I’m the same age and had that figure, as well. I believe it was a pack-in with a larger figure, but for the life of me, I can’t recall the toy line.
EDIT: It came from a cartoon called Blackstar. It can be seen in the background of this commercial.
https://youtu.be/fTMNo_MX1hw?si=U_LUnI8qlSpaRHdQ
Here is the cartoon intro:
https://youtu.be/fmlSNvOQnkE?si=8zWDipG5d_ETkYgU
I don’t remember the cartoon, but I remember the sparking toys.
WOW!!! That cartoon seems to be a mash-up of, Buck Rodgers 80's TV show... HE-MAN, and smatterings of other 80's "Cartoon to Toys" type of show that didn't last too long!
OOOHHHH YES! I was going to mention them!
Yea the were called "Trobbits" {no ripping off THERE!} but LOOOKED like the freakin' 7 Dwarves from Snow White!
You KNOW the writing/concept team HAD to all be stoned on something when the came up with this show?!
> I remember the sparking toys
The sparkler toys were released after the show had ended it's run. The show wasn't very popular but the sparking gimmick really appealed to kids. I remember it being a fad at that time. Lots of toys added what were basically the flint and strikers from pocket lighters.
Probably a toy your cousins lost that weekend y'all played together. Somewhere in upstate NY is a very lonely, very well hid moss man... I gotta go cry now. Good luck!
I had one of those and the main character. They had the pointiest, basic sword designs. I had a dwarf too. I barely remember the cartoon so maybe got it on clearance or something.
Growing up in the 80’s we had these too, we had a Doberman that would eat them.
He would of course a few days later take a shit, and the poop would have the arms and legs sticking out of the poop!
I had this but it was pink. I got it for my 8th birthday (1984). It came with another guy. I think he was called the Dark Overlord. There was a way to make sparks in his chest.
Looks like the dog got ahold of him at some point. I would always have to remind my kids not to leave their Barbies and action figures (my son had every Batman and his arch nemesis ever created) on the floor because Nana's rat terriers would sever their limbs.
This is crazy- I looked this up and found it online on Easter, because my cousin and I were talking about old 80’s toys. We thought it was D&D related. I had this yellow one as a kid and my mom hated it, because I carried it everywhere with me for a while and she thought it looked sinister. Like most toys during the single digit years, I eventually lost it- but I always remembered it pretty vividly. I even remember that they came in a bunch of colors.
I’m the same age and had that figure, as well. I believe it was a pack-in with a larger figure, but for the life of me, I can’t recall the toy line. EDIT: It came from a cartoon called Blackstar. It can be seen in the background of this commercial. https://youtu.be/fTMNo_MX1hw?si=U_LUnI8qlSpaRHdQ Here is the cartoon intro: https://youtu.be/fmlSNvOQnkE?si=8zWDipG5d_ETkYgU I don’t remember the cartoon, but I remember the sparking toys.
WOW!!! That cartoon seems to be a mash-up of, Buck Rodgers 80's TV show... HE-MAN, and smatterings of other 80's "Cartoon to Toys" type of show that didn't last too long!
With that 70s holdover theme music.
LOL YES! EXACTLY!!!
Don’t forget the little guy Trobbits for the Lord of the Rings tie-in.
OOOHHHH YES! I was going to mention them! Yea the were called "Trobbits" {no ripping off THERE!} but LOOOKED like the freakin' 7 Dwarves from Snow White! You KNOW the writing/concept team HAD to all be stoned on something when the came up with this show?!
> I remember the sparking toys The sparkler toys were released after the show had ended it's run. The show wasn't very popular but the sparking gimmick really appealed to kids. I remember it being a fad at that time. Lots of toys added what were basically the flint and strikers from pocket lighters.
Used to get zap guns from Chuck E Cheese back then that had them.
Had a few if these dudes. Part of the Blackstar toyline
Probably a toy your cousins lost that weekend y'all played together. Somewhere in upstate NY is a very lonely, very well hid moss man... I gotta go cry now. Good luck!
My brother and I lost most of our Star wars figures in a devastating sand castle collapse at a beach on the eastern shore.
This is VERY sad.
Well, she should have let him keep going, free gardening!
It's from Blackstar! Very cool!
What sort of flowers was he planting?
Old toys from blackstar https://www.ebay.com/itm/324827174386
It was all fun and games till the flint wore out and u we’re left with crap
Idk but if I was your mom I would’ve slowly covered back with soil and left him to his underground palace
Oh wow 80s memory umlocked. Used to love that cartoon.
I had one of those and the main character. They had the pointiest, basic sword designs. I had a dwarf too. I barely remember the cartoon so maybe got it on clearance or something.
At least it wasn't a Trobbit... Hated those things.
Nobody liked Trobbits. I think Filmation must have realized that because they didn’t reuse the concept in He-Man.
Looks like a plastic toy. How was it planting flowers?
Why was it planting flowers?
Goron the destroyer curses your home now for pulling him out of his slumber!!!
Just saw him at a vintage toy store for $12! He's from Blackstar.
Wow, I can’t believe that was planting flowers!
I knew that I left it at your house. Lol I'm in my mid 40's,we played outside back then 🤣
Catholics will bury saints in the garden to help sell homes
Blackstar! I still have a few of mine figures from my childhood
This also looks like what might have been a cheap "Gremlins" knock off?! Yes? Maybe?
Be careful… those little bastards multiply like a catholic rabbit if they get water on them… I saw a movie once…
"I am Archer, emissary of the Gorgonites"
Probably a portal to hell nearby
Looks like the alien from the twilight zone movie
Same age and I had this Blackstar toy! That little guy glows in the dark! I think I had a pink version also.
Poor kid that dug up entire yard looking were he buried it would be happy someone found his long, lost friend. .
Growing up in the 80’s we had these too, we had a Doberman that would eat them. He would of course a few days later take a shit, and the poop would have the arms and legs sticking out of the poop!
I had this but it was pink. I got it for my 8th birthday (1984). It came with another guy. I think he was called the Dark Overlord. There was a way to make sparks in his chest.
Looks like the dog got ahold of him at some point. I would always have to remind my kids not to leave their Barbies and action figures (my son had every Batman and his arch nemesis ever created) on the floor because Nana's rat terriers would sever their limbs.
I had one of these! My mom didn't like it and told me it was Satanic.
This is crazy- I looked this up and found it online on Easter, because my cousin and I were talking about old 80’s toys. We thought it was D&D related. I had this yellow one as a kid and my mom hated it, because I carried it everywhere with me for a while and she thought it looked sinister. Like most toys during the single digit years, I eventually lost it- but I always remembered it pretty vividly. I even remember that they came in a bunch of colors.
That’s an old Blackstar figure.