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 friends 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 friends 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).
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.
