Greedo Action Figure

Okay, most of the original Star Wars action figures were cool, and more will probably show up here, but how cool was Greedo? He was the ultimate all-purpose alien action figure toy.  Sure, you could play Star Wars with him.  But he was also the perfect guy to send into Snail City to do a little gastropod bounty hunting.  He could even fill in as a particularly ugly bad guy in cops and robbers.

Snail City?  Yes, I built a series of ramps and superhighways for snails in my yard one day. Not sure what I was expecting, but the snails didn't provide the action I was seeking, hence the price on their heads collected by Greedo.

Strat-O-Matic Baseball

What does Tommy Lasorda know that I don't?  I could have been a great big-league manager, given the chance.  Me, and a million other kids guiding teams of perforated paper cards to the World Series in our bedrooms.  Actually, if most of us ever got as far as a World Series, it was because we skipped ahead through at least a portion of the 162-game schedule.  I mean, it was a fun game, and all.  But, Jeeze, 162 games?  That would have taken all summer.  And I had to spend at least a little time on the beach, working on that future melanoma.  Plus, I didn't want to miss The Young and the Restless!