THE BASEMENT TOY BOX: Mego’s 2-XL, The Robot With A Personality

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The year was 1978 and I was going to be turning eleven in May. I had kept seeing a commercial on television for a new toy coming out and I was so excited. It was a talking robot by one of my favorite toy companies Mego, and it was called 2-XL (as in “to excel”). This toy at the time sold for just over $50 and because it used 8-track tapes, each of which was a different topic, I honestly did not think it was something I would ever be able to have.

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THE BASEMENT TOY BOX: FunStuf’s Pet Ghost

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The year was 1975 and my family and I were in Zayre department store. It was always a treat to go here, looking at the record department and of course, the toys. Along the back wall of the toy department were where the cheaper toys were. These were the toys that most parents opted to buy for their kids as a cheap toy was better than no toy.

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THE BASEMENT TOY BOX: Gre-Gory, Big Bad Vampire Bat!

Gre-Gory, the Big Bad Vampire Bat, by Mattel, is a toy that though I never owned personally, is one I always remembered! Being a monster fan as a child meant I was always on the lookout for the next cool monster toy. I remember when I first saw the commercials for this toy, wanting it immediately. This toy came out in 1978 and to this day I am surprised that it never made it under the tree on Christmas morning!

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February 7, 2019 0

THE BASEMENT TOY BOX: Mattel’s Rodan

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Growing up in the 70’s was such a fun time. I would look forward to every Saturday, not only for the Saturday morning cartoons but also for the Creature Double Feature that was on every afternoon at 1. Though this was on a UHF station (WLVI 56 out of Boston) and drawing it in was often a problem, I would still watch it week after week regardless of how snowy the picture was. I cannot describe my excitement when in 1979 a commercial came on during the Saturday morning cartoons for a new toy coming out by Mattel. It was a toy to go with their Shogun Warriors line featuring one of my all time favorite monsters, Rodan!

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January 3, 2019 0