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Show and Tell: 1980 Lone Ranger Action Figure


6:30 PM on 04.08.2011
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I have a lot of older toys. I've refused to throw anything away, even if it's broken, so I have a bunch of classic action figures and such from my childhood just sitting around begging to be talked about. Therefore, I pulled out one of my all-time favorites: A 1980 Lone Ranger action figure from Gabriel.

Instead of just writing something up, I made a little video describing the adventures of The Lone Ranger and myself ... and a handful of G.I. Joes. More of that after the jump!

As mentioned, I'm talking about a 1980 Lone Ranger action figure. Gabriel had the rights to The Lone Ranger brand for toy distribution (I like to just think it's some guy named Gabriel), leading to the inevitable toy that you see me talking about today. I'm reluctant to link to a single auction, so here is the eBay listing for "1980 Lone Ranger" when searching specifically though toys. I'm seeing some loose figures with starting bids as low as US$0.99, so there's a good chance you can get one extremely cheap. Vintage in the packaging? Add about $150 to that.

Keep in mind when watching the video: My heart is in the right place, but my tech is on the low end. Why? Because I'm not selling my toys for a new computer or camera. However, if you do like this, let me know via comments and such and I'll be sure to convince the kindly editors here at Tomopop to let me ramble about more of my toys/adventures. That said, here's the video. Enjoy!

 






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Can I just say, that header pic looked REALLY inappropriate at first glance.
Can I just say, that header pic looked REALLY inappropriate at first glance.


oh man i see it now
That's awesome that you were free to play with your dudes without the hassle of keeping track of the insane number of cast members from the Joe cartoon series...

Your first villain was a variant of Gung-Ho dressed in his USMC dress-uniform.
The cowboy-looking guy is, I think, Wild Bill, the helicopter pilot (but I can't be sure since you also admit that there are a lot of Corps figures in your collection).
And lastly, your "Buzz Lightyear" analog is Iceberg (who I also thought was very cool when I was little).
The damn hum killed me >_< Had to pause it once or twice a minute just to keep the migraine down. That said, it was a very engaging story that made me want to endure that hum (although boredom had set in at around minute eight or nine). I can relate to a lot of it. GI Joes definitely make for great stock villains. And a lot of older figures are just kinda neat. Stuff like the DC Super Powers line just did so much for its time and I've occasionally found myself picking up things from vintage series (mostly used because, as mentioned, the MOC prices are obscene!)

If you're yet another intern, does that mean Colette is the only paid staffer? Oo
And yeah, the header looks incredibly wrong.

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