I owe Arcadian at the No Signal! Encounter Critical blog a debt of eternal gratitude (or at least a sixer of his favorite libation), because he put to rest something that's haunted me for over 30 years.
I'm talking about the names of these guys:
My beloved Great-Aunt Meoma bought me a bag of these figs at a local TG&Y (a long-gone Southern five & dime chain) when I was but a wee one, but they went the way of the garbage during my teenage years. I tried looking them up at the dawn of The Internet, but eventually gave up because my searches for "day-glo turtle-crab Star Wars knockoffs" got me nowhere.
But just two days ago, Arcadian changed the header pic on his blog, and...THERE THEY WERE. He told me to Google the GALAXY LASER TEAM by Tim-Mee Processed Plastics. So down I went down the rabbit hole of nostalgia, and discovered more info about the little guys at the Secret Fun Blog, and found a great photo-history of the cheap plastic crap that filled my childhood.
Many, many thanks, Arcadian. You've made my week.
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| I was CRUSHED AS ONLY A KINDERGARTNER CAN BE CRUSHED when the stickers wore off. |
I am soooooooooooooooooo statting-up these guys.
I had these as a kid, still have some of the robots and the Space Yeti! They do need to be statted up!! : )
ReplyDeleteI've still got a couple of the Darths among my minis collection. I never had a full set, though, only a few traded, found on the playground at school, or won as prizes at the annual Halloween party at school.
ReplyDeleteI did have the envy of my friends, though (until one got an At-At), which was a larger model of the "x-wing rocket" about a foot long with an opening cockpit.
Talk about a blast from the past! I owned -- and loved -- these as well.
ReplyDeleteI could swear there was a c3po-like robot as well... but i could be wrong.
ReplyDeleteYup, got a bunch of those at a yard sale. LOVE them for their gonzo space-fi awesomeness. If only I could get them in 1:72 scale...
ReplyDeleteI think I still have one or two of these left!
ReplyDelete...holy crap! That's...that's so weird! I had all of these too! Damn, I had totally forgotten about these! Just seeing them gave me this really visceral reaction of fond memories.
ReplyDeleteTim Mee Toys got gobbled up by Processed Plastics which in turn got gobbled up by J. Lloyd International.
ReplyDeleteThey still churn out plastic toys, but, alas, not the space inspired ones. You can see their current product catalog of plastic figures here:
http://www.timmeetoys.com/toys_miscellaneous.html
Unfortunately, they don't see to individuals, only retailers.
Hi All,
ReplyDeleteWe were able to get the manufacturer to do a small production run of the Galaxy Laser Team figures for us. You can find them here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007RZ2CSO
VictoryBuy...
ReplyDeleteThank you! Consider them ordered!
My father worked at tg&y when I was 5, he got me those, I comepletly forgot about those. How do you remember those on purpose? It is the strangest sensation seeing those again
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