In 1979, Kenner’s Alien action figure was the toy to get. Huge, and prohibitively expensive compared to a kid’s allowance, it depended on parental goodwill to purchase. And that was in short supply.

The Toy: The ultimate mid-80s craze, as the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand fought the fabulously named Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem (VENOM) with the help of transforming vehicles. To give it a hint ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Ridley Scott’s Alien landed in theaters back in 1979 and became a seminal piece of science-fiction ...

The Toy: Highly collectable (236 figures in total) range of 2-inch tall fleshy wrestling figurines. Sounds boring, right? Wrong! M.U.S.C.L.E. are mutant wrestlers from space, and they'll 'ave you, no ...