Giant 30-inch Battleship Playset

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These things would probably get you shot in the streets these days if kids were carrying them around. It was a programmable electric vehicle resembling a futuristic-looking tank and utility vehicle that might have been used on a moon or Mars-type environment.

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This popular line of space vehicles and action figures was first produced by Coleco but later was picked up by Mattel after Coleco went out of business. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. I’m surprised the first series of toys was released in the first place, considering it happened after the show ended.It probably wasn’t the safest toy to be playing with though, especially with all of the trip lines the kids just set up anywhere they could. In all Galactic lore, there is no story as tragic and hard fought as that of the Twin Princes of the Rival Moons of Planet Robotron. This is another one of those action figure lines that completely slipped my mind, but I played with them all the time. I will say I didn’t like how much work it took to set up, and then cleaning it all up afterwards was always a hassle. There were two different factions of ghostly warriors: one was lead by the heroic Lionheart, the other was lead by the evil Skull.

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We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development.The complete series of Starcom toys offered 23 figures, 6 playsets, and 13 vehicles on the heroic Starcom side, while the villainous Shadow Force was represented by 15 action figures and 11 vehicles. These figures were based on an animated series that I have no recollection of, but I must have watched it, because I had a few of the figures. One of the Princes chose evil and destruction as his means to power, and set out to destroy the Good Prince, with the aid of Antagatron, a giant mutant Robot with the ability to charge up and launch a Tracker that changes to Attacker. Comic book legends Jack Kirby and Gil Kane contributed to the design and concepts of the show, which featured three heroes wearing exo-frame suits battling the forces of evil.

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The figures were only about 2" tall, and they came in the form of an anthropomorphized animals with body armor and a weapon. It was a fun toy to play with…until you ran out of the disappearing ink ammo, which happened pretty fast. Apparently there were only a few molds that were produced for the toy line, so most of the aircraft were repainted three or four times each. There were holes in in the body of the figures where you could embed armor, weapons, and even vehicles, and I remember thinking this was a pretty cool and inventive toy line.

A second series of figures was supposed to be released in 1988, but the line was discontinued and never produced. I personally think it looks like kind of a boring toy, but anyone that had it as a kid might have the complete opposite opinion because of the nostalga factor. The toy line only lasted one year, and included twelve figures featuring male Spectral Knights and Darkling Lords. I decided to go back in time a little further and find some from the 1980s that you may not remember or maybe never even heard of. What’s funny about this is that I enjoyed playing with the toys, but I never liked the animated series it was based on.