Comments on: The 1979 Metal Men Catalog

By: Bravo

Bravo — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:28:22 +0000

I got one of these, the solider, in a lot of used toys a few years back and had no idea what it was.

By: JH

JH — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:47:00 +0000

holy-bugger!
i have three of these, bought as a kid... never knew what they were until now...

space-man
general-man
robot-man

i know these aren't the names...
this is what i called them.

thanks for clearing a mystery of mine.

jh

By: Dancin' Homer

Dancin' Homer — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:40:00 +0000

(my dad figured building a box around sand would be useless...)

Arkonbey, that was hysterical

By: chunky B

chunky B — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:08:00 +0000

I had the NASA set, I know I've declared that before.

Also the cop looks like a toy from George Lucas' THX 1138.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:02:00 +0000

I had the soldier and raft set and my cousin had the construction set. Kaybee had them on clearance which is the only reason my mom bought them for us.

By: rob!

rob! — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:01:00 +0000

I love the high-tech cardboard box packaging…

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:10:00 +0000

I think I had Corporal Chrome. However, I remember him having a flamethrower. Was there another shiny metal action figure out there?

Anyway, I think he got lost in our sand pile (my dad figured building a box around sand would be useless...).

By: Jim @ CoolStuffForDads.com

Jim @ CoolStuffForDads.com — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:52:00 +0000

I don’t remember these guys …