I found the punisher figure at a yard sale several years ago and only paid a $1.50 for it, really good condition as well. The only actual mail away figure I had as a kid was from Thundercats, the Mumm-Ra in mummy form. Another awesome video Ed!!
I love these videos so much!! Thanks for always mentioning MLP too even if it isnt your thing, i really appreciate you being thorough!! :D Thats so cool they offered extreme dinosaurs in Avon haha it doesnt fully surprise me, i remember when Avon sold tons of cool stuff, its a shame they don't really have anything worth buying these days. Oh how the days have flown past when we used to actually order stuff from catalogs haha😭
I was a bit disappointed by the Willow toys when they were out. I'd ben interested in regular size action figures, but instead they were those unposeable two-inch figurines. At least that way the dragon monster and horses could be made in-scale for fair prices.
Whilst doing the research for this one I stumbled on what they claimed to have been an articulated ljn willow figure 🤔 so yeah need to verify and dig a bit deeper
I really loved the mail aways back as a kid & kept my mail away Steel Brigade figure. I did SW, Tfs , Joe & sometimes other ones. I really wish companies would bring this concept back as I truly think it could help their sales! Great video sir! If there's ever a part 2, you may not want on include mail order brides...
I wonder how many toys did Avon have? I personally have the 3 Avon Batman finger puppets. I was surprised when I learned they had them. Now I learned they have the dinosaurs too. Awesome!
I mailed away for the Shadow rings from the movie. I had the entire toy line so I got maybe 6 rings out of it. It took forever to get to me. Like months and months. But they all came in individual envelopes held together with a rubber band.
I never strived to collect ' every figure' in a collection ( unless it's a build a figure) but loved mail-aways! My fave is still the invisible Predator from Kenners AVP line back in the 90s! Was well worth it!
But the monster was cool 🤩 I have no clue why they decided to go with these tipes of figures, tonka had done action figures before I think with articulation 🤯
I found a dealer who had a bunch of the figures & horses, I bought most of them. When I realized the horse was a match I went back & got more. I may have missed a few in between but was thrilled. As I lucked out, 1 was the mail away. Still no giant monster yet!
"The year was nineteen ninety." *Sees green shirt's haircut* Yep, that checks out. Lol, that punisher figure was doing the people's eyebrow raise pre-rock
Of course none of this was available in Germany. But, a little oddity in terms of Star Wars - we had a magazine named YPS (pronounced like a word) that was famous for it's gimmicks like solar powered balloons or other stuff, even sea monkeys. One partgicular issue came with a Snowtrooper back in the day but it wasn't your run of the mill Kenner trooper - the Yps one was still pristine white even decades later when the Kenner ones showed yellowing.
Im lucky enuf to still have (bagged , mostly ) a bunch of ToyFare , Wizard , & other " mail away only " figs . I also have Kraft Supes ,Batman & W.W. statues. great post & subject :D ! ya , i was in the collectors club of McFarlane - also got the Kenner Predetor.
First Narc now you have to remind me that I gave my Avon Exclusive Extreme Dinosaurs. They were in my childhood collection but I donated almost everything that wasn’t Marvel, DC, MMPR, or Turtles to a thrift store long ago.
If you do a build a figure episode, please include the Mystic Knights McDonalds promo, and how Jesse Falcon was inspired by Japanese toy lines for Toy Biz’s Build-A-Figure initiative
🤘Awesome🤘 Errrr that Froot Loops mail away burns 🔥 my ass. My Storm trooper Han never came. My mom mailed off everything needed. We waited and waited and nothing. I do remember getting a mail away Muppets take Manhattan story book.
The 1st build a figure was in 5he gi joe arah line...kind of... the battle force 2000 subline from 87 had the gimmick of collecting all the battle force vehicles and connecting them to form the future fortress
King randor I mailed away for from Masters of the Universe but never did receive it despite sending the proof to purchase in and so on. They made a version of Cobra Commander that ironically I keep ending up with over and over and over LOL. I think it eventually was released in the line later on is why. I've known g.I. Joe collectors that have 8 and 9 where they keep ending up with the figure. It used to be advertised in the back of DC Comics where you could cut the piece of paper out of the back of a comic book I forget if you had a collect a certain number of them or what and send in for the figure. There were a lot of g.I. Joe mail aways there was a version of Sergeant Slaughter. Another one was the fridge based on the football player Refrigerator Perry.
I had forgotten about the mail-away stuff! I sent away for a few different GIJoe goodies as a kid and was so excited about it. It was like the first times I had mail coming just for me. Aside from taking forever to arrive, they never disappointed and they always made you feel special and appreciated, like you were a real member of the Joe team. At least that's how I remember it anyways. Good stuff man!
So I remember a different GI Joe mail on figure. Then idea was you sent your name and “code name” and they sent you a GIJoe of you. If I recall it was a generic figure wearing a helmet but the bio card had your name on it. Am I remembering something else? If I recall there were several mail away promos, I recall getting a parachute backpack for joes from one once as well Also Avon having toys was genius for the MLM because a savy Avon lady made sure that with her kit of makeup and other stuff for her party, she threw in a few toys as well because those parties were often held for moms while kids ran around the house. A mom may be able to resist buying some makeup she could easily get at a store(possibly cheaper) but if a toy dinosaur comes into a house, it’s likely not leaving if there are a bunch of 7 year olds present.
One mail-away that I am looking for is the Dino Riders Fan Club Pterodactyl. It had a slightly different paint application than the one sold in shelves.
The drawback when looking at build a figure packaging is it ruins the look for me; a giant severed head or arms just sitting there just detracts from the presentability of it. Even the package bubble is off, with the cardback image distorted or blocked. The same is true of ones that have alternate body parts showing. But I suppose the simpler ones I grew up with probably look boring to later generations.
The most annoying choice for a mail-away was Captain Harris from Kenner's Police Academy line. Thanks to him not being a retail release in a toyline that wasn't particularly successful, he's almost impossible to get - and he's a seminal character so you can neither afford to have him nor you can afford to _not_ have him!
I got the Kenner predator mail away figure. It was the same mold as hunter but with clear plastic. I also thought I'd mention the sugar bear cereal. I mailed away for all the characters from the cartoon commercials, different animal baddies that tried to get sugar bears cereal.
I remember doing this with my brother we sent away for gijoe cobra commander and duke also the emperor from star wars oh and i almost forgot boba fett wow how could i forget him
I remember mailing in an ad for one of those handheld gaming things that were like 150 games in one little handheld console but it's basically the same games over over and over again just maybe slightly different. Everyone I got the thing I would usually keep in the car and plan a long car trips.
I really want to know how Avon got on board with Extreme Dinosaurs. I get there were a lot of single moms out there with kids that were into those but I had no idea there was enough to push an exclusive action figure.
@@EdsRetroGeekOut you remember the Kool aid points and stuff you could get with those? I had like 6 of the dark wing attack pack cars. Man wacky warehouse could be an episode all by itself.
I had participated in one or two of the Star Wars mail-ins they did in the late-2000s. I probably still have the McQuarry concept Boba Fett in retro-style packaging somewhere. Hot Wheels still does mail-ins to this day, and I will sometimes send away for those.
Great video Ed! The most striking one to me is the Avon and Extreme Dinosaurs mail away figures. What a complete contrast! I would have expected a girl product as the promotion.
Here's an idea for a video. How about a video about the "mail ins" from the early days of "Toy Fare" magazine (sister publication of "Wizard: The Guide To Comics") ????? Oh, by the way... I absolutely LOVE your videos. Keep up the EXCELLENT work !!!!!
Me, too. Watching the toy collectors on TH-cam, I wish that I had them back. Them and the 10-inch ToyBiz Marvel figures that were sold at KayBee Toys (I'm not sure if they were sold at Toys-R-Us or not).
Great Video again. Around 83, 84 a friend of mine had the Star Wars Survival Kit here in Germany, but don't know how he get it, because it was US exclusiv. A riddle i can't solve anymore. :)
👋Hey, Did you collect to get a Build A Figure complete? Which BAF do you think is the best one?
ToyBiz Sentinel!
Here in CANADA you are looking at close to 200.00 CDN to BAF ...eeeegads ..
Toybiz Legends Onslaught is one of my favorites!
The Black Variant Apocalypse.. Super rare!
Rhino & Onslaught
I loved the GIJOE mail aways of the 80s. So much nostalgia there.
Could easily be a top 10 🤩
my god that Punisher is basically a Rod Serling action figure!! From the Twilight Zone with revenge hahaha!
🤣🤣🤣 yes
I found the punisher figure at a yard sale several years ago and only paid a $1.50 for it, really good condition as well. The only actual mail away figure I had as a kid was from Thundercats, the Mumm-Ra in mummy form. Another awesome video Ed!!
Thanks buddy ooh that’s an epic find 🤘😁
i have that one too. i miss those mail away exclusives
I love these videos so much!! Thanks for always mentioning MLP too even if it isnt your thing, i really appreciate you being thorough!! :D Thats so cool they offered extreme dinosaurs in Avon haha it doesnt fully surprise me, i remember when Avon sold tons of cool stuff, its a shame they don't really have anything worth buying these days. Oh how the days have flown past when we used to actually order stuff from catalogs haha😭
Hey they’re cool, my daughter collects them 🤓
The only mail away I remember getting is GI Joe. Joe Colton was an amazing figure! 😎👍
Nice 🤘
@@EdsRetroGeekOut I still have the top half hahaha
I was a bit disappointed by the Willow toys when they were out. I'd ben interested in regular size action figures, but instead they were those unposeable two-inch figurines. At least that way the dragon monster and horses could be made in-scale for fair prices.
Whilst doing the research for this one I stumbled on what they claimed to have been an articulated ljn willow figure 🤔 so yeah need to verify and dig a bit deeper
@@chrissipari1887 Maybe we'll get something from the upcoming Disney + series
I really loved the mail aways back as a kid & kept my mail away Steel Brigade figure. I did SW, Tfs , Joe & sometimes other ones. I really wish companies would bring this concept back as I truly think it could help their sales! Great video sir! If there's ever a part 2, you may not want on include mail order brides...
Steel brigade was so good 🤘
I wonder how many toys did Avon have? I personally have the 3 Avon Batman finger puppets. I was surprised when I learned they had them. Now I learned they have the dinosaurs too. Awesome!
I wonder that too 🤓
Always crazy what companies get the rights to mail ways. Great video dude!
Yeah 😁 the food ones are hilarious often times
Getting a mail away figure in the mail pre internet was like winning the lottery!
Indeed 😁🤘
I mailed away for the Shadow rings from the movie. I had the entire toy line so I got maybe 6 rings out of it. It took forever to get to me. Like months and months. But they all came in individual envelopes held together with a rubber band.
Yikes 😅 they trusted their package delivery way more back in the day
I absolutely loved the mail aways…. But definitely felt like forever waiting for them to come in….. the mixed bag one loved!
I sent for multiple Star Wars Survival Kits when I was a little kid.
Nice 🤓🤘
I never strived to collect ' every figure' in a collection ( unless it's a build a figure) but loved mail-aways! My fave is still the invisible Predator from Kenners AVP line back in the 90s! Was well worth it!
AvP so good 😁, what were your favorite build a figures?!
@@EdsRetroGeekOut easily the onslaught, Sauron, sentinel, scorpion venom and deadpool venom...to name a few!
I just found all my old Willow toys in storage. I think I have the complete set(besides the giveaway) They were pretty disappointing to a kid.
But the monster was cool 🤩 I have no clue why they decided to go with these tipes of figures, tonka had done action figures before I think with articulation 🤯
I found a dealer who had a bunch of the figures & horses, I bought most of them. When I realized the horse was a match I went back & got more. I may have missed a few in between but was thrilled. As I lucked out, 1 was the mail away. Still no giant monster yet!
"The year was nineteen ninety."
*Sees green shirt's haircut*
Yep, that checks out. Lol, that punisher figure was doing the people's eyebrow raise pre-rock
I don't think I want to know what the Punisher is cookin'...
So is the rock the punisher or the other way around now 😂
Of course none of this was available in Germany.
But, a little oddity in terms of Star Wars - we had a magazine named YPS (pronounced like a word) that was famous for it's gimmicks like solar powered balloons or other stuff, even sea monkeys. One partgicular issue came with a Snowtrooper back in the day but it wasn't your run of the mill Kenner trooper - the Yps one was still pristine white even decades later when the Kenner ones showed yellowing.
That’s interesting might need to take a look that way 🤓
Flock me. I DREAMED of getting a Luke or Han with a removable helmet. After I gor my hooded Cobra Commander the dream was GONE.
Hooded coco is a good one as well 😁
Kenner Star Wars POTF - Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise (Fruit Loops Cereal) and The Spirit of Obi-Wan (Frito-Lay Chips). Great video Ed!
The spirit of obi wan!!
Im lucky enuf to still have (bagged , mostly ) a bunch of ToyFare , Wizard , & other " mail away only " figs . I also have Kraft Supes ,Batman & W.W. statues. great post & subject :D ! ya , i was in the collectors club of McFarlane - also got the Kenner Predetor.
That’s awesome lots of cool figures in those mail aways
Fun episode. The Avon connection is pretty funny.
It’s odd 🤣
First Narc now you have to remind me that I gave my Avon Exclusive Extreme Dinosaurs. They were in my childhood collection but I donated almost everything that wasn’t Marvel, DC, MMPR, or Turtles to a thrift store long ago.
Nooooooo 😩
If you do a build a figure episode, please include the Mystic Knights McDonalds promo, and how Jesse Falcon was inspired by Japanese toy lines for Toy Biz’s Build-A-Figure initiative
Oooh thanks for that tip! 🤓
🤘Awesome🤘 Errrr that Froot Loops mail away burns 🔥 my ass. My Storm trooper Han never came. My mom mailed off everything needed. We waited and waited and nothing. I do remember getting a mail away Muppets take Manhattan story book.
Noooo 😩 Han you were our only hope
Ahhh Rapunzel...the only pony with the Triforce of Power as a cutie mark! Some crazy stuff!
😜 aw yeah
I remember collecting labels from Macaroni and cheese. Got a Dino action figure and a watch.. (About a year later) I miss those 'daze"
Wow a year of waiting 😵💫
Can you smell what The Punisher is Cooking? ...... spoilers. Its a grenade!
🤣🤣🤣
So you're posting this about Belloq just as we begin reading the Torah portion about the High Priest's garb! Coincidence?
It’s fate
I always remember mailing away for Transformers Reflector, and being disappointed he didn’t look like the cartoon.
Yeah transformers had a lot of that i think 🤓
The 1st build a figure was in 5he gi joe arah line...kind of... the battle force 2000 subline from 87 had the gimmick of collecting all the battle force vehicles and connecting them to form the future fortress
Epic, ill look into those
I got the mail away Clark Kent. And X-men's Shadowcat mail away. Another great video!
Awesome 😁 I wanna do a bit more on xmen!
King randor I mailed away for from Masters of the Universe but never did receive it despite sending the proof to purchase in and so on. They made a version of Cobra Commander that ironically I keep ending up with over and over and over LOL. I think it eventually was released in the line later on is why. I've known g.I. Joe collectors that have 8 and 9 where they keep ending up with the figure. It used to be advertised in the back of DC Comics where you could cut the piece of paper out of the back of a comic book I forget if you had a collect a certain number of them or what and send in for the figure. There were a lot of g.I. Joe mail aways there was a version of Sergeant Slaughter. Another one was the fridge based on the football player Refrigerator Perry.
King randor mail away that’s interesting 🤓
Holy crap, the Rock stole the people's eyebrow from Supersize Punisher!
It true 🤣
I had forgotten about the mail-away stuff! I sent away for a few different GIJoe goodies as a kid and was so excited about it. It was like the first times I had mail coming just for me. Aside from taking forever to arrive, they never disappointed and they always made you feel special and appreciated, like you were a real member of the Joe team. At least that's how I remember it anyways. Good stuff man!
Gijoe really involved you with all the print stuff. I love all that paperwork they’d send when u were part of the club 🤓
So I remember a different GI Joe mail on figure. Then idea was you sent your name and “code name” and they sent you a GIJoe of you. If I recall it was a generic figure wearing a helmet but the bio card had your name on it. Am I remembering something else? If I recall there were several mail away promos, I recall getting a parachute backpack for joes from one once as well
Also Avon having toys was genius for the MLM because a savy Avon lady made sure that with her kit of makeup and other stuff for her party, she threw in a few toys as well because those parties were often held for moms while kids ran around the house. A mom may be able to resist buying some makeup she could easily get at a store(possibly cheaper) but if a toy dinosaur comes into a house, it’s likely not leaving if there are a bunch of 7 year olds present.
Yeah the steel brigade you’d get your info on the file card 🤓
One mail-away that I am looking for is the Dino Riders Fan Club Pterodactyl. It had a slightly different paint application than the one sold in shelves.
Ive seen that one, the fanclub extras are the real meat in the pie there tough 🤓
The drawback when looking at build a figure packaging is it ruins the look for me; a giant severed head or arms just sitting there just detracts from the presentability of it. Even the package bubble is off, with the cardback image distorted or blocked. The same is true of ones that have alternate body parts showing. But I suppose the simpler ones I grew up with probably look boring to later generations.
I agree it doesn’t present well
Awesome video Ed. I forgot about the Super Troope ad. It reminded me of the original Atomic Man full page ad.
🤘🤓 nice thank you
The most annoying choice for a mail-away was Captain Harris from Kenner's Police Academy line. Thanks to him not being a retail release in a toyline that wasn't particularly successful, he's almost impossible to get - and he's a seminal character so you can neither afford to have him nor you can afford to _not_ have him!
And a lot of them didn’t even show up people kept getting goodchuck 🥲
Hi Ed saludos from Costa Rica !! Please continúe with this excellent Work , I hope u the best
Thanks Allan 🤓
I have the Avon version of T-bone! My mom used to sell it as a kid. Haha. The battle paint was dry and flaky out of package. 😂
That’s awesome 😁
Very interessting Video again. Cool Stuff that I've never heard or seen before. Thanks Ed
Thanks buddy 🤓
Anybody remember the Lays Potato Chip Obi-wan? Man I wished I grabbed it!
I saw that one 🤩
Those extreme dinosaurs are insane! You’d have to wear a face mask to open those baggies with all that Avon on them 😷 😯 they look awesome!!
🤣🤣🤣
I remember getting the See through Ambush Predator mail away from the Aliens Vs Predator toy line.
That’s a great one 🤘
My mom let me send off for the G1 Transformers mailaway figures Overdrive and Powerdash.
Epic 🤘
Another great video. I’m really looking forward to that BAF video you hinted at.
Imma try making that into an episode but research is going slowwww
Just discovered your channel, like it, most toy people on TH-cam are irritating, you are not irritating.
Oh ok, thanks 🤓
We used to collect tokens from the breakfast cereal’s and send away toy cars, the Tony the Tiger Pontiac is one I remember, grrrrreat video again
Thanks 🤓 seems like cars were a popular mail away as well
The vids keep rolling in! Love it
Thanks buddy 🤓🤘
I got the Kenner predator mail away figure. It was the same mold as hunter but with clear plastic.
I also thought I'd mention the sugar bear cereal. I mailed away for all the characters from the cartoon commercials, different animal baddies that tried to get sugar bears cereal.
Ill look jnto those sugar bears 🤓
You can not forget about Refrigerator Perry in the GI Joe line. And to me the best BAF is Giantman
Indeed 🤘😁
Amazing. I didnt know about some of the 90s mailaways!
Thanks buddy 😁 yeah I decided to look a bit more to the 90s for this one
I’ve been waiting for you to do that Han Solo…… the only toy I ever mailed away for lol
Cheers great video 🤙🤙
Thanks buddy 🤘
you missed playmates TMNT chef boyardee black super shredder
Already covered in another vid 🤓
Awesome video and great info. Keep up the good work and looking forward to your next one. Thank you
Thanks 🤓
That punisher face looks like he went to push out a fart but a little more slipped out !!!! Lmao !!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember doing this with my brother we sent away for gijoe cobra commander and duke also the emperor from star wars oh and i almost forgot boba fett wow how could i forget him
Epic 😁🤘 getting the most out of your toys!
I am still disappointed by the mail away x-ray glasses from my old comics
Yeah those could be big dissapointments 😅
Another awesome video!
I want that punisher figure in my collection. 😀👍
He’s looks great
That Punisher must be one of the most obscure Toy Biz offerings
I think so too but he’s also fascinating 🤣
The Star Wars Special Edition Ghost Obi Wan I got that one
He looks nice 🤘
Great video Ed! I got the mail away belloq recently.
Epic! 😜 he should have had a facemelting action
I have that punisher ...he looks like s connery 007 lol
Epic 😁🤘
@@EdsRetroGeekOut lol
Or the timothy dalton 😁
I remember mailing in an ad for one of those handheld gaming things that were like 150 games in one little handheld console but it's basically the same games over over and over again just maybe slightly different.
Everyone I got the thing I would usually keep in the car and plan a long car trips.
I had one of those with 2000 tetris and pong games 😜
@@EdsRetroGeekOut yes!! I'm pretty sure the one I had had Tetris, pong, racing Got my plate at all time!
I feel like I am still waiting for some mail order toy to this day....lol
That could be true 😅
Another awesome video
Thanks 🤓
Love your history content. Well all your content.
Thanks so much 🤓
I really want to know how Avon got on board with Extreme Dinosaurs. I get there were a lot of single moms out there with kids that were into those but I had no idea there was enough to push an exclusive action figure.
Me too 😁
@@EdsRetroGeekOut you remember the Kool aid points and stuff you could get with those? I had like 6 of the dark wing attack pack cars. Man wacky warehouse could be an episode all by itself.
No surprise who my favourite mail away is 😎
😜 aw yeah
I never did the mail away thing but I'm still trying to complete my pitt build a figure I'm still missing the right arm
The last piece is the toughest to find 😩
@@EdsRetroGeekOut oh ya
Man, I don't know why I'm not getting updates on your videos, but this one came out 5 days ago and I had no idea :(
Did u press the bell notification? 🤓
@@EdsRetroGeekOut Lol yes dude haha TH-cam is just being a dick I gues lol
Mail Away Figures > Build A Figures
Agreed Sir! 😁🤘
I have the Han Solo mail away 😇😇😇😇
Epic 🤘
Kenner Ambush Predator
Epic one!
thank u for the video man
Thanks for watching 🤓
I had participated in one or two of the Star Wars mail-ins they did in the late-2000s. I probably still have the McQuarry concept Boba Fett in retro-style packaging somewhere.
Hot Wheels still does mail-ins to this day, and I will sometimes send away for those.
That boba is 🔥
Great video Ed! The most striking one to me is the Avon and Extreme Dinosaurs mail away figures. What a complete contrast! I would have expected a girl product as the promotion.
Yeah they actually had a big assortment for boys and girls toys it seems 🤓
I got that willow toy lol
Awesome 🤘
Here's an idea for a video. How about a video about the "mail ins" from the early days of "Toy Fare" magazine (sister publication of "Wizard: The Guide To Comics") ????? Oh, by the way... I absolutely LOVE your videos. Keep up the EXCELLENT work !!!!!
That’s actually a cool idea, i sent away for (and later sold 😅) almost all of the Toyfare figures 🙂
I bumped into those it will definitly be worth doing a video on them 🤘🤓
@@EdsRetroGeekOut Looking forward to it Ed! Awesome job as always 😎👍
Me, too. Watching the toy collectors on TH-cam, I wish that I had them back. Them and the 10-inch ToyBiz Marvel figures that were sold at KayBee Toys (I'm not sure if they were sold at Toys-R-Us or not).
Very good, sir!
Thank you Sir! For watching 🤓🤘
Made in Mexico
Some of em are 🤘
Cool toys 😎
Indeed 😁
I love these
Thanks 🤓
My Hero
🤓thanks
Great Video again. Around 83, 84 a friend of mine had the Star Wars Survival Kit here in Germany, but don't know how he get it, because it was US exclusiv. A riddle i can't solve anymore. :)
Perhaps there was a similar promotion that came out of a magazine. 🤓
@@EdsRetroGeekOut maybe :)