Comments on: The Bent Knees Version

By: kngfu

kngfu — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:29:21 +0000

I still have the straight legged Spiderman figure, and I remember having several of the bent knees ones as well. One issue with them was their legs would pop off at the hip real easily. Keep one in your pocket, play football, and have a broken figure

By: Cantina-Dan

Cantina-Dan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:43:12 +0000

Its totally just nostalgia talking, but those were some cool figures. (They’re actually kinda crappy, but I dare anyone to say that to my face

By: Veil1

Veil1 — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:54:07 +0000

Man, these are some of the first toys I remember having as well. I had Hulk, Superman, Captain america, Batman and Robin, Joker, Green Goblin and Spiderman. All are lost to time and/or the garbage can. Bummer

By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:53:20 +0000

Oh man, X-Wing Luke. That’s rough.

By: Mrs. Pretticute

Mrs. Pretticute — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:53:14 +0000

lol. perfect. thanks for never disappointing.

By: Xenos

Xenos — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:23:56 +0000

You think you had it bad with your deals? I was the youngest of three, and there wasn’t a whole lot left over for me. So while one of my brothers had Han and Vader and the other had Luke and Lando, I was stuck with an X-Wing Luke that I renamed Wedge. Voltron was another example, my brothers grabbed Keith and Lance and I got to choose from Pidge or Hunk…not exactly the cream of the crop.

I think that’s why GI Joe always appealed to me so much. Sure I didn’t have Duke, Flint, Destro or Cobra Commander, but every year so many new characters came out that there was just no way my brothers could stop the occasional Zartan from slipping down to me!

By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:12:12 +0000

Hahaha! My brother sent me an email after reading this saying: “I’m on my way to your place to confiscate all the Hulk figures.”

By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:10:46 +0000

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By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:05:59 +0000

Ha! Did that translate into your love of Super Powers Robin?

By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:05:22 +0000

Thanks, Clutch! Gotta look up the Tree Tots… oh yeah, kinda remember those! You have an amazing depth to your toy knowledge, buddy!

By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:03:46 +0000

Thanks, friend. Yes, definitely a thrill to have finally gotten ol’ bent legs.

By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:01:23 +0000

Bill, thanks much for looking out for me. Really happy to finally nab this sucka. Comic Action Hero Hulk is apparently way outnumbered by Pocket Super Hero Hulk. Those are a dime a dozen.

By: Julius Marx

Julius Marx — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:19:05 +0000

Dan-

I have decided that only I can like vintage action figures. You will need to ONLY like modern figures. 2009 and later I think will work. You will need to mail me all of your vintage figures and I will hand over my Tron: Legacy , Mattel WWE and McFarlane Halo figures to you. And I’ll pick you up a set of DC Direct Flashpoint figures for your trouble.

That’s “the NEW DEAL”

Thanks!
D.

PS- Great blog!

By: Mrs. Pretticute

Mrs. Pretticute — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:51:13 +0000

IMHO, bent legs Spidey and Hulk are way more intimidating than their straight-legged counterparts…so well done. I love the picture of your brother as the Hulk (complete with bent legs) but where’s the photo of you as Spidey?

By: Sector1014

Sector1014 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:50:55 +0000

Good stuff. Love how your bro had a say in what you *liked*. I have a twin bro, and I remember us having the 8″ Mego Batman and Robin, but I always had to be Robin when we played with them together.

By: Clutch

Clutch — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:57:26 +0000

Great blog post, Dan. I know all too well about those “deals.” With me, it was my cousin who called the shots. I had a six month advantage, age wise. But she was easily twice my size. You had it easy getting the good guys ’cause when she broke out her Kenner Tree Tots Tree House, I was stuck as the family dog while she played all the other roles. My Pocket Super Heroes were thankfully kept away from her during our formative years.

By: demoncat

demoncat — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:25:02 +0000

nice you manage given how a mego hulk is one of of the hardest figures to come across that you manage to reclaim a piece of your child hood again. and did not wind up going broke getting hulk back with mego spider man with bent knee’s again.

By: Fire Marshal Bill

Fire Marshal Bill — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:12:07 +0000

Congrats on picking up a Hulk! I have been looking out for one for you. I thought i found one a time or two but they were the Pocket Action Heroes. I’ll call off the search .

By: Cantina-Dan

Cantina-Dan — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:44:23 +0000

I posted this blog because there just hasn’t been much going on in the world of super hero action figures lately.