tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post1098433004859001952..comments2024-03-17T09:16:18.726-04:00Comments on Plaid Stallions : Rambling and Reflections on '70s pop culture: A world of Fisher Price AdventurePlaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-41261266104991109512018-07-27T14:46:13.455-04:002018-07-27T14:46:13.455-04:00I had set 13, and I, too, incorporated it with my ...I had set 13, and I, too, incorporated it with my 3 3/4" Joes and it served them well. The bike was Snake-Eyes and Flint was the man with the Kayak. The Parachute was used to paratroop my Cobra Soldier into battle. The Van was like a mobile headquarters. Kevin Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13056066063642046865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-23597613342497334102018-01-05T09:28:55.230-05:002018-01-05T09:28:55.230-05:00I had #12 and #14. When G.I. Joe action figures c...I had #12 and #14. When G.I. Joe action figures came out in 1982, I incorporated these into my play universe!John Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02937051616267730828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-79908910429324625882018-01-04T17:48:31.575-05:002018-01-04T17:48:31.575-05:00There's a lot of great 70s childhood memories ...There's a lot of great 70s childhood memories all on this one page. I had the parachutist in [13] as a stand-alone set. Same figure sculpt as the adventurer in the yellow shirt but the one I had went for all-white coveralls. Same red helmet, though. The Alpha Probe was an incredible set. Didn't have it, but I was still impressed by the two guys I knew who did. <br /><br />After Star Wars came out the the ship looked a little too civilian and didn't exactly fit with in with the rest of the neighborhood's fleet of snappy X-Wings, much less the gun-metal grey TIE-fighters or Millenium Falcons. One kid's dad had an elegant solution. He left the all-white and came up with a stylish set of red and yellow stripes based on the X-Wing.<br />http://imperialholocron.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/X-Wing.jpg<br /><br />He was an auto-detailer and when he was done, his son's Alpha Probe looked like a studio model. It was "battle worn" in the right places, there was heat-discoloration around metallic-looking engine exhausts, and them crowning touch. The wing stickers were removed and Rebel logos were air-brushed in. The sled got the same treatment. Nobody, I mean nobody, laughed at his Alpha Probe set after that.<br /><br />Even stock, it was a very nice looking ship up close.<br />https://2warpstoneptune.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/fp-ap-1980.jpg?w=1400<br /><br />Then Empire Strikes Back came out and the other kid whose Alpha Probe was still all-white said it had "Hoth camo", which made sense in a weird way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-81195806722030376272018-01-04T11:57:48.920-05:002018-01-04T11:57:48.920-05:00I don't see the 2 sets I had;the Safari set an...I don't see the 2 sets I had;the Safari set and the Forest Ranger set.My cousin had the boat, but his came with a dolphin instead of the shark.Hauntedheadfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-41296151036502311892018-01-04T11:29:32.840-05:002018-01-04T11:29:32.840-05:00I had #12, the Aero-Marine Search Team. Lots of fu...I had #12, the Aero-Marine Search Team. Lots of fun with that set. I still remember the button on the side of the copter to make the blades turn.Caffeinated Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116651473308629663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-10340682851725754402018-01-04T02:07:36.824-05:002018-01-04T02:07:36.824-05:00how about that i used to have those two space ship...how about that i used to have those two space ships at the top of the catalog. loved em back in the day the Alpha Probe had some cool sound effects. Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.com