80s toy awareness update.

80s toy awareness month is winding down.  June had been a crazy busy month and I am still recouping and I still have a few posts I am working on so, there may be a few lingering 80s toy awareness things coming out next month as well.  I have had a good response to it.  Last week I announced our winner for the contest and this week I want to share with you a picture of Jason with the prize!  I'm glad you enjoyed them Jason!

Check out the review Jason did of the figures over on his Blog! 

Stay tuned for more 80s toy awareness posts and also a few new little things I hope to finish up soon!

80's Toy Awareness Month Contest Results!

I tried my hand at doing my first contest this month with 80s toy awareness month.  I have had some GREAT responses to this.  I wanted to thank every one who submitted an entry.  Every one of them was fantastic!  I wish all of the entries could win, but in the end I only have one give away, although I hope to have more in the near future!

It was hard and I am glad I decided to it by randomly selecting.  In the end the OMFG figures will be sent to Jason, and he will be notified by e-mail about his win!

Thanks to all those who took the time to send in a submission and even those who took the time to send in a submission even if they did not want to be in on the contest.  I had some great submissions which I hope to post later this month!

80's toy Awareness Month Contest!

Yesterday I was a bit out of pocket.  Things have happened in the last week not limited to a leak into my living room that have made me be forced to miss a day.  Unfortunately that was the last day of the 80s toy awareness month contest.  So, I am extending the contest until this Sunday, June 17th, and I will announce the winner on Monday June 18th.  So, you can keep getting those memories into me until the end of the weekend.

I have to say I have had a great response to this contest, some great memories, from Getting GI Joe Play sets to playing with Other Worlds figures!  Even some Atari Goodness thrown in there as well!  So a big thank you to all of those who have participated so far it has been a joy to read your responses and have some back and forth with you!  I always love to share my love for 80s toys!

I am very excited to see what entries will come in between now and next Monday!

Thanks again to every one who has been involved with the contest!

80s Toy Awareness Month: Bone Age

Some of my favorite 80s toys are the smaller scale Kenner lines.  After the success of their Star Wars line Kenner began to make their figures even smaller with lines like Mask, and Sky Commanders.  One of the last lines that the company did like this was Bone Age.

The company was obviously taking a cue from the success of Dino-Riders from Tyco.  Bone age was a line with small (about two inches tall) cavemen that rode on the bones of dinosaurs.  The fossils are impressive.  They can be taken completely apart and reconfigured in any configuration, and can even be combined with parts from other dinosaur fossils in the line.  They each have a main form, which is the dinosaur they represent, and most of them have a "battle form" that is more of an attack vehicle.  the Triceratops' horns act as missiles and most of the other dinosaurs have some sort of projectile too.  This is one of the great features of 80s toys. . . projectiles!  Kids loved things that shot. . . or at least toy companies thought they did!

These are not toys that you see very often.  I have never seen one at a show, but you can see them on e-bay from time to time!  They don't go for a ton of money and you can get some good pieces for about $30 or less.

It is a line that is worth looking at especially if you like the other smaller sale lines that Kenner released in the 80s such as MASK or Sky Commanders, this finishes out that trilogy quite nicely!  If you get a chance this is a line to pick up for sure!            

Don't for get to share your 80s toys memories during 80s toys awareness month!  Also remember sign up for the competition and win some OMFG series one figures!

80's toy awareness Month: Prime Evil from Filmation's Ghostbusters

Its 80s toy awareness month and I am going to post my first 80s toy to be aware of.

This is Prime Evil from the Filmation Ghostbuster's line.  These were the other Ghostbusters.   These guys were the ghostbusters I grew up with before I found out about "the Real Ghost Busters"  They were zany and goofy and a gorilla followed them around.  Beyond that everything in their house was haunted and talked to them.  The idea that all ghosts weren't bad was a cool concept.  This was a true Cartoon!

Prime Evil here, was the villain.  He was surrounded by lots of incompetent ghosts who could not do what he told them to do (so pretty much like every other filmation villain.)   The toy actually does him a decent amount of justice with his flowy cape robe, and the colors he has.

The line was produced by Schaper (but there are some figures with the tyco brand on them.)  The toy line is an odd one because typically there is not a ton of value in them, but they are hard to find.    This is the only one I have ever seen at a show.  You can find them from time to time on e-bay but the prices are usually a little higher.

The line was colorful and really fit in with other toys in the 80s.  I remember always wanting some of these toys but never getting a hold of them.  The line was based on a cartoon and most of the characters from that cartoon were represented.

If you get a chance take a look at some of these toys they are pretty fantastic!

Some more info!

A Toy commercial for the line:


The Toy Archive

More info on the franchise

 Also don't forget about our contest for 80's Toy Awareness Month!

80's toy awareness Month and a CONTEST!

I love the toys of the 80s.  Having grown up in the 80s I still think they are the best, there has never been an era in the toy industry as inovative as the 80s.   In memory of 80s toys I am calling the month of June 80's toy awareness month, here at life with fandom.  There are lots of great 80s toys and many of them that you can still find easily.  I propose sharing this enthusiasm with my readers and maybe some of those who do not read this site!  Throughout the month of June I will be posting thoughts of different 80s toy lines (as if I don't already do that!) and hopefully some pictures as well.  Heck, I might even finally get around to doing a video or two.

Of course I don't want to hog my love for these toys, I want you, the reader,  to write about your favorite 80s toys too, so much so that I want to provide an incentive.  All you have to do is send me an email and tell me about your favorite 80s toy, or a favorite memory of an 80's toy, and you will be entered  to win a set of October Toys OMFGs.  Though they are not from the 80s these toys are very much in the spirit of the 80s so I feel they are an appropriate give away!

You could win this pack of OMFGs

I will be posting some of these memories on posts here at lifewithfandom.com so we can share the memories!

The Contest will begin today and will end on June 14th, the winner will be announced on Friday June 15th, so get those 80s toy memories flowing and start writing!  Can't wait to read about your favorite 80s toys!  

Also during the the month of June I encourage other bloggers to write about 80s toys, and talk about what you love about them, or even what you hate about them. . . just write about them!