Dark Crystal or Neverending Story-Fond memory or deep scar?

Nerds. All of you.

daveb wrote: You know what I just saw a commercial for?

Thundercats on DVD.

I just heard some guys discussing that on the Q train the other day!

Sword of Omens... Give me sight beyond sight!

daveb wrote: You know what I just saw a commercial for?

Thundercats on DVD.

i liked the Thundercats (Cheetara- is it wrong that i had the hots for a cartoon character?!), but i was a big fan of the Silverhawks...

Don't forget about Jem, she's truly outrageous.

nybt wrote: at the time, i couldn't believe that they killed anyone!!! there was death and destruction all over the place!!! i mean, this was about the same time that the animators were careful enough to show pilots parachuting to safety every time a plane was shot down in GI Joe...

G.I. Joe was fundamentally flawed in that they didn't have a cool bad guy.
Cobra Commander was a total pussy!

Must keep reliving youth...

Keep thread alive...

Great, I was looking at this thread and now my husband thinks I'm looking at, like, cheetah pr0n or something. What the hell is that?

As for me, I was a My Little Pony fan. I had about 25 of them, including regular ponies, unicorns, pegasi, sea ponies, baby ponies, baby unicorns, baby pegasi, baby sea ponies, the stables, the hair salon, the roller skates, various outfits, and other paraphenalia that I'm surely forgetting. I gave them all away to my friend's little sister at some point, but, in my defense, there was no eBay at that point. They probably weren't worth anything at the time, but it's scary how crazy collectors are about the '80s ones today.

Subject: I could geek out on this stuff for days

I've been reading these posts for twenty minutes and alternating between sighing and laughing my butt off. Good memories.

I also had a big crush on Atreyu, and the fascination has continued longer than it should have. Last year I was convinced that Noah Hathaway gre up to become Noah Wyle, but I was wrong. Sigh. Now there's a sequel to The Dark Crystal in the works. Also, sigh.

In the spirit of contributing to the stroll down memory lane--who remembers Kid Video and the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon?

Here's to growing up, not growing old.

How about the original 8 inch DC character action figures?

Here is a museum of these figures:

http://www.megomuseum.com/dc/index.shtml[/url]

FLUTE wrote: [quote=Carnivore]How about the original 8 inch DC character action figures?

Isn't "Aquaman" the role that the guy (Adrian Grenier?) from the HBO show Entourage is supposed to be playing in a James Cameron film ... ??? Never heard of A-man before that ... I thought it was a made-up action figure guy for the show.
Aquaman is the king of Atlantis. His power is to telepathically communicate with fish.
He was one of the original Superfriends, but was kind of useless except when the plot took them underwater.

Here you can see a comic cover with how Aquaman looks now (much more badass) next to a statue of the old Aquaman. He lost his hand while rescuing his son when his brother tried to usurp his throne and attack the surface world.

Subject: Re: I could geek out on this stuff for days

Meggle wrote: In the spirit of contributing to the stroll down memory lane--who remembers Kid Video and the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon?

i was a big fan of them both, but almost no one seems to remember Kid Video! i always have to explain it to people, "so, these kids are rockin' out in the garage, right? then they get sucked in to a cartoon world... and the main guys says, 'we look like.... cartoons.' you don't remember that?!?!" alas, they never do...

and the D&D cartoon?!?! i used to get up early to watch that! i could never decide if i wanted the club or the bow...

the bow was undoubtably more refined, but there was just something primative (and brutal!) about the club... to make the earth tremble with the swing of a club?! are you kidding me?!