Look Smart Trivia: Action Figures

JasonToon posted some pics said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:03am ET

A few short decades ago, toy companies doubted that boys would play with “dolls”. Now, half the office cubicles in the Western world are decorated with miniature talismans (talismen?) of imaginary gods and monsters. Funny thing is, those ones actually don’t get played with much anymore. Here are five action figures from the age when they were made to tumble down playground slides and battle across bedspreads. The first player to name all five figures and the series they belong to will win a $5 Meh coupon. Why, I remember when five bucks would’ve bought you two Star Wars guys… Insert signoff catchphrase here!

@Limewater knows their way around Europe even if Europe is turned the wrong way. They were the first to name all five European Countries with a Twist yesterday:

Spain
Belgium
Latvia
Germany
Finland

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sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:08am ET:

I got #5!

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- @sammydog01 And #1!
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:12am ET
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sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:12am ET:

And I found one I would like to own:

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  ThomasF said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:54am ET
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- @ThomasF Thank you.
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:58am ET
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Moose said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:23am ET:
1. Opening scene of “First Blood Part 2”
2. Jungle Forces Judge Dredd
3. Prototype of Peg-Arm Ron from the canceled film “Captain Ron 2: Red Skies, Red Water”
4. Butt Slappin’ April O’Neil from Toddler Mutant Ninja Turtles
5. Spider-Joker from “Batman: Escape From Arkham’s Labs”
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sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:36am ET:

Everything I search leads to Cabbage Patch dolls.

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Limewater said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:42am ET:

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen an action figure whose expression so clearly said “I’m too good for this” as #1.

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lehigh said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:43am ET:

My action figure expertise starts and stops at Micronauts

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sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:53am ET:
I’m gonna put up my guesses and take a break-
1. Tollbooth, GI Joe
3. James Phelps, Mission Impossible
5. Dr. Killemoff, Toxic Crusaders
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- #4. Jubilee, Marvel
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 11:59am ET
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- @sammydog01 Add in X-Men
  
  cinoclav said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:13pm ET
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- @sammydog01 Jubilee, Marvel X-Men
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:20pm ET
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- @sammydog01 #2 Cyclotron
  
  Ignorant said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:37pm ET
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  2. Cyclotron DC
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:43pm ET
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- @Ignorant Is #3 right? I guessed.
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:49pm ET
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cinoclav said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:14pm ET:

Cool page even if it doesn’t help: http://figure-archive.net/index.htm

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  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:23pm ET
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sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:44pm ET:
1. Toolbooth, GI Joe
2. Cyclotron, DC
3. James Phelps, Mission Impossible
4. Jubilee Marvel X-Men
5. Dr. Killemoff, Toxic Crusaders
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- And @Ignorant gave me the last answer which I would never, ever have gotten on my own. So many action figures with green pants. Cabbage Patch dolls too. (Assuming the rest are correct.)
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:45pm ET
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- @sammydog01 #3 is wrong
  
  cinoclav said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:52pm ET
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- @cinoclav Thank you. It was a guess. I’m done now. I found something with a similar logo and must have followed it down the wrong path.
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:53pm ET
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- @sammydog01 Let’s make it a team effort, you deserve a win.
  http://www.toysyouhad.com/Bigjim.htm
  
  cinoclav said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:55pm ET
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  #3. Torpedo Fist, Big Jim.
  
  Somehow I feel like a loser. Thanks to @Cinoclav and @Ignorant.
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 12:58pm ET
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- @Ignorant @sammydog01 Lol - Throw a complete list up here and enjoy your $5 coupon!
  
  cinoclav said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 1:00pm ET
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- @Jasontoon Please just substitute Torpedo Fist, Big Jim for number 3 above. My self esteem won’t let me re-write the entire thing.
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 1:03pm ET
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DennisG2014 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 1:24pm ET:

Aw, I’m disappointed there are no Fisher-Price Adventure People included here.
They were my favorite and I had a bunch of them and their vehicles/accessories.
They were very ‘functional’ and aptly named; I remember sending them on several ‘adventures’.
Favorite thing to do was to put the parachute on the dirt bike rider, put the rider on the bike, and use a wrist-rocket to launch it into the air. It would float down and coast on two wheels for a bit.
Also remember tunnels and chutes dug into snowbanks and dirt piles being a favorite venue for adventures.
The vehicles, boats, etc. were very rugged and functional.
From this list - http://plaidstallions.com/tenfpap.html - I definitely had #'s 3, 4, 5, 7 & 10. I might’ve had #8, I def. remember having the sub, but not the chopper - don’t know if they could’ve been purchased separately.

God damn this makes me wish I were 10 years old again.

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  The Adventure People ruled. Star Wars just decimated everything in Its wake. Quality toys at a fair price. They never ever broke.
  
  Btw if you look at the in store appearance page of Plaid Stallions I am the lil kid shaking hands with the Acroyer from the Micronauts at Korvettes.
  
  Megomayhem said Fri, Apr 19th 2019 at 10:04am ET
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- @Megomayhem That’s crazy! (in a good way)
  
  DennisG2014 said Fri, Apr 19th 2019 at 10:41am ET
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cinoclav said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 1:35pm ET:

@JasonToon This was an awesome topic. Other than #5 (Go Toxie!) the rest are definitely obscure and took some digging to find. Good stuff!

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- VAN GOGH! MANGO! TANGO! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 1:35pm ET
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sammydog01 said Thu, Apr 18th 2019 at 10:06pm ET:

Gmail is now giving me advertisements for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures from the Big Bad Toystore. I wonder why?

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cinoclav said Fri, Apr 19th 2019 at 7:42am ET:

Ooh, it appears Cyclotron is actually a cyborg!

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Megomayhem said Fri, Apr 19th 2019 at 10:00am ET:

1.Tollbooth from GI Joe he is the bridgelayer driver
2.Cyclotron from kenners Super powers collection
3. Torpedo from Big Jim’s P.A.C.K
4. Jubilee of the X-Men though this figure is actually from theGeneration X toy line…
5. Dr.Killemoff from Toxic crusaders .
So i play with toys? Whats the big deal…

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