Simpler Times


Remember when this was life?




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  1. BulldogSeptember 8, 2019 at 5:09 PM

    OH the memories. All good ones...

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  2. Big ToneSeptember 8, 2019 at 5:11 PM

    Yessirr!!

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  3. JonSeptember 8, 2019 at 7:05 PM

    Life is only as complicated as one makes it.

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  4. Big ToneSeptember 8, 2019 at 7:24 PM

    Very true,that Is,until things get complicated ;)

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  5. Barbecue17September 9, 2019 at 8:48 AM

    Never had Colossus, but I definitely had a decent amount of Toy Biz X-Men figures. Good stuff! I remember having some kind of set that had an X-Men comic, sticker puzzles, activity books, and other things. It was one of those kids activity sets, and they probably had other licenses too. X-Men just seemed so "mature" back then so everything they were on was cool!

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  6. Big ToneSeptember 9, 2019 at 10:00 AM

    The X-Men were our TMNT so to speak.

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  7. Spyda-ManSeptember 9, 2019 at 11:40 AM

    Yes. Yes, I do!

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  8. KanovSeptember 9, 2019 at 1:17 PM

    I didn't have many X-Men toys growing up, I think maybe just one black ops Wolverine and another one I can't remember right now. I was spoiled by G.I. Joe and their numerous points of articulation and perfect size, that 5PoA toys were like a curiosity to have, never a main collecting habit.

    I loved the sh*t out of the cartoon though, it was my favorite "serious" cartoon lol, since favorite overall were The Simpsons. I did have some X-Men comics too, mostly following the tv series but others with their own plots.

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  9. Big ToneSeptember 9, 2019 at 1:54 PM

    I never did either,Kanov,but always wanted some!The closest I could have gotten to owning some was with the Secret Wars line ,but I only had Captain America,Dr.Doom and both Spideys.I never owned the Wolverine or Magneto from that line. So when Toybiz released these guys I was stoked!The cartoon,Jim Lee comics and video games put everything into maximum overdrive!

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  10. FujiSeptember 9, 2019 at 9:07 PM

    I didn't have the figures... but I owned the comic book and the video game. Good times.

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  11. Big ToneSeptember 10, 2019 at 8:11 AM

    Indeed,Fuji!

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