I am a big fan of toys so I walk the toy aisle alot. Over the past couple of years I've noticed alot of toys from the 80s making a comeback. I think its mainly Hasbro bringing old toys back. For example they rereleased the original GI joes, Transformers, Popples, Pound Puppies, even Madballs. Personally I think it's kinda cool, but I do wish they would change it up. It seems like the toys look exactly the same, and it kinda takes the fun and nestalga out of the older toys since you can now find them everywhere.


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I can't say as I've seen Popples in stores, but I have seen the others.  To me, they don't look the same.  As a kid in the 80s, I had an Optimus Prime Transformer, and the ones today look nowhere near like the one I had.  But I still haven't decided if today's toys are better than the ones of then (ie: made better, cooler effects, etc ...)

He-Man also made a brief comeback

yes...the reproduction of the older toys is a bunch of poppycock! They look nothing like the originals....I hate the updated 2000's version. They should have left well enough alone! >:(

yes...the reproduction of the older toys is a bunch of poppycock! They look nothing like the originals....I hate the updated 2000's version. They should have left well enough alone! >:(

How hard can it be to replicate a Stretch Armstrong?  This isn't like advanced genetics research or something!
:D

How hard can it be to replicate a Stretch Armstrong?  This isn't like advanced genetics research or something!
:D


If it's made in China, I don't think I'd want a "Lead Armstrong" doll :D

If it's made in China, I don't think I'd want a "Lead Armstrong" doll :D



Touché.  Karma.



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I was a huge Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan back in the early '90s, and I thought it was a dumb idea at first when they brought them back several years ago, but now I actually think it was kinda cool.

The new cartoon show that came out around 2003 or '04 is admittedly more serious and true to the comics than the cheesy 1987 version that I watched as a kid (even though of course I still like the old show better), and I'm sure the action figures are probably alot cooler and can do alot more stuff than the fairly simple ones I had.

I'm not too crazy about the idea of bringing back old toys, because they're just not the same. I get more excited about spotting an original at a thrift store than seeing a new version at Toys R Us.

I'm not too crazy about the idea of bringing back old toys, because they're just not the same. I get more excited about spotting an original at a thrift store than seeing a new version at Toys R Us.

I hear ya! :)

BRING BACK LAWN DARTS!

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Sure they bring back STRATEGO, and OPERATION, but what about GNIP GNOP?

After awhile people realized it was 'PING PONG ' backwards!

BRING BACK LAWN DARTS!

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LOL the Lawn Jart craze at inthe00s.  I'd nearly forgotten about that :D

This topic has been done before on these boards:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=12124



Here's some of what I wrote back then about the comeback of 80s toys in the past few years:

I think part of the reason for the comeback might be that now the kids from the 80s are all grown up, a lot of them are the ones working for toy companies and making the decisions about what new products should be sold.

Also, now that kids from the 80s are grown up, they're starting to have kids of their own, and when they go shopping for their kids, they're more likely to notice the toys and characters that they themselves grew up with. A 28 year old mom or dad today was an 8 year old boy or girl twenty years ago, and probably remembers playing with Transformers and Strawberry Shortcake then.

I've gotta say it kind of depresses me to think that people my age are having kids. It makes me realize I'm getting old.  :(

Oh well, guess it's inevitable. I'll just have to learn to deal with it...

This topic has been done before on these boards:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=12124



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Apparently topics can only be merged within topics in the same section, but new topics on existing subjects in older threads are always good.  They start new discussion :)

Apparently topics can only be merged within topics in the same section, but new topics on existing subjects in older threads are always good.  They start new discussion :)


For you, Dave and other SBMs, that is true. If you need or want to merge two topics, one of which is outside your boards, let me know and we'll merge it for ya.

Ant

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