# Your favorite licensed toy from childhood **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314 "2015-12-25T02:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/1 "2015-12-25T02:44:21Z")
When my sister was young, her favorite doll was Mrs. Beasley. I always thought “that’s an odd name for a doll”. Then one day while idly flipping through channels, I realized[it was a merchandised item from the old sitcom “Family Affair”!](http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/ebay/images/2010/370342961190.jpg) Now it made sense. What licensed toys or other stuff do you remember absolutely loving as a child? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/2 "2015-12-25T02:47:32Z")
I had a [007 attache case](http://www.feelingretro.com/toys/Boy-Toys/james-bond-attache.php)when I was a kid that I thought was the absolute shiznit. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/3 "2015-12-25T02:58:19Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I had a [007 attache case](http://www.feelingretro.com/toys/Boy-Toys/james-bond-attache.php)when I was a kid that I thought was the absolute shiznit. Had one of those, too! I’m told I had a Davy Crockett coonskin hat, but I don’t remember it. I do remember Mickey Mouse Club ears. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/4 "2015-12-25T03:07:42Z")
I’ve got most all the old Aurora monster and super-hero kits, does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/5 "2015-12-25T03:22:58Z")
I had most of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. toy guns. Lovely stuff! Wish to heaven I still had 'em. When I was very, very young I had a stuffed/plush Pluto (Mickey Mouse’s pet dog) toy that I slept with. Plush, with a molded plastic face. I sucked the paint right off his face. I hate to think what chemicals that paint might have contained! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/6 "2015-12-25T04:25:55Z")
I was a kid in the 80s…I feel like all of our toys were officially licensed from some cartoon or movie! My brother had the Ewok Village. That was pretty fun (I mostly played with his toys) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/7 "2015-12-25T05:13:17Z")
Spiderman web-shooter from 77’. Essentially a suction cup dart gun that strapped to your wrist. Except it left a length of string between the dart and your wrist. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/8 "2015-12-25T05:18:42Z")
Col. Steve Austin $6,000,000 Man action figure. Had a rubber sleeve around its right arm that when rolled back revealed bionics. Also had a bionic eye you could look through. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/9 "2015-12-25T06:36:29Z")
Star Trek communicator walkie talkies. > **[Fourth Coolest Toy Ever: Mego STAR TREK Communicators](http://space1970.blogspot.com/2011/09/fourth-coolest-toy-ever-mego-star-trek.html)** > > When I was in fifth or sixth grade (circa 1975-76), my pal Mark Usher and I formed a short-lived Star Trek "club." There were four of us in... ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/10 "2015-12-25T07:23:49Z")
[This bad boy](http://www.collectiondx.com/gallery2/gallery/d/54341-6/1.jpg), the Rodan (figure? doll?) with a mighty 3’ wing span. See you in hell, army men! I also had the Godzilla and some Shogun robot dude but Rodan was my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/11 "2015-12-25T14:44:26Z")
My first bicycle at age 10. Such freedom! ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/12 "2015-12-25T15:32:53Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Spiderman web-shooter from 77’. Essentially a suction cup dart gun that strapped to your wrist. Except it left a length of string between the dart and your wrist. I had one of those. ---
**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/13 "2015-12-25T15:33:00Z")
Matchbox cars and trucks ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/14 "2015-12-25T16:31:55Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I was a kid in the 80s…I feel like all of our toys were officially licensed from some cartoon or movie! For the cartoons, 99% of the time, it was the other way around. So, I didn’t really have a favourite licenced toy as a kid, because the toymakers were the licencers, not the licencees! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/15 "2015-12-25T17:09:57Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Col. Steve Austin $6,000,000 Man action figure. Had a rubber sleeve around its right arm that when rolled back revealed bionics. Also had a bionic eye you could look through. I remember him. He used to date one of my Barbies. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/16 "2015-12-25T17:18:41Z")
3 3/4 GI JOE codename: Outback. He’s the red haired bushy bearded survival expert who goes into battle with camo pants and a white tshirt. I loved that guy. He was the star of every adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/17 "2015-12-25T18:10:23Z")
Not a toy, but I had a Zorro wristwatch. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/18 "2015-12-25T18:45:02Z")
I had the [A-Team M24 Assault Rifle Target Game Set](http://2warpstoneptune.com/2014/07/14/the-a-team-m-24-assault-rifle-target-game-set-arco-1983/), which was pretty bad-ass. It had a removable barrel extension, removable stock, removable magazine, removable telescopic sight and flash suppressor and it could fire rubber darts or grenades (along with making a “rat-a-tat” sound). Neat! ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/19 "2015-12-25T18:55:07Z")
A [Casper the Friendly Ghost](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/80431543319644500/) talking doll, whence cometh my username. He always had something wrong with his recording, and instead of saying “I’m a friendly ghost,” he said something garbled that sounded to my sister and me like “I’m a freckafree.” After a few months, he looked every bit as grubby as the one in the photo. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-licensed-toy-from-childhood/741314/20 "2015-12-25T19:47:42Z")
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