Written By: Matt
Posted on 4.30.03.

Did you know that I used to have GRAY skin for a while?  Yeah, I did.  It was bitchin.  I always looked like I was gonna start raining or something.  Eventually, I turned green again.  Can't remember if something drenched in gamma exploded in my face or if I just painted my skin in a fit of nostalgia.  Either way, none of my skin colors can be classified as one of the given choices on the national census.  Makes me proud.


This page was just a hodge podge of crap they couldn't fit anywhere else, but some of the items are pretty interesting. The Big Bird is another takeoff on the Ruxpin craze - a good choice when considering the character's notoriety. Rub-A-Dub Doggie was another popular toy for a while, giving kids the chance to play with their dolls in pools and bathtubs without the threat of ruining 'em. Plus, he came with a foam bone. That's an opus accessory - I'd switch telephone plans in a heartbeat in MCI started giving foam bones away to new customers.

The 'Toss Across' game was one of my faves. It's plain old Tic-Tac-Toe, with the gimmick being that you'd chuck little bean bags from a few feet away in an effort to mark your spots. Centurions makes a second appearance in the catalog with their very own electronic pinball game. It was like all of the other electronic pinball games, just with tacked on 'Centurions' logos and assorted heroic caricatures looming around the bumpers. Since it didn't cost much more than the actual action figures, the beast was a real bargain.

Transformers has been oddly absent from most of the catalog, presumably because they were in the limbo period before the big screen flick came out along with an ungodly amount of new toys. The robots in disguise make their only appearance here, with Optimus and Megatron duking it out in a variant of the Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots game. While I never had it, one of my best friends from childhood did. His set had a Megatron with a missing head, which sort of negated the point.

CONTINUE TO PG. 11!

I've got a long neck, I've got a loooong neck!  I'm a giraffe...I'M a giraffe.  Hotcha.




 


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