Did anyone actually get this?

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trk29@reddit

My sister bought be both for Christmas.

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ServinBallSnacks@reddit

I had this plus skeletors castle, one of them had a microphone too

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WodensEye@reddit

I had skeletons too. It’s the one that had the microphone (giant snake I believe)

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BlamRob@reddit

Snake Mountain had a plastic tube with a spring inside that would make your voice funny when you talked into it. lol

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Ridere_et_nutu@reddit

Snake Mountain (Skeletor's castle) had the microphone; a voice-changing (echo effect type thing) snake head microphone. My cousin had it and I was totally obsessed with it.

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OppositeRun6503@reddit

One of my neighbors had it,man I was so jealous.

Reminds me of a similar situation when I was still living in DC, our neighbor in the apartment below us had a green machine while I was stuck on a regular big wheel.

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StatusDuty1238@reddit

I had green machine all the well of wyte kids had power wheel smh

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OppositeRun6503@reddit

By the time power wheels hit the market I was already too big for them.

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Sodamyte@reddit

I recall Hordak's Fright zone having the giant snake glove..

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Sirtriplenipple@reddit

Was this the one that had a snake you wore as a glove that came out of a cave?

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In the 90s, well after I was done using the thing, my dad unscrewed the speaker box and microphone and would use it when answering the door for trick or treaters. I think he ended up getting as much joy out of it as I had in the 80s.

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ServinBallSnacks@reddit

Yes! One of the best toys I ever had

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FewPiece138@reddit

Same, my parents were saints. I yelled into that thing all Christmas morning

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TheDangDeal@reddit

So did I. I very distinctly remember my HeMan Christmas.

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Pixiefairy2525@reddit

And bonus question. Do you remember the He-Man/She-Ra Christmas special,?

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YesHaveSome77@reddit

I have that on DVD! 🤣🤣

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TheDangDeal@reddit

I remember it, but didn’t have it on VHS, so it isn’t a core memory

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RelevantFilm2110@reddit

It was on cable channels too cheap for other Christmas content. Like TBS every damn year. It's pretty much all I remember from the franchise, since I was a bit too young to remember either of the original runs very well. It's somewhat worth it for being so bad it's hilarious, and despite the weird setting, it has a sort of Peanuts Christmas moment when a character explains the religious significance of Christmas. Which is out of place in context but adds to the LOLs.

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TheDangDeal@reddit

Yeah, but the movies we owned on VHS would get played over and over again if I liked them. I remember watching Goonies 3 times in a day one summer.

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gravityhomer@reddit

We were young enough that our parents were in the open the toys and set it all out era. Coming down the stairs to see this castle and a bunch of he-man all set up ready to be played with, I will never forget that Christmas morning.

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Blazenkks@reddit

Agreed! Always had 1 “Santa Claus” present that was left out unwrapped.

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PAEIG@reddit

Magical!

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TheDangDeal@reddit

Yes! I don’t even remember hearing the song, but when I saw a whole HeMan city laid out around the tree, I started singing “I’m in Heaven” loud enough to wake the whole house.

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No_Attention_2227@reddit

To this day I'm telling my wife not to buy noise making toys (at least for our kids). But she doesn't listen

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jpowell180@reddit

Years back when visiting my younger brother, I was sleeping in the basement when one of my nephew’s toys started making annoying sounds, keeping me from sleeping; I was in a basement guest room with a large storage closet, so it took me a while to find the toy, only to discover that not only was there no “off” button, but the battery compartment needed a screwdriver to open, so I had to hunt for one of those before I could finally get some sleep, lol!

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vanwiekt@reddit

That happened to me once at my sister’s one Christmas, also in the basement bedroom. The toy had no switch and a screwed in battery. I placed it in the chest freezer that was in the storage room next to the basement bedroom. 🥶

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smuckola@reddit

i'm sorry to have to break this to ya, but maybe try sign language

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solemn_penguin@reddit

She probably can't hear you over the sounds of all those noise making toys

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ServinBallSnacks@reddit

My favorite was to take my WWF wrestlers and have them attack the castle. They were like super he-men, and also the iron sheik

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Opening-Restaurant83@reddit

I took my MASK figures and made them the castle slaves

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_1JackMove@reddit

I had the 18” (or thereabouts) rubber Hulk Hogan you could bend and throw around almost like an oversized Stretch Armstrong. I also had an oversized pillow in the shape of Hogan that was meant for throwing around besides just sleeping on it lol.

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sleepwalkfromsherdog@reddit

"He-man, you summanabeetch! I suplexa you, put you in camel clutch, breaka you back, and make you humble! Ee-rahn numbah one! Eternia? Hock-tooey!"

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Maleficent_Gas5417@reddit

I did this too, and I also had my he man toys wrestle in my wwf ring. What a time to be alive

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Old_Car_2702@reddit

I would make a royal rumble with with my he-man, thunder cat, and silver hawk action figures.

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Alternative-Light514@reddit

“I have the POWER!”

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SqueezeBoxJack@reddit

More like, "Ah..I uh...have the power baba. Can you lift the persian clubs or are you a Jabroni?"

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MojoHighway@reddit

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Ultimatesims@reddit

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Possible-Feature-977@reddit

man, that combo sounds epic, like childhood dreams coming true for real

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Caelarch@reddit

Man, I had both castles, a dozen vehicles and at least 50 or individual hero and villains. And got rid of most of it my twenties because for was “childish” and silly to have kids toys. Big regrets. I’d love to have some of those things to put my hand on something from my past again.

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RangerFan80@reddit

Fuck, my parents threw them all away when we moved in 1994. Insane.

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vanwiekt@reddit

Check the prices of them on eBay. 🤯💰💸

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inghostlyjapan@reddit

I think snake mountain had a mic. I left it out in the rain once and it never worked again.

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StatusDuty1238@reddit

I did but when I did get them it be a thrift or Goodwill incomplete 🤣

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PackageNorth8984@reddit

I didn’t have this, but I did have the Ghostbusters proton pack.

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Z28Malibu4life@reddit

I had skeletors castle and it had the microphone that looked like a snake.

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TankDiveGirl@reddit

Same, I had both of those, and the plane thing that hooked to the top of the castle, and a bunch of other stuff.

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jdavidmcgregor@reddit

Snake Mountain

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Drslappybags@reddit

Snake Mountain, I believe.

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dubin01@reddit

Skeletors had the mic

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Canadatron@reddit

Snake Mpubtain had the snake with the spring in it. I had it but my parents refused to ever buy the slime.

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Cinderhazed15@reddit

It was funny that there were different slimes…. H-man slime vs ghostbusters vs TMNT ooze, all with varying stickiness, consistency, and rate of drying out.

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Cinderhazed15@reddit

We (my older brother) had snake mountain , and hordak’s layer, but we never got grey skull….. (he had the big spider walker and a bunch of other vehicles as well)

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SkepticalXennial@reddit

Snake mountain has the microphone

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XxFezzgigxX@reddit

The box had a kid with the quote “I AM THE VOICE OF SNAKE MOUNTAIN!”

We said that over and over and over until my mom took the batteries.

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One-Earth9294@reddit

Parents just don't understand.

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

I asked her for addidas and she bought me Zips.

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mhyquel@reddit

The pro-move, now that I'm a parent: Put some clear packing tape over the speaker grill area.

Cuts the noise by 50%, and your kids don't even know.

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RipMcStudly@reddit

Skeketor had the mic. I got Nerds wedged in mine. Probably grape ones.

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Less_Likely@reddit

I remember the microphone

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quaketoys@reddit

They’re fairly common. We get them in the store all the time.

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ElectricPenguin6712@reddit

I had that one too. My parents made me play in the den with that one lol

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p8nt_junkie@reddit

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walkwithdrunkcoyotes@reddit

Snake Mountain! God that microphone was noisy. Good times.

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Still_Strawberry8134@reddit

My friend had it, but I don’t remember the mic. He probably killed it long before I ever saw it. I had she-ra’s crystal palace so I’d come girlify his house every so often with the other half of the IP

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FalseVeterinarian881@reddit

Skeletons did.

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Any_Positive1617@reddit

Which one had the catapult? We had that one! 🤣

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Tangential_Comment@reddit

I had this one, best friend as a kid had the one with the mic. When Mom came to pick me up at his house once, she heard how loud it was. She was so happy she didn't get me that one...

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javarunner@reddit

Me too! I got castle greyskull one year and snake mountain the next year. I DEFINITELY yelled into that microphone on christmas morning. lol. Did Greyskull have haze? I feel like I remember filling the back of it with water and there being batteries and it generated cool steam?

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grumpythenick@reddit

Same. I had both.

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

Yup! I also had both. Snake Mountain had the microphone.

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vindicatorx1@reddit

Yeah we had Snake Mountain and Castle Greyskull nice thing about there being 3 of us my mom was like you all better like the same toys cause we always got combined gifts.

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Pharmere@reddit

One had slime too I think

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beat_u2_it@reddit

It was skeletor’s that had the mic

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Fkappa@reddit

The Snake Mountain had it.

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Frosty_Cloud_2888@reddit

Snake Mountain with the microphone was bomb.

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n8ertheh8er@reddit

I had castle greyskull, skeletor’s castle, and the lair of the evil horde. In that one you could pour slime all over the captives and it came out of a dinosaur skull, super cool. My rich friend had Eternia, which was massive and had a monorail

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Dense_Surround3071@reddit

I think this is the one I had. With the slime.

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OppositeRun6503@reddit

Git this for Christmas in 84 but unfortunately never got the snake mountain playset.

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Puglet_7@reddit

My brother had one. I found Snake Mountain a few years back in thrift store. My brothers kid was into He-Man at the time.

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skaomatic32@reddit

I’d definitely had the one with the microphone!

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xlerate@reddit

I'll never forget when my friend down the block got this in the '80s. We were at his birthday party and he opened this up and every other boy in the room gasped. He was the Envy of the entire class. Not only Castle Greyskull, but he got Battlecat, Man at Arms, Beastman and Skeletor as side gifts.

That was my first realization that there were different levels or middle class.

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Moons_of_Moons@reddit

I had it. Awesome

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Illustrious_Profile6@reddit

I wasn't even really a fan of he-man but my Dad must have found the motherboard of a garage sale or close out sale because one day my brother and I had like every he-man toy ever made in a giant box, both castles, the figures the vehicles... I actually felt guilty cause I thought the action figures and the show sucked compared to gi-joe and transformers but I did my best to play with their non bendy selves.

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welldonecow@reddit

I still have mine. My nephews play with it in their basement. It’s still awesome.

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TheEndTrend@reddit

YES, AND I FREAKING LOVED IT!!! Christmas of....1988, I think.

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ibanezht@reddit

Had it and Skeletor's Castle, HORDE had something too that would drop slime and I had that as well. Mom sold my entire He-man collection 20 years ago for $25 bucks at a yard sale and laughed about it. 🫩

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dianabowl@reddit

I begged for the slime pit but was denied every time by my parents. So I built a 1/4 scale one in my room.

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Remytron83@reddit

I did! Fun times.

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ApprehensiveWay337@reddit

No...but my "rich" cousin did. I loved going to his house. RIP Dee Dee

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mprieur@reddit

I had this and im a girl but a super long time ago I remember this in my messy room lol

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ghandi3737@reddit

I want the one from megablocks.

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monkey_butt_powder@reddit

My neighbor was an only child who’s dad worked a lot of nights and didn’t see him a lot. He had all this shit.

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Garudius@reddit

Had this and Snake Mountain.

Got Castle Grayskull for Christmas, Dad was able to get the last one in the store cause it was on the Top-shelf and some lady that was also there was too short.

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ShivvyMcFly@reddit

You're damn right I did

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mrdirtman13@reddit

Fuck yeah. Must have been 82-83. I never got Snake Mountain, though.

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Mudassar40@reddit

A friend had it all. Castle Grayskull, Metroplex, that large truck from Mask, you name it.

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Jebidiah_Honeynut_jr@reddit

I got that for Christmas. I remember loving the smell of the plastic, for some reason. Also, it was also the first toy I had where I appreciated it for the art aspect of it. Whoever designed it really did a great job.

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WaywardMind@reddit

Hells yeah I did. (You can see the box in the back and a bunch of He-Man toys) 1983 . . . my best xmas.
https://imgur.com/a/Yw41stt

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morganalefaye125@reddit

I wanted one SOOOO badly! But I'm a girl, and was told that toy was for boys 😑

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ghoster32111@reddit

This is a core memory for me. This was the best Christmas ever. I received the castle greyskull ans snake moutain from my Grandparents because my grandfather was awesome. And my parents got me a ton of he-man figures, and transformers. It was the last Christmas where I was an only child because my brother was born on the following year. But man when I think of Christmas that is the one I think about as I was over the moon happy. My grandfather said I made it to high up on the nice list so Santa took care of me. We are really italian so he actually said that word for word.

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YesHaveSome77@reddit

Christmas when I was 6, got He-Man, Skeletor, Beast-Man and Castle Grayskull. Started an obsession that cost my parents quite a bit. I had probably 95% of everything they put out.

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Efficient_Shame_8539@reddit

I had this and my favorite part was I remember a sticker of a dungeon with hands and stuff reaching out of it trying to get out.

Once I was over He-Man I used Castle Grayskull for Castle Plun-darr for my Thundercats bad guys and set it up across from my Cats Lair.

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Left-Eye183@reddit

My brother had this along with so many of the action figures.

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Cigarrauuul@reddit

I still have this.

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theguineapigssong@reddit

Yes, and it was GLORIOUS

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Rarefindofthemind@reddit

I had She-Ra and the She-Ra Castle

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Defconwrestling@reddit

I had it but as a hand me down from someone else. My dad just showed up with a trash bag with like 30 figures and the castle.

Later he joined a Pentecostal church and took them all away. No TV either.

A month later I went to the preacher’s grandson’s birthday and he got the fucking USS FLAGG!

Violent toys my ass!

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Strange-Employee-520@reddit

Not me, but my best friend had it so that was just as good! Core memory.

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PurpleAriadne@reddit

My brother had it

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LasagnahogXRP@reddit

A couple of my friends had it, Scotty had snake mountain too.

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Dang_Boy82@reddit

I got it. Apparently my dad had to drive to the next county across on Christmas Eve to meet a salesman who had the last one in the shop put aside for me. Played that thing to death. No idea where it ended up though. Maybe in my parents attic

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DazzlingAmbassador60@reddit

YES!!!! I was obsessed. I had castle Greyskull, Skeletors castle, a playset with a green snake that moved you in a pit, and the slime dump, which was an animal skull thing that you filled with slime, then tipped it down to cover the enemy. I also had some kind of ufo spinny thing that clicked as it spun. It was black and red I think. Like a rover vehicle kind of thing. Gosh, those were good days!!

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camptastic_plastic@reddit

I had Snake Mountain and the slime pit.

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revd_blue_jeans@reddit

Yes, I had it. The real question should be if anyone owned the original Eternia play-set, which is far more rare.

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Old_District_9667@reddit

I had this and the other. I was spoiled badly.

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Happy-For-No-Reason@reddit

Oh man, I actually had this.

And Skeletors one, too.

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taterbug2000@reddit

I had the castle… most of the action figures. Even had Battlecat! Xmas 1984 was a big one for me cuz of Masters of the Universe.

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Holeyfield@reddit

It was awesome!

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plagiarismtoday@reddit

I had it, it was also how I first definitively learned Santa wasn't real.

My parents got it for me for Christmas when I was 6 or 7. They didn't have a place to hide it in the house, so they stuck it in their bedroom and told my brother and me not to play in there.

Anyway, sometime during Christmas break, I forgot. Went in there looking for my brother during hide-and-seek and found this by the bed. It was still a happy Christmas and a great memory, but there was no holding out hope for Santa after that...

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Ralinor@reddit

Still have it. Sitting right next to snake mountain

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Mr-Hoek@reddit

Yes, I had it, and kept it...and my wife sold it at at our yard sale for $10.00.

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SatoshisBits@reddit

My Friend across the road had this and all the HeMan figures plus all the TMNT figures and cars and heaps of other cool toys.

Im stilll jealous

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BallsWilliger@reddit

My rich friends

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TonyNoPants@reddit

My first memory of a mind blowing toy.

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drimmie@reddit

I had castle gray skull! ❤️

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MightyCaseyStruckOut@reddit

You can get it for $70 now.

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Country_Gravy420@reddit

I had castle greyskull and about 8 of the action figures, including the little wizard guy that had one of those notched things you pulled to make him run around.

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woodenmittens@reddit

Orko!

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SqueezeBoxJack@reddit

Best Christmas/Hanukkah ever. The NES Christmas being number 2.

I got Grayskull, Point Dread and the Talon Fighter, and the battle ram for Christmas and the figures for Hanukkah.

Dad put everything together and I proceeded to take Point Dread apart. He had the "Son of a...he broke it already" look until I mounted the top part on Grayskull. Then I yanked the Sky-Sled off the battle ram and He-Man on it. My dad raised both arms and yelled, "Kids a genius!!"

My mom, and I know this was more of a reaction on her part says, "Eh, maybe not so much" then adding, "..but he is a good boy". I give her shit every holiday. "It's your boy the not so much genius, but a good boy none the less".

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MoRiSALA@reddit

My parents still have my brother's castle grayskull.

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kyberRebyk@reddit

My little cousin did, and I hated him for it.

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Mookieman707@reddit

Is this the one where green slime drops? I had the slime one and this packaging looks like it... was my favorite toy for a long time and my parents absolutely hated it

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PopularPlankton3948@reddit

I had this. All my he-man toys were lost when we moved. I was 7. Still bums me out.

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TheMadDaddy@reddit

No, He-Man always creeped me out.

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AnimatedVixen99@reddit

My older brother had it. He eventually passed it down to me. It was fun.

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Nacho_Sideboob@reddit

I got it from a garage sale, but it was it all there. It was awesome.

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ProblemLongjumping12@reddit

Friend had it. I was surprised how little there was to it. Usually a big base has a lot of action features.

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Past-Adhesiveness150@reddit

I think my brother did

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jennylou303@reddit

I wanted that so bad! One of my friends had it... which means you know, none of the other parents had to buy it... since one of us had it then we could all play with it 😕

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thecrazycelt@reddit

I did!

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lrpalomera@reddit

I did! 84 it was

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wtgriffi@reddit

I’m still chasing that high of seeing this under the tree Christmas morning 37 years ago.

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notactuallyacupcake@reddit

I got the girls' version of this uber-toy: My Little Pony Paradise Estates. My friends went far more apeshit than I did when tore the first sliver of wrapping paper off on my 7th bday, lol.

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WoodpeckerHorror3099@reddit

My mom got me one second hand, it felt new to me

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BalrogRuthenburg11@reddit

Yes, I still have this.

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Possible-Tip-2914@reddit

I did. Too bad I was too you g to understand the original lore.

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Chakachavers@reddit

My cousin had it, he was 3 years older than me. I was a She-Ra girl myself ... But we would still play He Man as I didn't have any siblings and all of his were much older sisters.

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frostedsun8282@reddit

No but i had the slime pit and a he man tent.

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koopapeaches19@reddit

One of my best fiends had it, I loved playing with it! I wanted one so bad lol!

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weezie_lou@reddit

Oh muh gosh, a kid I played with once had this set. The one time I played with it, it was the COOLEST thing ever. I think I liked the trap door and pew pews? Although looking at the pictures, they don’t seem all that amazing. But I’m not 8 anymore.

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accountant319@reddit

He man!

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jdavidmcgregor@reddit

Christmas 1985

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jdavidmcgregor@reddit

Mom didn't appreciate the Evil Horde Slime Pit

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NothingAndNow111@reddit

Yep. And the car thingie.

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Consistent-Fig7484@reddit

I did, but I’m almost certain it was a hand me down from older cousins.

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pawned79@reddit

I still have mine!

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mkct_6@reddit

I still have it

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Boring_Pace5158@reddit

My mom looked at the price tag and noped it. Because my sisters are a lot older than me, I used their dollhouse as Castle GreySkull. Looking back, this taught me how to improvise and make the best with what I had

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ChristyLovesGuitars@reddit

I got it for Christmas! I absolutely played the hell out of that set.

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djsynrgy@reddit

I thought I did, but when I looked it up, I realized my memory had conflated some details over time, now corrected.

I'd wanted Castle Grey Skull; Santa brought me the Slime Pit. My distorted memory had combined them, but seeing the picture of the slime pit brought it all back: The slime was really only good for one use, and then the whole toy was kinda ruined by the slime residue.

I remember being so into He-Man, right up until the Dolph Lundgren movie came out. My cousin and I convinced my aunt to take us to see it, but even as its target audience, we thought it was terrible, and ended up with some serious jealousy towards the folks who made the wiser choice to see Willow. 😆

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Blazenkks@reddit

I may have gotten in a bunch of trouble for Slime getting all up in the green shag carpet in my room. Was impossible to get out of the shaggy fibers 🤣. And left a gross stained spot for years 🤣.

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Chicken_Water@reddit

Literally still have mine. Thinking it might be time to sell soon since my kids are getting older and don't care much about it anymore.

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Blazenkks@reddit

There’s actually a really good Documentary from 2017. Called The Power of Greyskull: The definitive history of He-Man. I saw it on Tubi not long ago. And I think recall them saying that the Castle Greyskull playsets were all hand painted so they were all different and kinda unique.

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Only-Friend-8483@reddit

I had this.

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OPs_Real_Father@reddit

My cousin had it, the lucky bastard.

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forgetful_waterfowl@reddit

my friend had it, but I got the GI Joe F14 with real moving wings, I think we were both jealous.

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Notarealname93@reddit

I had Greyskull and Skeletors castle and they’re both still in the attic at my moms lol

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Blazenkks@reddit

Yep, pretty sure it’s still in my Mom’s garage someplace. Blessing and curse of a semi hoarder lol.

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hwcbyrd@reddit

Had this and it was amazing. My cousin got this and snake mountain one Christmas.

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FlatRooster4561@reddit

I had it, and it was glorious

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AfternoonPast3324@reddit

Best birthday present I ever received.

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Nightstone42@reddit

yea i was all in on heman. the only toys, I didn't have from that line Were the 2 giant figures that were only released in Europe and the 3 towers because it cost a $100 at the time, which was INSANE for the time hell i only ever saw them in person recently as an adult (honnestly i would have had no place for it it was huge)

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muhredditone@reddit

I had a cousin who had it, and I got it for my daughters at a garage sale when they were young, in like 2010, or so. Got the Snake Mountain one there, too.

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Felinius@reddit

I had this, snake mountain, and the one with the claw that dumped slime on the figures… the third one was the only one I got new, Greyskull and Snake Mountain I got yard sales XD

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Few-Emergency5971@reddit

Now im sad all over again

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schoolisuncool@reddit

I had this one, snake mountain, and ETERNIA!! lost them all in a garage fire in like 2001

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chinacatsf@reddit

Yep, and She-Ra crystal Castle. The bed had a little pulley system that went to the top - I put our pet frog in it and would give it a ride. Good old days

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Ltimbo@reddit

My childhood white whale was a Power Wheels. It was really sleazy of them to advertise to all us regular kids who they knew couldn’t afford them. There were Power Wheels commercials in every day after school and no nine could afford them.

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Jagg811@reddit

I got this for my son when he was into He-Man. He had so many of the figurines and just love playing with them in Castle Grayskull. Then his little brother came along and ripped all their heads and limbs off.

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EfficientFish_14@reddit

My brother had that. I may have gotten my hands on his Orko & Thunder Punch He-Man recently. Those two were my favorites.

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spottedrabbitz@reddit

My cousin did, he was a boy so he could get stuff like that. I was a girl and I got the Barbie pool of watery bullshit. I wanted skulls and Battle Cats and castles of Doom dammit

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Alternative-Light514@reddit

My mom claimed she still had mine, safe in the attic. When I had a kid and wanted to pass on all of my remaining toys, it was not in the attic. Only He Man toy that remained was my naked battle cat, so just a green tiger

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CFeatsleepsexrepeat@reddit

Naked Battle Cat? Just a green tiger???

It's Cringer!

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

My older brother said he was going to dip my Battle Cat in Chrome a d mount it on the hood of his 68 Mercury Cougar.

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_1JackMove@reddit

That would have been fucking awesome. I’m with your brother on that one. I’d have recognized that cat right away lol.

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

I'd kind.of want to do that too

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Cinderhazed15@reddit

Oh man…. I just saw a video about ‘mirror paint metalizer’ https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1arrVvmWvG/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

Ooh! Thats cool!

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Porcupine__Racetrack@reddit

We had this too! My mom got rid of all our cool shit without even asking! Star Wars toys, my little ponies, tons of stuff!

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HuckleberryOk150@reddit

Same here. All my toys that went missing were "safe in the attic." When I got older, I figured they were all sold or given away. I was shocked when I visited other houses and the kids had all their toys.

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DrChansLeftHand@reddit

I did! It was awesome! But the action figures relative to the size of the toys meant that the characters were waaay big or the castle “looked bigger on the show.” :)

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TheRabidGoose@reddit

We had one. I found after we moved States away as kids, somehow many of our beloved toys didn't make the journey with us...thanks mom and dad.

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ImprovementEconomy59@reddit

I was literally the only kid in my neighborhood who didn’t have it

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rayfin@reddit

Yes. It's in my attic now. I retrieved it a few years ago from my parents.

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rinsed_avocado@reddit

I thought every little dude had this. (Man, I loved that trap door when I was a kid, damn. haha)

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charliefussel@reddit

Me! I still have it and now my boys play with it!

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zarifex@reddit

Not in perfect condition, but earlier this year I received both my old Castle Grayskull (and after 40 years, why have I never pointed out that i's green and not gray?) and Snake Mountain, as part of a bunch of my old things my sister sent me from the house where we grew up.

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Adh1434@reddit

I had a cast of gray skull. Plus snake mountain

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mackelnuts@reddit

I had this. It was home to both my He Man and my Thundercats figurines. They were in the same universe as far as 6 year old me was concerned

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Own-Switch-8112@reddit

It was fucking awesome. I took such good care of it that I was able to give it to my seven-year-old sons and their friends came over during a birthday party and wrecked most of it.

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xxlittlemissj@reddit

My parents still have my brother's old Snake Mountain. The microphone still works!

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AkumaYearOne@reddit

We had that one until my dad sold it. He sold a lot of our toys

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TermusMcFlermus@reddit

I had this. I remember it was all put together already and my parents had basically just laid some wrapping paper over the top. No tape or anything. It was awesome.

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PeriodicTableDancer0@reddit

My brother had this castle, the microphone on it was so bad it was almost comical!

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Theoskaroskar@reddit

I rooted for Skeletor

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sevalle13@reddit

I had this! My white whale was Voltron. Always wanted that but never got it. It was $55 at Toys R Us and back then that was a grip of money. It's the only toy that I remember the price of to this day lol

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Costco_Law_Degree@reddit

I got that Voltron. The full diecast and painted version, right?

Recalled less than a month later, all of them painted with lead. Dream crushed.

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putangspangler@reddit

Yep, came and went so fast. Ultimately replaced with a plastic one

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Z0na@reddit

Yes, I got that Voltron. I threatened to stop believing in Santa if I didn't get it.

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zenerNoodle@reddit

Really? Lead? Ah, man, that sucks.

A kid on the bus brought his to school one day. It was the only one I ever saw, and it looked so fucking cool. I'm sure my memory of it is better than the real thing, but, damn, did I want one. I remember trying to describe it to my mom and having just an unreasonably difficult time.

Sometime later (maybe that same year) we were in a store and there was a giant plastic Voltron. My mother asked if that was what I had been talking about (my heart melts to remember that she had been listening and understood and wanted to make me happy), and I described how the cool one was smaller and metal. Alas.

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Malacolyte@reddit

Voltron was my white whale as well. Jumped at the chance when LEGO made a version a few years back, and still one of the most underrated LEGO sets in my opinion...

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sevalle13@reddit

I picked up the Lego one as well. Also went online and found some minifigs from China to put on display with the set!

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pettyvillainy@reddit

I had essentially the same story. My birthday is only a couple months later, and that's when I did get the full Voltron set.

The car one.

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OppositeRun6503@reddit

I remember the matchbox voltron retailing for as much as 100 bucks.....why out of my parent's price range for a simple toy.

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OffMyRocker62@reddit

My nephew did....

And the show, Wizards and Warriors? He called them .. Lizards and Lawyers ... LOL

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Adventurous-Depth984@reddit

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8ran60n@reddit

Yup I had this. I also had the GI Joe aircraft carrier.

Divorced parents had its perks and non-perks later in life :)

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LadyWalks@reddit

Nah, but I somehow got the Technodrome.

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biggeer@reddit

I got it, I still have it actually

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CallMeSkii@reddit

My brother had almost all the MOTU stuff back in the 80s but it was lost thrown away over the years. I gave him a Castle Grayskull for Christmas 2 years ago and Snake Mountain last year.

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hextasy@reddit

Yep, I had one. The door would drop all heavy like. Buddy had the skeleton one with the spring in the microphone to sound all spooky!

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Sukford@reddit

This was the gift I received for my tonsillectomy when I was in 2nd grade.

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BadLuckEddie@reddit

I had it all. And squandered it all in the early 80s through moving, yard sales, and growing up, passing down to my brothers. And Star Wars. Yea.

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cdizzle6@reddit

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MadCatDisease666@reddit

My brother had it.

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LumpyWelder4258@reddit

No, but i had the She ra Crystal Castle

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OvenFriendly1818@reddit

I had skelators castle

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Yellow_Curry@reddit

No, my parents sadly never got divorced. Could have gotten this AND the U.S.S Flagg

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JeffTS@reddit

I had it and it’s still sitting in my basement.

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Some_Ad9065@reddit

My brother got this! Even I (a Barbie loving girl) loved playing with it.

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jonnydregs84@reddit

I had it, wish I still did too

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Formal_Analysis6295@reddit

Yes, my bro and I got this. It was awesome.

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Lyt_Diamond_Hands@reddit

I had this it was awesome. I can’t believe my mom sold all my figures and castle probably for a $5 bundle at a garage sale…

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Melodic_War327@reddit

Yeah, I had this. It was nowhere near as hard to get hold of as the aircraft carrier. Also nowhere near as big, although it was a cool playset.

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Over_Strawberry_2373@reddit

My cousin did!

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Dakkin4@reddit

Yes I had it. It was awesome!

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hathegkla@reddit

Yep. I think we got it at a yard sale. It might have been skeletors castle but it was pretty cool and in decent shape.

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sonorandosed@reddit

I had this and Snake Mountain

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quesoviejo@reddit

I made my first Castle Grayskull out of spray painted cardboard boxes. It didn’t survive a battle involving Evil Lynn shooting fire balls, which were simulated using a lighter we had found. Got the real deal 3 months later.

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devonchaos@reddit

Hells yes! It was so fun!

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Suspicious_Ear3442@reddit

Nah. I was a TMNT kid.

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Educational_Bed3589@reddit

My brother had it.

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FigureFourWoo@reddit

Yes. And I have one now.

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beachluvr13@reddit

We had this!

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SuccessfulOwl@reddit

You know that fantasy kids have about finding amazing treasure at the local tip/dump site?

That was me, my friends. 40yrs ago I found a full Castle Greyskull at the local rubbish tip. No box but the playset itself was just sitting on top of a pile.

I gave it a new home, years of play were had.

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New_Needleworker_473@reddit

I had the Princess of Power Crystal Castle. I loved it!!! My brother had Greyskull. We had wars. It was epic 80's awesome!.

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spderweb@reddit

I HAVE the snake mountain one where the wolf head IS a microphone. The mic/speaker no longer work though. Age got to the electronics. BUT, my robot Spider from She-ra is still able to walk.

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LooksLikeAWookie@reddit

Fuck yes

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LunaCCL@reddit

I had it and loved it!

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BigBabyWhale@reddit

And Snake Mountain.

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nate_7667@reddit

Yeah i had it and 95% of the accessories up until i sold everything. Along with a good many figures, their gear, and some vehicles.

Sold the He-Man stuff 2 years ago along with my Voltron castle, figures, the lions (the ones the figures fit into) and the accessories for the figures, castle, and the sword and ninja star looking shield for Voltron. And some Thundercat figures and their gear.

Kept them for long time. The rubber band type connections holding the arms and legs on was starting to dry rot. I have no kids to hand them down, or the space/desire to display.

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OppositeRun6503@reddit

IIRC only the legs had elastic bands, the arms simply had a peg and hole joint.

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nate_7667@reddit

Good info. I never looked, or thought of looking. They were in boxes, somewhat in the way. And no intent on doing anything with them. So down the road they went and close to a couple grand in my pocket. It all worked out.

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tikix3room@reddit

You can buy He-bands online to repair them. They aren’t hard to fix once you get the part.

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Readyplayernr17@reddit

Nope,we were too poor but my best friend had it so we played alot. I brought my He-Man figures to his house and we had a blast.

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Ultimatesims@reddit

Yes, but I could only drag it out with permission. It smelled like glorious plastic.

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Cheezslap@reddit

They're still out there, Friend.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/664818505991437/

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Responsible_Park3317@reddit

Yeah. Grandparents got my brother and I both castles for Christmas one year.

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camarhyn@reddit

We had two of them.

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dredgehayt@reddit

I had this The best toy was the TMNT pizza shooter mobile

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Adventurous_Tea_428@reddit

My brother did but I wasn't allowed to play with it. He got really upset if I touched any of his He-Man toys. He was 3 years older than me and constantly told me I wasn't allowed to play with any of his He-Man toys because I was a girl.

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im_rickyspanish@reddit

I did get it, but I was so young I don't remember. The pictures from Christmas morning are epic though!

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JoeFromStPaul@reddit

Yes, it was awesome.

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reapersritehand@reddit

I knew a older kid that had all 3 castles, but wasn't allowed to play with em, they were just in his closet and his mom wouldn't let him play with them

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BillyOcean8Words@reddit

Yep. Snake Mountain too. Lucky kid.

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guidevocal82@reddit

I never had it, but one of my friends did. I would play with it at his house.

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TheDevauto@reddit

My cousin did. He loved it but it died in a long battle that involved some m80s and bottle rockets. Plastic really stinks whennit burns.

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GrandPipe4@reddit

My brother had it and I liked to play Barbies with it.

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RHB1027@reddit

I had friends that did… I never got into He-Man. All I remember is everything was broken lol. Maybe they were super rough with it.

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seanalltogether@reddit

I only owned one because I won a Halloween costume contest at our local Ames department store (anyone remember those?) and that was the top prize. Years later my mom hinted that I had likely won out of pity cause they knew how poor we were. It was definitely the most expensive toy I had.

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BrokeAssZillionaire@reddit

Yes had the set - it was like getting a PlayStation/xbox back in the day

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red286@reddit

A friend of mine had this. Plus a whole bunch of other He-Man stuff.

Sadly, I had this weird eurotoy upbringing. LEGO, model train sets, model racing sets. No toys that involved violence/weapons allowed.

I remember getting grounded for 2 weeks when I was 12 because I saved up my allowance for 2 months and bought a transformer because I was sick of being the only one of my friends who didn't have one.

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CalQuetzal@reddit

I did Kid me would say this and my WWF ring were the greatest presents i ever received.

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amafalet@reddit

I did, and the Crystal Castle. 🤷‍♀️ Only child of divorced parents for years, and there were a lot of toys during that period.

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DustyRailz@reddit

Sometimes it pays off having your birthday and Christmas in the same week.

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Cabusha@reddit

I got that castle in a garage sale. I think i got a He-Man too, but he disappeared quick. Had a lot of fun though with GI Joe storming the green army men in their castle.

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Old_Car_2702@reddit

I had snake Mountain with the microphone

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acromantulus@reddit

Yup. Had it, Snake Mountain, the Slime Pit, and Hordak’s player.

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ciccacicca@reddit

OMG! I was just going through a bucket of old toys to clean for my 6 year old and found that orange and white blaster in the top right pic and thought “man, I’ll never remember what this was from”.

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_plays_in_traffic_@reddit

i got two of them on one christmas when the gift givers fucked up.

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underfilledtaco@reddit

Yep, still have it in my basement. In hindsight the scale was kind of shot but it only cost something like $34.99 back the

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LordLaz1985@reddit

My ex-husband still has his.

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Technical-Mind-3266@reddit

I think my brother did, I remember playing with it in my bedroom when I was very young

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osddelerious@reddit

My grandmother gave my younger brothers this for Christmas one year. I’m almost certain it had a voice altering microphone on it :-)

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reginaphalange790@reddit

My husband still has his and most of the action figures. We used to put the Battle Cat saddle on our kitten. She’d look annoyed, but I think deep down, she enjoyed pretending she was on Eternia

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Professor_Hala@reddit

No, but I saw one in the window display at Goodwill several times while growing up. I was always interested in it, but it was pretty pricy used, and we weren't shopping at Goodwill because we were rich.

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jpowell180@reddit

Christmas of ‘83, my youngest brother got this! I was a teenager by then and would not have asked for one, but I admit I watched the syndicated cartoon when my little bro did, so I knew the characters and even made an audio spoof of the show on my tape recorder; I played it when we were in a road trip with our grandparents- they must have thought I was in something, lol!

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crazyyourface@reddit

I had one yes. My friends in university also had one that they modified to be a working bong. The draw bridge was removed with plexiglass so you could see the castle fill with smoke.

Didn’t work well but I appreciate the effort.

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Lucky_Louch@reddit

I did and it was marvelous... Still have some of my original figures but that castle didn't make it sadly.

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bootyholeboogalu@reddit

Lol I still have it and snake mountain.

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derfzinkerbelle@reddit

Yes, I had this as a kid! Sure wish it was still around.

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Majestic_Crew8792@reddit

My rich neighbors had it. I was so jealous, lol

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Micahisaac@reddit

Friend had it. It was especially cool since my mom thought it was satanic and I could have any of the fun toys

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fesanjani703@reddit

I desperately wanted it but never got it. This and the Death Star playset were my two white whales.

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prebisch78@reddit

No, we weren’t rich

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MagickMarkie@reddit

I seem to recall having it.

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thededucers@reddit

The rich kids. The really rich kids had the GI Joe aircraft carrier

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sravll@reddit

I just had skeletors castle

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TheGreat_Powerful_Oz@reddit

I had both this and Snake Mountain

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brackthomas7@reddit

Got this for Christmas one year. I remember it being being pretty awesome. I wish I would have held on to all my toys from bring a kid especially the Transformers and Magnet men ones

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TrixieLaBouche@reddit

No 😭 Was told it was "not for girls" and received My Little Pony stuff instead. Still salty.

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

I had a Cabbage Patch kid and a few CareBears.

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TrixieLaBouche@reddit

I loved my Care Bears and Sindy (UK Barbie) but what I really wanted was Castle Greyskull.

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latebloomer2015@reddit

Yes! My fourth birthday I came home from preschool and there it was. I was so damned excited!!! I got Mossman too! He smelled lovely!

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Sidetrackbob@reddit

No, it is awesome. Always wanted it, but as short as we were on cash, my family came through big time with the Ghost Busters firehouse one year for Christmas. That was rad!

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Trinikas@reddit

My cousin had this. Granted this cousin had like every toy that I'd ever wanted.

The funny thing is they're selling a lot this stuff again. I don't know about the He-Man stuff but I get targeted advertisements that I can buy the TMNT sewer playset lately.

Unfortunately for targeted advertising I'm the least likely to buy plastic junk that I would have loved as a kid.

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PANSIES_FOR_ALL@reddit

I had this along with many other He-Man action figures.

Which my mom threw away when we moved (I was 6). To be fair to her, many of the action figures had seen better days. I was rough on my toys.

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

Just shows that they were loved.

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Spanks79@reddit

I didn’t. But boy did I want it. A friend had it though.

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OwieMustDie@reddit

This, Snake Mountain and the Fright Zone.

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Sufficient_Inside917@reddit

Do you want to buy it? Still got it

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Clean-Environment284@reddit

Still got it lol

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One_Butterscotch7380@reddit

My brother had it — it was fun for hours

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TheG0ldG0pher@reddit

Honestly, Snake Mountain was better. Greyskull had a drawbridge, but the mic for Snake MTN. was awesome.

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Potential_Shelter624@reddit

Yes. XMas 1985 I got Castle Greyskull & some action figures, Barbie+ vette & Faux Cabbage patch kid so no one would judge my parents for buying me boy toys, lol. It didn’t work, first and last time they got me exactly what I wanted. Best XMas ever

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bronze-flamingo@reddit

Yep, and finding it hidden in attic before Christmas was how I learned there was no Santa Claus.

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NINJAM7@reddit

I had one that you poured green slime into. It was awesome

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Roaminsooner@reddit

Of course

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Totally_Botanical@reddit

Yep, and Snake mountain and the fright zone

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AggressiveCommand739@reddit

I had it. I got it secondhand. It was awesome. Im not sure what happened to it. It was way more common than the USS Flagg aircraft carrier.

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jessdb19@reddit

Yes - although I'm pretty sure I received it 2nd hand because there were no accessories with it, and no stickers on it.

Also had She Ra's castle - again pretty sure it was used

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bogeypro@reddit

I had this.

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kalidorisconan@reddit

I had it all.

All of it.

Every single figure,

Every single playset.

Every Single vehicle.

I had really awesome grandparents.

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MojoHighway@reddit

I absolutely had this. Mom still has it at her house along with all the figurines. He-Man was my jam in the early 80s. I didn't quite get into GI Joe, but He-Man was the shit.

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OppositeRun6503@reddit

Was never into gi Joe or star wars toys as motu figures were huge by comparison which gave you more to play with.

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

I sort of naturally progressed with MOTU, then the GI Joe/Transformers, to Real Ghostbusters, and ninja turtles for a brief time.

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PandaHombre92055@reddit

It was my prized possession as a kid. The trap door was so cool!

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nucl3ar0ne@reddit

Get it? Hell my son has it now!

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Northwest_Views@reddit

Had it, then it got lost to time. 30 years later my brother found one on eBay and bought it for me. The original box and all, although it smelled of cigarettes I loved it. Had to put that second glorious thing in a box for some time. Well it got moved from my in-laws storage to my BIL house unbeknownst to me. Brother in law tossed the box because he didn’t want the clutter. I asked to get it back from My in laws and they finally confessed to moving it and their son throwing it away.

While I never got another original my wife surprised me with the 2021 version a few Christmas back. It is proudly in my office.

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Dabnician@reddit

I had this but i had no friends when i was growing up cause i lived with my grandparents so it was alright.

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

We had an old used one for about a year. And then we got evicted from our apartment and just left everything behind including Castle Grayskull. Growing up very poor kind of super sucked.

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GDMongorians@reddit

My cousin had it. I’d bring my toys over to his house and we would play for hours making our own episodes up as we went along. He-Man, GI-Joe, Transformers/ (Go bots for us poors)Thunder Cats etc. all a huge part of growing up in the 80’s

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CosmicSmoker@reddit

I had just about everything he man before the live action movie

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

I had both Greyskull, and Snake Mountain. Also the Point Dread attachment for Greyskull. I think I even had Hordak's slime pit.

I had a number of Joe vehicles, but never USS Flag or the Real Ghostbusters firehouse.

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GorillaMonsoonGirl@reddit

I wanted it soooooo badly, but I had it in my little head that I couldn’t have it because I was a girl. I made secret plans to get one as an adult because adults could do anything, right? Man, this post brings that all back—especially the slime!

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redditcreditcardz@reddit

I got this from my older cousins on my birthday. It’s one of the few core memories I have about my birthdays as a kid. Absolutely love this toy so much, I set it up in my closet so I’d never have to “put it away”. Man, that’s such a good memory. Thanks for sharing

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unbanned_lol@reddit

Yeah, my cousin had this. Somehow they lived in a literal shack on family property, no running water, no shitter, but they always had cool toys.

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Both-Artichoke5117@reddit

My cousin’s had this. I had She-Ra and her horse.

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Key_Dust7595@reddit

I had it! Great play set. I still do but it’s in bad shape. I played with it hard.

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Physical-Name4836@reddit

I had it and didn’t olay with it a ton. I remember the drawbridge would move but don’t remember anything else it “did”. My dad gave all of our toys away to our cousins or other family members when we got older. I remeber him complaining about how much money he would spend on toys for us, but he stopped all that because he knows he gave away a small fortune now.

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Express-Focus2823@reddit

I had this and the aircraft carrier. suck it, nerd.

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daniellaroses1111@reddit

My friends had this!! It was fun.

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Armageddon-666@reddit

Had the original that came out in the 80's, then lost it at some point during a move. Then my wife bought me the new version that came out a few years ago.

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macgeekgrl@reddit

I had this! It was pretty damn cool. When I was a kid, my dad took me and my sister on a camping trip and we this castle and all my He-Man stuff up in the woods. We had a few small fires burning, and it looked like this apocalyptic battle scene. It was so damn cool.

Thank you for posting and bringing back that memory! :-)

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Dicfive@reddit

Of course.

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kilvarough@reddit

I had it. My mom sold it when we moved when I was 5. I'? still sad about it.

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Grymloq22@reddit

Was my best Christmas ever! What's that Grampa? There is another gift over there? I doubt thats for me. Wait. What? It is?!

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No-Proposal2741@reddit

I did have it when I was a kid and loved it with all my heart.

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Kastikar@reddit

Yes!!! And the Skeletor place!

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keetojm@reddit

Yes never had skeletors castle though

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Long_Ambition@reddit

I did have one. It was one of my most memorable toys, so I'd say yes. I enjoyed it.

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Dimplefrom-YA@reddit

my brother did. he also had the voltron castle.

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WelcheMingziDarou@reddit

Got this for Christmas one year. We also had the ride-on Battle Cat! Spoiled lil shits, we were. I think a year or so later we got Skeletor’s castle. Weird - just now I had a flash of what all those He-Man figures smelled like …

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johnnyclash42@reddit

So grateful I had one of the two. Also the one w a mic. Can’t remember which one it was, but my parents are amazing and even when behind strapped would find a gift like this for Christmas for us.

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MartyFreeze@reddit

A couple of friends had it. It was ok, I really liked the decals, especially the one of the monsters trapped in the dungeon. It really set my imagination ablaze with what monstrosities were imprisoned down there.

Otherwise, the Snake Mountain set was way cooler to me because of its moving mouth and voice changer mic.

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Kinc4id@reddit

The coolest about Grayskull was that you could open the door with He-Mans sword. Which is not much for such a massive thing.

Besides this I had Fright Zone which was much cooler with the rubber hand puppet snake, the tree that could hold action figures and the trap in the ground. Grayskull was visually cool, but Fright Zone was actually cool.

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D_for_Drive@reddit

It’s true you could open it with one sword, but what you were supposed to do was join He-Man’s and Skeletor’s sword to make the key to open Grayskull.

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Kinc4id@reddit

Interesting, I didn’t know this. I don’t think I had Skeletor.

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D_for_Drive@reddit

One sword had a tab and the other had a slot so you could put them together to make one big sword

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here4pain@reddit

Don't forget the "elevator" in there. I'm surprised that lasted as long as it did. I was playing with that into the early 90s. I bet my parents still have it somewhere. Sometimes hoarding can be a positive

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Steely-Dave@reddit

Those decals were like the drawn pictures in video game manuals. Could imagine entire stories from just one.

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mistermorrison@reddit

Yessir - and Snake Mountain!

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elevencharles@reddit

I had this, which was basically just a piece of molded plastic, but my neighbor has Snake Mountain, which was way cooler.

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Permitty@reddit

I have this, and I have snake mountain. Both my children play with them now.

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Gumbi_Digital@reddit

My bother did when we were kids.

I got cooking supplies (bowls, measuring cups, etc) and made everyone breakfast on Christmas.

Mom’s way of “teaching” me how to cook because she was never home.

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That-Molasses9346@reddit

My brother got it, loved it. Then 2yr old me Godzilla'd it beyond repair

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Perfect-Agent-2259@reddit

My brother also got it, loved it. Then he never had kids and I had 2 boys, so my mother decided it needed to be ours now, despite none of us wanting it.

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gravityhomer@reddit

Your comment made me think of this toddler sized Godzilla we had with the hand that could fire off like a rocket. The thing seemed as big as me when we got it.

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gottarespondtothis@reddit

Wow. Congrats for surviving that.

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That-Molasses9346@reddit

I was too adorable as a baby he didn't stand a chance

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Middleage_dad@reddit

What about now?

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That-Molasses9346@reddit

Now I got adorable kids to do my evil deeds so I don't got to get my hands dirty. Mwahahahaha

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lindentea@reddit

my cousin had this and i was sooooo jealous. 😭

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MrdnBrd19@reddit

I wasn't allowed to have He-Man toys after the whole slime pit incident... My best friend had it in his magic toy box though.

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sarithe@reddit

Didn't even get this one. Had the Ghostbuster's firehouse though. That thing was sick and served as the base of operations for all my good guy action figures for years.

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bluefishzero@reddit

I had Satanic Panic parents who would not allow any He-Man (“Only God is master of the universe.”) so it honestly felt like everyone EXCEPT me had it.

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Slugwheat@reddit

I not only have it, I have the original box turned into an art piece!

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_brickhaus_@reddit

Just my one spoiled friend

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zackks@reddit

My CG is sitting in my basement on display as we speak.

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rollin_in_doodoo@reddit

There was a decal on the inside of Castle Grayskull that depicted a grate to a dungeon, and the grate had various species appendages reaching out. As a kid I always wished they'd make the action figures of those creatures, and would try drawing what I thought they'd have looked like.

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nickooze@reddit

This was the best Christmas ever, I got Castle Grey Skull + Snake Mountain, and tons of figures!!!

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Gull_On_Gull@reddit

My friend had this and we would play with us and watch unsolved mysteries

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digging-a-hole@reddit

heck yeah we did.

then Dad got mad and stomped on it and threw it away. fun times.

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BaldEagleRising17@reddit

Yes!

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Easy_Independent_313@reddit

My neighbors had this. They had every toy you could imagine. They also had their mattresses in the floor, which I'd never seen before. My mom said it was because they were poor.

They were from Florida but moved to Maine. I suspect their parents were running from the law or setting up a new drug network. Their dad drove a Cadillac with a car phone. He didn't seem to "work."

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ItsaMeWaario@reddit

I had it! It had a trap door that dropped when you turned the throne. You would fall into a pit of monsters which was a sticker. I remember being so afraid of touching it as a child!

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NotAProfessiona1@reddit

Still have it

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ultramagnes23@reddit

I got one for Christmas in the early '80s. I loved that the Talon Fighter perched on top of the rampart, so cool. I got one for my grandson last Christmas. He was born early 2020 when the MOTU Origins figures started coming out so I had been collecting them for him. He gets one whenever he comes to visit and has He-Man wars with his friends when at home. It's cool the re-issue still has the Talon Fighter perch.

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mojo4394@reddit

My older brother had this and I had Snake Mountain.

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clayton-bigs-B@reddit

I still do!

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SpotISAGoodCat@reddit

I got it for Christmas one year and it is still one of my favorite gifts ever.

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Glorificus98@reddit

My cousin had this and my brother and I broke it before we left on Christmas Day. #destructobots4life

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mramseyISU@reddit

I had it, one of the few big ticket toys I got gifted as a kid. I had the GI Joe F14 too but I had to save up change from doing yardwork for my grandparents 25 cents a job.

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FinallyKat@reddit

My brother and I got this andShe-ra's Crystal Castle one Christmas. All our relatives got together and our gifts were these and then socks, underwear, and pjs.

It was awesome!

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deephurting66@reddit

I sold these at my Best Catalog, actually had a little diorama in the corner of my office featuring the castle and a bunch of the dolls

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cronokun@reddit

My friend that lived in the house behind ours had that and the skeletor castle. I was so jealous.

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Yog-Sothoth2024@reddit

I had a lot of He-Man figures and Skeletor's panther, but no castle. Tbh, looking back I'm not sure how my folks afforded the figures.

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OpiumPhrogg@reddit

Yep, got 2 of them in various stages of decay...
I also have Skeletors Castle, and the Horde Swamp playset.

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giant6600@reddit

Yeah I did, I got he-man ,battle cat ,castle grey skull and I think 6 other good guys and my brother got the same but with skeletor the bad guys and snake mountain it’s still one of my best Christmas memories

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these2boots2@reddit

I had to toss out a massive box of old toys that were stored in a shed at my parents house that had long ago been infiltrated by all sorts of critters. Greyskull was one of them. I cleaned up a Cobra Rattler plane but the rest went in the junk. I was broken up about it as I would have preferred to sell them to people that needed parts.. Unfortunately I was very short on time as I was moving out of state.

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curious_kitty705@reddit

Yes!!! My brother did!! And I had She-ra's castle with her horse 😁

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Chaos_Sauce@reddit

Didn’t we all know one kid who had it? Usually the same kid who had the full metal Voltron and one of the non-NES consoles you only saw in magazines.

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drummer_who_codes@reddit

I was a He-Man kid. My parents weren't big on huge playsets, but they bought me Castle Grayskull, Snake Mountain, and The Horde. They were all pretty amazing.

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Mission-Concert-9575@reddit

Same here, I remember a day that i nagged my dad so much to buy and and he said yes, went to the store, heard the price and said no. Never had it. Had a lot of the characters and vehicles and animals. Never had the castle, My son who is 12 and knows I am a huge fan of MOTU was with me visiting a Comic store, we saw the castle and he was insisting that I get it for myself. I did not. Now he is saying that I should get it for my birthday.

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macrocosm93@reddit

I had it. It was pretty tight.

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Sodamyte@reddit

That was a "for both of you" present for my older brother and I. We used it for a GI Joe base mostly

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NewEnglandNerdy@reddit

My brother had that and the GI Joe spaceship.

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ken830@reddit

I had the action figures and the Attak Trak.

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rojoshow13@reddit

Either me or my cousin had it. We both had a lot of He-man stuff.

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tc_cad@reddit

My cousins had this. Was probably my favourite toy at their house.

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Remarkable_Major7710@reddit

No, I wasn’t into Masters of the Universe, I had a few figures and that’s it. I was a GI Joe, Transformers & Lego fan. And then it just became Lego

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ollie81578@reddit

That thing is satanic.

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The-D-O-Z@reddit

I had this and Snake Mountain. All the figures. I had a LOT of Transformers too! Perks of being an only child! I didn't necessarily always get what I want, when I wanted it, like your typical spoiled only child, but Mom & Dad ALWAYS made sure I had a spoiled Christmas (birthday same day as well)!

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sarkarati@reddit

I gave mine to my kid, now she has her penguins play in it. Also have Skeletor’s Castle but haven’t bequeathed that one yet

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Mind-of-Jaxon@reddit

I had this. And my gi joes had cardboard boxes

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Technical-Weekend598@reddit

My brother got this, I got the evil hoard castle

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Arriwyn@reddit

My cousin had a Castle Gray skull. It was pretty cool actually and his sister had the She-ra Castle too.

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veiled-nomore99@reddit

Me!! And I threw a fit on Christmas morning because my little sister got She-ra and I got a “boy toy.” Lol. I had Battle Cat and ended up loving it, but I was not a grateful daughter that morning. 😝

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itslonelyinthevoid@reddit

I still have it.

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Cactilily@reddit

I had She-Ra's Crystal Castle

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FalseVeterinarian881@reddit

Yes. This and skeletons castle. Still have the remaining well used pieces in my basement at home.

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MileHighDabber@reddit

I did have this at one point in my life

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ExpensiveWords4u@reddit

The rich kids did! 😆 same w Barbie dream house.

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RitchieViolence@reddit

I had this AND Snake Mountain. I neighbors that had the vehicles and some hard to find figures. The 80s were a fucking blast. I think I still have Castle Grayskull at my folks’ home.

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mstermind@reddit

I had this castle. It was my pride and joy along with an Optimus Prime.

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iced_coffee_mama@reddit

My brother had one

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the_amazing_spork@reddit

Yes and it was awesome.

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maroonfalcon@reddit

Yes, Christmas 1986. It was awesome! Santa hooked it up!

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Velvet_Samurai@reddit

This was a super common one in my area. I had it, all of my friends did too. Snake Castle was rarer, but I can think of 5 kids for sure that had this at my school. I think I saw the prices of it recently, they were only $20, which I realize was in 1980 money, but it's not like this was a $100 toy.

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Late-Arrival-8669@reddit

I got this, I remember some slime trap? perhaps and had green slime that came with it? I do remember how it folded out.

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Unusual-Minimum9306@reddit

My brother and I had this. Loved it. I thought about it again recently when helping put together my son’s bowser castle play set.

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Tank-Pilot74@reddit

I had this one! Bless my parents that Christmas! I even vaguely remember asking mall Santa for it too

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One-Earth9294@reddit

I did have Greyskull. And it was one of my favorite toys for a good long while. Always loved that sticker that goes on the floor that's like a dungeon with a grate and there are tentacles and arms reaching out of it.

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Homo_erotic_toile@reddit

My older brother had it

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flotusspunkmeyer@reddit

So did mine. It was always in the basement and so terrifying.

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TheJWal420@reddit

Got it from santa.

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

Same. I still have it!

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CaptainXakari@reddit

Same! Well, most of it and Snake Mountain too. My kids play with them now.

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

I have snake mountain too! Maybe I should bust them out of the attic.

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illwill79@reddit

Same! Loved it as a base.

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Much-Diet1423@reddit

Yup, same and it was great. IIRC, it also worked as a small storage case for your figures because it closed up.

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holymole1234@reddit

I did too. It was a pretty disappointing toy that I hardly ever played with and took up a lot of space in my small bedroom. Still I was a teenager before I finally got rid of it.

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Reasonable-Coconut15@reddit

Christmas when I was 8. It still ranks as the best christmas I have ever had.

I remember I spent the first night trying to recreate the TV commercial by having skeletor catch himself when he fell through the trap door.

My question now is, what the hell happened to it? My mom has dementia, so there is no help there.

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horsenamedmayo@reddit

Yessssssss! Omg we had all of those toys.

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meatandcheezandbooz@reddit

I got one secondhand for Christmas when I was young. I loved it

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Tricky-Society-5920@reddit

My daycare had this and the skeletor castle. My brother and I couldn’t wait for our stay-at-home-mom to abandon us every day to go shopping or take a nap or whatever she did all day

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ChonkyGloves@reddit

My brother had this and a ton of action figures. He always made me play Skeletor. I got revenge by routinely stealing his castle and playing Barbie in it.

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Nanaman@reddit

Closest I had was the Jurassic Park compound!

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yayforvalorie@reddit

My neighbor had one as a kid. My husband did too and now he has one.

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CatBoyTrip@reddit

i had grey skull and my cousin had the skeletor one. i liked his better.

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joustlord@reddit

I just discovered my Castle Grayskull in my basement a month ago. Now I need to find a place to display it.

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FreemanAMG@reddit

Yes I did! I still remember the distinctive feeling of the floor trap mechanism. My parents are awesome!

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OffMeta13@reddit

My brother for sure has this!

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VectorJones@reddit

Yep. This was at the top of my wish list, Christmas '83. I almost got my ass handed to me by my mother when I went sneaking in her closet and found it hidden and my older sister narced on me.

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DeathandHemingway@reddit

Yup. I loved it almost as much as my Dukes of Hazzard slotcar set.

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1101base2@reddit

I had that and a few of the action figures. My dad sold it in a garage sale a few years after I bought it for a quarter. No I'm not still bitter about it...

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i_am_randy@reddit

I had it and sold it for $5 in a garage sale around 1992. I still regret it.

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babyBear83@reddit

My brothers had it (they were born in 77) but they squandered it!! They were all about trading baseball cards at the time and I think they traded it for something they thought was a better deal. Lol, boy were they SO wrong about the baseball cards…the Heman castle is worth more now than all the boxes of baseballs they had combined.

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No-Independence8207@reddit

I still have mine

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amazonhelpless@reddit

What, do you think I was a Rockefeller?!

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foxontherox@reddit

I think I had Skeletor’s castle. I remember taking it to school for show and tell.

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Sufficient_Bit3721@reddit

I had one, now my brother has it ( thinks it is his) as well as my ATAT and my snowspeeder and my GI-JOE collection.

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1kreasons2leave@reddit

I had both Castle Greyskull And Snake Mountain, thank you divorced parents.

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Nwsamurai@reddit

This was my Kindergarten Graduation/Your Parents are Getting Divorced present!

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GenericDave65@reddit

I had this

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dogtor_howl@reddit

Yes, and it was AWESOME.

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dogtor_howl@reddit

I also had Crystal Castle and Crystal Falls, which had a little squeeze pump so you could fill the pool with water and then really make the waterfall go. It was so neat!

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CAJASH@reddit

I had it, and I had the Horde Fright Zone.

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Out-There1013@reddit

My second grade class had one.

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grapecityjammer@reddit

I did. For Christmas. When I was five.

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JPhrog@reddit

I never got it new (family was poor) but we found one used at a garage sale when I was a kid, it still had the box and was in good condition!

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MrInternationalBunal@reddit

I had this omg haha and the green figer it had like velvet spray on fur

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Global-Jury8810@reddit

My brother had the He Man record so I wouldn’t be surprised if Mom got him this. I remember the he man record, but around the same time I ended up in the hospital needing stitches for my head because the swingset was not bolted to the ground and it eventually fell on my head. They mentioned records (hospital) and I told my parents to get me a She Ra record. I was something like three years old then. He was born in 81.

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DJSfromthe1900s@reddit

I remember having Castle Grayskull with the drawbridge mouth, but I don't remember it opening like the picture. It probably did though unless there were multiple versions.

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DBFairbanks666@reddit

I was what you’d call “middle class white trash” so I’d get a figure or a small item like the tauntaun, or robot armour that Joe figures fit into etc….but my buddy got EVERYTHING. So I had it vicariously through him lol! Atari VCS, aircraft carrier, 2 Joe headquarters…one for Cobra, Death Star, AT-AT etc. we both like SW and GI Joe but he didn’t really like HE-Man but he got the Castle and Snake Mountain…he couldn’t understand why He-Man would live in a place that looks like Skeletor should lol! So maybe 6(?)months later he gave me both and his mom said it looked gross and she wouldn’t let him use the slime for the mountain, I was so happy. My mom started being kind of a bitch to my friend…Years later, getting older, I realized his dad was a top dog at The Bay and my friend didn’t give me his, his dad gave me new ones as “charity” lol!…and he’d hide his when I was over. Turns out my mom wasn’t happy about it and told his parents off lol!…anyway I was an obliviously happy child just playin’ away. So I’m 53 now but a few years ago my buddy’s kid (12yrs) got really into He-Man and 80’s animation but now because they’re collectible prices, couldn’t afford or even find stuff so for his birthday I gave him mine…his dad gave me his AT-AT and a boxed snow-speeder after I did…yeah…I/we still collect lol! That’s how collectors should be, own it cause you love it, not for cash.:)

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Prestigious_Ear_2962@reddit

We had this and snake mountain and that weird hoarde one w/ the rubber snake puppet

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just-the-teep@reddit

Hell yes I had this. Thanks mom and dad.

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Fun-Community3120@reddit

I did, but my idiot father threw it out because he thought it was the devil.

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tj_haine@reddit

In the late 80s the older brother of my sister's friend had an immense clear out of his old toys when they moved house. I ended up with Castle Grayskull, the original Millennium Falcon, the A Team van and dozens of action figures among other absolute gems. I adored them all. But in my head, it meant that if we ever moved house, I'd have to give up all my own toys to someone else. That worried me for years!

The funny thing is, my parents did end up moving house many years later when I was just beginning university. I wasn't home much and even if I was I was either messing with a computer or playing video games. Those toys I'd so generously been given had kick started a huge collection of toys that I'd enjoyed playing with over the years, but ultimately had wound up in storage boxes, gathering dust.

I ended up gifting all of my Jurassic Park dinosaurs, Spawn action figures as well as a lot of the older toys which had survived to the little boy who lived next door. I figured they were better of bringing someone else some joy than taking up space in the new house.

In hindsight, that collection would probably be worth a fortune these days.

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Joerugger@reddit

I still have mine.

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booweezy@reddit

Got it. Loved it. Had the gas station / volcano from MASK too.

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SaveusJebus@reddit

My brother had it. I used to play with all his He-Man stuff. He was Barbie's short husband

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Middleage_dad@reddit

Random fact: Star Wars figures were made the size they are so that the vehicles and play sets would be a bit smaller as well, making them easier for kids to play with.

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Primary_Standard_892@reddit

I actually had this as a child and it was awesome for the first few days. I got bored of it afterward when a cousin of mine brought an Atari 2600 to my house...that was a wrap on toys.

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DisgruntledEwok@reddit

YES! It was one of my favorite things ever! For Christmas, I got a bunch of MotU toys and a big Grayskull play tent. I was setting it up with my dad, and we realized there were pieces missing. So, we went to the store to exchange it, but they had run out of them. So, my dad exchanged it for this magnificent beast, which was probably more expensive than the flimsy tent.

It is only now, as an adult, that I realize how much my parents sacrificed for their kids. This wasn't cheap back then, and my parents sometimes struggled. So, this gift meant a lot.

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Agreeable-Chart-5561@reddit

Got this for Christmas one year and I thought it was awesome

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Displaced_Melon1475@reddit

But did you have Hordak and his evil horde!

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wmubronco03@reddit

I had skeletor’s castle. Always wanted Greyskull though.

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OppositeRun6503@reddit

Lucky stiff....I would have traded you for it in a split second.

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wmubronco03@reddit

The microphone was pretty cool… 😂

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Bo_Neher@reddit

my kids play with this one

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Polkawillneverdie17@reddit

I had it.

My mother's sold all my old toys back in 2006 without telling me.

I wanted to turn my castle Grayskull into a DM Screen. :-/

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Jibbajaba@reddit

I got both Castle Greyskull and Snake Mountain on the same Christmas morning. Helps that I had a new stepmom who was trying to buy my affection.

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No_Reason8645@reddit

My brothers had this. I had the my little pony castle 🙂

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Ive_seen_things_that@reddit

Yeah, Mom found one at a garage sale for me.

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Pixiefairy2525@reddit

I so totally had this! Didn't it come with th3 bird form of the sorceress?!? I had She-ra's crystal castle too!

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solemn_penguin@reddit

I had the castle. I think I also had snake mountain. I also had the castle of lions from voltron

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JaCliner@reddit

Had it! Loved i! Wish I would have saved it.

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xRVAx@reddit

OMG my after school babysitter had this and I would beg my mom to let me stay longer so I could keep playing with it.

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hanzobust75@reddit

My cousin did. I did have basically everything else, including the Three Towers of Eternia set

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dougsbeard@reddit

You mean this?

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Comfortable-Sky-9569@reddit

My older brother had this

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ljofa@reddit

My cousin did. My parents made me choose between Star Wars and He-Man.

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_its_a_SWEATER_@reddit

Yes! But I was too young and destructive to cherish it.

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tikix3room@reddit

Yes. Last year at a vintage toy shop. For $300.

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CaseyAnthonysMouth@reddit

We got one from goodwill that was missing an entire side. 😂

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sajohnson53402@reddit

Yes. Unabashedly yes.

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Lonely_Storage2762@reddit

I will confess that I have a son who got one of these. It took a lot of scrimping and saving plus not getting presents for me or my husband. It was worth it though! He treated it like it was a real castle until he gave up He-man for GI Joe🤣.

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Atillion@reddit

My brother had it. I was so jealous and he wouldn't let me play with it. I just wanted to drop Beastman down the trap door.

He was PISSED when I got Snake Mountain the next christmas. I wouldn't let him play with it. I would taunt him with the snake microphone.

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water_bottle1776@reddit

Yes. No idea what happened to it, but I remember having it.

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C0BRA_V1P3R@reddit

I did along with Hordak’s Fright Zone that came with the weird snake monster hand puppet.

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Such-Patience-5111@reddit

My brother had this! We played with it all the time

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sassyfontaine@reddit

Yes! My brother had it!

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Frosty_Cloud_2888@reddit

I wanted Castle Greyskull but I got Snake Mountain instead. Looking back Snake Mountain was the better deal.

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IndyDude11@reddit

I honestly can't remember if I actually had this, or if the memories I have are just memories of me dreaming of playing with this.

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childofeye@reddit

This was in our house growing up and it was intricate and amazing!

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poofyhairguy@reddit

Got one recently for my son off Facebook Marketplace. My son has no clue who He-Man is so he pretended the previous owner sold it and now its Peppa Pig's vacation home.

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manofredearth@reddit

Yes! Had just about everything and wish I had kept it all. Somehow, only Ram Man (and, more reasonable to believe, Snake Mountain) escaped me. My favorites were the Hordak modular enemy, Moss Man, the buzz saw spider vehicle thing, and the skeletal transport dinosaur.

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Academic_Antelope292@reddit

I had it. And Skeletor’s Castle.

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A_j_ru@reddit

I wish I still had the battle damage heman and skeletor.

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therobotscott@reddit

My oldest brother had one.

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steve_dallasesq@reddit

I had this but like a stupid kid I didn't appreciate it and wanted Snake Mountain.

I did not have the aircraft carrier but had a friend who did.

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A_j_ru@reddit

Yes, and snake mountain.

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tochirov@reddit

A friend of mine had this. We used it as a background set piece for our Legos Nations at war p

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mid_1990s_death_doom@reddit

I never did but some of my little guy friends had this. I definitely played with it, when allowed lol. Way cooler than barbie.

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Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit

I had greyskull and my little bro had snake mountain. Pretty cool setup on both. We had epic playtimes. My kids never really played played.

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iametron@reddit

I had it 😊

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WittyWitWitt@reddit

I did! Loved it.

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SpilldaBeanz@reddit

oh yeah. Had this, Snake Mountain, Fright Zone and the Slime Pit. (no Eternia!!)

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bradmin@reddit

It’s on the shelf in my office

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LatinBotPointTwo@reddit

I had one, and it was awesome. Always played with that and the My Little Pony house thingy.

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Doublestack2411@reddit

I still have this in my basement

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Dense_Surround3071@reddit

I had some sort of slime based torture chamber. Only got to play with it once. Then my mom realized how messy it was. I never saw the slime again except for the remnants in He-Man's joints.

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-bobsnotmyuncle-@reddit

I remember this being my Christmas eve present I was allowed to open. I got out of my room late in the night/early morning to play with it and I didn't let the goo stuff cool down enough in the fridge overnight. Instead, I just made a big sloppy mess. Then causing my dad to wake up grumpy with a crying 4(?) year old to attend to.

I don't have a single memory of it after that. Only he man toys I remember actually playing with were the green tiger and that dude that spun in circles at the waist.

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Sea2Chi@reddit

yep, but my grandma got it at a yard sale and it was missing a lot of parts. Still awesome though.

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NonCorporealEntity@reddit

I still have it... At least the shell. I'm misreading the chair and one of the floors.

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jobrien80@reddit

Yes I had that and my brother had snake mountain. (Or maybe vice versa). So damn cool. I haven’t thought of this in a long time.

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rhino-x@reddit

Nope. We were too poor and that thing was like $100 in the 80's.

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RustedMauss@reddit

Somehow I did. My parents didn’t have a lot of money, but Santa always seemed to deliver the choice goods. Xmas ~1991-2, spent at my grandparents in PA with the house packed full of family sleeping wherever we’d fit, and -in my memory- around 5” snow. Got Castle Grayskull and a few related homeboys.

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laternerdz@reddit

My cousin got it one christmas and his house was very popular for about a week

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geekdeevah@reddit

No, BUT! My cousin had snake mountain and we'd scream into the horrible microphone for about 5 mins before our moms took it away. Every time. LOL

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Drcornelius1983@reddit

I had this.

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flying_dutchman_w204@reddit

Oh hell yeah I had it now I’m going to get the remake. I love that they are bring some of these toys back

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5pens@reddit

My older cousins had it and I thought it was sooooo cool

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Last-Surprise4262@reddit

I remember my poor farm cousin got it because his mom and dad were separated that Xmas so they spent Xmas with us and I felt like everyone was spoiling him because of what he was going through. lol.

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SullyC13@reddit

My mom has a VHS recording somewhere of me playing with it and the action figures

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The-interrobang@reddit

My older siblings went to Disney world with my grandma, so my parents bought me this as a consolation prize.

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terrelli@reddit

He-man came with a half a gray sword cut down the flat profile. You could fit it to the half purple sword that came with skeletor and unlock the front door with them. I don't remember real well but I think maybe in the cartoon they couldn't swordfight because their swords would magic together and drama...

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YorkiesandSneakers@reddit

I knew a kid who had it. Same kid had the gi joe aircraft carrier.

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CoyPowers@reddit

I definitely had Castle Grayskull. I remember getting it on Christmas morning. It was before the cartoon was a thing. My parents had not been split up long, and I think Mom was doing some Christmas compensation. I never had Snake Mountain or the Fright Zone, but I had Grayskull, Point Dread, and the Slime Pit.

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Rhizobactin@reddit

Got it?

Heck yea! I regifted to my son 2 years ago. I still have Skeletor’s castle as well with the microphone

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the_brent@reddit

F'n a

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austinmiles@reddit

I remember them being at the thrift store all the time as a kid. My parents gave away my He-man toys when they were "born again" as well as a lot of other toys that were identified as satanic...and to be honest, I can kind of see why one might think that at first, or second, glance.

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CokBlockinWinger@reddit

Plenty of my friends did. We instead had the Ewok village.

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malibuklw@reddit

I got Sheera’s castle for Christmas when I was 5 or 6. It was all set up and I saw it before my mom woke up and then I had to pretend that I didn’t see it.

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oynutta@reddit

I had it and it was glorious. Though I cried because I misaligned a sticker and ruined the look of the trapdoor or something.

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BunsinHoneyDew@reddit

My friend had it and I was always super jealous haha

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oriondracowolf@reddit

When I was in pre-K a kindergartner had this and he would bring it in and not let anyone else play with it. I was always so envious.

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Funkyouup82@reddit

I had it but it second hand from a charity shop in London. Still loved it though

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Darth_Kara_Zor-El@reddit

Yes and Snake Mountain. Also had both versions of Teela. The common very pale skin and red hair, and the rare one with very tan skin and dark auburn hair.

Was SO excited when the She-Ra action figures came out and so were my parents lol. That’s how I learned to braid hair like a champ 😎

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RedDawnWlvrines@reddit

My brother and I got it for Christmas one year as a joint gift from grandparents.

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bubbabrowned@reddit

No. I wanted one but never got it. I did have the Thundercats Mummra Tomb play set though so that helped ease the pain.

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aliciadina@reddit

Yes and the she ra castles

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Vast-Hold6578@reddit

Yes!!! As afar as a know it’s probably still in my parents attic. Well… at least parts of it lol

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stlredbird@reddit

Hell ya i did. I also had the gi joe aircraft carrier. Single child ftw!!

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Hairbear2176@reddit

One year, my parents teamed up and went all out (they were divorced). I got Grayskull and a SHIT TON of He-Man figures. It was probably the best Christmas I ever had....until my mom and grandma got into a fight. My mom threw us into her car, my grandma threw ALL of my He-Man figures into about 3 feet of snow, and threw Grayskull into the trash when we left.

So...it turned into a pretty shitty Christmas rather quickly.

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GonePhishingAgain@reddit

I did for Christmas in 1985. That same year I was headed to my friend’s birthday party and my mom realized we didn’t have a gift to give. She said grab one of your presents under the tree for him and she would replace it. I ended up grabbing Skeletor and that was the only action figure for the castle my mom bought me for Christmas. So I had all these He-Man figures and the Greyskull Castle with no one to defend it.

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oskich@reddit

My friend got Castle Grayscull for Christmas, I have never felt such envy in my whole life 😁

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Scalytor@reddit

I had the original castle back in the 80s. And I have the modern re-release in the Origins line as well as a version on pre-order that pays homage to the original prototype! https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Universe-Grayskull-Jawbridge-Accessories/dp/B0FDH1WBJK/

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SekhmetScion@reddit

Hell yeah! Snake Mountain too!

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Feeling-Psychology80@reddit

I got it and loved it! One of the best Christmas’s I ever had!

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MonitorAway@reddit

It was a bit before my time, but since my brother is Gen X, we had one. Played with it tons with TMNT figures. Favorite part was the dungeon’s floor sticker.

Now it’s in my kids’ basement playroom with the re-release from a couple years ago.

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MeanWafer904@reddit

Get it? Still have it though some of the bits are missing

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Ocksu2@reddit

Yeah, I got it for Christmas one year. I still have it in the basement somewhere.

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PlagueDrWily@reddit

I wanted it but got Snake Mountain instead, which is the way better of the two playsets; my cousin and every other kid on my street had Castle Greyskull anyway so I got to enjoy it all the same.

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Slippery-Pete76@reddit

I had this (as well as Snake Mountain and the Slime Pit). It was awesome - the throne, trap door, elevator, using He-Man’s sword to open the jawbridge…

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drawgs@reddit

I got it from a yard sale with pieces missing. I still have it and my kids played with it so there’s even less pieces now.

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originalchaosinabox@reddit

My 7th or 8th birthday. Don't exactly remember which one.

I woke up before everyone else. Went to the living room to watch cartoons. It was already set up on the coffee table for me to surprise me. It freaked me out and I went running back to bed.

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helikophis@reddit

I had it! Ended up being more a decor piece than a real toy.

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beezchurgr@reddit

I used to live with a couple of toy collectors & we had this plus all the figures set up in the dining room. That apartment was fantastic and I wish I had pictures of it. We had horror figures in boxes covering every inch of the walls.

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Austin-Tatious1850@reddit

My snake mountain microphone still works! 👍

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Shuatheskeptic@reddit

I had this.

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snow1868@reddit

I had it as a kid. Wanted Snake Mountain more.

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lionlenz@reddit

I still have mine. A lot of the interior set parts are missing, but the overall castle shell is still intact and is a fun display piece.

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MotherofaPickle@reddit

I didn’t, but my neighbor had one (for her grandkids maybe?) and I played with it a lot. Still remember that smell. I remember a mix of He-Man characters and GI Joes. The GI Joes rode my My Little Ponies into battle.

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Solo4114@reddit

Yeah, I had it. It was pretty cool.

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Lightsabermetrics@reddit

Yes, and i loved it. I think my mom found it cheap at a garage sale.

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Swashbuckler79@reddit

My brother had it and I had snake mountain

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Acceptable_Chance307@reddit

I had it and loved it. I stashed it when I got older and planned on saving it for my kids or as a collectible. My dad unfortunately decided to get rid of it, along with my GI collection, while I was gone one day. I was devastated!

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superficial_user@reddit

I had it when I was a kid.

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xt0rt@reddit

I still have this and Snake Mountain. Most of the parts are missing though.

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morosco@reddit

There was always one neighbor kid who had the big toys like this.

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I_Lick_Your_Butt@reddit

I still have mine, but it's in the basement of my dad's house.

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bearbranch@reddit

My friend had one we put a bunch of candles all around it and went out back to chew and smoke came back inside and it was melting on fire. Manged to run into the kitchen and grab the small extinguisher under the sink and put it out before it caught the walls and ceiling on fire.

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ProfessorOfLies@reddit

I had it and then stupidly traded it for a starcommand base. It was not an even trade and I regret it to this day

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Fkappa@reddit

Yeeep. So did my son.

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walks_with_penis_out@reddit

And my axe.

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CombinationMiddle152@reddit

I had this until my mom read Turmoil in the Toybox. That book ruined my childhood

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TheConcreteGhost@reddit

My late husband had one that sat on top of our Ikea bookcases in our living room. It was from his childhood. He had some sort of vehicle and another thing that had came with slime (long dried up). I’m sure his brother has it now and it is headed for eBay.

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prolikewhoa@reddit

I had an off-brand one that wasn’t even He-Man but was gray and resembled a castle.

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Turbojelly@reddit

I had that. And Man-At-Arms. And the 3 face dude.

Still remember my schools version of the lyrics: "I have the power, to pickup a flower, in an hour or 2"

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ginger-inside-007@reddit

Oh wow, this brought up memories. My best friend at the time had this. We played with it a lot. I wonder if he still has it or gave to his nephew.

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nola_mike@reddit

I had this and the Ghostbusters firehouse

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DigitalMunkey@reddit

Oh, i had it, and it was fucking sweet.

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douglonious@reddit

My mom bought mine at a thrift store. Most of my toys were from second hand stores.

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yappari_slytherin@reddit

I had it. Lots of fun

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DetroitsGoingToWin@reddit

Yes, my biggest gift of those early years. I found it before Christmas behind our water heater in the basement. Mom told me Santa hides other people’s gifts in different houses. I bought it.

I broke on of my arm chains almost immediately, tried to get my cousin to trade me his, he didn’t go for it.

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SuperKing3000@reddit

I had Castle Gray Skull. It was the best Christmas ever!

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ChrisChuck1@reddit

I won one at a mall where there was a guy dressed up as He-Man for some sort of advertising event.

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edwardturnerlives@reddit

I got Snake Mountain and spent hours singing into it.

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SensitiveArtist@reddit

My brothers and I had Greyskull, the tank, the plane, and a bunch of the figures.

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DarinCN@reddit

Yes - I was the biggest he-man fan- early 80s - so yes

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DarinCN@reddit

I did move toward transformers y gijoe not too long after

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RaygunMarksman@reddit

Yeah, one of my favorite toys ever. I think it was my first Masters of the Universe thing. I remember picking it out with my old man in the local mall toy store on my birthday. Also got Castle Eternia for Christmas one year. He-Man toys were pretty awesome in hindsight.

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