#522 Dino Riders - Pterodactyl Alongside Llahd (1988)

The Pterodactyl is the smallest dinosaur inwards the laid about moving ridge of Dino-Riders, it is slightly smaller than the Ankylosaurus, together with non articulated, although both boxes were the same size. Maybe intentional, or not, is that the dinosaur comes amongst a figure that represents a kid instead of a man, to a greater extent than or less ane caput shorter together with amongst thinner extremities.

The flight sauria is made of the same plastic equally other dinosaurs, but beingness then sparse inwards the wingsm, neck, paws together with then on, the plastic is a chip flexible. This flexibility is lost amongst the fourth dimension if the dinosaur was conserved inwards harsh weather of oestrus or low-cal exposure. In many cases, the Pterodactyl is missing ane of its paws or some of its legs. They were only broken spell playing, perchance many children idea the plastic was momre flexible than it truly was.

The harness is quite simple: it consists of a delta fly harness gibe to the dinosaur amongst a peg that had to live inserted inwards the dinosaur´s belly. The peg is besides frail together with could live broken inwards used toys. But fifty-fifty to a greater extent than frail are the 2 tiny missiles that attach to the harness tubes together with that, inwards some cases are "stretched" together with their handgrip create non gibe whatever to a greater extent than the tubes rattling well, making the missiles somehow "loose".  In other cases, the missiles are only lost. So easily lost together with fragile, are quite hard to find, perchance ane of the most hard parts to detect inwards the entire laid about wave.

The harness create non attach rattling firmly to the dinosaur, perchance that´s why Tyco decided to include a smaller, lighter figure instead of the ordinary, big ones. Interesting, notwithstanding is that the 2 handles to gibe the figure to the handgrip bar are designed to live used past times a big figure.

There is a variant of this toy inwards which the figure included is non the child-Llahd, but an adult-Llahd, a figure amongst a unlike cast, but similar colours. The adult-Llahd version is considered to live rarer than the child-Llahd version. I convey both, bone yous tin compare both inwards the side past times side pictures.

We convey unintendedly used the discussion dinosaur for the Pterodactyl, but technically it is no dinosaur, but a flight sauria. I e'er similar to brand this clear when I write almost "dinosaurs" that are non "real dinosaurs".

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: PTERODACTYL amongst LLADH
• Toy Line: Dino Riders (Wave 1)
• Year: 1988
• Company: Tyco (U.S.A.)
• Scale of the dinosaur: 1:24
• Size of the figures: 2½’’ or 6,5 cm

#532 Mc Toy – Motorized Robot – Dump Truck In Addition To Jeep (Around 1988)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

We convey talked several times most MC Toys inward this blog. I fifty-fifty wrote a brusk history of the fellowship inward 2 entries (#390 in addition to #391), although this history focused almost entirely inward die-cast cars. This fourth dimension I wan to introduced some other type of toy yesteryear the May Cheong Group: transformable robots.

The information for this article has been retrieved from our friend-blog hisparobot.

MC Toys´ transformers are called Motorized Robots, at that spot were several robots made, most of them real similar to each other. All robots are transformable inward vehicles amongst a pull-back motor ("dyno-drive"). Other features of these robots are that they include plastic in addition to metallic element parts, soft plastic tyres in addition to unproblematic transformations. The pull-back motor is a removable slice that tin live inserted inward either means depending if the toy is inward robot means or inward vehicle mode. The motor industrial plant inward both modes!

Each robot is merely about 9-10 cm tall, in addition to was sold inward private blisters. There seems to live too gift sets including to a greater extent than than 1 robot. There were too a serial of bigger transformable robots, called the Mega Motobots (around xiii cm tall).

Among the Mega Motobots at that spot are trucks in addition to off-road vehicles. As their smaller brothers, these were too made of plastic in addition to metal, in addition to they were all real similar to each other. New in addition to distinctive features are chromed parts, similar the front end grill or the exhaust pipes, that could live detached in addition to placed every bit "antennas".

• Trucks: crane, burn downwards brigade, charge trailer in addition to tanker
• Off-Road vehicles: explorer, military, snowplow 

The off-road vehicles (or some of these) had audio in addition to lights in addition to were for this operate battery operated.

According to hisparobot, apart from MC Toys, Motorized Robots convey too been sold every bit "Motobot" (Maisto, ZEE, Intex Creation), "MotoRobot" (Imperial Die-Cast), "Galaxy Transformer" (Simba Toys) or "Super Transfo Robot" (MC Toys).

UPDATE1 (Dec/2018): This is a Jeep from the same series, inward red, in addition to cames amongst some plastic seats that tin live detached easily.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: Dump Truck in addition to Jeep 4x4
• Toy Line: Motorized Robot
• Year: Around 1988
• Company: MC Toy (Hong Kong)
• Size of the figure: Around 10 cm (in robot mode)

#538 Funrise – Military Machine Jet Planes Together With Dry Reason Vehicles (1988)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

Some companies started producing knock-offs of other toys too convey exceed large companies amongst the time. In these cases, all companies shroud this early on history inwards their webpages too it is hard to detect data most it. The example of Funrise is 1 of them. Today, Funrise is a large toy company, but nosotros know cipher most their origins.

No affair what, 1 of the source products past times Funrise were a serial of modest plastic cars inwards the Micro Machines style. They were the most serious competition to Galoob, from the dozens of manufacturers that started producing micro-vehicles. They had the largest publish of vehicle casts, too fifty-fifty got cool licensed series, similar 1 from the movies "Back to the Future".

The Funrise products were much cheaper than Galoob´s master copy MM, too then they tried to compete against the potent advertising campaigs from Galoob. Unfortunately, Funrise could non replicate the many dissimilar serial amongst then distinctive characteristic past times Micro Machines (like vehicles amongst lights, colouring changing paint, battery operated...) which was likewise 1 of the anty-copy features from the "genuine" Micro Machines. Just 1 note... I intend Funrise likewise has some changing colouring vehicles, but I´m non certain most this.

As a kid, I got/bought a pack of armed services solid pose down vehicles, that I am showing inwards this entry, too to a greater extent than or less 7-8 months, I got these 2 jet planes collections inwards a lot. At source sight, the armed services solid pose down vehicles could perfectly live master copy Galoobs, they are beautifully done, amongst accurate details too decent paintwork.

The planes soundless appear to live a chip newer. They are likewise prissy casts, but the paintwork is much worse. They all convey a base of operations colouring (colour of the plastic), too simply a few emblems are printed on them. The colours chosen (yellow, pink...) are non really realistic, then somehow I detect the bird collections non then cool similar the solid pose down vehicles, or other collections that I convey seen on the internet.

There seems to live a colouring variation of these planes. I institute the images below on eBay:

 

 

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: MILITARY JET PLANES too GROUND VEHICLES
• Scale of the cars: 1:150 aprox.
• Scale of the planes, trucks and tanks: Unknown
• Year: 1988
• Company: Funrise (U.S.A.)
• Size: approx. 2 cm

#555 Jiraiya/Giraya Ninja - Baron Owl Too Dokusai (1988)

This serial past times Bandai was really advertised inwards 1992 when Bandai arrived to Spain. The Japanese fellowship brought a lot of novel toylines, each of it amongst its ain TV ad. Most of them were really minor lines (just a few references, similar this one) together with didn´t possess got much success. The most successful line of piece of employment was Saint Seiya, piece most all the other toylines are today forgotten (in Espana at least, inwards Nippon most of them are really pop fifty-fifty today). The toys all the same were manufactured a few years earlier, together with introduced before equally good inwards other markets, similar French Republic inwards 1989.

I bought 2 figures the summertime of 1992 equally to a greater extent than or less sort of inexpensive replacement of a existent Saint Seiya. The figures are made of a jelly-like glutinous plastic, that could live stretched, launched against the wall or the ceiling (where it would stick to), but that is non what caught my attending inwards the outset place... it was the armour, which was, inwards a way, similar to Saint Seiya´s. The figure likewise came amongst to a greater extent than or less accesories, similar swords, bows, knifes, together with a figure stand. Even amongst the armor, it would live hard to house them inwards standing seat without the stand. The drawback of the armour, is that yous cannot genuinely play amongst the stetch feature... which inwards the halt is the cool thing.

Blistercard Images taken from todocoleccion.net

The collection comprises v characters, all of them are genuinely the same figure amongst dissimilar heads. The primary grapheme is Giraya, the hero. Giraya fights together amongst 2 other characters: Baron Owl, the "brain" of the organisation together with Wild, the immature apprentice. On the other side, at that spot is to a greater extent than or less evil organisation, whose leader is Dokusai. The baddies are entirely two, existence the minute i Habrun. As inwards most expert vs. evil stories, the bad guys desire to dominion the world, together with the expert guys possess got a hell of a lot of travel stopping them.

Pic: todocoleccion.net

Despite existence a prissy toy, they are non collectable, because the figures won´t withstand the examination of time, together with volition degradate at to a greater extent than or less point. So my advice would live non to pass much coin on these figures.

In Espana they were sold inwards blíster cards, similar those inwards the pictures, but inwards other countries, they were sold boxed.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: DOKUSAI together with BARON OWL
• Toy Line: Jiraiya/Giraya Ninja
• Year: 1988
• Company: Bandai (Japan)
• Size of the figure: Around xv cm

#688 Micro Machines – Ultrafast Collection #21 Hot Bikes (1988)

The Ultrafast series, every bit explained several times already, is the “standard” serial from Micro Machines, that is, the cars that did non convey whatsoever specific feature. In general, these collections contain v cars (or other vehicles) each, except inwards instance these are bigger vehicles (for instance the limousines).
I decided to opened upwardly a novel entry for the collections from 1988. Entry #128 dealt alongside collections from 1989. In several consecutive years, but about collections were repeated (same cars), but using unlike colours. The same model could too hold upwardly purpose of to a greater extent than than ane collection, so, normally, each machine was available inwards several colours in addition to several collections.

The collection shown inwards this entry is:
#21 Hot Bikes

This entry volition hold upwardly updated every bit I become to consummate other Ultrafast Collections from 1988.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: Micromachines Ultrafast Collection #21 (Hot Bikes)
• Scale of the cars: 1:150 aprox.
• Year: 1988
• Company: Galoob (U.S.A.)
• Size: approx. three cm

#704 Dino Riders Figure 2-Packs From Moving Ridge I (I) (1988)

The principal production Tyco wanted to sell from the Dino Riders toyline were of course of written report the dinosaurs amongst their armour, accesories together with then on, merely these were complemented amongst a serial of pocket-size blisters amongst 1 or 2 figures inwards them each.

Today (and tomorow) I volition introduce the get-go 8 2-figure packs (16 figures) released inwards the get-go moving ridge (1988).

For the instant wave, Tyco released over again 8 double packs (16 figures more), merely likewise six dissimilar packs available amongst 1 figure together with several accesories each. These are known equally "Commandos" together with are real difficult to notice nowadays. The tertiary moving ridge brought no novel double packs, the same blisterpacks from moving ridge 2 were sold during this curt wave, merely for the tertiary moving ridge (the moving ridge amongst "Ice Age" references), six novel double packs were released, iv of which included 1 cavemen together with 1 Rulon, the other 2 1 Valorian together with 1 Rulon. These volition last discussed another time. I desire to allow around fourth dimension pass, because I produce non convey many of them, together with meanwhile I may purchase or notice more.

So, dorsum to the get-go moving ridge of figure blisterpacks, in that place were 8 sets available. They were available inwards dissimilar regional versions: Tyco, Comansi (for Spain), Siso (for Germany)... merely all of them had the same impressive T-Rex artwork. The Siso carte du jour is the same 1 from Tyco (in English) merely amongst Siso stickers applied over the Tyco logo. In the backcard, where the collectable proof of purchase was, Siso lay a sticker amongst the legal stuff: "Ages v together with up", the CE stamp, importer data...

Comansi instead made cards inwards Spanish, translating every text in the front end together with dorsum cards, merely removed the proof of purchase.

Interestingly, around international blistercards are genuinely tyco blistercards amongst a sticker of the local toy distributor over the Tyco logo. The names of the figures are printed on stickers that are attached to the blister. Curiously, graphic symbol names inwards these stickers differ from 1 province to the other, then I volition purpose the master copy English linguistic communication names for all figures. Note likewise that many Valorian names are based on astronomy (planet, stars) together with atomic (particles) concepts, spell Rulon names somehow refer to the graphic symbol race: Snakemen are called Rattlar together with Fang, Sharkmen are called Six-Gill together with Finn together with 1 of the Antmen is called Termite (the other 2 are Fire together with Demon, somehow 2 "subterranean" concepts).

Questar + Krulos

Mind Zei + Fire

Proto + Rattlar

Orion + Six-Gill

Boldar + Termite

Nova + Demon

Mercury + Fang

Quark + Finn

I convey a few of these blisters yet MOC inwards their Comansi versions, summation 1 in Tyco carte du jour (see above), together with 1 Siso card, merely since this collection is nearly impossible to last completed MISB together with MOC for a rational amount of money, I produce non assay or endeavour to larn MISB or MOC items, I am alone interested inwards loose items unless in that place is a swell chance to larn something for real niggling money.

These figures were advertised inwards the comic mass together amongst the dinosaurs (in genuinely pocket-size size), together with likewise inwards the backcard of each blisterpack.

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: QUESTAR together with KRULOS, MIND-ZEI together with FIRE, PROTO together with RATTLAR, ORION together with SIX-GILL, BOLDAR together with TERMITE, NOVA together with DEMON, MERCURY together with FANG together with QUARK together with FINN
• Toy Line: Dino-Riders (Wave 1)
• Year: 1988
• Company: Tyco (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 2½’’ or 6,5 cm

#705 Dino Riders Figure 2-Packs From Moving Ridge One (Ii) (1988)

In this entry I volition position pictures of each laid "loose".

 

If you lot pay attending to the figures together with you lot are familiar alongside the other figures that were sold together alongside each dinosaur, you´ll recognise, that all these xvi figures are repaints of already existing figures (Rulons from moving ridge 1 are inwards fact, all the same, solely alongside ane out of 3 unlike heads).

 

 

Each pack included ane Valorian together with ane Rulon figure. xiii of them are novel characters, solely Krulos, Questar together with Mind-Zei could hold upward considered every bit a "v2", that is, the master copy characters where included alongside the T-Rex together with Diplodocus respectively. So if you lot bought these packs, you lot may had 2 Questars together with 2 Mind-Zeis or 2 Krulos. The same volition hap inwards the mo moving ridge of double pack figures, every bit nosotros volition explicate roughly day.

 

Maybe this is intended, beingness the T-Rex together with the Diplodocus expensive toys, children could all the same savour the virtually of import characters without having to purchase the big boxes, merely if I were the designer, I would induce got packed Questar together with Krulos alongside middle-size dinosaurs, every bit M.A.S.K. for illustration (to accept a like scale reference) did alongside Matt Trakker inwards the Thunderbird. They didn´t pack Matt Trakker alongside Boulder Hill, otherwise, rattling few children would induce got had this figure inwards moving ridge 1.

 

All figures from the blister packs induce got either silvery colours (for the Valorians) or golden colours (for the Rulons), together with this pigment is quite fragile. Only MOC samples are all the same actually brilliant together with good-looking. From many activity figures toylines, nosotros know that these 2 colours inwards item endure pigment loss together with decoloration over time. Maybe they are sensible to manus sweat, or peradventure they are damaged easily yesteryear sunlight, the fact is that silvery together with golden are frequently gone. Gold, yesteryear the way, turns into a a to a greater extent than enterprise brown, together with hence to a greenish brown. Be careful when buying these figures loose!

  

Questar + Krulos (I induce got the mask of Krulos, merely I got it recently, subsequently I took theh pictures)

 

 

Mind Zei + Fire

 

Proto + Rattlar

 

Orion + Six-Gill

 

Nova + Demon

 

Mercury + Fang

 

Quark + Finn

 

Boldar + Termite

 

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: QUESTAR together with KRULOS, MIND-ZEI together with FIRE, PROTO together with RATTLAR, ORION together with SIX-GILL, BOLDAR together with TERMITE, NOVA together with DEMON, MERCURY together with FANG together with QUARK together with FINN
• Toy Line: Dino-Riders (Wave 1)
• Year: 1988
• Company: Tyco (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 2½’’ or 6,5 cm