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You can never go back.
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>>11249087
For me, peak was G.I. Joe 25th, Transformers, and Clone Wars/TVC all on shelves simultaneously with the ocassionally good marvel figure.
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>>11249087
Yeah, I know. We peaked in 1998 but I would have settled for living in 2005 or 2007 forever, too.
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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.
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>>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.
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>>11249087
why should I go back?
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>>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.
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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...
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>>11249087
I've been to select Walmarts where the shelves are actually full. Targets even 20 years ago? Never.
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>>11249087
For my dad, it was during the Star Wars and Burton Batman era where toy isles peaked.
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>>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.
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>>11249087
That still looks soulless. Now an 80's TRU, that's the GOAT.
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>>11249534
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>>11249534
Looks like Ollies, kek.
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>>11249536
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>>11249538
I want to go and buy so much of this. Just for myself.
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>>11249482
being an anime fan before the figma age was suffering. Not everyone had everything, and if they did, it sucked.
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>>11249677
lol, mousecuck
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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.
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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.
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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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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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.
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>>11249170
Anon, light-year was 10 years ago ....
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>>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.
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>>11250808
>Absurd crowding?
It's not even that bad.
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>>11250707
And now it's flooding Ross today
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>>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.
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>>11251970
>janky
More solid than any import
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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.
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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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>>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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>>11249087
>>11249534
>>11249536
Lol, LMAO even. If you were not going to local you toy and hobby shops, I feel sorry.

Floor to ceiling with model kits, army men, war games, Warhammer before it got ruined, Gunpla, Hot Wheels, Matchbox and Johnny Lightning all in the same place, trains, slot cars and RC everything, not to mention some action figures and that sort of thing too.

I live in Florida, but if you get a chance, of you are in NJ or NYC area, go to Ridgefield Hobby and you will see what I mean. In Florida, there is Graves RC, but that is just for RC stuff. Either way, you will get the gist of what I am talking about.
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>>11249164
You forfeit the ability to choose the best looking figure with that choice though
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>>11252236
You sound like a sad person with no imagination
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>>11259503
Then youre saying those toys are worthless since we have an imagination anyway
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>>11250320
I never understood why Irwin bothered with the random weapon accessories in their repackaged Dragon Ball figures. They weren't sculpted for the toys so 90% of the time they couldn't even hold the things.



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