Non- Vinyl American toys

very cool man!

 

Brilliant set-up!!!!!!

 

Thanks for all the kind comments. The gumball machine is made of fiberglass,wood,metal, and plexiglass. It is a lot lighter than it looks. I have had it 15 years or so. When I got it it had troll prints on the gum balls. They eventually turned rock hard so I tossed them. I have had a variety of things in it over the years. Now it sits in a corner by my front door. I toss all the machine toys that I get from various places in there. Everyone likes to look in it because there are so many little toys mixed in there.

I remember going to the local grocery store in the early 80's. They had a chicken prize egg machine. I think a Flinstones one also. You would put the coins in and the chicken would spin around and make a loud noise. Then your prize would drop down.

 

Here's te one I remember

 

Yes so rad. When I was a kid those were the best machines. It was so loud and obnoxious it would drive my older sisters crazy to have to stand by me while I waited for the prize. The only down side was the dreaded out of order sign that would be taped on there sometimes. I wonder where all those machines went?

 

Double post sorry.

 

they went to craigs list vending machines are fairly cheap to collect just real space hogs

 

Ha, I forgot all about those! Everytime I saw one, I had to play! Loved em, meaning Mom hated them

 

I was a fan of the those sticky hands on a string things. They were great until they got super dirty.

 

picked up a couple of these Dick Tracy toys the other day

 

slash!!!
purple belt, red s, yellow chest!!!
all weapons!!!
super stoked. he was my favorite toy growing up.

 

Have you checked out the new Ninja Turtles? So tempting

 

YEARS ago, a quarter machine sticky hand was the 1st gift I gave a girl that I was, to quote the great Greg Brady, diggin in a real far out happenin way. She loved it! Though my van windows didn't. Anyway, we dated for 8years, kudos sticky hand

Oh, & Slash kicked assh!

 

One time when I was in elementary school, I stayed home sick with an upset stomach... however when my mom got home from work and told me she was going to the grocery store, the Beavis & Butt-Head stickers in the egg machine flashed in my head and I instantly "felt better".

Shouldn't have had that Ellio's Pizza and Ecto Cooler for lunch. Soon as I walked inside the store, I barfed bright orange all over the floor. Literally did not even make it two steps into the building and just exploded. Looking back, I feel so bad for my mom, haha. Got my Beavis & Butt-Head stickers tho.

 

^The real question is... did you get more stickers than you would have had you NOT vomited all embarrassing like for your mom?

 

Haha. Probably not. Considering my B.U.M. Equipment was plastered in puke, I'd have probably had more time to unload quarters into the machine if we weren't leaving to go directly home to get me out of my filth. That, and we grocery shopped every week together, so it probably could have just waited a few days

 

Kenner Aliens 1992


Toy Biz Planet of the Symbiotes 1996

 

Whoa!

 

Haha, wow -- I had some of those xenomorphs. The 'Gorilla' one on the right squirts water out of his inner mouth!

 

i had so many of those kenner aliens!!! loved them!!!
had those, mantis, some super awesome queen with wings, and others i can't remember atm.
there's a picture of me and my brothers with some aliens somewhere.

edit: found the picture! two brother on the right, friend on the left.
i'm the one with the face hugger on his nose

 

^Awesome photo, funny it has the same two xenomorphs I photographed, but two gorillas! I guess you would need extras with that many boys. A few days ago my mother (who is aware of my still compulsive toy collecting) just now mentioned that I might be interested in the "11 or 12 boxes" of toys she had been storing the attic. I obviously scurried up there immediately and have been going through and being nostalgic about them since. Heres some more:

Roseart Swamp Thing Presto Magix (wannabe Colorforms) 1991


Mighty Max 1992

 

I had some of those mighty max, the skull and the two minis.

man, some memories.