Childhood toys

[Adsolution]

I Didn't keep good track of it, but I think I might have been aware of that. It lost what made it so awesome, and the whole thing in the end felt like crummy FanFiciton.


Also, I just looked the film up on Wikipedia, and apparently it got pretty good reviews. Lel what? Apparently it was also a direct-to-video movie, yet here it was released in theatres which is where I saw it with a lot of my class. Lel what?

[BzzitTheMoskito]

Well I have some LEGO, Bionicle, and a bag of small monsters figures collectibles thingys. Also some action figures.

[Raymanni]

I think the last Bionicle movie was quite an disappointment. It ended like between the whole story, and it never got any sequel. Many things in the movie also did not get any explanation...

One of my favourite toys were those small plastic guys called Gogo's. Does anybody remember those?

[Haruka]

Bionicle is one of those things everyone including myself collected in our primary school years when they were first released, and then I lost interest a few years later (maybe 2003?) right when it started getting overly complicated and unnecessary, just like Yu-Gi-Oh after the original series.

I think the first three years of the franchise were fantastic, both in sets released by LEGO and in the canon story. I liked the movie, even if I expected more action.

Now I started to get really confused from the 4th year on, since the story was starting to focus in the prequels to the events of the first three years of the franchise, and losing the mystery that made me really like the franchise in its start. I also have the second movie but I didn't like a lot. Maybe if I rewatch it I'll get a different opinion, since I was 12 the last time I watched it. I eventually stopped collecting the figures and following the story to give place to the game collecting, but specially the story since it was getting too complex for my taste (LEGO was milking a lot the franchise too). I still like nowadays to randomly assemble and dissemble LEGO figures, I have three built ones in my bedroom that I sometimes change their poses, and to work as decoration objects.

[Minor-T5]

Did anybody here ever read any of the Bionicle comics? I have a stack of them here.

[Haruka]

I have 4 small comics from the Glatorian year.

i think Bionicle got too simple at the end, and the characters did not include enough parts. Like body was only one part as a whole, same with the arms and legs etc. You did not need to spend time building the sets. That's the reason why I lost my interest.

I see what you mean. I have one Piraka (Hakann) and although their design is pretty interesting, it has got few pieces and the character is quite limited in poses. The Rahkshi were some of the best BIONICLE figures since they were quite bendable. I have a Guurahk built in my desk.

[Snagglebee]

My childhood toy/s ?
-Rayman
-Atari (don't know anymore which games I had)
-Captain Claw
-The settlers 2 Veni - Vidi - Vici
- In search of DR. Riptide.
- ...

[Shrooblord]

toy =/= videogame

We mean, like, figurines, LEGOs, plushies, clay-sculptures. That kind of thing.

[Master]

I remember, as a kid, I was entranced by washing machines, I even had a toy that I'd mess around with, it resembled a washing machine my grandparents had, with lights, sounds and spinning.

[Bzzit]

I remember, as a kid, I was entranced by washing machines, I even had a toy that I'd mess around with, it resembled a washing machine my grandparents had, with lights, sounds and spinning.

But alas, you grew up to be the Tyrant Space Mamma, mustering your childhood knowledge and divine power of washing machines for use in the heat of battle

[Adsolution]

And here I was obsessed with trains as a child.

On the other hoof, I can't deny the fact that washing machines amused me. I remember once asking if I could 'ride inside of it.'

[Haruka]

And here I was obsessed with trains as a child.

You just remind me a train that I loved to play as a kid. It was equipped with batteries, and it could move and do the steam sounds. You also personalize the rails track by assembling their parts how you desired. It was fun to use the carriages behind the train to place my dolls and BIONICLE figures to simulate battles while the train was working .

[Adsolution]

Hahah, yup. I had two different sets, a Thomas the Tank Engine set and an actual functioning antique set owned by my grandfather. The latter was a lot more special, but a lot harder to use for obvious reasons. My fondest memory of them was probably when I bent a couple of the tracks by accident, and I somehow managed to fix them before he got home. Never have I felt more satisfied.

[Master]

I had a phase back in my first years of Infants School where I had a Thomas the Tank Engine lunch box, and some pc game as well (though I can't remember much of it).
Then, there was Bob The Builder, eesh.

[Adsolution]

Bob the Builder is one of those things I've never touched, but always saw on TV. Even at age six, we always made fun of it in school.

[Master]

I can't be sure, but I'm sure they actually made a single on Bob The Builder.
EDIT: Quick search, and well, they did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_We_Fix_It%3F

[Rulez]

Bob the Builder was the shit... and I think it's an alright thing in general, I always lusted for those huge-ass toys, and always went to my cousin's because he was pimpin and had a few of those. Now, my brother owns that Tractor and that green-ass guy... they're fucking fun.

[Master]

As kids, I think we owned Scoop and Dizzy, though Lofty was my favourite of the bunch.

[Raymanni]

I think everybody wanted to ride the washing machine at least once. I'm sure I did.

[Master]

I don't think I wanted to ride the machines, I would just sit in front of them entranced, their circular motion...oddly engrossing.