Featuring Rambo action figures by Coleco, Zoids by Tomy, Crossbows and Catapults by Action GT, Robotix by MB, and more – taken from the Autumn Bargains Catalogue, 1986, UK.
Action GT toys and games. Autumn Bargains catalogue. 1986. UK.
Rambo action figures. Tonka toys. BMX Ultra Burner. Autumn Bargains catalogue. 1986. UK.
From Tomy: Merry-Go-Copter; Little Crib Concert; Super Cup Football; Zoids. Autumn Bargains catalogue. 1986. UK.
Robotix and Lego. Autumn Bargains catalogue. 1986. UK.
Thanks for looking 🙂
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The Technic Lego looks utterly cool.
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Agree. I remember as an early teenager my mom getting me some Lego Technic sets – they were a good challenge to build and an interesting step up from regular Lego.
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“Giant Zrk”?
Maybe my standards are too high, but I really think names are better with at least one vowel.
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Yes, it’s not even ‘Z-RK’ like perhaps they might use in Star Wars. Or Str Wrs? Let’s all save our vowels! 🙂
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Great items here, I had one of those ZOIDS, the red rhinos, but I can’t remember the name. Is always such fun to see page from catalogue s like this!
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Thanks Paul. Yes, a delight to see these catalogue images. The rhino type Zoid is called Red Horn or Red Horn the Terrible – such a cool looking beast!
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That’s right! There were two sorts of Zoids weren’t there? I had the grey one that was like Godzilla as well, the eyes and mouth lit up red, and also had a large red-bird-like Zoid too. They were fun to assemble, each had loads of pieces. The little Zpids were wind up, lots of different ones as I remember.
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I never had any but from what I’ve seen in the ads they look brilliant. I watched a few of the animations too, great fun.
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They were good, and very detailed models once assembled. There were in a comic as well, Spider-Man and Zoids, the comic strips were really good too
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The only toys I had in 1986 was legos and the original Nintendo. 🙂
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Hi Charlie. Ah yes, Lego, such a brilliant and enduring toy!
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🙂 Amen.
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Ooooh Crossbows and catapults, now that certainly brings back some fond memories! Thanks for stirring those forgotten moments with this post my friend. 🙂
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Hi Arcane. Agree, brilliant to see old toy catalogue pages 🙂
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I will never get tired of browsing old toy catalogues, so much cool stuff squeezed onto a page! And seeing the MB logo always takes me back 🙂
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Hi Jacob. Yes, the MB logo is always good to see, as are the crammed catalogue pages – oh to have been a layout designer/photographer back then with access to all those toys!
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Great post, I remember Crossbows and Catapults! I had the sci-fi version called The Immortals of Change.
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The sci-fi one sounds really cool! I love the idea of C and C. I’m sure I had a set very similar but it was based on World War II, with pill boxes that fired discs at the enemy’s barricades.
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It was cool, I found it recently on ebay and my kids play with it. One of the features I forgot about was that the pieces could be mixed and matched to make giant robots, walkers and tanks, each armed with a crossbow/catapult weapon.
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Sounds so cool. If I get some spare cash one day soon I’ll pick up a set. Seems it was still going in 2007 and was known as ‘Battlegrounds Crossbows and Catapults’.
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