I briefly touched upon the WWF LJN figures in my feature on the Macho King Randy Savage figure. To summarize, from 1984 – 1989 toy company and terrible video game maker LJN had the rights to produce officially licensed WWF action figures and toys. What they released were very realistic looking but completely inarticulate large … More WWF Sling ‘Em Fling ‘Em Wrestling Ring (LJN, 1985)
It was 20 years ago when Star Wars began it’s incredible resurgence in the public eye. After roughly a decade of taking a back seat to various other franchises such as Transformers, Ghostbusters, He-Man, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it was time for the masses to rediscover the magic of that universe far far away. … More Princess Leia Organa (Kenner, 1995)
Columbia Pictures released Ghostbusters in June of 1984 and it was an immediate success at the box office. Fueled by a slick marketing campaign and a hit single with a popular music video that was constantly replayed on a then new MTV, Ghostbusters would become the most financially successful comedy of the 1980’s. That is … More Peter Venkman Screaming Heroes (Kenner, 1989)
In my post about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NES game I mentioned that the Ninja Turtles were less a popular cartoon and more a phenomenon in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The marketing blitz encompassed every facet of childhood life but the two most important products to children were the video games and … More TMNT Raphael Figure (Playmates, 1988)
The World Wrestling Federation exploded in popularity in 1984 along with Hulk Hogan’s meteoric rise to prominence with both becoming household names. Vince McMahon was certainly a genius at promoting his product and he was quick to capitalize on the toy market by signing a deal with toy producer LJN in 1984. Anyone reading this … More Macho King (Hasbro, 1991)
Some of you may enjoy the Star Wars films but not follow all of the goings and happenings outside of the movies themselves. If you wanted to you could literally spend a lifetime just reading up on characters that were in the movies for exactly two frames worth of film. If you have watched the … More R5-D4 Action Figure (The Power of the Force, 1996 Kenner)
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