Hi everybody! To give a little back history on the Pitch Turtle, Playmates came to us in 86 I believe and wanted us to sculpt a turtle based off the comics that would be more child friendly than the comics were. Steve sculpted Pitch Turtle Don with the orange head band because this was still the time when the turtles all had the same colored head band. Pitch Turtle Don with the orange head band is the holy grail piece which we have, one of one. Four more were made off the mold of the Don Pitch Turtle and sent to Toy Fair in 87 to show off the potential of the line, these were the Toy Fair Turtles. Those four that were sent to Toy Fair in 87 had different colored headbands which Playmates came up with to tell them apart by. Also for all you collectors out there, if you see a hardcopy for sale that's white as a piece of paper, that's a copy casting and fake. Copy Casting is when you make a mold off an original hardcopy. There are some people out there that got ahold of a few hardcopies and made molds of them and are ripping people off passing them off as real when they're not. The resin turns that yellow/brown look over decades. If anyone's interested in learning more or have any questions feel free to follow us over on instagram @varnerstudios -Tanner

My mom got me the alien toy when the movie first came out I was eight years old Rest In Peace mom

The Kenner alien wasn't banned and Alien isn't PG13, it is rated R. It just didn't sell well and was pulled after poor sales and angry parents.

I had Eternia, Snake Mountain, and Castle Greyskull connected together. My mother sold it at a yard sale. I'm sure I will forgive her one day. Maybe.

When I was a kid Ghostbusters 2 came out and that Christmas not only did I get the fire house play set and the figures, ghosts and Ecto 1 car but my dad actually bought 130 pots of ghostbusters slime from toys r us and used plumbing parts to build a river of slime as a play set. I will never forget that Christmas morning and I was so happy Santa had brought me this one of one play set.

Oh man. I’m mainly a video game collector and “had I known then what I know now” is the story of my life. I feel your pain

When the first Stars movie came out in the 70's I instantly fell in love with the Wookie Chewbacca. We were very poor then and my mother got a grant type thing for children in need where she could go to a huge warehouse to toy shop for us 3 kids in my family. I being the oldest was able to come along so if she needed help I was there. I was offered a toy of my choice to keep quiet about all this to the younger two. Not to be included as a Christmas present. I looked all around and came upon a 2 foot stuffed toy of Chewbacca. It was awesome. Even had his utility belt in gray and black plastic across his body. I slept with him for years then we moved and he was gone. I would do almost anything for a almost new like original one. That is my grail.

Finally someone else that acknowledges Dino-Riders💪...As a kid I watched my vhs so much it quit working

My buddy has the shogun godzilla complete. His dad was cleaning the attic, found it and gave it back to my buddy. He now displays it next to his TV

For the longest time my holy grail was the very first non-kit Godzilla vinyl toy made by Marusan in 1966. Finally acquired one last year, but Bryan Flynn of Super 7 recently flaunted his collection of special color variants of them.... so now a new quest has begun!

Finding recalled toys is really awesome. I also collect toys that were to Dangerous for kids. Mostly 60's, 70's, 80's toys. It's an expensive hobby, but well worth it.

I’m a true M.A.S.K. fan and 3 years ago I finaly find the Thunderhawk again. Now I would love to find the Manta and Condor again. Because I had them when I was a child. But my holy grails in that toys line would be the Rhino and Switchblade.

The 3 things I wanted but never got was the G.I. Joe Dreadnoks Thunder Machine, the COBRA Night Raven, and the Knight Rider electronic K.I.T.T. car which talked and lit up. All of these toys were Badass!

Your passion for these vintage toys is awesome. I grew up in the 80s loved every minute of it would love to go back. Need to crank up the flex capacitor! Thanks for some great content.

I had the Godzilla Toys back in the late 70’s “”. And I loved playing with them!!!! God bless you all today Shalom

Born in 74. Had Some of these. Definitely wish I still had them. Not for the value, but, the nostalgia...The trash piles all over the United States are actually worth millions if you think of what we all tossed in there. Toys, comics, cards, and on and on...

My number one would be the Kenner Boba Fett figure

I wish I still had my entire GI Joe toy collection, which was a lot.

When they discontinued the vibrating harry potter broom, i saw a stack at walmart marked down to 5$ each. Ive got 8 now.

The three big monsters from The Inhumanoids go great with Masters of the Universe and Ninja Turtles etc also

My holy grail is Eternia the only playset of the vintage line I don't have yet

My holy grail would be the Bart Simpson doll released in Arby's kids meals in 1990.

For me, the holy grail would be that original die-cast voltron. I remember having one as a kid and now I regret loosing it. Yes nostalgic but also it's so rare it's not even funny.

I'm finally getting the " unicorn" of my collection. I don't use the term "Holy grail" the og Ecto 1 from kenner. Been after it since I saw it when I was really little ❤️❤️❤️and obviously I'll make a video

Wow I had the Ghostbusters building play set as a kid and didn’t even know it. That brought back a lot of memories!

I have the Gre-gory bat. My dad made something so it would hang upside down in my room when I was a kid. It works perfect with the blood pumping down the the chest

I have the 2003 TMNT sewer lair playset with all turtles and weapons. My daughter in law found it in Alaska. I love that thing.

I had the Remco toys, they were just as sturdy as MOTU, they also had the AWA and NWA wrestlers same size. The ring set came with the Fabulous ones vs The Road Warriors and Ric Ric Flair Vs Rick Martel with a ref that was just as buff as all the wrestlers. Remco had some solid toys.

I miss my Dino Riders collection. I had all of the original line and most of the later ones. After my parents split, I moved in with my dad and my mom sold all of my old toys because 'you're getting older, you don't need toys'.

I would love to have the original storm shadow again it's my favorite figure of all time

I just came past this channel, my auntie from Chicago visited us in Australia 1978 & she brought me Shogun Godzilla, I’m now 50 & it’s still in my garage boxed.

80s were magical. Loved my childhood. Does ANYONE remember Jayce and the wheel warriors? Had all those toys, not many people remember that show 🤖

The GIJoe aircraft carrier U.S.S Flagg was the most sought after toy when I was a kid.

Cobra hydrofoil and gi- joe hovercraft had both.. had!! My holy grails oh and gi-joe dragonfly 👍🏽

I used to have most of the MOTU figurines with all the outfits(armours), and weapons. Was definitely my favourite toys growing up. I sure wish I still had them. And I think I used to have that Krakken toy.. Or something similar! It was a fairly large monster with arms you could twist and shape however you wanted.

The G.I. Joe "General".. Was huge, my neighbor had it, and I always wanted it.

I had the Sword of Omens as a kid & LOVED it. 🦁 Great video Ed!

I just happened to pick up my Transformers holy grails a few months back, a Ravage X-9!

my grail toys are those i wanted as kid and never had or had and want back. #1 shogun Godzilla #2 micronauts battle cruiser #3 black hole, old bob

I feel special to be the original owner of a Shogun Godzilla and Raideen. I feel extremely lucky after watching.

In the mid to late 80s, my best friend had the Shogun Godzilla. It was a lot of fun to play with, especially as a kid who loved Godzilla. I don’t know what became of it; he unfortunately passed away ten years ago. We both had a bunch of cool toys, and he also was one of my Nintendo buddies. Lately, I’ve been picking up a few NES games here and there, and I find myself gravitating to the old games he used to own.

Scratch the cat. That goddamn TMNT Holy Grail will haunt my dreams forever. Is almost Impossible have it at human prices... heck even the weapons alone are almost 1000$...... But one day... one day.... a man can dream.... Saw his proto on ebay at 80,000$ and i was "ah.......... ohh. Oh."

Bravestarr. That’s my ‘ nostalgia’ white whale. I had almost the entire toyline. Figures with all Accoutrement, the play sets, full-size guns and stuff. Worth a fortune now dammit

I worked at Toys R Us from 1978 to1984. Wish I had invested some of my paychecks into the stuff I was handling. Saw all kinds of what is now ,"Treasure".

My first Turtles figure was Usagi. I can't for the life of me remember why. Maybe all the turtles were sold out. They were insanely popular at the time as I'm sure you 80s kids remember.

Honestly as someone who grew up in the 80s and still had access to toys r us I miss the displays of the Tyco racers track that used to hang on the wall as a display if I could get one of those displays that used to hang at toys r us I would be a happy person.

Complete Metal and Plastic Voltron with figures. My Holy Grails!

My white whales would be Fortress of Fangs and Snake Vs Mongoose Drag Racing set.

My holy grail WAS Devastator from Transformers. Thankfully Walmart’s reissue satisfied my want. Now it’s a G1 Megatron or Shockwave.

You have an amazing passion for these here toys and your presentation is out of this world 🤘 Keep it up!

The kraken from Clash of the titans was awesome because it was both a playset and an action figure.

I used to have a remote control Night Rider, about 1988 89 ish, and I put stickers all over it. God damn it. I wish I had the old plastic Voltran that stood higher than the metal one.

Part of the thrill of those old action figures is, I think, that they were more experimental with sizes and features because the market was more vibrant then and they were willing to gamble on something new working. Especially with giant monster figures. People do big figs now but very narrowly. Back then they just made the giant movie monster because it was in the movie.

I was really into The Silverhawks, M.A.S.K and Bone Age back in the 80's

I still have the screaming skull figure, but I used him as a wrestler to fight my Remco AWA collection. My grandma almost bought me the Alien, but I didn't want him watching me sleeping, so I got a Six Million Dollar Man Bigfoot instead. My cousin and I used to trade toys all the time until he destroyed my Bigfoot. Moron! Me for giving it to him and him for being him.

I had that bat with the blood chest when I was a kid. Loved that thing, wish I still had it.

The PG-13 rating was first used in 1984, long after the Alien toys were released and thus, the movie couldn't have had a PG-13 rating.

I HAD JETFIRE back in the day until I sold all my Transformers. Should never have sold it.

I’m fairly young to remember some of these but when I saw that chest pump action I immediately thought of the Pulsar figure with that same mechanic, my dad kept him in the basement until we moved and he disappeared. Good list.

I was born 71, i still have all of my toys except the EVIL KENEVIL STUNT SET and STARWARS FIGURES but still have everything else. Most of the still have the original packaging.

All your videos are cool as heck. I do not collect most of the stuff you present in them but the way you talk about them is so damn entertaining. Keep the good work up! Saludos bro.

My white whale is the U.S.S. Flag from GI Joe.

Any of the shogun warriors figures, had them when i was a kid. My aunt Reiko would bring them back from Japan & all us cousins would play for hours with those thing's, just loved it, the comics were great too

11:10 my holy grail probably the talking KITT from knight rider

The Kraken was my biggest want ever since I was a kid. It wasn't that my parents wouldn't get him for me, just that he was near impossible to find in-store. Years later the Kraken would become my first official purchase on eBay. Another fig I had trouble finding as a child was the ESB Tauntaun w/ open belly rescue feature. This too I would get through eBay years later.

I’ve added so many toys to my must-have list after watching this video. Damn you, Ed! But also, great video.

My holy grail is an original Ripster in box from Street Sharks. I can’t find it anywhere and if I ever do, I bet it won’t be cheap.

#1 Holy Grail of toys has always been the recalled "Boba Fett" with shooting red object. Due to a child swallowed one and died.

Does anyone remember the 80's action figures that were made of this soft sticky body exactly like the quarter machine toy you could get that would usually be a hand ✋ you could whip around and stick to walls. These sticky figures were made out of that except the head, that was hard plastic made to look like a helmet and for the body, it would come with a snap on set of armor to make the figure solid. I remember the one I had was a good guy. His head was white and his sticky body was like a orange brown color. (Edit) I found it! "Bandai’s Tacky Stretchoid Warriors" I miss being a kid

My personal Grails hands down HOT SPOT and SCRATCH 💯👌🏼👌🏼💎💎🤘🏼💀🤘🏼

I can remember the one thing that I wanted most of all as a kid was this old Batman helmet. I only saw a picture of it once in this set of encyclopedias that my family had from the late 60’s. After the set was released you got a yearly update book and in one of the update books they showed this kid in purplish Batman helmet with cape and utility belt. It was the coolest thing I have ever seen and I’ve never in my life seen it in real life.

I don't collect toys, comic books take up enough room and money. But if I did, my nostalgic grail would be the GIJoe Training Center, Slide for Survival set. I had one as a kid and it was the coolest toy ever, as far as I was concerned.

There was no PG-13 in 1979, it came about in 1984 after complaints of Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom being too violent and scary for PG.

I used to have one of every Ghostbusters toy from the 80s my mom got them at a yard sale for me and a neighbor kid stole them from me before moving I would love to have them again

Loved that thundercat sword! One thing I’d like to add was a green plastic light saber that had a special tip that made noise when you swung it. Was definitely around return of the Jedi and was probably one of my favorites

I'm 43 and still have my G.I.Joe aircraft carrier

I was 11 years old when I remember seeing the ALIEN figure on sale at SEARS for around $12 or so. I asked my father to buy it for me and he was like no way. I still remember the stack of boxes of ALIEN figures sitting on a table by the escalators. I should of gotten a paper route and bought one! Damn!

My Holy Grail item would be without question all six of the original destructicons to make devastator with all the attachments. I've had it twice in my life as a kid and would die to have it again.

I always wanted that huge Transformer that had a normal sized Autobot as the head, and then a little one for that robot’s head, as a “headmasters” double whammy concept. When I was little in the ‘80’s I could never find the red lion for Voltron, until I visited Venice, and brought one home with me, (along with my original Optimus Prime that I was carrying around Europe). I recently saw a kid in the airport carrying a modern Prime, and told his father that was what I had carried on vacation as well.

Evil Knievel toys, was one of my favorites back in my day and The Bionicman... 😎

PG-13 didn't exist as an MPAA rating at the time of release for the movie "Alien."

My holy grail is a blue light cycle from the 1982 tron. Would also like a first gen snakeyes

I was 8 y/o and my aunt bought me the Alien toy. It was awesome but it didn't get much play time because it didn't "work" with any of my other toys. Same aunt also got me a Rom the Space Knight toy.

Damn robo skull That's on my list now

OMG I have been using the gre-gory bat as a Halloween decoration outside for 30 plus years when I set up the yard with my dad Owl. I like to press the button on the back and make the blood juice around. Time to keep that one inside. Whoops 😬 worth $300 I saw.

For some reason I have The “Fortress Of Fangs” instruction booklet. I asked My older Brother and we for sure never owned one. I once saw that “Eternia” play set. You would need a whole room to display it

I've played with most of the toys on this list lol....they weren't my toys, but my friends had them. Here's my 10 holy grail toys: Big Trak(i had one for a few days after Xmas, but it got returned) Megatron p38 walther complete(I had as a kid) Merlin Atari 5200(had as a kid) Atari jaguar with AvP(had as a kid) V.I.N.C.E.N.T. robot from "the black hole" Maximilian robot from "the black hole" All the die cast Star Wars mini sets(a friend had them all still in box) 6 million dollar man w/ binocular eye Any Tron toy, but the light cycle would be awesome to own(friend had them all)

The Kenner Alien did hit regular retail release for at least a month or two. Back then there was no internet and outraged Karen's screaming "Think of the Children!" had a much harder go of it. I remember them on the shelves. I wanted one so bad. My mother refused to let one in the house.

Well for me a 30+ years and counting collect of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman the true White Whale" aka Holy Grail for me is the original production artwork for all the Kenner boxes of both Kenner lines (Sadly there are in a private collection and that person is not selling anytime soon).

1. Missile launch boba fett prototype 2. Melleniun falcon miniature playset 3. Dicast transforming robotic veritechs 4. Any of the original none plastic transformers

The true 80s Holiest of Grails is the GI Joe Battleship 😂😂

GI Joe Aircraft Carrier

Geez I had ALL of these as a kid. Wish I knew how much they’d b worth...smh

Thank you for sharing! Right now I only collect modern toys, I really like going to target and finding liquidated items. I don't mind waiting 50 years 😂

I had the kraken from clash ofthe titans but cant remembered what happened to it .my holy grail would have to be the transporter play set from star trek the next generation

I had a chance to get the USS flag back in the day for dirt cheap, but its was just too damn big .

Just so you know - the movie Alien was rated "R", and the big Alien figure was the first toy released from an "R" rated movie. That's part of why it was pulled.

For me it's ghostbusters roll playing toys and tmnt figures. I also like the 12in GIJOE, classic Jurassic Park, and oddly enough a vintage Suzy Homemaker Oven.

I actually owned the Shogun series Godzilla and the Alien Figure back in the late 70’s. I am 48 today. I loved both those dolls dearly. Godzilla ended up breaking Alien in one of their many fights and then I had the bright idea to take Godzilla down into the 12 foot area of the local private pool. The water pressure caused his head to explodes and ruined the fire tongue mechanism. I cried so hard because of my stupidity. Watching this video made me think if I ever run into them I would pay whatever they asked just to hold that bit of my childhood again.

I would have thought the Shogun Warriors' Rodan would have been more grail-able than Godzilla.