Toy-Ventures: Christmas Wish List 1979

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Welcome to the Toy-Ventures Christmas special! In this episode, I dig up my Christmas Wish List from 1979 and tell you which toys I got and the ones that got away.
Mego Superheroes, Micronauts, Kenner Star Wars and apparently, I had a thing for cats?
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  • @50footbrewery
    @50footbrewery2 жыл бұрын

    Few things bring me greater joy than looking through old Sears toy catalogs.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    We share that.

  • @SHADOWtech.-
    @SHADOWtech.-2 жыл бұрын

    It’s amazing how much better the vehicles and playsets were back then.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah we got some great stuff!

  • @Golfing422

    @Golfing422

    7 ай бұрын

    Before global junk

  • @TheJohno95
    @TheJohno952 жыл бұрын

    1979 was an AMAZING year to be a kid at Christmas! It was a very diverse time! Star Wars was kind of all the rage, but the figures released before Christmas, so I remember having those. But it was a great time for things like the Mego accessories, Micronauts, and the Shogun Warrior stuff! It was a very in-between year, which mean anything kind of went. Star Wars was available, but it's big hit would kind of be the next year with the release of Empire. G.I. Joe was at it's tail end with the Super Joe stuff, before the Joe Team took back over a few years down the road. Mego was still strong, but starting it's slide. From what I can remember looking back at that time, I think I got a Rom action figure, one of the big Shogun Warriors and a Godzilla, some random Micronauts, and some random "Metal Men" toys, those cheap dudes who would fall apart in about an hour. I remember it being a fun year, just not sure if my memories are accurate. I feel like I was always getting Star Wars stuff for my birthday, which was about a month before Christmas, so I usually got totally different stuff during the Christmas season. It would be fun to be able to completely access those memories and just take it all in again. My mother wasn't big on me getting toys the rest of the year, but she would go all in during Christmas. And the 70's and 80's were a great time to be a kid for the toys! The time right after action figures became a thing, but before they became things to sit in boxes on walls. I wore some of those poor toys out playing with them. And some I still have sitting on shelves! Great video!

  • @YAMISOOLD2009

    @YAMISOOLD2009

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nicely put. Star Wars really cemented the toy tie in for all time. 1979 was still a time where there was inventive things like micronauts that were not tied to a movie or tv show.

  • @davecrowson448
    @davecrowson4482 жыл бұрын

    I got the Aquatron and the Hornetroid that year. Along with a couple of micronauts, I specifically remember a blue Time Traveler. I think I got the Mega-city set that year, too. My folks didn’t have a lot of money, but they always hooked us up at Christmas.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's a really nice memory, thanks for sharing.

  • @travishiltz4750
    @travishiltz47502 жыл бұрын

    That was a fun little time capsule. I remember when we'd get the wishbook and us kids would huddle around it, circling stuff and folding over corners to mark pages.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, this seems to be a lost art these days sadly.

  • @guerito7571
    @guerito75712 жыл бұрын

    The falcon was released by Christmas of 79. I got both the playset one and die-cast. Still the best Christmas ever for me. Lol 😁

  • @hankw69
    @hankw692 жыл бұрын

    One Xmas my mom bought my brother and I Mork from Ork with Egg Ships as stocking stuffers. At first we didn't know what to make of them. We loved the show, but it was hardly Star Wars. He quickly became a neutral peace envoy in our galactic battles that the Empire immediately shot down. Good times...

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    That sounds exactly like when I got a Hawkeye Pierce figure, he didn't fit in with the Joes very well.

  • @hankw69

    @hankw69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BrickMantooth Did he patch up wounded Joes?

  • @h.b.hatecraft953
    @h.b.hatecraft9532 жыл бұрын

    This was better than the Star Wars holiday special.

  • @danieldunn6284
    @danieldunn62842 жыл бұрын

    1979 wish list! 2021 I will still be happy

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Heh, yeah I could do with a boxed Aquatron.

  • @suedenim
    @suedenim2 жыл бұрын

    One of the retrospective mysteries of my childhood is that I was totally crazy for the Micronauts in 1978, but for some reason was totally uninterested by Christmas season of 1979. To the point that I don't even recall the existence of the Micronauts toys in this video.

  • @TheNightBadger
    @TheNightBadger2 жыл бұрын

    You wanted it ALL! The moon on a stick! There was some really great toys in that catalogue - a good time to be a kid!

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey, I grabbed for all the marbles, I was nine. ;)

  • @TheNightBadger

    @TheNightBadger

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BrickMantooth I don't blame you - you had nothing to lose! If I was a kid I would have wanted... all of it! The saying about food might apply - 'Eyes larger than the stomach' (something like that) - except with toys it's different, there's no such thing as too much!

  • @thegeorgiealityshow359
    @thegeorgiealityshow3592 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas and happy new years everyone.

  • @christiancampagna2229
    @christiancampagna22292 жыл бұрын

    My mother bought me that Micronauts Hornet ship at Lionel Playtown. I totally forgot the name and toy line though. Back in '79 or '80, my dad took me catfishing. He promised after, I could buy any Buck Rogers toy I wanted at Playtown. All day I was dreaming of getting the Hatchet Fighter. Well, he only bought me Twiki. Come on Dad! You sell mountains of Meth and Coke and you can only spend the cash for the smallest figure in the entire toy line? After that, the only other toy my father ever bought me was the Star Wars: Biker Scout. Also, I had the Mork action figure with the Egg Ship. That's pretty rare.

  • @leekronforst4589
    @leekronforst45892 жыл бұрын

    My grandma also never threw anything out. This is why I still have an Empire Strikes Back catalog with circles around some things and x's over others.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Man, that is so wonderful to hear, I bet you treasure that.

  • @leekronforst4589

    @leekronforst4589

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BrickMantooth Indeed I do.

  • @erictoddw
    @erictoddw2 жыл бұрын

    Incredibly nostalgic and heartwarming!

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!

  • @thrashpondopons2776
    @thrashpondopons27762 жыл бұрын

    78 was my last year of a 'Toy Christmas'... but I too had plenty of Micronauts in the day! & great idea with the Scrapbook Letter to Santa! Wish I had thought of that as a kid!

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching.

  • @osenator
    @osenator2 жыл бұрын

    Micronauts were the best toys ever. I still have a few of them.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Happy to hear, I have one or two childhood ones as well.

  • @jamesschulziii9098
    @jamesschulziii90982 жыл бұрын

    I remember kids having mego time travelers from micronauts and being lucky enough to play with them. I remember having mego spiderman, given the fact that you pointed out the availability of him and hulk I'm sure just about every kid had him. What a time to be a kid eh?

  • @gavalar7485
    @gavalar74852 жыл бұрын

    I have 2 older brothers - one 6 yrs older and one 4 yrs older so I played with their mego's but none of my friends had any(I was born in 74) . Until the Internet, I never knew how huge the Mego range was. I feel blessed to have had access to the odd mix of 8"-ish figures we had:- Paul Morrow, Kirk, Starsky, Spidey n Cap vs the Fighting Furies, Dr Who and a WW1 French soldier from an odd Mego-ish line (Lion- something possibly?) Happy days indeed!

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    yup, Lion Rock was the name of Mego's factory. older siblings toys were the best.

  • @gavalar7485

    @gavalar7485

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BrickMantooth lion rock! Thank you Brian!

  • @venomtron666
    @venomtron6662 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe this video because its like a mirror of my life these toy to me were so great.The showgun warriors micronaughts and Mego were a kids dream.

  • @mpRamosgroove
    @mpRamosgroove2 жыл бұрын

    How very cool that you still have your Christmas list! I had a different method. I would put a circle, square or triangle around items in the various holiday catalogs. There would also be modifiers like asterisks and stars that could be added. All of these made up a hierarchical system as to how badly I wanted things. I'd also give my parents a legend to explain what everything meant. Wish I still had at least one of those catalogs.

  • @mathieu4204
    @mathieu42042 жыл бұрын

    I do have pictures of a little me with my Mego Batmobile and figures. From what I remember about my Christmas lists throughout my young years, they mostly revolved around GI Joe figures. Some Super Powers and marvel Secret Wars figures here and there, but the core of my lists were GI Joe.

  • @mars0395
    @mars03952 жыл бұрын

    Hornetroid!!! Absolutely one of my all-time favorites! I still have mine from Christmas 1979; missing some parts, some wheels are glued on, and won't spin, but I still have the Hornetroid that was under the tree that year! Interestingly, I never had any aliens, so a Time Travler has always been the pilot - the hands fit onto the grips like it was meant for a Time Traveler anyway

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Right on, the Aliens really didn't fit well in Hornetroid, so a Time Traveler was the best pilot.

  • @zenith22
    @zenith222 жыл бұрын

    I wanted the Micronauts Battle Cruiser so bad! One day I came home from school close to Chistamas and there was a package on the kitchen table. Guess what it was.. I usually went to my grandparents house, but not that day. Oh boy, was that great! I lied and said I never looked at it.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, we share that experience. It's part of childhood I guess.

  • @esa5952
    @esa59522 жыл бұрын

    I remember finding one each of Membros, Repto and Antron with their card accurate colour brains at the Eaton’s store in downtown Montreal. Back in those days companies would set up display tables and I think that these were accidentally left behind because not only was there no price tag on them but the department manager had no idea what to charge me. Since this predated bar codes by decades I assume he made up a price based on similar Micronaut figures that were in stock at the time.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    I remember those display tables at the Eaton center! I saw a guy demonstrating the Karate Kid line back in '85.

  • @EDFCentral
    @EDFCentral2 жыл бұрын

    My memory of Mego comes from probably 83 or 84. I was a huge Heman fan and wanted the Heman figure badly. I still remember clearly the day I was to get Heman. It was a Sunday and we stopped at the mall. Mom ran in to get it while I waited with Dad in the car. I was chomping at the bit. When she came back she delivered the bad news that they were sold out of Heman, but she had got me something else. So she hands 4 - 5 year old me this figure. I probably had the look on my face you get when someone farts right next to you. It was John Schneider himself in his Mego Dukes of Hazzard form. That was my first and only Mego figure and I literally had no clue what I was going to use this figure for. It was compatible with nothing I had and I didnt have a car he could fit in. He was an outcast in my toy box.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Was this the 8"? Yeah they were sadly out of place by 1983.

  • @EDFCentral

    @EDFCentral

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BrickMantooth Yes it was the 8 inch and was probably a leftover in the discount bin at Kaybee. I had been a huge Dukes fan so Mom probably figured it was a safe buy.

  • @VirtualSG
    @VirtualSG2 жыл бұрын

    I didn't have many micronaut figures by I did have Hornetroid. It was a bit delicate to play with when fully assembled, but an impressive concept with the flapping wings, cockpit-head and foldaway landing gear legs.

  • @TheSkullReviews
    @TheSkullReviews2 жыл бұрын

    That was a very fun watch, really sweet that your Grandma saved that:)

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you and yes, I'm really grateful especially now that she's gone.

  • @korydoe4813
    @korydoe48132 жыл бұрын

    I was born in 1979, don't remember what I got for Christmas lol Merry Christmas

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Probably clothes and stuffed animals.

  • @starpodlogandstarpodtrek
    @starpodlogandstarpodtrek2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome overview of many of our favorite toys!

  • @senojor
    @senojor2 жыл бұрын

    '78 and '79 were very good Christmases as far as toys went. Star Wars under the tree. I think '79 was the Christmas that I got the cantina aliens with the Sears backdrop, power droid, R5-D4, and death star droid. That might be the Christmas I got Godzilla with fiery breath/or tongue (never could figure it out for sure). I figured the tongue was neater. FLAMING TONGUE! LOL. Everyone related to me was probably glad I got it so that I would finally quiet down about it.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh Godzilla would have been an epic Christmas get!

  • @senojor

    @senojor

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BrickMantooth Such a fun toy for me. Played with it a lot!

  • @af22raptor23503
    @af22raptor235032 жыл бұрын

    Your Video just brought back SO MANY Wonderful Memories! I was born in 1970 so am right there with you with many of the same toys in the Christmas wish list. The Mego Micronauts were SO COOL I had a few of them including the Battle Cruiser. I also LOVED Buck Rogers but I hated the fact that the Starfighter was made where the rear legs would BREAK OFF they should have Reinforced or had a different design so the ship could be played with.

  • @nosferatu-369
    @nosferatu-3692 жыл бұрын

    Your childhood Christmas sounds so similar to mine but i was told to circle what i wanted in the JC Penney and Sears catalogs. I remember getting Hornetroid, Micronaut Rocket Tubes, Jawa Land, Falcon, all of the Buck Rogers figures and a lot more on the video. My mom was an only child and my Grandmother spoiled my brother and me.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like toy heaven!

  • @mczilla8628
    @mczilla86282 жыл бұрын

    Nostalgia Overload! Awesome video i remember having twiggy and tiger man from buck rogers

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Aw man, total kid envy!

  • @duckmann5000
    @duckmann50002 жыл бұрын

    Great Video thank you so much for Posting ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @macorourke2222
    @macorourke22222 жыл бұрын

    Great video Brother. 1979 Christmas was My favorite Christmas as a 6 year old Kid. I remember getting a lot of Star Wars Toy's and A large size Super man action figure and a white space gun that made a couple of sounds. Thanks for sharing 😀 👍 ♥️ 🇨🇦🇺🇸🌎🎉🎉🎉🎉🎅🧑‍🎄🌲🎁🎁🎊🎊🎊🎊 and a Merry Christmas and a happy new year to You and Family 😀👍❤💯

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed, Merry Christmas!

  • @megofan5734
    @megofan57342 жыл бұрын

    I also have happy memories of Christmas 1979. That year my parents put all our Christmas presents on our ping-pong table in the family room instead of the living room furniture. We had already known the truth about "Santa" for a while. Star Wars, of course- that year I got the Droid Factory, the movie projector, and the large Jawa. I still have them all. I also remember getting Superfection (even more fun than Perfection). I have it again thanks to Ebay. I also got Vic the Voice-controlled Vette. Like Tobor the previous year, I still have it, but it no longer works. I sometimes put my Big Jim figures in the Vette. I also got the Muppets and Hawaiian Punch boardgames. The following year it was all Empire Strikes back toys, once again on the ping-pong table.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's really neat, so when you see ping pong tables does it bring you back to that?

  • @megofan5734

    @megofan5734

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BrickMantooth It sure does. That ping pong table sat in our family room for about 20 years. Just about every family member and neighbor used it. I still have the two paddles.

  • @LLB-lh2lh
    @LLB-lh2lh2 жыл бұрын

    fun vid....man... i had pretty decent micronaut hauls for a few chistmas's there but by 79 they just seemed like last years toy. glad to know some kids were still wanting them into the 80s. cheers!!!!!

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I stayed with them until the bitter end, something about that line just sparked my imagination.

  • @ununun
    @ununun2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for a lovely slice of personal nostalgia. Its brought cheer to a very melancholy week. I'm inspired to pull some 1970s comics out, for the colour and energy.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm so happy to hear that, makes it all worthwhile. Here's to brighter days.

  • @ununun

    @ununun

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BrickMantooth I raise a glass to that. Cheers to all. And to Plaid Stallions which has let much warm sunshine into many years.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ununun I'm glad I contributed to anything positive.

  • @jasonesler2716
    @jasonesler27162 жыл бұрын

    Lol “best picture of me” I fell your pain! Always wanted Aquaman. Never found him....got falcon and green goblin.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I had better luck with the Marvel guys as a kid, the DC characters went super quick.

  • @Gojitron1
    @Gojitron12 жыл бұрын

    That looks exactly like the type of list I would have made, sans the cat calendar. I had the Hornetroid but I can't remember if it was a Christmas gift. I know for a fact I got the Micronauts Warp Racer, Photon Sled, Crater Cruncher and Ultronic Scooter that year, and probably various Star Wars toys.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a terrific haul.

  • @gerardoconnor1010
    @gerardoconnor10102 жыл бұрын

    So awesome 👏✌️🇮🇪😎 Well done sir

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much!

  • @360whiplash
    @360whiplash2 жыл бұрын

    I remember as a kid I always wanted the Mego Batmobile , but never got it. But a few years ago I found one in pretty good condition at a local pawnshop for 15 dollars and it came with a beat up Robin doll. I didn't know at the time that one of the wheels was broken but glued back on, which it came off later, but some more glue fixed that right up again.

  • @diggingattycho7908
    @diggingattycho79082 жыл бұрын

    As a kid I was pretty lucky, the family had some money and I was an only child. So I had more toys than I could play with. This created a bit of a problem, of course some toys I would destroy(who didn't have that kind of fun). But there were toys that just disappeared, I remember opening the present at Christmas. Playing with the toy a bit, setting it aside for the next one. Time would go by I would want to play with that toy again, and it was gone. This didn't happen just once it happened a lot. But here is the rub, my grandmother would throw away the toys I was wanting to keep in good condition. But she would leave the junk. This same woman as she was getting on in years, would throw her expensive jewelry in the trash. Yes, we had to go through her garbage on many occasions. We are sure some of her jewelry got away. Probably in the same place as some of my old toys(still in their original packaging).

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is a very interesting idiosyncrasy.

  • @EvrydayErik
    @EvrydayErik2 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I was 7 and in Micronaut mania as well.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fellow Micro Maniac!

  • @jaygrinder7694
    @jaygrinder76942 жыл бұрын

    I do remember asking for the Millennium Falcon, but I believe that it was after the full size (for action figures, not actual people) was out, and I didn't get it the first year I asked for it. Instead I received the Eagle 1 that came with the figures and it annoyed me at the time. I later grew to love that toy though, because it was one heck of a neat toy. I could have chucked it up to my mother's general confusion when it came to sci-fi properties (she used to refer to Kirk as the captain of the Millennium Falcon and Solo as the captain of the Enterprise), but I'd bet that the Eagle 1 was just a budgetary decision on her part, because that would have been a pretty cheap clearance item at the time. "Here kid, it's a big spaceship. Shut up now"... Now, that Jawa playset, I never had that. But, I literally begged for the Hoth playset, and that was nothing but a retooled, and recycled version of that Jawa playset. Oddly enough, I liked that toy at the time. But, I did get pretty annoyed when they actually released that Snow-Walker toy later on. Which alas, I never did obtain.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    I bought that Hoth set as a kid. I had begged my father to take me on his sales calls so I could visit a big toy store and spend some birthday money. When we got there, the selection wasn't as I hoped and I bought it because I wanted to go home with something, I regretted it.

  • @arthurcummings3679
    @arthurcummings36792 жыл бұрын

    I had Green Goblin, Falcon, (actually I got a ton of Megos for Christmas that year) The Batmobile, the millennium falcon (I think it WAS 1980), a Micronaut (Time Traveller) from your list. My best Christmas 8 got Earthquake Tower, Stretch Armstrong, the Bat Cave, the Marx Guns of Navaronne Playset..Mom freaked out because my room looked like a Toys R Us exploded.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like an amazing Christmas!

  • @kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860
    @kingerikthegreatest.ofall.78602 жыл бұрын

    I got a 1979 Star Trek calendar and a x-wing fighter.

  • @MarcDwithaC
    @MarcDwithaC2 жыл бұрын

    In Christmas 79 I got a clear Time Traveler & a red Pharoid, probably some other Micronauts too but that's all I could see in pictures. 1980 was a good haul: Mobile Exploration Lab, a Galactic Defender, Karrio & Repto! I also got Hornetroid at some point but not sure when. There is a Millennium Falcon in the 79 Sears catalog (thanks to Mom for saving all of those). It's got a "non-removable Han & Chewy" and its only 5-3/4 long.

  • @ShadeofJeremy
    @ShadeofJeremy2 жыл бұрын

    While I remember plenty of the things I got for Christmas as a kid, I don't really remember what I asked for. With one odd exception. I was at J. C. Penny's with my Mom a week or two before and saw a Go-Bots Creepy figure. I asked and sure enough Mom got him for me. He was my favorite Go-Bot and the one I played with until he fell apart. I did get another one several years ago so I have my "dear friend" once again.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have to go check out this figure, I was in 9th grade when Go Bots arrived on the scene.

  • @ShadeofJeremy

    @ShadeofJeremy

    2 жыл бұрын

    There were two versions. A mail order green one and the retail purple. He turned into some kind of scorpion monster. I just thought he was cool.

  • @bobbyhulll8737
    @bobbyhulll87372 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah memories got the green alien Micronaut , Reptro? Buddy had Membros we already had many other figures , got the buck Rogers white space vehicle and Twiki ? And the bald dude they all worked great with the micronauts and various star-wars … the articulation was very good more like the 80’s GI Joe. What also worked well was the adventure people space stuff and other vehicles all the same size worked great together

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah that stuff was great.

  • @Scotty-Z70
    @Scotty-Z70 Жыл бұрын

    YESSS I have Hornetroid!!! NYAH NYAH NYAH!!! I loved it so much!! And i had ALL 3 of the aliens. I was so sad that the weapons didn't really "work"...i totally expected Repto's saw blade arm to spin on it's own, or with a wind-up feature. I had Buck Rogers, the Pretty princess (Queen Adala?), Wilma, the Ben Kenobi looking dude, and TWIGGI!!! I Loved TWIGGI...Bidi bidi bidi.

  • @andrewflashchannelgibbs5384
    @andrewflashchannelgibbs53842 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Christmas was so great as a kid. Not like now where they get presents all year round I only had toys at certain special times of the year and Christmas was the big one. Action man, toy cars, games - great memories. I think from the video you are only a couple of years older than me. Happy Christmas and new year - look forward to more of your great content next year. 🎄🎄🤝

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Plenty more to come, thanks for the kind words!

  • @mikeschuler2946
    @mikeschuler29462 жыл бұрын

    Capcella was one of my favorites

  • @devilman2465
    @devilman24652 жыл бұрын

    I had the radio-controlled Sandcrawler and a sound-activated R2-D2.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh I had the R2 but it stopped working super quick. I may have gotten that instead that Christmas!

  • @jonathansullivan8651
    @jonathansullivan86512 жыл бұрын

    I got Buck and William as stocking stuffers this year! I wanted Twiggi but i guess he was harder to find.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    He was definitely the most popular figure.

  • @elrodimusflash9331
    @elrodimusflash93312 жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure asking for toys is how I became an artist. We never got the coveted Sears wishbook. So I would draw pictures of the toys I wanted. And yes those pictures would often include notes. Like where to find said toy at the store.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ha! I love it. I was very good at mentioning where things were as well.

  • @kibagami74
    @kibagami742 жыл бұрын

    Catching up on videos, so I'm a month late... but that was great. I made lists just like that but didn't think to paste the cut out pics. I was 5 so my memory is fuzzy about Christmas specifically, but I did get in that year the Mego Spiderman, Green Goblin and my favorite, The Lizard. Got the Sandcrawler and pretty much all 3 3/4" Star Wars stuff available, got Buck Rogers and his ship and I went nuts over the Micronauts Alien line, got all of them and Hornetroid, yep those glow in the dark brains were irresistible but really cool designed figures. Later on those Alien figures were stolen out of the backseat of my Father's car on a trip to Grandmas. I was indignant but at least now I think the thief had good taste. 79 was a great toy year.

  • @Blackedoutewoks
    @Blackedoutewoks2 жыл бұрын

    Great video of cherished memories from a great year! Merry Christmas 🎄

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! You too!

  • @toytantrumretroandvintaget7756
    @toytantrumretroandvintaget77562 жыл бұрын

    I wanted the Sand crawler as well. I got figures and a Tonka dump truck, as well as Lego and a Sesame street record plus the annual stocking of candy and what not :)

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did you get oranges and walnuts in that stocking? I always did, it's a UK thing, never ate them.

  • @reepacheirpfirewalker8629
    @reepacheirpfirewalker86292 жыл бұрын

    Boy do I remember that year Christmas I wanted everything from the Hasbro GiJoe to anything and everything made by Mego

  • @billpirillis9961
    @billpirillis99612 жыл бұрын

    Nice. Christmas of 1979 I got Jawa r2d2 and Ben Kenobi action figures from jc penny that Year. My father God bless him upstairs splurge to get me the figures. We didn't have money so I was lucky I gt them. My first figure was stormtrooper which I got in 1978 and that year for Christmas I got the landspeeder. I would put the stormtrooper in the speederand he would drive it. Early in 79 my friends grandfather took me my friend jimmy and my sister to toy's r us and sked us what toy we would like. I saw a full display of star wars figures with boba Fett promotion on packages. I saw Luke and I asked for him. My sister wanted a figure too and got Lea my friend jimmy got Han solo. Later in my sister got tired of Lea and gave her to me. So I had a Luke Ben jawa stormtrooper and r2 for my landspeeder.

  • @eltenda
    @eltenda2 жыл бұрын

    Cool.xmas memories and video

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @jimmypm
    @jimmypm2 жыл бұрын

    Another great video. Merry Christmas!

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you and Merry Christmas!

  • @LogicBlaster
    @LogicBlaster2 жыл бұрын

    Another awesome blast from the past! The Sears Wishbook was also my go to source for showing my parents what I wanted for Christmas. Sweet video!👍

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @japewisteria
    @japewisteria2 жыл бұрын

    Cat allergy sufferers of the world unite! I have the double-whammy of also being allergic to dogs, and weirdly, horses. I believe that was the same year Simpsons made the downtown window display solid Micronauts (it could be the year before)...that was absolutely insane. I'm still trying to track down photos...they must've used 2 whole pallets of product.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry to hear about the dog allergy, I don't know what I'd do. I'm always on the hunt for photos of that store window, I have a couple of shots but they're terrible photostats from the library. Apparently that thing caused a car accident according to my contact at Grand Toys.

  • @japewisteria

    @japewisteria

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BrickMantooth I live about a 5 min walk away from Toronto archives, which may have some shots of it, but they've been closed the entire pandemic...hoping they open next year.

  • @4521516
    @45215162 жыл бұрын

    Great video, Merry Christmas!!

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you, Merry Christmas!

  • @gerardoconnor1010
    @gerardoconnor10102 жыл бұрын

    Wow,never knew Mego produced vehicles

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah, many.

  • @speedmastermarkiii
    @speedmastermarkiii2 жыл бұрын

    I still have my Mork from Ork 3.75" figure, minus his egg ship.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Never got him as a kid. Was envious of the kids who did.

  • @flaviocaselli2848
    @flaviocaselli28482 жыл бұрын

    I asked for the Hornetroid, Terraphant and the Superman Pocket Super Heroes from Mego, and I got the Hornetroid only and plenty of clothes (thats why I hate clothes as gift in Christmas)

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    I had one aunt that always got me a V neck sweater from "Marks and Sparks", I really hate sweaters to this day.

  • @rumblehat4357
    @rumblehat43572 жыл бұрын

    I used my Hornetroid with my Star Wars figures. Unfortunately only Princess Leia would fit in it (I didn't have a Jawa yet.)

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah that cockpit is "Slim Fit"

  • @anniesapp906
    @anniesapp9062 жыл бұрын

    A treasure of memories. Wonder did you collect Big Jim by mattel.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes I actively collect it, you'll find a bunch of videos on my channel.

  • @richardlee2120
    @richardlee21202 жыл бұрын

    The Millennium Falcon was released in 1979. Like you, I wanted the Sandcrawler but didn’t get it on Christmas 1979. My Mego Falcon was chewed up by the racist family poodle.

  • @oh_poor_damaged_mepatrick1529
    @oh_poor_damaged_mepatrick15292 жыл бұрын

    didnt they have a falcon action figure case by 79?

  • @mikeschuler2946
    @mikeschuler29462 жыл бұрын

    Right at 7:05 what is that air driven capsul toy .it’s like an air powered subway I have been try to figure out the name of it for years .

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rocket Tubes- Micronauts

  • @eltenda
    @eltenda2 жыл бұрын

    I'm super allergic to cats too!

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do they always come up to you? If people have a cat, it'll be in my lap immediately.

  • @eltenda

    @eltenda

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BrickMantooth all pets like me lol ...I can smell a house with cats too without even know it

  • @rumblehat4357
    @rumblehat43572 жыл бұрын

    You said you share your birthday with Mark Hamill. Pretty cool. I share my birthday with George Lucas.

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's pretty cool!

  • @NerdRageAgainsttheMachine
    @NerdRageAgainsttheMachine2 жыл бұрын

    What no appearance by Paul Lynne?

  • @BrickMantooth

    @BrickMantooth

    2 жыл бұрын

    He was double booked. I'll get him next Halloween.

  • @hanniballecter4924
    @hanniballecter49242 жыл бұрын

    I asked for a Real Monster Truck, and I never got it lol.

  • @jimsimpson59
    @jimsimpson592 жыл бұрын

    ★★★★★

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