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TheMelv t1_jeae9hj wrote

Reply to comment by iamthehoard in "Dinosaur Firesquad, James Gurney, Oil, 2006 by expiablepommel869

Dino-Riders if you're late 30s early 40s

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tonyrizzo21 t1_jeay9m6 wrote

My mother worked security at a Tyco Toys distribution center in the 80's, and one Christmas was all Dino-Riders action figures and VHS tapes. None of my other friends knew WTF I was talking about when I told them. I think they may have been an early release / test market at the time.

We also got talking pull string Ed Grimley dolls that year. I was 5 and had no idea who he was.

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TheMelv t1_jeb497k wrote

Those toys were awesome and I'm frankly shocked more hasn't been done with the IP. I thought it was on national television. Crazy people don't remember it but I guess there were a LOT of cartoons and toys back then.

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