Questions tagged [toys]
A play item—often used by children—that has been created in connection to a fictional work.
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80's-90's toy line- fighters move along string [duplicate]
My brother and I got these for Christmas when we were kids- space-age fighter type craft that moved back and forth along lengths of string that were fixed to furniture or along walls. Each craft had, ...
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Can anyone identify this Decepticon toy?
My brother found this toy at a second-hand shop, but we weren't able to identify it.
It has a Decepticon logo inside the round hole on the front (middle chest, in the robot form) and is most likely ...
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What is the first story to contain toys that are alive?
Stephen King wrote the short story Battleground in 1972. The story involves an assassin who kills a toy maker. The assassin then receives a package containing toys which then kill him.
The short story ...
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Toy from a story about a boy and his friends who are very small and live in a tree
As a kid I had this action figure/toy of a boy with short red hair, wristbands and ankle bands. Made of leaves, as so is the rest of the clothing with a bandana on his head made of leaves with two ...
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Are these plush dolls based on a fantastical character or creature?
There's a picture of a plush doll that's making the rounds on Twitter:
The tweet wonders whether they are antisemitic caricatures of Jews, which it definitely can be, based on the hats and long noses....
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What is this plastic toy?
I found this sci-fi model toy in my house. What is it supposed to be?
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Help identifying these toys/promo items
These items came in with some Buck Rogers items from the 40's/50's. I have no idea if they are related to Buck Rogers or are just trinkets from the era.
A pair of rings, one says "Rocket Ship&...
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Was T-Bob inspired by astromech droids or something else?
One of the characters I remember most from M.A.S.K was T-Bob who always reminded me of R2D2.
The page on fandom states that Wikipedia used to have a whole page for the character making the connection,...
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Why was Gloria Baker's Shark never released as a toy?
Wikipedia informs me that Gloria Baker's Shark — a Porsche 928 that could turn into a submarine — was never released as a toy, even though this was her main vehicle in the TV series. Considering that ...
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Demonic looking samurai action figure from Bandai made of sticky rubber that wore white armor from the 90s
I had this action figure in the 90s which I believed was manufactured by Bandai.
It was a rubber samurai figure (it looked kind of evil, perhaps an oni in samurai attire) that wore a white armor.
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Orange armored lizardman from old kids' TV show
I used to have this toy of an armored orange lizard- or dragonman with red eyes as a kid, I didn't even know where he was from, but it was one of my favorite toys cause I just loved his design. It was ...
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A short story involving discrimination based on size
I am trying to remember the title of a story I read as a kid. The story, set in the future, revolves around individuals that chose to reduce their size or have kids of smaller than usual stature ...
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Which of the original Kenner Star Wars vehicles were to the correct scale of the action figures?
The Star Wars action figures as made by Kenner in the late '70s and early '80s were on a 1:18 scale. In fact, though they were not the first to use the scale, their popularity established the scale as ...
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Was there supposed to be a treehouse in Frozen II?
The toy company LEGO has released a playset, 41164 Enchanted Treehouse, based on Disney's Frozen II film. The set features a treehouse with a zipline and Arendelle-related insignia, possibly ...
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Cartoon where a little kid controls a huge robot which used to be small toy using glove
I remember a poor kid (main lead) who can't afford that much studies which rich kid. He saw a toy and wants to play with it. The rich kid broke it and threw it away but he took it from the trash tries ...
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