Top 10 Vintage Action Figure Playsets of all Time Ranked!
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Published 2022-02-11
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My favorite playsets from various toy lines such as GI Joe, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Real Ghostbusters, LJN WWF Superstars, M.A.S.K., and Masters of the Universe!
Many key years from 1982 to 1990, and so on!
Spoiler ALERT, you'll see: The USS Flagg, Terror Drome, Mobile Command Center from G.I. Joe A Real American Hero, G1 Fortress Maximus, Boulder Hill, TMNT Sewer Lair, Technodrome, Firehouse, LJN Sling 'em Fling 'em Ring and Steel Cage, Castle Grayskull, and others such as the Death Star!
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All Comments (21)
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2:00 correction - I state that Spawn is created in 1994 but really it's the figures that began in 1994 but the comic I show in the photo was from 1992, prior to the toys. McFarlane Toys was also created in 1994.
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"should I have kept it?", short answer = yes, longer answer = hells yes
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The mobile command center will always have a special place in my heart. Was fortunate enough to have one as a child.
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Some Mego playsets of the 1970s were very imaginative and highly sought after by collectors today.
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I wamted all of these as an 80s baby. Grayskull is the only one I had as a kid, and immediately picked up the re-issue as an adult.
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My all-time favorite playset is definitely the WWF ring. My best friends and I spent countless hours playing with that thing. Unfortunately, I never owned the steel cage accessory when I was a kid. However, I do own one now alongside three Sling ' em Fling 'em rings. Awww...the memories.
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Had the Wayne mansion with bat cave and a chemical factory on the back. Can’t tell you how many adventures I had with it. Such a great play set.
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This is a great list! Here is my personal top 10 favorite vintage playsets! 1. GI JOE Mobile Command Center 2. Castle Greyskull (But I think the Origins version is slightly better) 3. Jurassic Park Command Compound 4. Sectaurs Hyve 5. USS Flagg 6. The Lost World Mobile Command Center 7. GI JOE Tactical Battle Platform 8. The POTF Millennium Falcon 9. The many variations of the 90s Kenner Batcave 10. The Technodrome
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Wow. You’re lucky to have owned and own so many playsets. I didn’t own a single playset growing up. My younger brother had the gray skull but I was never into motu. Wonderful and informative episode. Congratulations ✨🌟👍🏼
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Boulder Hill was the only playset I had growing up and remains one of my all-time top favorites. Cool list.
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This is a great list Ken 👍🏽 I love the wwf ring added - it’s the ultimate play set! My parents couldn’t afford any play sets so my dad built us a ring for our LJN figures and it just brought everything to life - we loved it and spent hours with it. I have a Hasbro wwf ring on the way and am sooo looking forward to getting it 💪🏽
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I had the Technodrome AND Sewer playsets. Getting them one X-mas is one of my oldest memories.
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Excellent video on a great topic. Those playsets are awesome and a playset, big or small was always at the center of my toy adventures back in the 80's. Great list👍👍👍
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My favorite playset is the vintage Star Wars Dagobah playset because it condensed an entire planet into a little plastic island and because of the play features which were like clever little magic tricks to help Luke learn to use the force.
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I have to appreciate this well written narrative.
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I lucked out a couple of years ago at Zolocon here in Pennsylvania and found one of my toy Holy Grails, the Cobra Terror Drome! It was 100 percent complete with the Firebat & A.V.A.C.S pilot. He even threw in an extra Firebat & Pilot. I managed to talked him down to $500, due to the fact that his wife said that he better not bring it home!😂 I also have the Original GI Joe Headquarters and the Mobile Headquarters as well.
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I had the G.I Joe Terror Drome and Trypticon - The Transformers City-Bot which could be considered a playset. But my favorite thing to do was make my own bases. I built them out of Construx and used Legos to make interior scenery like computer consuls. If it were a 'mountain base' I'd cover it with a blanket. The best part was that I could inflict damage to the base by throwing something or simply hitting it with my fist.
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I miss the days of playsets 😔 I hope to pick up a Technodrome some day. Great list 🏆🙌
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I never had any of the big playsets as a kid but did have a few. I would often make a compound with the Gi Joe Watchtower, Checkpoint Alpha and Outpost Defender. My cousin had the GiJoe HQ and I remember playing with that a few times. I loved the elevating platform on that thing! My favorite though, was the microfigure Thundercats Cats Lair. I went the micro route for Thundercats because they were so much cheaper and at the time, much easier to find in stores. I got the Lair for Christmas in 87 along with a number of figures and played Thundercats alot that winter.
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Great video, and It just gave me an idea for a video for my channel! We talked about my number one already the technodrome, but you can’t argue with that US Flag. Doubt it will ever be outdone.
