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Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 12:03:22 No.11249087 View View Reply Original Report

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You can never go back.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 13:47:58 No.11249138 Report

Quoted By: >>11249222

>>11249087
For me, peak was G.I. Joe 25th, Transformers, and Clone Wars/TVC all on shelves simultaneously with the ocassionally good marvel figure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 13:59:45 No.11249148 Report

Quoted By: >>11250537

>>11249087
Yeah, I know. We peaked in 1998 but I would have settled for living in 2005 or 2007 forever, too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 14:14:34 No.11249164 Report

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>>11249087
Don't get me wrong, it was plenty of fun running around toy stores as a kid. But as an adult, I'll take the convenience of having whatever figures I want delivered straight to my door instead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 14:38:30 No.11249170 Report

Quoted By: >>11250707

>>11249087
>implying we dont still have toy isles and that shitty movies don't still get toylines
The lightyear movie was dogshit but I loved the toys and still had fun going to the store and collecting them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 15:13:36 No.11249187 Report

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>>11249087
why should I go back?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 16:10:24 No.11249222 Report

Quoted By: >>11250263

>>11249138
Didnt marvel have that 3.75 line then? I think transformers had a universe series but either way it was a fine time to collect.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 16:47:15 No.11249246 Report

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>>11249087
I dont know anon.
I'm from europe and here we have cool stuff - Sonic and Pokemon and Mario action figures for cheap.
And cool lego stuff.
I like visiting our toy store.

the only 90s stuff i miss is those action mutant/animal cartoons like biker mice from mars/street shakrs stuff.

Also yes - i miss old 2d disney cartoons and their merch...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 19:50:29 No.11249452 Report

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>>11249087
I've been to select Walmarts where the shelves are actually full. Targets even 20 years ago? Never.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 20:12:52 No.11249463 Report

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>>11249087
For my dad, it was during the Star Wars and Burton Batman era where toy isles peaked.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 20:31:22 No.11249482 Report

Quoted By: >>11250160

>>11249087
Don't want to, there weren't enough anime toys in the 90s and I was getting tired of shitty batman repaints with stupid gadgets.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 21:16:20 No.11249534 Report

Quoted By: >>11249536 >>11249537

>>11249087
That still looks soulless. Now an 80's TRU, that's the GOAT.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 21:17:26 No.11249536 Report

Quoted By: >>11249538 >>11250209

>>11249534

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 21:17:56 No.11249537 Report

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>>11249534
Looks like Ollies, kek.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 21:18:56 No.11249538 Report

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>>11249536

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 23:08:46 No.11249677 Report

Quoted By: >>11250164

>>11249538
I want to go and buy so much of this. Just for myself.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 01 Dec 2024 09:27:18 No.11250160 Report

Quoted By: >>11250320

>>11249482
being an anime fan before the figma age was suffering. Not everyone had everything, and if they did, it sucked.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Dec 2024 09:35:12 No.11250164 Report

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>>11249677
lol, mousecuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Dec 2024 10:16:23 No.11250176 Report

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I don't subscribe to the
>THINGS USED TO BE BETTER
mentality in regards to most aspects of my life, but toy isles are genuinely depressing now.
They got a whole section in each store for this Mr. Breast toys and they don't seem to move units at all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Dec 2024 11:31:27 No.11250209 Report

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>>11249536
This image is arousing my kid spirit. Id carry my catalog leaflets with me when we went into town so id remember which figures i wanted most. Too bad i didnt realize the catalog was out of date so only new figures were on the shelves.
I never got to go to a tru as a kid, just kay bee on a few occasions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Dec 2024 13:16:18 No.11250263 Report

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>>11249222
There was indeed a time within that period when they had a few 3.75 lines. Unfortunately it only started to get really good around the end of it's Marvel Universe run. A lot of it's early figures had poor articulation and some quality issues.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 01 Dec 2024 15:53:39 No.11250320 Report

Quoted By: >>11252214

>>11250160
Lol. I remember little statues or Mattel figures with like 11 POA were basically the best you could hope for even for the biggest series pre-Figma & Figuarts. Dragon Ball was the only one that had a pretty extensive lineup between Jakks and Irwin. Now kids have Anime Heroes, Ultimate Legends, Total Anime, McFarlane, and even $35 SHFs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Dec 2024 19:24:15 No.11250537 Report

Quoted By: >>11250601

>>11249148
>I would’ve settled for living in 2005 or 2007 forever
2005 for sure. The cracks were already starting to appear in 2007: internet really started consuming souls that year.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Dec 2024 20:49:28 No.11250601 Report

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>>11250537
07 the year I got on 4chan...... fuck that was a mistake

02-05 was fucking peak, goat format for yugioh absolute units of beyblade in engine gears and HMS god it was peak.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Dec 2024 22:30:50 No.11250707 Report

Quoted By: >>11251865

>>11249170
Anon, light-year was 10 years ago ....

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2024 00:06:55 No.11250808 Report

Quoted By: >>11251379

>>11249087
To what? Absurd crowding? I am so glad I don't have to use stores anymore. Too many people exist these days for the tiny space they want to give aisle. It isn't 1997 anymore and the population has grown by billions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2024 12:20:08 No.11251379 Report

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>>11250808
>Absurd crowding?
It's not even that bad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2024 00:19:13 No.11251865 Report

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>>11250707
And now it's flooding Ross today

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2024 01:41:24 No.11251970 Report

Quoted By: >>11252001

>>11249087
So? I wouldn't like most of this today anyway. I mostly collect Imports now. Would be funny to see the janky ass old American toys again I guess. Could scalp a few and hurt them in a treasure chest somewhere to reopen and sell in the future.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2024 01:53:47 No.11252001 Report

Quoted By: >>11252110

>>11251970
>janky
More solid than any import

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2024 03:03:04 No.11252110 Report

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>>11252001
Thats cause old toys barely have articulation.
Domestics have regressed even more. All that gummy plastic they use for joints can be sheared right off and feels like putty. Import joints are at least solid.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2024 04:50:28 No.11252214 Report

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>>11250320
I'm lucky to have been only a Digimon/Pokemon fan back then. Sure I discovered handful other animes, but not a lot I really wanted toys of even to this day. Still, Mattel was just the wrongest company to license to with nothing but 5poa shit all the time, while Toybiz, SOTA, Squenix and even Playmates were trying to evolve

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Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2024 05:30:35 No.11252236 Report

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>>11249087
>Anon wants a return of the 5POA shit paintjob, 100% inaccurate brick days
Can you go be retarded somewhere else?

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