Analog Style: OMFG! (Outlandish Mini Figure Guys!)

This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. OMFG! (Outlandish Mini Figure Guys!)

Remember the M.U.S.C.L.E. Men and Monster In My Pocket figures series that were very popular back in the 80s & 90s? Well the guys at OctoberToys did, and that’s why they made the OMFG! (Outlandish Mini Figure Guys!) figure series.

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What makes the OMFG! series cool is that it was made “By Mini Figure Fans For Mini Figure Fans”. What OctoberToys has done is they have an art contest were you can enter ideas for figures for future line-ups for the OMFG! figure series, then the fans get to vote on the top 5 figure ideas that will get made into figures for that series, then they get posted on Kickstarter.com to be funded.

So far, there has been two line-up for the OMFG! figure series, and they already have a third line-up up for funding on Kickstarter.com.

They also already have an art contest going for the fourth series on the OctoberToys OMFG! Forum, so if you have any good ideas for figures you want to see be made, now would be a good time to enter.

Analog Style: More Cool Kickstarter Stuff

This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. More Cool Kickstarter Stuff

Remember last year when I made a post about some of the cool retro style games that were up for funding on Kickstarter.com? Well I just found some more cool retro style stuff that you guys might want to take a look at.

Shovel Knight: Here is another cool looking retro game I found on Kickstarter. The idea of this game is that they took the best gameplay parts of games like Mega Man & Castlevania, and put them into one game.

Mini 10-Doh! Series 2: What makes this series of Mini Figures cool is that they look just like the classic NES Game Carts (but with arms and legs).

Mini Comics Included: Remember when toys back in the 80s came with Mini Comics? Well these guys do, and that’s why they are working on a series of new Mini Size Comics for some made up (fake) 80s toys lines they came up with.

As you can see from the links, the funding for all of this cool stuff is still going, so if you want to make a donation and get some cool retro style stuff at the same time, now would be a good time. The thing to remember about Kickstarter.com is that it’s an “All or Nothing” funding site. That means that if this stuff does not reach their funding goal by the listed ending date on their pages, then they don’t get any of the money they raised for them so far. I can’t tell you how bad it is to get very excited over something cool you find on Kickstarter and even make a donation to it, only for it to not be funded because it was a $1.50 short of it’s funding goal.

So please, make a donation to get this cool stuff made, or at least get the word out about all of this cool retro stuff that’s on Kickstarter.

Analog Style: DuckTales Remastered

This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. DuckTales Remastered

If you were ever a fan of the Classic NES game DuckTales or the cartoon series it was based on, then you are going to love this bit of news.

The best part is that this game is coming out this Summer for all the currant game systems (Wii U, PS3, & Xbox 360), so just about anyone will get a chance to re-live the fun we all had back when we played the classic NES game.

But what are your thoughts about this new DuckTales game, do you think it will be as good as the classic NES game? And what other classic NES games would you like to see make a retro-style comeback?

Artifacts of the Analog Age: Rocks & Bugs & Things

This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Rocks & Bugs & Things

This was another cool toy line from the 80’s that no one remembers.

What made Rock & Bugs & Things cool was that it did not have a “Good vs. Evil” set-up to it like so many other toy lines at the time, it was just a bunch of monsters fighting each other so they could eat the smaller monsters. It was literally an “Eat or Be Eaten” toy line.

Did you know anyone that had even heard of Rocks & Bugs & Things? What do you find more terrifying, Giant Monster Bugs or Giant Monster Rocks? Did you feel sorry for the poor little Mordles?

Artifacts of the Analog Age: Remco Toys

This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Remco Toys

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Before the 80’s, Remco Toys was one of the Big Name toy companies, but they always made toys that you could always find in the discount toy department at Sears or J.C. Pennys. So when the 80’s came and the other toy companies started making toy lines like He-Man, Transformers, and G.I. Joe, Remco tried to compete with them by making knock-off toys based on comics or their own ideas.

When Mattel Toys made He-Man, Remco made a figure series based on DC Comics Warlord & Marvel Comics Conan.

http://www.action-figures.ca/lost_world_warlord.htm

http://www.action-figures.ca/conan.htm

When Kenner made Super Powers (based on DC Comics Super Friends cartoon series) & Centurions, Remco made a figure series based on The Mighty Crusaders (Archie Comics forgotten Red Circle line of Super Hero comics) and Mantech.

http://www.action-figures.ca/mighty_crusaders.htm

And when Hasbro made G.I. Joe, Remco made a figure series based on DC Comics Sgt. Rock.

http://figure-archive.net/toyline.aspx?toylineID=1198

Now while the figures were cool looking, they were not as good or as well made as the ones made by Hasbro, Kenner, & Mattel. Everyone knew what Remco was trying to do, and no one was falling for it. They were the type of toys you would get if you ask for a He-Man figure, but your parents got you a Warlord figure because it was cheaper and they thought you would not know the difference (but you did).

So, did anyone here ever have any of the Remco figures as a kid? Were you disappointed when you got a Remco figure instead of the figure you wanted for your Birthday or Christmas?

Artifacts of the Analog Age: Super Naturals

This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Super Naturals

Super Naturals was another toy line that took part in the Hologram craze back in the 80’s.

http://virtualtoychest.com/supernaturals/supernaturals.html

While the figures were cool looking, the holograms stickers on them did not hold-up very well. If you left your figures in the sun too long, the holograms would fade into a bright green or black spot. And the holograms stickers would always peel off if you played with them too much. That’s why I always liked the Visionaries figures, none of that stuff ever happened to them.

So, did any of you ever have any of the Super Naturals figures? And were you ever freaked out by the glowing yellow Lion Headed monster at the start of the TV ad?

Artifacts of the Analog Age: Atari Comics

This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Atari Comics

Back in the 80’s just about everything came with mini-comics, you could get them Toys, Cereal, and even Atari 2600 video games.

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http://www.atariage.com/comics/index.html

There was a total of 10 Atari comics made (5 issues of Atari Force, 3 issues of Swordquest, 1 issue of Centipede, and 1 for Yar’s Revenge). And all 10 of them were made by DC Comics. In fact, the Atari Force series became such a big it, that DC Comics made it into a full comic series. Now me, I liked the ones that were made for Swordquest & Yar’s Revenge the best.

So, did anyone here get any of the Atari comics when you were a kid? And if so, what were your favorite ones?

Artifacts of the Analog Age: Twinkies

This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Twinkies

With Hostess closing its doors for good, I thought now would be a good time to talk about the classic snack food they use to make called The Twinkie.

Hostess also made other well known snack foods like Ding Dongs (I think they were later renamed as Hostess Cup Cakes) and Fruit Pies.


I remember eating some of Hostess stuff as a kid, and I must say it was not as good as it was advertised. Other then the Ding Dongs/Cup Cakes, The Twinkies tasted like a plane cake with whip cream stuffed into it.

What were your memories of the Twinkies? Do you feel said that they may be gone for good?

Artifacts of the Analog Age: The Other World

This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. The Other World

The Other World was this cool series of bendable figures that no one remembers.

http://www.action-figures.ca/other_world.htm

I remember getting almost all the figures in this series as a kid, they were very cool looking, and they had some great monster figures in the series as well. These were the type of toys you could only find at bargain stores or flea markets.

Anybody, anybody at all ever hear or have Other World figures? Am I the only one?

Artifacts of the Analog Age: Crystar

This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Crystar

Back in the 80’s both DC & Marvel comics made allot of weird, but cool comics with a toy line based on them, one of these was Crystar.

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http://www.action-figures.ca/crystar.htm

The back story for this series was that the two ruling brothers Crystar and Moltar, decided to ally their people with each of the forces of Order & Chaos. Crystar and the forces of order were made of crystal while Moltar and the forces of Chaos were made of lava.

The one thing I always wonder was what would happen if someone just took a club or bat and hit Grystar with it, thanks to the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken, I now have my answer (warring, this video may not be safe to view at work).

Did anyone here have any of the Crystar comics or figures as a kid? What did you think about the idea of a world full of people made out of crystals?