Pop Culture Leage: Do Over!

This week's assignment from the Pop Culture League is:

Do Over! If you could do it all over again...

I wish I would have taken photos of toy store aisles when I was a kid, especially during the Kenner Star Wars and Hasbro GI Joe run. When I look at photos like these, it totally takes me back to a very happy time.

Back then, we didn't carry cameras in our pockets like we do today, which begs the question. Who is taking photos of store displays today? Will we look back one day and think - "Hey, remember when the aisles were filled with Marvel Legends, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars? Those were the days."

If you want a trip down toy aisle memory lane, check out Plaid Stallion's Vintage Toy Store Picture Page. It's up to seventeen great pages.

Originally, I was going to write about toys I passed on only to be shocked by the secondary sticker price or scarcity later (Sideshow Platoon, Dragon Saving Private Ryan, 1/6 scale Heat figures of Val Kilmer and Robert Deniro). I will share with the biggest regret of something I've sold.

The 1/6 scale custom Snowspeeder. I purchased this off Ebay for about $150 years ago. It was built with wood. It was extremely detailed. There were instrument panels and wiring in the cockpit. It was a one of a kind work of art. I wish I would have taken more photos of it. I sold it later due to space. It's irreplaceable. Whoever has it now, I hope you are enjoying it.

More from the League.

Brother Midnight's Big Loo.
http://greenplasticsquirtgun.blogspot.com/2016/12/pop-culture-league-challenge-do-over.html

Toy Box's Comics and LPs
http://thetoybox1138.blogspot.com/2016/12/pop-culture-league-challenge-do-over.html

Spyda-Man's Subscription Boxes - don't do it
http://20yearsb42000.blogspot.com/2016/12/pop-culture-challenge-do-over-last-week.html

Like many of us, Jon sold his Star Wars stuff.
http://www.harveymercheum.com/2016/12/pop-culture-league-challenge-18/

Toy Break takes a punch, but does he get the girl?
http://toy-break.blogspot.com/2016/12/do-over.html

Mr. Smith shares the Do Over movies.
http://primordialbadgersmediahoard.blogspot.com/2016/12/pop-culture-league-challenge-do-over.html

Alexis says - you can pick your friends, but not your family.
http://collectorsuniverse.blogspot.com/2016/12/pop-culture-league-do-overs.html

Dragon Imports Hockey Toews vs Ovechkin

Just like the baseball figures, Dragon Imports seems to have taken over the 6 inch sports figure space from McFarlane for the NHL hockey line. Two of the recent additions include two teams I follow - the Chicago Blackhawks (where I grew up) and Washington Capitals (where I live today).

Shark Tank - Unpackaged

Swimming with the Sharks! What a fun exclusive.

 

Diamond Select Gotham Figures

I already posted the packaged photos of these. Here they are loose.

Gentle Giant 12 Inch GI Joe

As I was messing around with the Vietnam and Rogue One dioramas, I snapped a few shots of the four 12 inch Real American Hero replicas from Gentle Giant. Love these things. Wish they would finish out a few more of the original series (Flash, Short Fuze, Scarlett).

And oh yeah, Go Army! Beat Navy!

NECA Glow in the Dark Alien

Nothing out of the ordinary, just very cool. A recast of the NECA Alien in glow in the dark plastic. Still need to test it out.