I was born in 1976 and these were the only MEGO figures that I had as a kid. Everything from then on was 3"3/4. I still remember thinking how cool it was to have a holster for their guns and the soft good clothes. I guess I missed out on the GI-JOE original figures, but the ones I had back in the 80s were still VERY awesome!

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

It is fun that these fit with the vintage 80s Joes but the Mego 8 inch line did not fit with many other lines sadly

Nice CHIPS collection! That front of the card looks good, nice condition, and then the back they weren't too concerned about the art for. The motorcycle looks good, but you're right it's not easy seating the character. Cool helicopter. Thanks, Mike!

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

Seems they cheaped out on the packaging but still a fun small toy line

My favorite show growing up. Great video, Nice collection

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

Yep it is a fun watch and so popular back then

Simple yet hours of fun! We had the best toys growing up

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

Yep and they did a great job on the bikes they look great

I really enjoy how you showcase the various toy lines you have. I would love to see a collection tour at some point. 😊

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

Here is the most recent vid but I have plans for many changes as Eternia has changed the MOTU display and other stuff but enjoy! kzread.info/dash/bejne/opmm28Swh7SWe6g.html

Love the review this is the series plus my Dad influenced the reason I became a Cop 25 years of service.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

That is awesome and cool this had a positive influence on you

I flipping loved the intro

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

Yep that was the most familiar part of the show and got us hyped

I didn't know these existed 😂 I had the general lee and bo and Duke. That was AWESOME!!! - making ramps from magazines etc. I also had the lone ranger and his horse Silver ? I would have LOVED these. Oh I had all of the A-team and vehicles. I would have liked the clash of the titans but didn't know they existed.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

Mego seemed to do a lot of smaller toy lines like this and fun to collect them

@jacobfoster9185

5 ай бұрын

@tydiriumhanger1320 I really appreciate the content that you provide and the attention to detail as well as the effort and time that you devote to provide your audience with a full picture of that place and time. Picking snapshots of the past for us to reminisce over. When so many are simply stealing from others and redoing the audio etc it's both refreshing and impressive to come across a person with genuine passion for the topic and the integrity required to be as truthful and trusted as you are. I hope you and those you care for are happy, healthy, and safe this new year. Semper Fidelis P.S Please forgive me for any misspellings words that are out of context or poor punctuation. I lost my hand in Afghanistan so now I dictate rather than type and the program thinks that because I'm Italian Amarican that I must have a speech impediment like Rocky.

When the chips are down we can count on Mike for a retro Wednesday.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

Great Retro-Wed FUN PUN!

@Cyril29a

5 ай бұрын

California Highway Pun-trol @@tydiriumhanger1320

Those arms look like original pocket heroes with the bent legs.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

I saw those and yes the arms do look very similar probably reuse as Mego and other toy lines reused a lot of parts

i heard the arms were to mimic the "steer'n'beer" arms of Adventure People

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

I can see that and it makes more sense than many other ideas

I could not recall much about the TV series because I was a toddler when the show was released and I have no idea that it has a toyline.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

It is one of those things that these toys keep popping up at toy shows but come to find out there was not much to the line

😂Jimmy Squeaks!😂 with that hand position, I bet he does. The mega pocket superheroes had the same but at least you could excuse Batman and spider-man and use “the grip” for rope swinging.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

Well we know it was not an official KUNG GU GRIP!

Good review. The bad guys (from the waists up) were actually reused from Mego's earlier C.B. McHaul trucker line. If memory serves, Jimmy Squeaks began life as Professor Braine and Wheels Willy was taken from the Bad Leroy figure.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

You are right! Now there is a Dukes of Hazzard Uncle Jessie brown hair variant that goes with a different line do you know where he is from?

@jimmyhadder6798

5 ай бұрын

@@tydiriumhanger1320 Hmmm...no. You've got me stumped with that one. I'm always intrigued by Uncle Jesse-related news, though.

That’s crazy I was born in 80 and I had a majority of the 8 inch ones I didn’t even know that they made 3.75 in chips

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

Mego seemed to offer 2 scales for most of their lines back then

If he who dies with the most toys wins then I think you won Mike, haha.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

There is a guy Chad that has me beat by a mile! Check his collection out kzread.info/dash/bejne/gIeembByZbS6YMo.html

@TrevorToonArt

4 ай бұрын

@@tydiriumhanger1320 Yeah his collection is huge too. I'm just impressed with the dedication to random lines you collect. I only have completed one which is Super Powers carded and loose.

Mom got me the set of the main characters i play with them until they got broken if I see them ill buy them

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

I can see these getting a lot of play time for may scenarios

@elcowabungahe-man6156

5 ай бұрын

@@tydiriumhanger1320 i been watching all your videos from many toy lines i like and i had has kid i may get a few figures here and there in the future great content keep it up 👍👍👍👍

neat

i had Jon, and pretended he was me (because i was blond) and pretended the Buck Rogers space queen (Queen Armadillo?) was my girlfriend

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

So Jon liked the BAD girls!

Excellent retro Wednesday. They are pretty cool Mike but the prices on eBay are in the hundreds and hundreds of dollars for a figure.. I do like the cops and crook figures they are so cool also I have most of them and a few carded ones. Just don’t like the facial details of the chips figure they’re pretty blank.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

Mego was trying to hit that low price point and sadly cheaped out on these and other lines

Pretty sure I had the white dude. My dad always the show on when he was building his planes.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

The show back then it was a big hit and I remember my Grandpa watching

I had the 8 inch Ponch

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

They did some stuff with the 8 inch line and the cycle looks way different

Just let you know that little wind up chips. Motorcycle that you have it came in A watch housing that Went around your wrist.

@tydiriumhanger1320

5 ай бұрын

That is cool I may have seen that but did not know what it was! Thanks!