Bionic Six (LJN)

photo @4tolld46

The Bionic Six was an animated tv show that aired in the late '80s.  According to good old Wikipedia, the good guys (the Bennett Family) are augmented with bionics.  The bad guys (lead by Dr. Scarab) want to steal the bionic technology.  While the show lasted a couple of years, the toy line from LJN did not.  Only one wave of toys were released.

I never watched the show (wish I had).  But I did play with the toys, which were pretty cool.  The figures are made with die-cast metal and plastic (the plastic to highlight the bionic features).  My next door neighbor had them (her family had ALL the toys, for real) so I played with the Bionic Six figures a lot.

Like I always say, I love it when toys are the same size.  Neither me or my neighbor watched the show, but it didn't matter.  Meg from Bionic Six could play with Darth Vader (Kenner) who could play with Gung Ho (Hasbro).  Everyone could fit in each others vehicles.  It was an action figure party!  The 80's were good times.

photo @lisasgrandma

I had forgotten about the toys until I re-read one of my old Toyfare Magazines from 2002.  (I loved Toyfare the Magazine and re-read my old issues.  Yes, I'm a dork.) 

Toyfare (always a publication filled with sophisticated humor) had a little scene/skit thingy and I was like, I remember playing with those!  So now I want to collect them.

There aren't a whole lot of Bionic Six toys on Ebay right now.  But I might get lucky.  You never know.  Well, what about you?  Did you get anything cool over the weekend?