a kid but never knew how extensive and popular the line was, especially in Japan.

 

[ChrisMc73]

I don't have any pictures; but I used to have figures from Buck Rogers and the Original Battlestar Galactica show...the little dog figure was so cool...Whippet?