Wayback Wednesday: 80's Toys
When I was a kid my parents were very anti-gun. As a result, I never owned so much as a Nintendo Zapper. I missed out on all the amazing toys of my day. There was no Optimus Prime for little Macky. No Sargent Slaughter's Triple-T Tank for me. No... I'm sorry there's something in my eye.
Just read on before I break down completely.
Rock Lords are an even lamer (if it's possible) split off from GoBots and are just about the dumbest thing ever, but for some reason I thought they were incredibly cool. They weren't. I owned three.
Okay I have to admit Construx were awesome. A friend of mine had a big bucket of these and we would build giant Rube-Goldbergian devices out of them. Plus who don't love Star Force? Star Force!
Now we're talking! Fire burns Wood! Water douses Fire! Wood... uh... floats on Water. Okay admittedly that is sort of lame but these were still the coolest little guys ever. Half robot, half animal. All action! How this is the one 80's toy that hasn't made a comeback is beyond me.
I'll leave you with the commercial for a toy that I PINED for as a kid but could never have. I still want one.
