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Did you own any action figures (and do you still own any?)
1.) Action Man
2.) Cyborg & Android ( my brother had Cyborg & Muton.)
https://moviesandmania.com/2019/08/11/cyborg-muton-and-android-sci-fi-toys/
3.) A little Hulk action figure, whose provenance I can't remember.
( my brother had Spidey - Mego brand? - with punching fists! )
4.) Commander Power ( or did I have Shield? I'm unsure! ) I was too old
for action figures by then, really - so, what I was thinking, I don't recall!
They didn't get played with as much as earlier action figures, I don't think
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Phillip
Charlie now 64 never had one. Charlie’s younger brother now 62 never had one. Charlie’s younger brother now 58 was gifted a rubber Batman by Charlie when he was like 5. Charlie had a good time playing with it and to this day the fact that Charlie monopolized the rubber batman is a legend!
Charlie, was that rubber Batman purple by any chance?
b.t.
May Charlie interject an ad hoc question for the masses? I am doing my steve does Comics correspondence sitting in my car at lunchtime where the temperature is a solid 95°. I am not running the air conditioning or anything because the office is so cold that I, and many others, cannot stand it. In fact, many of the ladies have space heaters running. The temperature supposedly is about 72° inside the offices.
So… Describe your relationship to the summer heat. Are you one of those who like a constant temperature? or, do you like to be cold in the summer? Perhaps you prefer the heat?
BT! Funny you should ask!!! I don’t recall the rubber Batman strictly a daring to the Batman color scheme. Indeed, I have a recollection of him being mostly blue and purple. Are we thinking about the same rubber Batman, lol?
I seemed to enjoy playing with it because I could bend it in any direction though not stretch it.
COLIN:
I had an Action Man. It was a Christmas gift in the mid-70s. I clearly remember my Mum buying it in the village and me begging to play with it on the way home, but she didn't fold. I didn't get it til Xmas Day.
That's it, I think. I was given a Todd McFarlane Miracleman statue a few years back but I sold it.
Otherwise, I've been action-figure-free.
CHARLIE:
I like hot weather. I don't burn easily, and I tan quickly and I don't mind sweating so I really like it when it's hot. I was getting a bit exhausted and worried about the plants and the cats when it was 104 degrees back in 2021. But generally there's no such thing as 'too hot' for me.
I had a Cherilea Batman and Robin figure several Action men, and a Captain Scarlet bendy figure when I was between 5 and 11 years old. As ab older child ( about 8 years ago) I picked up Batman, Catwoman and Superman figures in the Bruce Timmy style on a whim - I still have Catwoman and Superman. I was also bought a limited edition Barbie as Ziggy Stardust doll which has pride of place in my attic room .
Colin, thanks for the topic. The only action figure I ever had was an Action Man but, one day, his lower leg dropped off and that was the end of his career.
Charlie, I like to be cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Charlie:
I had a purple soft rubber Batman with wires in his arms and legs when I was around 6 or 7. There was also a blue rubber Batman from around the same time period that didn’t have wires ; it came attached to a stretchy cord so you could dangle him or swing him around. I think that one is referred to as the “Batman jiggler”. I never had one of those, but they must have been pretty popular — I used to see them at convention dealers tables all the time.
As for your hot / cold question : I hate hot weather.
b.t.
Paul - I'd forgotten about Bendy toys. Aged 3/4, I had Mickey Mouse. Years later, Bendy toys disintegrated when squeezed, the plastic having turned brittle. All that was left was the toy's metal 'skeleton', within whatever bits were left. An ignominious end!
Charles - anything over 21 degrees is too hot to walk home carrying groceries!
Phillip
Steve, as a regular reader of this blog, I think you're cool all year round.
-sean
Philip, that's what happened to my Captain Scarlet (Pedigree) bendy toy, his left foot got hard and slowly crumbled.
Charlie, I'm a typical Brit re weather I complain about the dreich weather and after a couple of days of high temperatures I complain it's to hot . Ideally I like a nice mild day with no rain.
Thanks for the comments. The only action figures I had were Planet Of The Apes and Star Trek ones but I remember watching TV ads for Action Man with all his different costumes and accessories and wishing I had an Action Man. I also remember desiring the Lone Ranger action figure with his horse Silver because Silver looked so impressive with his articulated legs.
Charlie, I hate hot weather but it rarely gets very hot in Britain. My perfect Summer day is dry with a cool breeze.
Phillip, I'd totally forgotten about those Cyborg figures - my friend Carl Coffey gave me a Cyborg for my 13th birthday but I was too old for action figures by then!
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