Sunday Special: Marvel, Mattel, Photon, Battlestar Galactica, Hasbro, G.I.Joe

One of my all time favourite collection was Mattel's Secret Wars series based on the Marvel comics. So many cool figurines and playsets were released.

Remember Photon? I do! And always wanted one but it was too expensive back in the days.

The original Battlestar Galactica TV series was fun and the toys that came out from it were even better.

A few years ago, Hasbro released this ultra cool Marvel Universe Ant-Man!

 

Last but not least, this is probably the craziest playset ever released!

Sunday Special: Hulk, Battlestar Galactica, Fisher Price, Mr.T, Conan the Barbarian

Hulk as always been my favourite super hero. Back when I was a kid, some rather odd toys were made based on this character.

I owned this cool Battlestar Galactica ship back when I was a kid.

Remember this cool Fisher Price record player?

Always wanted to own that huge Mr.T action figure!

Look at this amazing custom Conan the Barbarian action figure!

Flea Market Hunting : Star Wars & Adventure People Star Wars

We got another Wookie!!! We love Wookies. Our Wookies army tribe is slowly growing. Sadly I'm not even aware of just how many were made... hence why we buy all the versions of Chewbacca we can find.

And here's something extremely cool! The original Adventure People Star Wars action figures. No we haven't find them (we wish!). According to Star Wars: 1,000 Collectibles: Memorabilia and Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away, a picture like this appeared in an early print ad for Kenner's French affiliate, Meccano. They obviously were concept mock-ups sculpted from Adventure People. No one knows if those prototypes still exist. The figures shown in the photo are actually reproduction "prototype" Star Wars figures crafted by master customizer Nick Macarty.

Flea Market Hunting : Battlestar Galactica + Lego news

About time! We found another Battlestar Galactica action figure at the flea market... the Cyclon.

As a kid I loved that TV series and the Cyclons were so cool. The Cylons are a cybernetic civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity. Their superb unique look make them one of the coolest bad guys of the time.

And look at these upcoming 2013 Lego sets.

First of all is Arctic Batman vs. Mr.Freeze. This set comes with Aquaman! AQUAMAN! Yes!!!!!!!!

Another Spider-Man set based on the animated TV series. This one has Nick Fury and Venom! VENOM! Yes! Yes!

Finally here's all of the upcoming Lego Star Wars sets, which apart from the Rancor sets aren't that interesting.

Flea Market Hunting : Battlestar Galactica

One of my favourite TV show as a kid was the original Battlestar Galactica. While it clearly rip-off Star Wars, it was great to have a weekly sci-fi show on the tube.

In 1978, Mattel released some action figures, vehicles and playsets. I owned most of them but sadly lost them now. But Isaac and I managed to find two figures at the flea market.

Lt. Starbuck and the robotic dog Daggit! Hopefully we will find more as these were great action figures.

Here's a look at some of the other figures that we are looking for.