I was 6 years old when Mattel released these back in 1975, and they seemed like the coolest thing ever on the TV commercial. Each figure was animated when you moved a lever back and forth. My friend David Dowdy had a few of these, and though they looked neat, it was clear that the [...]
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Gre-Gory The Big Bad Vampire Bat!
January 21st, 2010 
rberry Here’s a great ad from 1980 for Gre-Gory The Big Bad Vampire Bat. Like many toys, he was big and fearsome, but also…HE’S FUN! Much like the Pulsar action figure that pumped blood, Gre-Gory had an exposed chest with a full working circulatory system. Unfortunately, like many toys with fluid inside of them (like Real [...]
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Tags: action figures, gre-gory, pulsar 
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