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By: JFStan

JFStan — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 17:27:49 +0000

I loved the way the Cylon Raider gun ports retracted, even though they didn't on the actual ship featured in the show.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 04:07:41 +0000

Seconding (thirding, I suppose) benestro138 and Gamera977. One, maybe two, little urchins won themselves an early Darwin Award and entire generations of children afterwards had to endure dumbed-down toys as the result.

Same thing happened more recently with toy pistols. Plaid Stallions' entry on "Kenner Jedi" gave me a nostalgic reminder of this.

http://plaidstallions.blogspot.com/2017/06/kenner-jedi.html

After years daycare colours and fluorescent orange end-caps, I'd all but forgotten there was a time when Star Wars blasters were sold in screen-accurate gun-metal black.

By: Gamera977

Gamera977 — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:35:45 +0000

I remember thinking back then we can't have cool toys because of stupid kids…

By: benestro138

benestro138 — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:18:06 +0000

I still harbor bitterness at my being denied the missile firing viper as a youngster...

Why, Mom, WHY!

By: John Hildman

John Hildman — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:48:45 +0000

I acquired the Cylon raider as a kid from a trade with a friend. I gave him a ME-109 airplane model that my dad built and he gave me that. However the missiles were gone and the canopy was broken off. I remember the springs were there where the missiles would fit in, so it must have been the older "firing" model.