You can never go back.
>>11249087For me, peak was G.I. Joe 25th, Transformers, and Clone Wars/TVC all on shelves simultaneously with the ocassionally good marvel figure.
>>11249087Yeah, I know. We peaked in 1998 but I would have settled for living in 2005 or 2007 forever, too.
>>11249087Don'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.
>>11249087>implying we dont still have toy isles and that shitty movies don't still get toylinesThe lightyear movie was dogshit but I loved the toys and still had fun going to the store and collecting them.
>>11249087why should I go back?
>>11249138Didnt marvel have that 3.75 line then? I think transformers had a universe series but either way it was a fine time to collect.
>>11249087I 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...
>>11249087I've been to select Walmarts where the shelves are actually full. Targets even 20 years ago? Never.
>>11249087For my dad, it was during the Star Wars and Burton Batman era where toy isles peaked.
>>11249087Don't want to, there weren't enough anime toys in the 90s and I was getting tired of shitty batman repaints with stupid gadgets.
>>11249087That still looks soulless. Now an 80's TRU, that's the GOAT.
>>11249534
>>11249534Looks like Ollies, kek.
>>11249536
>>11249538I want to go and buy so much of this. Just for myself.
>>11249482being an anime fan before the figma age was suffering. Not everyone had everything, and if they did, it sucked.
>>11249677lol, mousecuck
I don't subscribe to the>THINGS USED TO BE BETTERmentality 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.
>>11249536This 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 Too bad i didnt realize the catalog was out of date so only new figures were on the shelves.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.
>>11249222There 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.
>>11250160Lol. 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.
>>11249148>I would’ve settled for living in 2005 or 2007 forever2005 for sure. The cracks were already starting to appear in 2007: internet really started consuming souls that year.
>>1125053707 the year I got on 4chan...... fuck that was a mistake02-05 was fucking peak, goat format for yugioh absolute units of beyblade in engine gears and HMS god it was peak.
>>11249170Anon, light-year was 10 years ago ....
>>11249087To 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.
>>11250808>Absurd crowding?It's not even that bad.
>>11250707And now it's flooding Ross today
>>11249087So? 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.
>>11251970>jankyMore solid than any import
>>11252001Thats 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.
>>11250320I'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
>>11249087>Anon wants a return of the 5POA shit paintjob, 100% inaccurate brick daysCan you go be retarded somewhere else?
