tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post3229497269035101024..comments2023-12-18T21:04:53.693-05:00Comments on Toys and Tomfoolery: Incredible Crash Dummies: JunkmanAlexxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-56998988190774241532016-07-05T11:27:36.280-04:002016-07-05T11:27:36.280-04:00Wow, I never had any pegs snap! The only problems...Wow, I never had any pegs snap! The only problems I had were with the early figures in the first wave, particularly the white Slick. The springs holding in his limbs eventually became weak and he would never hold together. <br /><br />Later guys, however, like Ted up there, held together just fine! He still works pretty dang good to this day. Maybe it was just luck of the draw?Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-9964594520015011772016-07-05T04:52:00.716-04:002016-07-05T04:52:00.716-04:00Loved the concept of these guys. I had Chip or Den...Loved the concept of these guys. I had Chip or Dent, and the plane. However, I did find them a bit flimsy. The pegs holding the body parts together had a tendency to snap, and the plane broke pretty quickly. I was reasonably careful with my toys, so I'm really impressed that your Ted survived this long! Mine were a few months, tops, if memory serves.Tom G. Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893687622062381451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-40408794463410804012016-01-27T19:55:26.292-05:002016-01-27T19:55:26.292-05:00Jonesy your comment is AWESOME! Thanks for the gr...Jonesy your comment is AWESOME! Thanks for the great laugh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-16304802295113334332016-01-27T16:18:30.036-05:002016-01-27T16:18:30.036-05:00Yeah, a couple friends pointed out to me that it w...Yeah, a couple friends pointed out to me that it was a distributor cap (just...not on here). I totally got the concept, I just don't know anything about cars beyond "this guy is probably built out of car parts" but the distributor cap was entirely foreign to me. Thanks!Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-81533117222167757172016-01-27T15:59:18.327-05:002016-01-27T15:59:18.327-05:00No he was right. It's just a distributor that ...No he was right. It's just a distributor that distributes bullets, the transmission transmits missiles and the torque convertor...converts...fools...with torque?Draculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587852177919783864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-25744125330962378182016-01-27T15:37:38.808-05:002016-01-27T15:37:38.808-05:00Perhaps you missed the concept that the torso is a...Perhaps you missed the concept that the torso is an engine from a car or truck. Thus what you are describing as a 'mini gun' is actually a distributor. The 'missile launcher' is actually a transmission and the 'tire missile' is the torque convertor. <br /><br />Just thought you should know. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-78412278191221464642016-01-26T11:14:24.961-05:002016-01-26T11:14:24.961-05:00Glad you like him! My brothers and I had two or t...Glad you like him! My brothers and I had two or three when we were kids, plus a car you could crash (with real working airbag!). The only Junkbot we had was Sideswipe, and eventually all that was left of him was his right leg from the knee down. I used to pretend that most of his body was destroyed and he shifted his consciousness to his leg. He hopped around, and apparently could still talk and see.<br /><br />If I were to track down any of these guys now (and I might), the Junkbot for me would Piston Head. I don't know what it is about him, but he just jumps off the cardback at me. There's also a Crash Dummy named Dent who has short legs, but you can plug in an extra pair of legs to his feet and make him taller!<br /><br />Anyway, I think I mostly overlooked these back in the day. There was probably a bunch of other stuff I had my eye on. I remember the revival from the early 2000's, but they always felt kinda bland compared to the older stuff. I'd be all over the old ones today!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01454650838507365691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-4405208366182253492016-01-08T16:36:14.309-05:002016-01-08T16:36:14.309-05:00Yeah, I had the guy with the bug-out eyes! He actu...Yeah, I had the guy with the bug-out eyes! He actually broke - in the unintended way. Much like a mad scientist, I kept his severed head for study, and then cracked it open to use the eyes for various things. Probably still got them somewhere...<br /><br />I think my first "this is what playing a shitty game feels like" moment was with some unnamed games on my Dad's old PC back in the big floppy disk days. Can't even remember what it was called...some sorta kung-fu game where you lose. You just...lose. Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-42531963359616691932016-01-08T16:33:04.986-05:002016-01-08T16:33:04.986-05:00I didn't even realize they had been revived in...I didn't even realize they had been revived in the early 2000's until I was doing a little history binge on these guys. They looked neat! Dunno how I missed 'em. Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-64045457629935778502016-01-08T11:33:00.781-05:002016-01-08T11:33:00.781-05:00Crash Dummies! I had a lot of love for this line a...Crash Dummies! I had a lot of love for this line and I pined after the figures. For some reason I didn't really own much of it at all - I probably begged harder for other stuff. I had one of the dummies. It was the purple, kinda squat one, and his deal was that his eyes and tongue would bug out, I think? I distinctly remember going through all of the figures and trying to pick the one that had the best gimmick. <br /><br />I also had the dog, which came with a cat, but I think I found the dog at a thrift shop, so I only had it. It would squash flat if you smashed it from above. <br /><br />I remember pining after the Junkbots in particular, but didn't have any of them. <br /><br />Oh, and finally, I once rented the Incredible Crash Dummies video game for NES. I'm pretty sure it was one of the earliest "Ah, so this is what playing a shitty game feels like" type of experiences for me.Draculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587852177919783864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-67445473992891880852016-01-08T11:26:23.513-05:002016-01-08T11:26:23.513-05:00I had some of these guys when they were brought ba...I had some of these guys when they were brought back in the early 2000's! My favourite one was a skunk that went flat, that's it that's all he did but he rocked! Most of my dummies fell into that void that eats toys, they simply disappear for no reason. C'mon Mattel (I think mine were released as hot wheels items) BRING THEM BACK!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474378833672206463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-52385314542388157212016-01-07T19:49:43.862-05:002016-01-07T19:49:43.862-05:00Man Tyco was a good toy company.
RiP in pieces.Man Tyco was a good toy company.<br /><br />RiP in pieces.Dr Synhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662331056153128519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-7164050599800368732016-01-07T19:25:02.276-05:002016-01-07T19:25:02.276-05:00Woo, a toyline I actually had! Most of my toys we...Woo, a toyline I actually had! Most of my toys were cheaper no name stuff, or loads of cars of various sizes. Loved me some crash dummies! And man, Ted. I always felt he looked like he was wearing something fancy, so he was always in charge. And I had Piston Head, too. Totally forgot about him until that picture hit me with the nostalgia cannon.TheCynicElementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190369631956733757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-9918071235788321112016-01-07T18:43:12.368-05:002016-01-07T18:43:12.368-05:00Thanks! Thanks! Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-37788056822797516592016-01-07T14:58:28.077-05:002016-01-07T14:58:28.077-05:00I like the word bubbles. Funny!I like the word bubbles. Funny!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669270371774680604noreply@blogger.com