the Ghost Popper was bad ass. the the blackish gun with the yellow foam things on top. i had that in 1987 when i was 10. for them to be foam they stung like hell. made a kid cry one time when i shot him with one. sorry brian. :( it was fun as hell though.
@mysteriousjeffmather LOL, no, a small town in northern Italy. And you can't blame the guy: he was only being honest. As I wrote, many other kids before me got one of those but they were disappointed (like me, they mistook the photograph of the foam cylinder for an artistic representation of an infrared beam) so their parents brought it back to the store. He did not want that to happen again, so he told me: "Look, this toy is not electronic, the beam is foam, do you still want it?" I said no.
In fact, that store went as far as calling it "Tube Pack" instead of "Proton Pack" to let customers know what they were buying and avoid refund requests.
@Casanova1177 Because that Kenner proton pack toy was really, really lame.
As a kid, I never saw this commercial (only illustrations of the toy) so I was convinced that it was a Laser Tag-style toy. I lost all interest in that toy when the owner of a toy store explicitly told me what the toy was, after the parents of many disappointed kids bought it, then brought it back to the store and asked for a refund.
So thankful I enjoyed these to their fullest
SwazAttack 2 weeks ago
I had all this stuff, my best friend and me used to run around my hometown busting ghosts! It was awesome.
sivazh 4 weeks ago
the Ghost Popper was bad ass. the the blackish gun with the yellow foam things on top. i had that in 1987 when i was 10. for them to be foam they stung like hell. made a kid cry one time when i shot him with one. sorry brian. :( it was fun as hell though.
BoneThugsEternal 3 months ago
@mysteriousjeffmather LOL, no, a small town in northern Italy. And you can't blame the guy: he was only being honest. As I wrote, many other kids before me got one of those but they were disappointed (like me, they mistook the photograph of the foam cylinder for an artistic representation of an infrared beam) so their parents brought it back to the store. He did not want that to happen again, so he told me: "Look, this toy is not electronic, the beam is foam, do you still want it?" I said no.
DevilMaster 7 months ago
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Wow, that guy sounds like just the kind of jolly soul you want working at a toy store. Where did you grow up, Dickensian London?
mysteriousjeffmather 7 months ago
LOL Cute kids!!!
Jonofthefuture2 10 months ago
@Cml725 Dude, YES! That and the original robocop toys, man they don't make cool stuff like that anymore or i'd still be into toys!
za100786 1 year ago
You know, for some kids, these were the toys that made them happiest. I was included in that group, because it gave me something to be excited for.
Cml725 1 year ago
In fact, that store went as far as calling it "Tube Pack" instead of "Proton Pack" to let customers know what they were buying and avoid refund requests.
DevilMaster 1 year ago
@Casanova1177 Because that Kenner proton pack toy was really, really lame.
As a kid, I never saw this commercial (only illustrations of the toy) so I was convinced that it was a Laser Tag-style toy. I lost all interest in that toy when the owner of a toy store explicitly told me what the toy was, after the parents of many disappointed kids bought it, then brought it back to the store and asked for a refund.
DevilMaster 1 year ago