Don't collect Looney Tunes figures for 20 years...

[Matthew Hunter]

Or THIS might happen!

http://toolooney.goldenagecartoons.com/images/blogpics/allfigures.jpg

[Marty26]

Are any of those McDonald's Happy Meal toys?

[CueBallCat79]

Are any of those McDonald's Happy Meal toys?

I see Bugs, Daffy and Taz from the Superhero line.

Where's Petunia?

[Steve Stanch]

Those are great! Now you need to work at a studio and put 'em on your desk....

[Matthew Hunter]

Are any of those McDonald's Happy Meal toys?

Some of them were, yes. The "Superhero" figures have long lost their little clip-on costumes though. I believe a couple of the cars were from Happy Meals as well, originally. Some I have bought at garage sales and flea markets over the years, so your guess is as good as any. A few of them originally came from Arby's...I just got a box from Jon Cooke today that included those, a few of the Space Jam figures, and assorted others. They come from here, there and everywhere.

[Marty26]

I actually had one or two of those superhero ones as a kid. Batduck and, I think, one other. Man, those were lame in retrospect.

[Glowworm]

I have the "Space Jam" one from McDonalds of Marvin the Martian-I also have or had (don't know if it's still here) the Elmer FUdd one with the carrot in his gun as well as three of the superhero ones-two Taz's(one was my brother's) a Bugs and a Petunia-but I somehow lost her in the car when I was young-but not her costume.:D THis is an awesome collection though-love the demented looking Merlin the Magic Mouse in the back.:D

[Brandon Panther]

Some of them were, yes. The "Superhero" figures have long lost their little clip-on costumes though. I believe a couple of the cars were from Happy Meals as well, originally. Some I have bought at garage sales and flea markets over the years, so your guess is as good as any. A few of them originally came from Arby's...I just got a box from Jon Cooke today that included those, a few of the Space Jam figures, and assorted others. They come from here, there and everywhere.
I still have mine with the costumes. I also have the Bugs toy with the car that stretches.

[Matthew Hunter]

I have the "Space Jam" one from McDonalds of Marvin the Martian-I also have or had (don't know if it's still here) the Elmer FUdd one with the carrot in his gun as well as three of the superhero ones-two Taz's(one was my brother's) a Bugs and a Petunia-but I somehow lost her in the car when I was young-but not her costume.:D THis is an awesome collection though-love the demented looking Merlin the Magic Mouse in the back.:D

the Merlin came from a set of Christmas ornaments that David Gerstein found and sent to Jon. (http://toolooney.blogspot.com/2009/03/hilariously-hideous-christmas-ornaments.html) There was more than one Merlin, so Jon sent the extra to me. It seems Merlin was the best-looking of the bunch, too!

If you wanna play "Where's Waldo", look for the only figure ever made of Claude Cat....from a set of internet-order figures from Italy.

[Daff Doc]

If you wanna play "Where's Waldo", look for the only figure ever made of Claude Cat....from a set of internet-order figures from Italy.

Found him! I have the complete Hardee's line of The California Raisins from the late 80s/early 90s. Could someone tell me what they're worth (compare to ebay)?

[Daff Doc]

I still have mine with the costumes. I also have the Bugs toy with the car that stretches.

Were all owned once, and now all lost.

What I do have though is the complete Hanna-Barbara plush-minis line from Dairy Queen (not the bonus tent though), along with the said Raisins.

[Matthew Hunter]

Found him! I have the complete Hardee's line of The California Raisins from the late 80s/early 90s. Could someone tell me what they're worth (compare to ebay)?

No idea. Ebay apparently charges so many fees to sell something now that it wouldn't be worth it.

And I would never sell my Looney Tunes figures. I'd sell all the other stuff, the random curios, the comic books, everything...before I'd part with these!

[Matthew Hunter]

By the way, the Wile E. Coyote with the TNT plunger in the front row is one of my most treasured posessions. My late grandfather bought it for me at the 7-story Warner Bros. store in New York City when he and my grandmother took me there 13 years ago. Lou Gehrig's disease took him too soon about 4 years later...but he was a Road Runner fan from the moment he first saw one of the cartoons at his military camp (He never served overseas but trained.). We used to watch one of the old VHS tapes of them together. Anyway, I loved the fancy NYC restaurants and awesome museums they took me to that week...but there was one day when I saw that store, and told them I didn't want to go to the museum they had scheduled us to visit. I was 12 years old, after all, and we'd been to enough of those! (Nearly every damn one in NYC, mind you!) To my grandmother's (I'm sure) horror (cartoon hater), my granddad agreed and we went into the WB store instead. He talked about it for the rest of his life. My grandmother also talks about it to this day, but in more of a sarcastic, "hated it" way. Regardless, it remains one of my fondest memories of a great trip and a great man. Funny how a plastic cartoon toy that cost all of two bucks can have so much meaning.

[cartoonfan4ever]

Great collection.

I have the Daffy in the yellow car, and the Marvin with his hand to his chin. I also have K-9 that's just standing, a couple of LT ornaments and some Plush type characters. And a large cardboard Uranium Pu 36 explosive space modulator. :cool:

I'll never give that stuff up.

[Steve Siegert]

Back when I was in preschool, I had a couple of the figures from Arby's that stood on an oval base. In the 90's, I collected a couple of the figure lines from McDonald's, most notably the superheroes and the vehicles. I'd like to say I maybe had one or two Space Jam figures, but I don't remember. I wish I still had them, but as I grew older, all of them were donated to charity along with all of my other toys.

[Jon Cooke]

So, which character do you have the most figures of? I see lots of Taz, Bugs and Sylvester.

[Geezil]

Oh, no!

Including the Christmas ornaments, you mean these various manufacturers managed to bookend the gang historically with Petunia and Merlin, but nobody remembered Little Red ("Hey Grandma! That's a mighty big nose for ya! Ta have!") Riding Hood?!? :eek:

Truly a sad day in tchotchke (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tchotchke) land. ;)

[Brandon Panther]

I'd kill for an Egghead figurine if any existed.

[janiepooh34]

That's it? That is all you got for 20 years of collecting? Man, I have 3 times that!

Just kidding. But I am waiting for someone to seriously say it.

I have one Road Runner on a star. Not sure where that came from originally, it just showed up in my kids toy box one day.

[CueBallCat79]

That's nothin'. You should see my Godzilla collection.

Now there's a painful addiction right there.

[Jon Cooke]

I'd kill for an Egghead figurine if any existed.

One actually DOES exist as part of the massive set of Italian Looney Tunes PVC figures which Matthew's Claude Cat figure came from. Oddly, Egghead was dressed in his "peacemaker" outfit from "A Feud There Was".

[Geezil]

I forgot to add this to post #17. :o


http://img.listal.com/image/48367/200full-little-red-riding-rabbit-1944.jpg (http://www.listal.com/movie/little-red-riding-rabbit-1944/pictures)

[oceansoul]

Crikey! There are more Taz in the collection, than Porky-Elmer-Foggy-Speedy-Roadrunner-Coyote combined.:shame:

[Matthew Hunter]

Crikey! There are more Taz in the collection, than Porky-Elmer-Foggy-Speedy-Roadrunner-Coyote combined.:shame:

Yes, probably because Warner has made more Taz merchandise than Porky-Elmer-Foggy-Speedy-Roadrunner-Coyote combined!

[oceansoul]

Yes, probably because Warner has made more Taz merchandise than Porky-Elmer-Foggy-Speedy-Roadrunner-Coyote combined!

That's why I hate Warner merchandise.

Btw. I happened to like Taz Mania as a kid. But seriously how can they give such an enormous hype for a character, who was mediocre at best in the classic Looney Tunes era? :shame:

[zoink]

By the way, the Wile E. Coyote with the TNT plunger in the front row is one of my most treasured posessions. My late grandfather bought it for me at the 7-story Warner Bros. store in New York City when he and my grandmother took me there 13 years ago. Lou Gehrig's disease took him too soon about 4 years later...but he was a Road Runner fan from the moment he first saw one of the cartoons at his military camp (He never served overseas but trained.). We used to watch one of the old VHS tapes of them together. Anyway, I loved the fancy NYC restaurants and awesome museums they took me to that week...but there was one day when I saw that store, and told them I didn't want to go to the museum they had scheduled us to visit. I was 12 years old, after all, and we'd been to enough of those! (Nearly every damn one in NYC, mind you!) To my grandmother's (I'm sure) horror (cartoon hater), my granddad agreed and we went into the WB store instead. He talked about it for the rest of his life. My grandmother also talks about it to this day, but in more of a sarcastic, "hated it" way. Regardless, it remains one of my fondest memories of a great trip and a great man. Funny how a plastic cartoon toy that cost all of two bucks can have so much meaning.

That's a really great story Matthew!
I too have some collectables that are associated with members of family that have since passed, and those items carry such great meaning for me whenever I see them.
I've actually built showcases in my house to display some nostaglic items (against my wife's better judgement of course).
Anyways - thanks for sharing such a touching story.

[Thad]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/looneythad/100_1363.jpg

[CueBallCat79]

Oh wow. Where did the Jose, Panchito and Donald statues come from?

[Thad]

They're from the Disney Store (online exclusives?)... Jon sent them to me a few years ago. I've never seen them on eBay for sale so they're probably extremely rare by now. They're at least 16 inches high each.

[Jon Cooke]

They're from the Disney Store (online exclusives?)... Jon sent them to me a few years ago. I've never seen them on eBay for sale so they're probably extremely rare by now. They're at least 16 inches high each.

Yeah, they were Disney Store online exclusives a few years ago (2005, maybe?). I think they were only limited to 1,000 sets. They must have not sold too well, I remember buying two sets (one for me, one I sent to Thad as a Christmas present) for some ridiculously low clearance price.

[Keith Paynter]

I think I just found a new wallpaper!