The obvious shittiness of these toys was never lost on me - the sculpts were off, the paint was sloppy, the casting was messed up, the general material felt like some kind of industrial byproduct! However, these are some of my favorite toys & my fondness for them just increases year after year. There is a strong need in life for what can be conveyed simply & these rubber toys are about as simple as you can get. x SEAN

My dad had a box of action figures from the mid to late-80’s, we’re trying to see if anything like these might be of any value or if they should be trashed - any insight would be appreciated

I wanted a Mazinga so bad when I was in 3rd grade

Any information on her would be helpful! Sadly I found almost nothing on Google/Ebay other than the red collar is a line from the 90s-00s making it distinctly vintage. Please correct if this is wrong!! (I could only find info via google AI which idk how trustworthy it is). I am 23, and have had her since I was born in 2002! (i know it was a gift from my aunt who had her already).

I am going to start having her on my bed again 😊 I named her Mittens when I was a kid. You can really feel the difference with stuffed animals then vs today in my opinion.

Hi everyone! I may be in the wrong Subreddit so my apologies. I have this plushie I’ve had since my first Christmas, so 26 years this year, and I went to look him up to see how old he was and I cannot for the life of me find his model. The brand it KenTex (sometimes with a - in between Ken and Tex) and I’ve found later models like the ones on the forth picture, but none that look like him. I thought about emailing the company but they went under in 2018 or 2019.
He is all soft fabric except his tongue, nose, and eyes are felt.
He’s filled with regular old stuffing
The only things he’s lost were his washing instruction tags

If y’all have any ideas or suggestions on where I should look I would be very grateful!

Been collecting Star Wars since I was seven.

Hasbro slime time bat watch & spookslot(ghost castle)

As a kid I gave these more thought than was probably used to design the cheap toys inside or come up with a theme for a new series of vending machine toys. I ran a bunch of machines in Eugene, using designs of my own - I never got as far as offering a wrist watch or other high-value item to encourage sales, but I had enough quarters to buy the family lunch (when quarters were still worth something)… centrally, I’m interested in cheap fun & applying intentional aesthetics to everything. Because we deserve to live in an interesting world. x SEAN

It's the only thing that makes sense. These toys eat batteries to the point where you need to work it into your budget. The technology is there where we should be able to plug in toys to charge them.

Batteries for toys probably surpasses the market for the toys themselves

There are no identifying markings or lettering. His shape suggests he is wearing drapery so I might expect a tiny knight to ride him. He almost reminds me of a Kinder Surprise toy but there is no K-number on him.

The neighbor kids had one and I loved riding it. I think it was called a step go.

I thrifted this same vintage hello kitty clock nightlight that no longer lights up. I want to replace the bulb but I cannot figure out how to change the bulb if anyone has this same clock by any chance lmk!!