

His trademark is the moon painted on his belly but when Hasbro released the figure, it had a yellow star.
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Details: The story behind the Kamala action figure from the 7th series of WWF toys is involving the stomach area on Kamala’s body.Computron was only available in a giftset and was a combination of five other technobots (Scattershot, Afterburner, Lightspeed, Nosecone, and Strafe). Details: Without the Star Wars action figures dominating the top ten, the next toyline to take over and dominate seems to be the Transformers.He was literally a re-painted version of Cassette Man and it has become tough to find today. He was actually designed from a figure from Takara’s Microman line that was called Cassette Man. Details: Soundwave was one of the most surprisingly popular Transformer from the original Hasbro toyline because of it’s transformation into something similar to a Walkman.Details: This version of Aquaman became valuable because of its’ rarity but also because it was one of the original Mego toys from the DC Comics line.Mego was the first company to ever come up with such a design that showcased the figure’s completely. Details: This version of the classic Batman superhero toy from DC Comics was issued in the United Kingdom and came in the first ever carded packaging for action figures.Because of it’s scarcity, it has become one of the most valuable of all the G.I. Joe dolls that was focused on a non-military theme because of America’s involvement in the very unpopular Vietnam War. Details: The Aquanaut Adventurer was one of the first G.I.Joe action figures of its’ time due in part to the classic John Wayne film featuring the song, “The Ballad of the Green Berets”.

Details: Due to its’ name, the Green Beret became one of the most popular G.I.Over time, it became tougher to find and today, it has grown into a major find for any fan. Apparently, all of those moving parts created a serious issue with supply and demand and this version of the Dusty Rhodes action figure quickly became tough to find. Details: Dusty Rhodes career came to an end in 1991 and Hasbro took over the WWF toy line from LJN.Note: For sake of variety, we have excluded Star Wars figures, which we’ve previous featured : The 30 Most Valuable Star Wars Toys 25) Slimer, GhostbustersĢ3) Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Arkġ7) Marion Ravenwood, Raiders of Lost Ark Here are twenty-five awesome action figures of days past, ranked by value. For us boys, most of us had our favorite action figures and that is what we are here to look at today. The most beautiful thing about toys is that, no matter how old you are today, everyone was once a child and had a favorite toy they loved to play with, or collect. This worked best following the success of Star Wars in theaters, when Kenner started shelling out 22 million figures a year during the 70’s.

Thanks to the invention of the television, toy companies marketed their toys to kids as part of series, not just one part. They turned into collector’s items that grown-ups would go crazy over, spending insane amounts of cash just to get the rarest of them all. However, during the 20th century, toys became more than just something kids played with. Even the Egyptians had toy dolls with movable limbs and the Greeks created a mechanical puzzle. The idea that kids enjoy playing with toys continued through the many ages of the world we live in today. Toys have been around since 3010 BC when scientists discovered toy monkeys with a string for sliding and small carts from the Indus valley civilization.
