Top 10 Best 80s Action Figure Toy Lines!

That moment you realize that all the cartoons you watched as a kid were essentially just 30 minute toy commercials...and it worked tremendously.

The 80s were the golden age for toys. So many excellent toy lines, so many amazing memories.

MOTU is definitley my favourite 80's toyline. I love it all!

More great content, Tony. GIJoe is easily number one. Best articulation. Widest range of vehicles and playsets. Widest range of characters. Such rich variety. Amazing memories.

I love that you put up the image of Flash upon announcing the #1 slot. This was my first Joe in 82 and it was special not only because I was blown away by how playable a single action figure could be, but it was the very first toy I bought with my own money mowing lawns for the neighbors that summer. I was hooked immediately and yes ARAH epitomizes the 1980's. What a magical time to be a kid.

Tony: "Transformers aren't action figures." Everybody: "WELL THEY'RE NOT DOLLS!" 😝😂

To be a kid in the 80s is pure bliss

I was a massive G.I. Joe fan, even continuing to buy them into adulthood. I own the every comic up through 100, including two copies of number 1 because I read it so many times I bought a second untouched copy. I digress, a little known line I think only I enjoyed was Mego's Eagle Force. They were die cast but smaller. I could fit more of them in my pocket, so they travelled better. The only problem, I could never find all the characters.

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Good video. The Indiana Jones toy line is really good. The Ark of the Covenant is one hell of an accessory! Impressed. I didn't even know those existed until recently. For me, Star Wars has to be my favourite toy line of the 80s even though they perhaps weren't the best.

I really wish that companies like Hasbro would give us more vehicles and play sets. Action figures are great, but with the play sets, it's an all new level of fun! Very nice list, Tony!

The intro alone is worth the like!

Great rankings and honorable mention choices! Thanks Tony, great work!

Oh WOW! I'm from Brazil and things are always a bit harder to get here, be it price wise or due to sheer availability. I was a kid in the 80s, but I assume it was the same then, or worse. My family wasn't rich, so I feel very privileged for having had most of the toys shown in this video. What a pack of emotions this video has brought back to me, thank you SO MUCH for sharing this. I could remember textures, little broken fingers, how Superman's cape got attached to his neck through that semi-circle-ish thingy, and even some of the SMELLS! This is absolutely BRILLIANT! I'm so sad I eventually gave my parents the go ahead for them to give all these toys away; you might think some other kid was able to enjoy them and that's good, but the fact of the matter is that they would have been from one generation over and would not even have understood how much they meant! Excellent job!

I really like the introduction to this video with all those 80s icons👍

Pure brilliance this. A fun quick visit to the greatest era of action figures. The 70's built the foundation and the 80's took the ball and ran with it all the way. Yoooooo Joe!!!!!!!!!!

Living in the UK I was very fond of Action Force and was oblivious to GI Joe initially. I remember when the rebranding happened and I saw an advert on tv for "GI Joe the action force", being really put out that the US had taken over and diluted a treasured toy line. I'm still Action Force over GI Joe, but the quality of the figures released in both lines won out over initial misgivings. Top 5 for me would be 1. Star Wars, 2. Action Force, 3. GI Joe, 4. Masters of the Universe, 5. MASK. Thanks for the videos and keep up the great work.

W😍W the 80's..3 quarter fun are all the rage...i remember seeing stacks upon stacks of boys action toys then at our biggest toys r' us here in Singapura..and yes Mask was a very splendid line as the animation series was quite good..too bad i did not have any to show now. Back then their prices are good and no adult buys the toys as much then meaning there is almost no scalpers..heck you can find all of any lines in stock including MOTU. Btw there is also the Silverhawks action figures in the mid 80s which i used to own the Tally Hawk in the big scale.🤗 great memory lane trip video.

I agree with many of these, but another that I played with a lot were the LJN Wrestling Superstars figures. The hard rubber figures were incredibly durable, even if the paint on them wasn't.

O.M.G... That's my 80s childhood right there! Transformers, Action Force, M.A.S.K., Masters of the Universe, and, of course, Star Wars. Fantastic video, Tony! Thanks 👊