Current Events > Castle Grayskull was only $20

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And they felt that was almost too expensive at the time.

Inflation really is trash.

Watching Netflix documentary on he-man toylin.

Lamo he-man's tiger was a reused mold from some other toy line

Crazy. Plus if you were a kid, that was still a lot of money. Like maybe a months worth of chores might earn it depending on rate of pay

I only ever had a few random action figures from He-Man. I know I used to have that Orko or whatever guy. The wizard. But I lost him in a move

For years I had a 2 headed villain that could punch his heads with opposing arms like they were arguing

And I had a mosquito man that drank blood. But a dog found it about 10 years ago and chewed that one up and broke his mosquito beak

WingsOfGood posted...

Lamo he-man's tiger was a reused mold from some other toy line

At LSU there is a giant fancy bronze Tiger statue....

and it was clearly based EXACTLY on the He-Man toy xD



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Before 1981 they couldn't make a show that was just a big advertisement for toys.

God I fucking hate cringe cat!!

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Robot2600 posted...

At LSU there is a giant fancy bronze Tiger statue....

and it was clearly based EXACTLY on the He-Man toy xD

Big jim was the toyline and they took big jim tiger and painted it green.
It was a last minute thing as they needed another vehicle.

I have the power was chosen to appeal to kids who were rebellious and didn't want to do what mom and dad said.

Animator said heroes don't have spaces in their teeth but villians do.

He has no idea why. Interesting.

ClunkerSlim posted...

Something about this is a myth but I dont remember what it was. I think maybe that tiger was in Big Jim but it originated in a toy line before it. Maybe. But I do know that cat mold has a ton of repaints.

Speaking of $20. The new GreySkull is on clearance for $24 if you can find anything more than an empty tag.

How is it a myth when the literal guy who made the toys explained it?

I had all the Heman, GI Joe, and Transformer action figures and between me and my brother we had all the vehicles and forts.

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divot1338 posted...

I had all the Heman, GI Joe, and Transformer action figures and between me and my brother we had all the vehicles and forts.

If only you still had them in good condition and that is thousands of dollars.

Just he-man himself complete in good condition is like $500 I think.

ClunkerSlim posted...

Uh. If hes mint on card.

Last I checked this was loose. Card itself probably a grand.

WingsOfGood posted...

If only you still had them in good condition and that is thousands of dollars.

Just he-man himself complete in good condition is like $500 I think.

My parents sold them all at a garage sale. They were all pretty much in excellent condition.

Except for my AT-AT whose head was removed and used as a laser gun.

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divot1338 posted...

My parents sold them all at a garage sale. They were all pretty much in excellent condition.

Me and my bro got ours at garage sales. Might been yours ;)

My bro had a big collection.
Skeletor, beastman, teela, evilin, shera, sorceress

ImAMarvel posted...

The Toys that Made Us, right? I enjoyed the LEGO, Star Trek, and Barbie >_> episodes.

No it is titled The Power of Greyskull

It is leaving netflix also

Oh wow they were told that shera couldn't directly hurt anyone

She had to do it by accident cause she is a woman

Just bought the castle in goodwill the other for $2, damn its big

missing a bunch of pieces tho, has the elevator and the trap door and the throne chair however

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Wow the head guy left cause they kept wanting to make more toys and he wanted the line to keep it's integrity.

Lmao the vp admits they killed the line by making too many new chars just like the guy who left said would happen

ClunkerSlim posted...

Awesome documentary, but not the full story.

https://youtu.be/0rddrwvJThQ

Heres the video. Battle Cat originated in the Tarzan toy line, not Big Jim. Big Jim imported him just like He-Man.

That may be but the director over the toyline said he took a big jim cat and painted it green.

WingsOfGood posted...

That may be but the director over the toyline said he took a big jim cat and painted it green.

Technically you both are correct.

The Big Jim used the same mold from the Tarzan line to make the tigers for the Big Jim toys.

But the Big Jim line didn't sell very well, so they literally took the ones that were molded but not yet painted from the cancelled next round of Big Jim toys and used them for Battle Cat.

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ClunkerSlim posted...

I HIGHLY dispute the way this documentary frames the end of the line. He-Man wasnt killed by too many characters. It was straight up murdered by Transformers and GI Joe. The documentary doesnt even mention that. But the cartoon was buried to like weekday mornings by the end of 86. And Filmation had been horrible at introducing toys into the cartoon. Once their on-air presence started to fade, the new toy lines moved in. Personally, I was done with He-Man by 85 and so were all my friends. 1986 was probably the most competition the toy market has ever seen in terms of new lines and he- man got killed soon after.

I had he-man, transformers, g.i. joe and ninja turtles. The rise of these did not mean the end of heman.

Infact, ninja turtles and heman where the same size and easily played together.

I did recall think g.i. joe more posable than heman as a kid. They could have improved the figure posability.

Everything I see put Castle Grayskull at $26-$30 at the time, and that would mean it topped out around $80 in todays money. Sounds about right.

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aarrgus posted...

Everything I see put Castle Grayskull at $26-$30 at the time, and that would mean it topped out around $80 in todays money. Sounds about right.

A thing like that today would cost more than $80.

Figures themselves are like $25 today.

Another thing wrong with heman is the legs broke easy as they were just held by a rubber band.
G.i.jow did this too though.

WingsOfGood posted...

Another thing wrong with heman is the legs broke easy as they were just held by a rubber band.
G.i.jow did this too though.

While true, my GI Joe figures broke MUCH more often than any of my He-Man figures did as a kid.

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The new He-man action figures use regular joints. They are pretty sick!

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bigblu89 posted...

While true, my GI Joe figures broke MUCH more often than any of my He-Man figures did as a kid.

You could at least unscrew GI Joe figures and replace the o-rings. There's a site that sells the screws and rings. I don't think I ever had a He-Man figure break.


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ClunkerSlim posted...

You can buy Castle GreySkull right now for $75 MSRP. Figures retail for $15.


My new Trap Jaw (bought in March) vs my original 1983 Trap Jaw.

Og looks better

LeoRavus posted...

You could at least unscrew GI Joe figures and replace the o-rings. There's a site that sells the screws and rings. I don't think I ever had a He-Man figure break.

I had virtually ever He-Man figure as a kid, and only had one break on me, when I dropped it down the stair to my basement.

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