Not one to rest on their laurels after re-releasing the wonderfully kitschy
Galaxy Laser Team, Tim Mee has now re-released their classic
Cavemen figurines set, the massive
Battle Mountain playset, and even a slew of military vehicles to go along with your little green army men!
I gotta tell ya', I don't know if Toyriffic's internship program is helping or if it's causing me MORE work and stress!
Here's our intern setting up the shot. 'You need more cavemen on this ledge, daddy!'
The cavemen are just great. I never owned any of these as a kid, but wish I had, considering how many Imperial dinosaurs I owned. They would have made the perfect fodder! I also love the vastly different designs. I'm pretty sure the second from the left is the leader!
You get 48 cavemen in a bag - split into two colors: tan and red. They come in 'Rock thrower,' 'Club wielder,' 'Shillelagh swinger' and 'Hatchet heaver' styles!
A lot of detail is packed into their diminutive stature too, check out that knife on his belt! He'll flatten you then fillet you! And of course just the concept of a rock about to be dropped on the heads of his tan hued foes is enough to get any red blooded American kid excited!
And speaking of exciting...
"Voila! My masterpiece is finished."
This
Battle Mountain Playset is just spectacular. Why didn't I have one of these (or TEN of them) when I was a kid?!?! This thing is the perfect all purpose playset. Great for the cavemen, or amry men, or any little figures...mine is destined to become part of a mini Batcave display very soon! This thing is so simple yet so amazingly versatile. I just love it!
Finally, here's one of the newly released military vehicles. This is the tan armored military scout. These vehicles were apparently old stock left over from
the last production run before Processed Plastic was sold!
I remember having so many different military vehicles to go along with
my little green army men back in the day, but many of them were scaled
much smaller than the figures themselves, and few rolled along very well. I must have had a lot of cheap sets!
This one is much better designed than what I remember. It's pretty well scaled to the figurines, and does a great job of mowing over cavemen who get a little too unruly!
The wheels roll nicely and the turret turns smoothly too!
It holds a lot of 'troops' as well!
These
Tim Mee toys are all highly recommended if you are into recapturing the magic of the plastic figurines of your youth, and I can't recommend the Battle Mountain Playset highly enough due to it's versatility and display value! It's just keen!
You can get the bag of
48 tan and red Cavemen,
the
Battle Mountain Playset,
the
tan armored scout vehicle,
and a
number of
other vehicles as well,
not to mention the
Galaxy Laser Team
on Amazon.com right now!
Cavemen vs.
Skateboarders. Oh the humanity!
During the photoshoot, my intern decided to upend all the bags of figures I was shooting.
Of course, keeping them on the table became an exercise in futility after mere seconds. I'm going to be stepping on cavemen and skateboarders for months!
The cavemen do seem to have the upper hand!
In addition to taking over the whole photoshoot, my intern also insisted on wearing
my shirt! You just can't get good free help these days!
The battle for Battle Mountain is over. It appears one lone skateboarder has survived...
"That what HE think! Bombs awaaaaay!"
