I have a Battlecat
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sevenbastard
Legend
No. And frankly disappointed i haven't painted my jeep to resemble battle cat so I can ride one to work.
Willie the Duck
Legend
No, but I had that toy (sort of). I had the tiger toy from the Big Jim toyline (kind of like original-era GI Joe, but more focus on the adventurer/spy stuff than the military gear) that was the original mold both the Masters of the Universe riding cats used.
By the time MotU came out, my friends and I were still collecting and playing with action figures, but not really starting new toylines (we'd discovered pick-up ballgames and riding our bikes everywhere, and soon to be D&D). I do recall seeing the He-man stuff in the collections of friend's younger siblings and having a little why-didn't-we-get-that style jealousy. I mean, we got safari heroes and white jumpsuit Buck Rogers and skinny-legged star wars toys that didn't look that much like the actors (yes, I know, would be worth hundreds in good condition today ) and they got brain breaking psycho steroid-fueled, sword-and-laser wielding, tiger-riding, lich-battling cosmic weirdness and a double shot of boy's-idea-of-manliness all in one package. If Battle Cat turned into Evel Knievel's stunt cycle and He-man had a (real, non-toothpick-thickness) lightsaber, the two of them would have been my 5-year-old perfect toy (provided it had some glow in the dark qualities and shot sparks somehow, since those seemed to be added to everything at the time).
By the time MotU came out, my friends and I were still collecting and playing with action figures, but not really starting new toylines (we'd discovered pick-up ballgames and riding our bikes everywhere, and soon to be D&D). I do recall seeing the He-man stuff in the collections of friend's younger siblings and having a little why-didn't-we-get-that style jealousy. I mean, we got safari heroes and white jumpsuit Buck Rogers and skinny-legged star wars toys that didn't look that much like the actors (yes, I know, would be worth hundreds in good condition today ) and they got brain breaking psycho steroid-fueled, sword-and-laser wielding, tiger-riding, lich-battling cosmic weirdness and a double shot of boy's-idea-of-manliness all in one package. If Battle Cat turned into Evel Knievel's stunt cycle and He-man had a (real, non-toothpick-thickness) lightsaber, the two of them would have been my 5-year-old perfect toy (provided it had some glow in the dark qualities and shot sparks somehow, since those seemed to be added to everything at the time).
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I remember when I lived in Austin back in the early 1990s that someone had done exactly that! Even had the upholstery done in that saddle color.
There was another jeep where someone had painted the driver’s side to mimic the brickwork of the store they owned.
Austin’s unofficial motto, “Keep Austin Weird”, applies to more than just the people.
I also have Transformers. GI Joe never made it across the pond (to my knowledge).Haha, I was more of a G I Joe and Transformers person than a MotU person. So didn't have the Battlecat, but I did luck out to have the USS Flagg.
(Had... don't have it today. Alas?)
Mannahnin
Scion of Murgen (He/Him)
It was tweaked a bit to connect to an existing Action Man IP, and branded as Action Force in the UK. There were a few generations of the toys, getting closer to and incorporating more of GI Joe directly over time and apparently once Hasbro got full control of the line from Palitoy in 1985.
Action Force - Wikipedia
MGibster
Legend
Not having wealthy parents, my selection of toys was rather limited as a child. As I recall, I had two Masters of the Universe action figures, Battle Damage He-Man and Ram Man. I never had a Battlecat. I stuck with GI Joe and Transformers with a little Star Wars for the most part.
I gave all of my toys away in 1988 or 89. I hadn't played with them for a good two years at that point and didn't figure on wanting them ever again.
