If there is one thing we lose as we get older, it is our ability to play. And that is a travesty. We used to find joy in the smallest of things. Our imaginations were fertile places that allowed us hours of unbridled fun without a bit of self-consciousness.
And nothing provided such imaginative joy as action figures. We collected them, acted out the best of action sequences ever seen and delighted when we received them as gifts.
So what a happened? Somewhere along the line, they were ruined or thrown out. Some are worth a pretty penny these days, but it is truly the ones we played with – the ones we loved – that we would long to see again.
Here are some of the most special.
HE-MAN, SKELETOR AND ORCO
GI JOE
VOLTRON
GO-BOTS
TRANSFORMERS
THUNDERCATS
STAR WARS ORIGINAL
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
BATMAN, SUPERMAN AND SPIDERMAN
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS