curio cabinet collection - 70s & 80s toys & items

[Grig]

I haven't had time to photograph my computer/console collection but I will soon. For starters I'll show my curio cabiinet stuff which is mostly 70s and 80s toys/items like pop culture stuff. Maybe some of this stuff will spark your memories of when you were younger. Anyway, I know this is not completely VG related but there are a few good vintage hand held games here!

 

Photo 1: Burger King ESB glass from 1980, AT-ST from 1983, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis CD-ROM (Macintosh), Krull Card Game from 1983 (unopened), Christmas MIckey Mouse figurine.

 

 

Photo 2: Krull Board Game from 1983 (English, French & Spanish version - I love this game), Showbiz Pizza Rock-a-fire Band Dook LaRue figure, Raiders of the Lost Ark set with the Well of the Souls playset, Indiana Jones, Sallah, Toht, Indy in German Fatigues, Indy in Map Room outfit, Belloq, Belloq in Ceremonial Robe, Cairo Swordsman, Toht (no Marion - anyone got one to sell? )

 

 

Photo 3: Some Star Wars mini-rigs, Stratos, Mechaneck, Battle Cat from MOTU

 

 

Photo 4: More Star Wars mini rigs, Star Trek TNG hand held from 1988 (Tiger), Taun Taun, Wampa, Vehicle Maintenence Energizer, Screamin Ray (it is Ray, right?)

 

 

Photo 5: MASK figure (don't remember which one), Chuck E. Cheese figurine, Landspeeder, more Star Wars mini rigs

 

 

Photo 6: Four Ducktales cups (McDonald's I think from 1990), Merlin from 1978 (great game - works perfectly), on the right is an 8mm movie and audio tape from my first visit to Universal Studios in 1978 where I was in the Airport 77 show, an old fold and open clock, a yellow go-bot type car, MIcro Machines Datsun 280z, Radio Shack 'Highway' LCD game, some Elvis type motorcycle figure (I can't decipher what this is from - any help?), McDonald's mini Stomper, small robot.

 

 

Photo 7: Star Tours mug, Star Wars mini rig, Centipede video master's guide book, Raiders of the Lost Ark Betamax tape, Return of the Jedi novel, Indiana Jones Temple of the Golden Eye Disneyland mug, ALF party napkins.

 

 

Photo 8: Smokin Shakers car (these actually used to 'shake' and emit smoke - too fun!), original Star Wars VHS (first issue!), Sears hand held football game from 1978, Mattel hand held baseball game from 1979, MOTU battle horse.

 

 

Photo 9: Mattel Classic Football from 2002 (repro), Tron card box, Star Wars Jawa, Star Wars Speeder Bike

 

 

Photo 10: Ardan Catalog Showroom van by ERTL, Buddy L dump truck, Ducktales party napkins

 

 

Photo 11: Coleco hand held Baseball (my personal favorite), Talespin McDonald's toys and stamps, cars.

 

 

Photo 12: Some older Tonka toys, olser Tootsietoy cars, Jampac cars, Stomper from 1984.

 

 

Photo 13: McDonald's Berenstein Bears, Star Wars Cloud Car, Unisonic fold out calculator, Baseball caps from gum machines

 

 

Photo 14: Original metal slinky (still works), Rubik's Revenge, Rubik's links, Pac-Man hand held (hard to see but it's there), Little Professor 1978, Riker figure, Rubik's Orb, Rubik's Snake (looking for the original Cube and Pyramid if you have these!), Tron figures from 1982, Battlestar Galactica figures from 1978, fold out calculator, Fisher Price space man from 1978, Crystal man, AD&D warrior.

 

 

Photo 15: Some Hot wheels/Maisto/Matchbox cars from the 70s & 80s

 

 

Photo 16: Some plastic cars from the 70s

 

 

Photo 17: Bugs Bunny thermos from 1971, Mille Bornes card game, DuckTales thermos

 

 

Photo 18: DuckTales Lunch Box, Mille Bornes card game (alternate box), Return of the Jedi Han Solo blaster

 

Edited April 13, 2012 by jtoubeaux

[oldjd]

Geezus!How big is that cabinet????

[Grig]

It's actually not very big at all - maybe 6 ft tall and 3 ft wide, 2 ft deep. It's in our dining room at the moment and my kids love it because something in the cabinet always strikes up a great conversation during dinner time!

 

I need another cabinet or two. I have some other items to display and of course my Star Wars collection which is pretty massive. I have all of the complete figs except for about 10 or so of the POTF (I used to see them at Toys R Us back in 1985 and think the word "SPECIAL" on the front was dumb so I only bought a few. Boy, who's the "dumb" one now!)

 

Also I don't have anything to display my Atari/Commodore & etc. stuff in/on so it's all in tubs at the moment but I'll take some pics in the garage soon.

Edited April 13, 2012 by jtoubeaux

[+save2600]

Nice setup of cool misc. 80's stuff! I especially like the Tron trading cards. That thing new, never opened? And the dude from Showbiz... Rock-a-Fire Explosion baby! Hey, you know there's a documentary on Netflix right now about them and Showbiz Pizza Place?

[Grig]

Thanks! Tron is opened and empty, unfortunately - I need some unopened Tron card packs to fill that bad boy. When I got it it was filled with Battlestar Galactica cards (which are cool) so I went ahead and took the BG cards out so I could put them in an album.

[Grig]

Nice setup of cool misc. 80's stuff! I especially like the Tron trading cards. That thing new, never opened? And the dude from Showbiz... Rock-a-Fire Explosion baby! Hey, you know there's a documentary on Netflix right now about them and Showbiz Pizza Place?

 

Got it in my instant play. The wife and I will watch this soon. Thanks!!!

 

OK I got a few more pics of my misc stuff that I don't have a home for yet:

 

1986 NFL Armchair Quarterback game - complete with the stylus!, Great Space Battles book (superb art in this book), My dad's 1970 Volkswagen manual with unused diagnostic coupons, some of my grandpa's 1930's and 1940's railroad time keeping books (he was an engineer for southern pacific), and some window stickers from a few other states.

 

 

Chewbacca Bandolier Strap (foam all gone), Compute! Magazine from 1983, Battlestar Galactica card from 1978, Star Wars POTF Classic 4 pack (probably the newest thing I have for my curio cabinet), plastic boat toy from the mid 70s, Computer Pictures magazine from 1984 featuring the Last Starfighter, Black Widow P-61 unused model, and my all time favorite Park's Apollo Staging Rockets from the mid 70s (this is a water/pressure based toy. I used to play with this every summer for years. Lots of fun!

 

 

Star Trek calendars from 1979 to 1981. Live Long and Prosper ... at least until 1982.

 

 

Taco Bell Atari CD's (unopened of course!), Dune storybook from 1984, Star Trek III storybook, Krull VHS, Indiana Jones trilogy VHS (the REAL movies, not that retarded Skull crap Lucas tries to push on us), and my wife's Swingline stapler from the 60's.

 

 

Skedoodle, Casio PT-80, Return of the Redeye 3D puzzle, some Garfield books, Star Wars Trilogy VHS from 1992 (ESB and SW are unopened), and one ESB Dixie box unopened (anyone have the little holder in the kitchen or bathroom?) from 1980.

 

 

The Last Starfighter Laser Disk from 1984, Krull poster from 1983, It's Your Body 1986 VHS (thanks mom for the donation), Lee Trevino's Golf Tips Beta tape 1986, SW & ESB record/book, Last Starfighter record/book unopened

 

 

This is the comic from the back of the Return of the Redeye puzzle. If you can't read it I'll get a better pic soon. It's hilarious!

 

[pce_collector]

I don't remember the name of that MASK character, but I believe he had the "Lifter" power to pick up and move objects.

[AtariBrian]

wow... i had that rubiks orb. i was telling a friend about it not to long ago but couldnt remember the name of it. thanks for showing all those pics!

[Grig]

wow... i had that rubiks orb. i was telling a friend about it not to long ago but couldnt remember the name of it. thanks for showing all those pics!

 

Superb Rubik's game. I was really into Rubik's puzzles in the 80s. They are very challenging. I've got the pyramid coming as well as the original cube (the coca-cola version). I'll post the pics as soon as they arrive.

[Lendorien]

Gotta love the Krull poster. Man that movie is bad. I love it anyway!

[Grig]

Gotta love the Krull poster. Man that movie is bad. I love it anyway!

 

Yeah, I'll get it framed one of these days. I used to have a Legend poster as well but I think I sold it a long time ago ... at a swap meet far, far away

[Grig]

Nice setup of cool misc. 80's stuff! I especially like the Tron trading cards. That thing new, never opened? And the dude from Showbiz... Rock-a-Fire Explosion baby! Hey, you know there's a documentary on Netflix right now about them and Showbiz Pizza Place?

 

Watched the Rock-a-fire documentary. Very well done. I wonder how much those pieces cost that first collector? Maybe he should lay off the Mountain Dew.

 

Anyway, thanks - great film. The animatronic creator and his wife - they seemed to be on drugs at one point in the interview.