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I didn't think I would be commenting as by 1984 I had grown out of trick or treating, but in 4th grade (1979-1980) I was a werewolf. I used the stereotypical plastic mask, attached a wig/hair piece to the back to cover my own hair, added to faux hair to the end of the sleeves of the shirt I wore, and added artificial brown nails for claws. At school my teacher then tried to guess who each person was. She thought I was a girl due to the nails.

Had the Omnibots. They were amazing.

My gay heart watching this video ❤ what a great channel

When I was a kid, I always imagined Skeletor created Faker as an adversary to He-man but also to mock He-man. He wasn't necessary supposed to fool anyone.

We would usually throw costumes together using old clothes that were on hand. My siblings and I used the plastic masks one year, and we hated them! So, it was back to being hobos, pirates, cowboys, or whatever we managed to dream up. On a totally unrelated note, how do you keep all those action figures in place on the shelves behind you? lol

This was so good! Nicely done 🎉

The original Rattlor never was one of my favorite MotU figures, despite being one of the more feature-rich, but it still holds a special place for me among all the MotU action figures, for a weird, embarrassing reason: I thought I invented it. hehehe I remember how I came up with the idea of a snake-man who could elongate his neck before Rattlor existed, or better said, before I ever saw it, so when that one came out, my little brain actually concocted a half-baked conspiracy theory that some spy from Mattel could have sneaked around my parent's house and was listening in at the window when I told my buddy about my awesome idea for a new character/figure. lol That the idea was so obvious that it kind of was inevitable didn't cross my mind.

I had a single figurine from a really obscure toyline. No idea what it was called, but I remember having seen a ad in some magazine that showed maybe 6 or 7 different figures and when I saw them in a toy shop one day, I bought one of the evil characters. That line's gimmick was that all the figures/characters were robots and none of them had legs, but they were all standing on a base that was a big suction cup, so you could stick them to some surfaces. So they all kind of, vaguely looked a bit like the Daleks from that Doctor Who show, but each one looked different, with one having a dome-shaped head and one having a cubic head and so on. They were relatively big, maybe 5 or 6 inches tall. The one I had could hug stuff with his arms when you pushed a button on the back and its long, pointy "nose" was a drill that kind of looked like the horn of a unicorn. Does anyone have a idea what I'm talking about?

Still shocked my mother allowed it/was all-in but I went as Smurfette when I was four. Yellow yarn hair, blue paint (probably lead) just EVERYwhere.

This is why Gen x had great imaginations. We would create entire storylines with these playsets

I had a number of the Air Raider sets. I have all of the Mego Eagle Force, who debuted well before GI Joe. If you check the similarities between those two toy lines you may wonder if they stole something (Both lines had a Wild Bill, a Ninja Bad Guys, Snake Theme Bad guys, etc). I had some many of the Battle Beasts I did not even notice when they started to come up missing. Still have a few and they are still cool (run signs do not work though). Captain Power was that one toy your friend had and never used it as intended, not sure what happened to it because he only brought it out once. I never got any MASH, but again friends are as Friends do and one of them had Hawkeye. I thought he was neat, but I was into Star Wars. Robotix is one of the toylines I had that I have lost all but a few pieces to that I have not tried to get back into. The 80s had misses, but their hits were great

I had the typical plastic costume from K-mart. In ‘84 I want to say I either went as Mr. T, or Megatron. I do remember being E.T in ‘82.

That Gizmo costume is nightmare fuel. Shame that costumes seem to have become more and more mundane over the years. Cosplay seems to be where you get great costumes nowadays.

Hey Victor, Congrats on another great video! Fantastic idea of Meco to release those kind of figures. But I do agree they should have had "actual faces" & removable masks. Also just checking in on you, how did ya fair w/ the storm, hope you & your neighbors came out unscathed?! All the best to you, Milhouse

This was a nice trip down the memory banks! I remember dressing up like so many of the icons you mentioned. I truly miss spending weeks trying to figure out what I wanted to be and then working with my mother to make it happen. I truly miss those days!

I can't remember those years...age 4 was Ep IV Leia in '82. Though the last time I was a SW character at SWCC, it was Chewie (with porgs) and "Master Codebreaker". Funnily enough, my attempts at Drac have been the newer Universal versions. (Roxula and Cageula) But so many Dark Universe and adjacent. (That Backstreet Boys video, really.) But I did have the plastic mask ones, Jem, Rose Petal and Holly Hobbie were the ones that stuck out.

Those cheap, thin elastic bands on the masks were horrible! When you first put them on they were so tight that the eye holes would dig into your sockets until - snap! I don't remember when but we eventually learned to bring rubber bands and a stapler to replace them with as we went.

Such great memories! Childhood wasn't complete until Mom took me to Woolworth's to pick out the Ben Cooper costume. They were a non-breathable fire hazard, but I loved pretending to be a princess for a day.

Never had the stereotypical plastic costumes. I usually did my mom's made devil or clown costumes or my dad's 70s clothes to make a werewolf costume. There is a super sentai (power rangers) that reminds me of 80s halloween costumes called Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger. Lol.

the Beast Machines there from Power Lords look like the mutant tank boss from Smash TV

Back in the 80's everyone went trick or treating or to Halloween parties as the traditional monsters, cartoon characters some sort of movie character or something original if you couldn't afford fancy costumes thanks for the memories of Halloweens Past. 👻👹👺🎃👽🤖👻

I know I had the plastic costumes in the 80s, but for the life of me I can't remember who I was. I know I went as a vampire without the face makeup one year because I already had a quality homemade cape from a school play. The only costume I can vividly remember is my Sisters homemade yellow carebear

OH SNAP!!!!! Those PLASTIC Halloween costumes! 😂 *You literally just brought back a memory* (now at age 47) that I totally forgot about. 😊 80's.... what a great time to grow up, Millennials & Gen Z'ers *will never understand or know.*

This one was a labor of love...and TOUGH. Its tough to find the best era accurate picture (I hate using stock footage), but it was worth it. Thanks for stopping by for my FIRST Halloween Treat this season.

Separate them dude wtf.

I always assumed that Faker being blue was for our (the outside observer) benefit, to easily see the difference between him and the real He-Man and that the other characters saw him as identical to He-Man.

god damn, I had so many of these as a kid PS, I would have mentioned Go Bots

This was such a great video! It wasn’t tv or toys or cartoons…but I can’t explain how much I loved this video. Thank you!

Damn. I had to get to the Flag ship until I finally had something! And lol, my parents got divorced a few months ago to a later. Honestly. lol.

Jem was the best, and right there with GIJoe, Transformers and MASK for my afternoons.

What about Devin?

I liked all of these themes! It may be cliche’, but for me M*A*S*H’s theme song will always be the best.

Super Naturals were a cool gimmick

This is insulting to the toyline & collectors- why do it? I thought this was going to be a video about all the weird random Merch put out in the 80's but trashing actual figures? Besides twistoids they were all great.

You just reminded me that the TV got turned off during dinner. I remember a handful of special times we ate pizza in the living room watching a rented VHS movie. 99% of the time it was the whole family sitting at the table though. I remember my parents responded to me saying “I’m bored”, with “I can find something for you to do!” 😂

Hasbro must have made huge money mid 80s. There were so many Joes and Transformers coming out, and both cartoons played back to back after school. I didn’t have time or an allowance big enough to afford any other lines although my buddy had some MASK that I thought were totally rad!

Man that Strawberry Shortcake shirt 😂. I need one to troll my sister. Yep almost 50 and still picking on her!😂 Side note, my buddy and I got busted sneaking out one night because before we left we were setting off those capgun strips in my room and my mom later came to check what we were doing because of the smell 😂

I had the red Omnibot Transformer, and the silver one I think. My buddy was into MASK, those were really cool toys! I stuck with focusing my allowance on more Transformers though. I don’t remember some of these at all though. So lucky to have grown up in an awesome decade for kids, and then became a teen in the early 90s and experienced the whole Grunge phase! Great times! 😊

Favs: HR Pufnstuff, Sigmund, Lost Saucer, and what I think was the best series - Land of the Lost, with amazing claymation! Many of the shows are on Prime Video these days! The Sleestacks creeped me out!

We used to laugh at “oh mighty Isis” A few of those i don’t remember. I watched the Banana Splits recently. What about the original Land of the Lost or Sigmund & the Sea Monster? I still buy Archie comics, it was my fave also.

I miss the Banana Splits Show. 😢

Today's kids may boast of their sophistication but I've long contended that kids of the 70s like myself had to have a certain level of sophistication to take what bizarreness television offered at the time (The Brothers Krofft, and vintage Sesame Street and Electric Company for instance) without freaking out. ;D

Those PSA announcements were something. The one Time for Timer PSA that I like was the one when he was dressed as a cowboy. A hanker for a hunk of cheese was his musical number. I remember that one PSA that dealt with drugs. It had people saying say yes to this but say no to drugs. The one that stood out was some guy in a rock band saying, "Say yes to music. But hey, say no to drugs." And me and my sister would always make fun out of the way he says it.