jason1980s
Main Eventer
Joined on: Sept 30, 2009 14:58:56 GMT -5
Posts: 2,335
|
Post by jason1980s on Apr 30, 2023 20:53:57 GMT -5
Hopefully a simple question.
Where were 1990 Applause toys sold?
They had Hulk, Jake, Macho, Beefcake, Warrior, Andre and Bossman-about 3 inches tall like LJN rubber. I am really just looking to remember the name of the store they were sold in. At the local strip center where these were sold 30+ years ago is now a UPS store (very quick service). At the big mall outside of town they sold them as well back then. The store also sold a bit bigger size, similar rubber toys of Gilligan and IIRC Skipper but I can't recall owning that toy. I did have Gilligan.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Madness on Apr 30, 2023 21:06:18 GMT -5
I had a few and bought them from a local greeting card and gift shop called Lance’s.
I wish I could go back to that place; when they shut down in the ‘90s, they still had monster toys from the ‘60s in stock.
|
|
crush
Main Eventer
WF 10+ Year Member
Yes, i know it's weird...
Joined on: Mar 8, 2012 16:07:14 GMT -5
Posts: 4,720
|
Post by crush on May 1, 2023 3:34:34 GMT -5
I would always get them at a greeting card store as well.
|
|
|
|
Post by punksnotdead on May 1, 2023 11:14:18 GMT -5
We had them at our small town Fair Store where I went to school. It was like a catch all drug store, or almost a very mini Walmart in a way for those who didn't grow up with them. They definitely had greeting cards to keep that theme going. I had another store almost identical to it but closer to my house. I don't remember them having the Applause stuff, not to say they didn't, but I do remember them having Hasbros. That store was specifically my spot for Kenner Star Wars figures. It seemed like they had endless amounts for $.99-1.99 when I was a kid. I used to go there with loose change and buy Star Wars toys.
Man that hurts to think about now because the place just closed one day and was gone without any pomp and circumstance, and it wasn't unique in that regard, sadly. The Fair Store stuck around much longer but morphed out of what it used to be anyway by the late 90s. I remember trying to get Ken Griffey Jr UD rookie cards there just buying packs. Same sentiment, though. If I had a Time Machine to my childhood, those places would be on my list of things to see. Small town shops like that were time capsules and it's really unfortunate we don't still have eclectic family owned stores in that mold anymore.
|
|
|
|
Post by figurecollector on May 1, 2023 20:03:29 GMT -5
Several have mentioned greting card stores and I will continue that trend, but I understood that they appeared at Hallmark stores.
|
|
|
|
Post by Midnight: Dark Knight on May 1, 2023 21:31:14 GMT -5
I remember finding all of mine at hallmark stores or something like it. I would have been around 9/10yrs old at the time
|
|
g4
Mid-Carder
Down Under
Joined on: May 13, 2014 3:06:21 GMT -5
Posts: 378 
|
Post by g4 on May 2, 2023 7:08:56 GMT -5
In Australia they were at Timezone. This was an amusement/arcade place. You could trade game tickets for them.
They came in standard, standard with a base (sometimes called cake-toppers), keyrings and pencil toppers.
|
|
jason1980s
Main Eventer
Joined on: Sept 30, 2009 14:58:56 GMT -5
Posts: 2,335
|
Post by jason1980s on May 2, 2023 11:14:30 GMT -5
Hallmark does seem like it's ringing a bell but wow where they different looking than the one down the street (about to close after multiple decades). The one near me has a darker, older feel to it and has kind of a chocolate smell. Even in the 80s the place was outdated. Where I got the Applause, the lighting was much brighter and place was newer looking. The two stores looked like party city meets Disney store. I also don't remember them selling chocolates while most local strip center Hallmarks did.
|
|
|
|
Post by figurecollector on May 2, 2023 19:41:42 GMT -5
Thought I would post these since we were speaking of them: Applause Figures (And Hasbro Slaughter):    Applause Keychains:   Pencil Toppers  |
|
bige
Superstar
show ya macho man collections
Joined on: Apr 22, 2014 3:51:21 GMT -5
Posts: 557
|
Post by bige on May 2, 2023 21:01:09 GMT -5
These things I had these as a kid we had em in Australia.
|
|
crush
Main Eventer
WF 10+ Year Member
Yes, i know it's weird...
Joined on: Mar 8, 2012 16:07:14 GMT -5
Posts: 4,720
|
Post by crush on May 9, 2023 11:51:15 GMT -5
Wow, I didn't remember how many of these I had as a kid until seeing them all laid out like that. I winder if I still have a few floating around in boxes.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Madness on May 9, 2023 14:40:14 GMT -5
I never knew they came in a bagged set! I only ever saw them for sale in little plastic tubs on a countertop.
|
|
walter7paisley
Main Eventer
Joined on: Jan 9, 2022 17:57:13 GMT -5
Posts: 1,713
|
Post by walter7paisley on May 9, 2023 16:01:21 GMT -5
I'm not even sure if we had these in the UK. I remember we had the stampers, I had Warrior and Macho, loved them.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Madness on May 13, 2023 8:20:53 GMT -5
I'm not even sure if we had these in the UK. I remember we had the stampers, I had Warrior and Macho, loved them. I don’t recall the stampers, they must not have made it here, because I would have stamped them on everything if they did, haha. |
|
walter7paisley
Main Eventer
Joined on: Jan 9, 2022 17:57:13 GMT -5
Posts: 1,713
|
Post by walter7paisley on May 14, 2023 11:54:31 GMT -5
I'm not even sure if we had these in the UK. I remember we had the stampers, I had Warrior and Macho, loved them. I don’t recall the stampers, they must not have made it here, because I would have stamped them on everything if they did, haha. The stampers were excellent, they were basically soft plastic figures, almost like these Applause figures but with a stamper on the bottom base. I had Warrior and Macho Man, Macho looked particularly great in the attire he had. I think there was Warrior, Bossman, Savage and Hogan. I'm not really sure what company put them out. ETA So it seems like these were available via KFC in the states, with somebody in the comments section saying that they were given away in kids meals at Burger King, though I bought mine in a sort of supermarket/card shop type place that I forget the name of... |
|
|
|
Post by figurecollector on May 14, 2023 13:42:56 GMT -5
I don’t recall the stampers, they must not have made it here, because I would have stamped them on everything if they did, haha. The stampers were excellent, they were basically soft plastic figures, almost like these Applause figures but with a stamper on the bottom base. I had Warrior and Macho Man, Macho looked particularly great in the attire he had. I think there was Warrior, Bossman, Savage and Hogan. I'm not really sure what company put them out. ETA So it seems like these were available via KFC in the states, with somebody in the comments section saying that they were given away in kids meals at Burger King, though I bought mine in a sort of supermarket/card shop type place that I forget the name of... I had always been told the stampers in baggies were Burger King also. Here are the ones you mean and the carded variety also. You guys need to scan through my sticky thread on Bootlegs and other non-mainstream figures. WWF & Burger King Stampers:      |
|
walter7paisley
Main Eventer
Joined on: Jan 9, 2022 17:57:13 GMT -5
Posts: 1,713
|
Post by walter7paisley on May 16, 2023 3:10:14 GMT -5
The stampers were excellent, they were basically soft plastic figures, almost like these Applause figures but with a stamper on the bottom base. I had Warrior and Macho Man, Macho looked particularly great in the attire he had. I think there was Warrior, Bossman, Savage and Hogan. I'm not really sure what company put them out. ETA So it seems like these were available via KFC in the states, with somebody in the comments section saying that they were given away in kids meals at Burger King, though I bought mine in a sort of supermarket/card shop type place that I forget the name of... I had always been told the stampers in baggies were Burger King also. Here are the ones you mean and the carded variety also. You guys need to scan through my sticky thread on Bootlegs and other non-mainstream figures. WWF & Burger King Stampers: The carded ones bring back a lot of memories, they're the ones I had. Do you know what company produced them? |
|
|
|
Post by hbkjason on May 16, 2023 3:29:48 GMT -5
Those stampers were awesome, I had them all as a kid. I am sure I have told this story before, but I had the Macho Man one on my desk under this spotlight lamp.... a early 90s spotlight lamp, one that you could move around as it had a bendable neck. Anyway, this thing was hotter than the surface of the sun and actually melted my Macho Man stamper!
|
|
walter7paisley
Main Eventer
Joined on: Jan 9, 2022 17:57:13 GMT -5
Posts: 1,713
|
Post by walter7paisley on May 16, 2023 11:34:47 GMT -5
Those stampers were awesome, I had them all as a kid. I am sure I have told this story before, but I had the Macho Man one on my desk under this spotlight lamp.... a early 90s spotlight lamp, one that you could move around as it had a bendable neck. Anyway, this thing was hotter than the surface of the sun and actually melted my Macho Man stamper! I remember those lamps 😄 I used the Warrior and Macho stampers, minus the stamper bit which I pulled off, with my Jakks mini figures in the late 90s. We really should've had that Macho as a Hasbro. I always wondered if Warrior and Hogan's arms were supposed to move, as they were glued on separately, but we're oddly stuck in place. |
|
|
|
Post by figurecollector on May 16, 2023 20:08:58 GMT -5
The carded ones bring back a lot of memories, they're the ones I had. Do you know what company produced them? Right now I cannot tell you what box or tote that I have them stored in. If I can locate it at some point, I will let you know. |
|
