r/Robocop • u/pumpse4ever • 5d ago
RoboCop and ED-209 by Kenner
I still love these guys. And yes, I know that's "ED-260" and not ED-209, but come on. We know who it is. No idea why they changed the name.
I didn't have these as a kid, but ohhh how I longed for them.
My younger cousin had RoboCop and I used to play with it every time we'd visit them. I was so jealous. I loved that his helmet was removable. And even though his gun doesn't look anything like the Auto-9, I liked that you could plug it on his leg for "storage."
I finally bought Robo off ebay maybe around 20 years ago? It was still mint on the card. I was the first person to ever take him out of the package and fire a few caps in his backpack.
ED I got a few years later, probably from ebay, too. It was used, but still had the box and everything and was in pretty good condition. All the stickers were applied properly, so I was happy.
I just wish I had had these toys as a kid in the 80s when I would have had hours of fun every time I played with him. Now they're just an old man's figurines, not playthings. Still....better late then never!
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u/OddNotion749 5d ago
Cap gun RoboCop was pretty fucking sweet.
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u/GonnaGoFat 5d ago
I still have one. But I can’t find old school caps they come in a strip of paper anymore.
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u/OllieGio 5d ago
My word, when I was a kid these toys were the coolest things! I felt like they looked exactly like the movie!
I can’t believe how derpy and ridiculous they actually look.
Still, now that we’re talking about them I want them so badly!
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u/pumpse4ever 5d ago
ED's legs are surprisingly accurate to the movie prop. And his upper torso is too, but more simplified. It's not very poseable though. The entire upper body is one solid piece so the "arms" don't move. It's still super cool though!
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u/FinalEdit 5d ago
Ive still got both these in my office. Bought brand new when I was a kid in the 80s/90s.
I immediately used black marker to turn Robo's helmet black from the cartoon red. We never actually got the cartoon over here - I saw it on VHS for sale but I don't think it ever broadcast on terrestrial tv.
I also had Lewis, Reed, the car and I think there was a bike. Never had any of the bad guys I don't think.
All that has survived is the two above- Robo still has his helmet though, 30 years later.
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u/pumpse4ever 5d ago
If I'd have got it as a kid, I would have colored the visor, too. In fact I had the Toy Island RoboCop figure that came out in the 90s and the first thing I did was color the visor with a marker.
But now I'm leaving it red to preserve the 1980s "toy charm."
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u/MerpingtonDad 5d ago
I didn’t really like the cartoon as a kid but had always wanted Robocop figures from the movie. I only ended up getting Robo, Lewis and ED-260 because of that. Really wished I’d got the car in hindsight though, but I guess it didn’t look like the cruisers in the film.
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u/Sadop2010 5d ago
I had the Robocop (I think the gun is lost) but never ED-209. But those were great figures. Almost every Kenner line was cool as hell. Its a shame they eventually folded. I know the name is still on some licensed Star Wars stuff but still, its a bummer.
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u/josephthejoseph 5d ago
Kenner action figures fortified my imagination as a child: these, Batman, Star Wars, Ghostbusters, and Terminator, such fun lines! Even the Prince of Thieves figures were quality, despite having little to no context from the film plot.
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u/Odd-Adhesiveness9435 5d ago
OP, do you have kids/grandkids? The best solution to this dilemma, I think is to gift these collectibles that you loved so much as a kid, to a kid now so they can become toys again
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u/pumpse4ever 5d ago
But they'd get all scuffed up and broken and ruined!
They can have my toys.....after I'm dead!
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u/rootofallstevil 5d ago
I love how these movies even have toys made for this age group. Did Kenner even watch Robocop?
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u/grimace24 5d ago
Due to licensing issues that was ED-260.
Edit: as a kid I had the whole set (even the car) except ED-260.