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So today is the day that I give you a "Top 10" list. So without further delay, here you go.

The Top 10: Action Figure Toys from the 80's

10) Thunder Cats- They were huge and had battery operated rings that you pressed into their backs and their eyes lit up.

9) Star Wars- All the characters from the movies. And I do mean ALL the characters. In fact if you were in the movie even as the camera panned the landscape you got an action figure. On top of that, they had about the coolest vehicles ever created.

8) Marvel's Secret Wars- All the classic characters- Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Dr. Doom, Iron Man- plus a pretty sweet base you could get.

7) The Lone Ranger- You had the masked man in all his cowboy glory. The six-shooters fit in the holsters on his hips, plus he had his trusty mount Silver. Tonto was sold separately Kim-mo-sabee.

6) The Karate Kid- Daniel and The Kobra-Khas. All had that great 80's karate chop/kick action and something to use it on.

5) WWF Wrestlers- These were at the height of the WWF's popularity (at least in the 80's) and were cooler than they should have been by far. They had no moving parts and were basically nothing more a rubber mold of popular wrestlers in the WWF...but for some reason they were pretty cool. Maybe it's because of the fact that you could make them do flips by dropping them on their toes...

4)M.A.S.K.- Some of the sweetest toys of the decade I thought. Cool cars that transformed into things like jets and boats and helicopters. Plus all the drivers had some sort of super powerful helmet/mask that shot stuff from the visor (at least on the cartoon)

3) He-Man and the Masters of the Universe- Bulging muscles, big weapons and a green and orange tiger in battle gear. And they were spring loaded at the waist so they twisted and sprung back for some kind of action.

2) Transformers- These were so very cool, they were almost the number one toy. Sweet cars and planes, boom boxes and tape recorders. It didn't matter what kind of object it was, it was cool to figure out how to transform it into its robot form.

1) G.I. Joe- The absolute coolest action figures EVER. Seriously, they had everything you could want in an action figure. They had multiple points of articulation, awesome guns and cool vehicles. Plus they were soldiers who had "file cards" on the back of every package so you knew who was who and what their story was. These are by far the best in my book.

There it is. The first Top 10 list. If you have any thoughts let me know. Also (shameless plug here) if you like what you've read so far, please sign-up to follow this blog as we see where it goes from here. Peace and Love y'all.