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Six Million Dollar Man
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This memory was added on: December 30,2006
Steve Austin, Astronaut, A man barely alive! We can rebuild him! We have the technology to create the worlds first bionic man!We can make him better than he was before, Better, Stronger, Faster! (bionic sound effect) If ya want them to bring back the Six Million Dollar Man toys give me a hell yeah! And THAT'S the bottom line, cause the real Steve Austin says so!!!!!!
Frank
1964
snapplehubbs@aol.com
This memory was added on: December 21,2006
I still regret having missed the first episode in which the accident occured. At that time, however, SMDM was the sure-shot favourite of myself and all my friends. We would emulate him in our games, and play the signature tune by mouth while either spying distant objects or running fast...lol! Those were the days...BTW, I still have the SMDM toy with the bionic arm and eye....its still as good as new and I dont have the courage to give it to my kids for fear of breaking it!
Saad
Nov 1968
This memory was added on: December 12,2006
long as i can remember when i was small i used to watch the six million dollar on tv on latenight tv after star trek, just hearing the opening song made me light up big smile,i was glued to the floor,i have had the action figures,spaceship,color books,comics books,im hoping that the sci-fi-channel would bring it back on tv i miss heraing those bionic sounds.
thugchild
11/25/70
thugchild@dellmail.com
This memory was added on: December 5,2006
Dang, Steve Austin...what can you say? I was obsessed with this toy. I had Steve Austin, Mask-A-Tron with the different faces, and Bigfoot...LOL!!! I also had a car of some sort for Steve Austin. Great Toy!!!!
robert
1969
redkatmedia@gmail.com
This memory was added on: December 4,2006
Well, two people confused at least two competing action figures that were out in the mid/late seventies. SMDM was pretty damn cool as I recall (I was in about second or third grade as it was starting to end its run) -- it had some great features. The roll up skin, telescope eye and, of course, running suit. But the two confusing figures (or features of those figures) mentioned were Big Jim (he came with a pre-cut plastic "board" and the figure with the clear arm? GI Joe's Atomic Man figure (the arm also twirled around so it could be a copter and his eye would blink).
Anyway, maybe I shouldn't be remembering too many details about this sort of thing, but then, they are the realllly fun times from life.
Cheers,
Fred
1970
This memory was added on: November 19,2006
Six-million dollar man was my inspiration as a young child. I was blessed with being a little guy so everytime I watched the show, I felt like I actually was getting stronger and faster. I, too, ran around humming the theme song from the movie. I would also use that funny sound that Steve Austin used when he picked stuff up and threw it. I actually believed that it made the object I was throwing go further. I have searched endlessly on Ebay and Google for the Space Station. It was inflatable and had the lab modules in the center. Also, there was an escape hatch (perforated plastic) on the side that allowed Steve Austin to jump to safety out of the lab. The bionics were very interesting and I actually thought looking through his bionic eye that it made me see better...Hahaha. Thinking back, I remember it being a little blurry though. I will probably go to TV Land and buy the DVDs for the seasons it was on TV. All of the previous feedback inspired me to write this or else I would have just passed it on by. Thanks to all and keep the dream alive!!! Jamie was HOT and I, too, checked for anatomical correctness...(SMILE) Bigfoot on the show was awesome, especially that tunnel that always was turning...RIP Andre the Giant (Bigfoot). Peace all!!
Steve V.
1970
This memory was added on: November 14,2006
I rember playing with The six Million Dollar Man Action figure.And playing with the Oscar Goldman Action figure.Sending Col.Steve austin on special missions.I sure wish i could do that again.I really miss doing that.
Jack G.Mullin
April 9th 1962
jgmullin@telus.net
This memory was added on: November 8,2006
I am in 100% complete agreement with what someone on here had mentioned: BRING BACK ALL SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN TOYS, PERIOD! All the action figures, all the accessories, all the playsets, all the outfits, all the equipment, etc., ETC., eTc., EtC. If Hasbro can do it with G.I.Joe, then Kenner can do it with The Six Million Dollar Man. After ALL these years, and I STILL can't find a MIB OSI HEADQUARTERS for my Oscar Goldman action figure.
Rob
February 23, 1968
namzzaj7@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: October 24,2006
My brother had this-complete w/ that sticker and the bionic eye feature-thingie. We loved this show. Good memories.
Grulg
1966
Uigle@msn.com
This memory was added on: October 20,2006
I remember my brother got a six million dollar man doll for Christmas. Those were the days--running in the yard--pretending we could run fast and jump high, which earned us a lot of bruises and scrapes but it was worth it. To all the people who said that, I agree. Imagination was all it took. I'm afraid kids just don't have it as much these days. The doll is now gone but the memories are still there.
Angie
1969
hopeleannad@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: October 6,2006
I will never foget my smdm action figure it was the coolest thing i ever saw still a big fan today. but the day i got it someone stole it and my mother never bought me another one. I have allways regreted that fact so because of that the desire to have one again is still there i guess to make up for all the fun i could have had. if thier would be a kind soul out thier that would be willing to part with one i would be greatly appreciative money is tight but oh well just a thought from still a kid at heart
James Stroud
1964
jbmr1@juno.com
This memory was added on: September 26,2006
One of my favorite toys without a doubt! I still have the original one with motor(box and instructions) along with the rocket that turned into a hospital where you could open it up and connect all sorts of tubes to his bionics and such.
TT
1968
mayonail@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: September 17,2006
Oh my gosh I can't believe I've found this site. I had so many of the toys listed (I guess I was spoiled!).
I was rather tomboyish growing up and played more often with my Steve Austin doll than my Barbies, though I do recall them going on dates and him showing her how strong he was. Poor Ken could never keep up.
My favourite thing was peering through his head (eye) and tormenting my little brother telling him I could see into his brain.
How much fun we all had before the days of video games and 24-hour cartoon networks. Imagination plus a few cleverly devised toys really filled my days with joy.
Thanks for the site!
Dawn
Dawn
1966
juliusmom1@comcast.net
This memory was added on: September 1,2006
Oh my gosh! My sister and I used to 'steal' Steve Austin from our brother for hot Barbie dates. (Ken just wouldn't do for as many Barbie's as we had.) I remember Steve's arm, and eye too. I'm not sure if it came with Steve, but we also had a pre-broken fake bock of wood for him to karate chop and it was almost as much fun as the Barbie dates...until my friend Stacie stole it. Liar, I know you've got it if you're out there Stacie!
DKE
1970
This memory was added on: August 20,2006
My favorite memory of the Bionic man turned out to be meeting the designer of the back pack crystal radio, my cousin George Giordano when I was 16
Matt DeGeorge
1967
matthew_degeorge@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 3,2006
my memory about the six million dollar man.Was when i could pit another action figure against col.steve austin[the six million dollar man.But miss having the chance to have six million dollar man meet up with bionic bigfoot action figures.
Jack G.Mullin
1962
jgmullin@telus.net
This memory was added on: June 30,2006
THis is one of the few toys i remember from my childhood. it was incredible, i had the rocked/lab vehicle also. so cool.
Mario Garcia
1969
mario__garcia@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: June 23,2006
I had the biggest crush on Lee Majors when I was younger! I was in the fan club that gave you a iron on patch, a certificate and balck and white "Autographed" pix. I recentely was able to find the Whole 6 seasons and the reunion movies on DVD! It is funny to watch them they are not quite the way I remembered them, but still great to see. I also got, for christmas, the action figure with the changeable rocket...and I still have it! :)
Dawn
1966
queenmercury1@msn.com
This memory was added on: June 19,2006
I remember getting The Man when I was around the age of 6 for xmas. I loved rolling his skin back to see the chips in his arms and also looking through the back of his head at my sisters bionic woman doll she had gotten for xmas as well.
David
1970
draddor@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: June 12,2006
My sister and I had the Six Million Dollar man as an escort for our Barbies. I was fascinated by the roll-up skin on his arm that held his microchips in place. He had that eye that you could look through which was always explained in our little "date stories" as a horrific accient in which he lost his eye. Good old Steve - he was always a gentleman with the ladies...
PS - To Eric born in 1971 - I am cracking up at the image of you (not that I know what you look like) running around your yard in your Six Million Dollar Man PJs making the "Na na na na" noise! It is so typical of the things my sister and I used to do and I can close my eyes and remember that feeling of being outside on a summer eveing, fresh from a bath in my PJs...ah, the good old days!
Erica
This memory was added on: June 6,2006
I GOT MY FIRST SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN ON MY 7TH BIRTHDAY. ONE OF THE GREAT ACTION FIGURES I LOVED WHEN LITTLE...I HAD THE EVIL ROBOT THAT WAS ABLE TO CHANGE HIS FACE ALSO. I ALSO HAD STEVE'S SPACE SHUTTLE THAT DOUBLED AS A OPERATION TABLE OF SOME SORT. I USEFD TO HAVE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN PJS ALSO AND WHEN I RAN AROUND THE YARD I WOULD MAKE THE " NA NA NA NA " SOUNDS. GOD I MISS BEING A KID SOMETIMES!
ERIC OAKES
8/30/71
EOAKES@QUALITYCOILSINC.COM
This memory was added on: May 11,2006
hi,to every bionic fans out there,from the 70's t'ill today i have kept my bionic toys/games in almost nere mint condition.my six million dollar man action figuire,my fan club button,my two board games[mint]-the six million dollar man and bionic crisis two jigsaw puzzles,a series of paperback books and a scrapbook of nostalgic pictures.hey,the only thing left for me to do is to meet the man [lee majors]of course at least once in my lifetime.i remember when i was a teen i use to play with one of my friends i'd be steve austin and he would play [barney]the seven million dollar man steve's rival it was alot of fun back then,just to play the roles.
denis
april 1964
This memory was added on: April 23,2006
Hi, saw my post from last week was on line, i forgot one important thin : I'm definitely looking for people both in europe or states that shares my interests and could help me get back a few pieces of memory cos I started a small collection related to this serie. if any one coming there see this message, thanks for e mailing to my address I'd be happy to answer every one
laura
1968
bagheerall@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: April 9,2006
I'm from France. The serie " 6 millions dollars man" landed on our TV screen in 1975,I was 8 years old and the 1st sight i had of a super heroe was steve Austin. Back in those days I was unaware of where the USA was and to me, it could have been the moon, indeed ! But i actually fell in love with everything about that serie and watched it over and over each time it was broadcasted. I also bought the Steve Austin doll and it was a hard time to decide my parents to give methe pocket money for it, back in 1977, because they thought it was such a waste of money ( and that was an imported toy, very hard to find ) . I still have that doll and i recently heard it was now a collector item, so I'm quite glad i kept it. More or less, the 1st idea ig to from the USA was through that serie and it stayed in my heart for ever as a place i wanted to see through my own eyes one day. Thanks to the net, i managed to secure an old french edition of Martin caldin 's cyborg, last year ( found it on amazon ) because back in the 80s, i had been unable to locate any sample of it and never got a chance to read it. And finally this week , i have had the pleasure to acquire the 1St season DVDs, with the originals, never broadcasted pilots. Thanks to this board, foudn on a google search, i am able to give my opinion about this serie that brings back to my youth over and over again. I'm still a big fan of sci-fi nowadays and more or less, steve austin has something to do with my knowledge of the english language LOL. Who said that watching TV was a waste of time ?
laura lenthy
1968
bagheeral@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: April 7,2006
My brother and I used to completely abuse his GI Joe doll with stunts, blowing up, burning, crushing.
Then I came across the first Steve Austin doll a buddy of mine had. I held it with such reverence, fearful that I might drop it. I looked through his telescope bionic eye, I rolled up his fake arm skin to reveal the bionics underneath.
For a while in my twenties I wanted Steve Austin as a nickname (until the WWF guy ruined everything). Fool, there's only one Steve Austin!
Bill
1968
This memory was added on: April 3,2006
I wanted a six million dollar man so bad when l was a kid l covered my wall with paper and wrote on it "l love the six million dollar man" hoping Santa would get the hint. Finally l got the six million dollar dollar as a model he had his bionic hands openning a crocodile that had his teeth on a briefcase of money. The model was dissapointing because once it was finished play time was over. Finally two years later the six million dollar doll was given to me for Christmas, its strange but thinking back it was probably one of the happiest days of my life. Unfortunatly when my mate came over he wanted to look at his bionic leg and ended up breaking his foot. Luckily at the thomastown trash and treasure market i found a brand new pair still in box. One of the legs could explode in four pieces at the touch of a button and the other had a tool where you could remove four electrical gadgets from his leg. l still have my Steve Austen doll but am missing his V-8 motor that he use to lift with bionic arm that came in his box. This memory has really brought back some innocent and special memmories.
Alfio
4/5/1967
alfioxuereb@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 9,2006
I had gotten the Six Million Dollar Man transport set for Christmas when it first came out in the 70's I think it was 74' or 75'. I loved it and what also was cool is when my sister had gotten the Bionic Woman action figure for her birthday. Lots of fun memories
Ed
1966
frodo_31@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 7,2006
I went through a couple of Steve Austin action figures in the '70s, the first one having been replaced because I lost one of his shoes. I watched this show religiously. The figures I had were the 1977 edition, which included the construction beam instead of the motor that the first edition from 1975 included. I didn't think that his eye you could look through from the back of his head that was supposed to magnify things was anything special. However, I thought the rubber skin on the forearm rolling up and revealing bionic circuitry was the coolest! I never knew that the button on his back that one would press was used to allow the figure to lift up to 2 pounds.
I also wanted Maskatron and Bionic Bigfoot, not to mention the other Steve Austin accessories (various outfits, rocket, etc.), but I didn't ask for them.
Alex
1973
maidenized@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 6,2006
I have my orignal smdm which was stolen when i moved but, as luck was to be, he turned up at a local thrift store thanks southern thrift. now he is safely back home I used to have the white enguine block that was a radio to but it got lost somewhere oh well i still have SMDM what memories.
bill harris
1964
pbj411@juno.com
This memory was added on: February 21,2006
i had this doll i wa s born in 19 72, and watche d the show and the spinoff bionic women , had that doll too. every boy had to have thi sdoll, it wa son every boys christmas wish list and when i got him i was very happy, he was my best friend, in scholl, and think was the best doll, and action figure kenner came out with, i had many kenner products, but this doll wa smy favorite dont know what ever happened to him but he was so cool what he could do .
michael wilson
11-25-1972
brucemichael72@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 20,2006
I remember the Six Million Dollar Man as being the first figure I had that did more than just pose. I had GiJoes, Megos, Evel Knievel (the figure did nothing by itself) but Steve Austin was my first figure that did cool things. It was so cool to be able to look through his bionic eye, roll-up his skin, and lift things with the button on the back. I'll never forget saving my allowance for weeks and then FINALLY having enough money for Dad to take me across town to buy my first bionic man figure. Elton John's "Don't go breakin' my heart" was playing on the radio as my Dad stopped for gas on the way to Labelles (anyone remember this store?) to pick up the Bionic Man. I could hardly stand to wait 5 more minutes while my Dad filled the gas tank. This was pre-Star Wars and videogames...The Six Million Dollar Man was incredibly cool. Could anyone resist making the bionic sound effects vocally while playing with this amazing, classic toy?! I sure couldn't.
Brian
1967
brianashmore@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: February 16,2006
To Eric...if you still visit the site....I do remember having a Pulsar figure. Got it for my birthday. He was quite neat. I remember the chest thing, and also putting "mission disks" in his head.
My best buddy had a Six Million Dollar Man figure. I had a GI Joe Mike Powers Atomic Man figure, which was GI Joe's answer to Steve Austin. Not quite the same.
My buddy also got a Bigfoot figure- nemesis to Steve Austin. I remember the TV episode when Bigfoot was the bad guy, then tuned out to be Steve Austin's friend!
DW
1967
780L4@comcast.net
This memory was added on: February 3,2006
my brother had steve and oscar and i had the bionic woman (complete with inflatable dome!). steve made it through the years but oscar had a terrible accident involving the treehouse ladder. my bionic woman got the rattiest hair and lost all her clothes. poor jamie.
kelly
1972
This memory was added on: January 17,2006
SMDM was the best!!! I was 7 or 8 when I got my Col. Steve Austin action figure. I have almost every toy in this series(Including Bigfoot) and all shows on DVD. SMDM was my all time childhood hero. They sure don't make TV programs the way they use too. Like one writer stated below: They brought back GI Joe toys, bring back the SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN!!
Jim T.
1967
This memory was added on: January 8,2006
I would just like to thank everyone who made the effort to put a memory here. I discoverd this on Chrismas eve, and spent into the small hours living in my childhood. I had no idea I missed that action figure (not doll) so much!. I am 39 Now, and my own kids are growing up fast. But for one christmas eve you helped make a middle aged man, a happy little boy at christmas again.
Yhank you.
Marron
1966
dakman@iolfree.ie
This memory was added on: December 31,2005
I remember wanting the Six Million Dollar Man figure when I was a kid. My parents promised it to me but never delivered. (One of those things you still remember after all these years.) I did buy myself Oscar with his cool "exploding" briefcase. (However, to make the spring-loaded device work, the case was more like the size of a large suitcase. Oh, well... ) I got the Bionic Rocket/Repair Station and later got Oscar's office playset at local department stores in their clearance bins. The office playset surprised me because I had never heard of it before. It was basically the corner of his office done up in printed cardboard with a no-frills plastic chair and his desk. Based on his desk in the show, you would push back the phone and half of the top of the desk would tilt up revealing a light-up slide viewer (two plastic strips with 6-8 images included), a button to activate the light, another to activate a "buzzing" alarm, and a switch to activate/deactivate the "alarm system". The alarm was a small metal pressure actiavted "switch". A metal tab would complete a circuit causing a buzzer to go off. Push down on the tab and you break the circuit. This was designed to be used on a plastic safe that fit into the cardboard wall. A tab on the safe door would press down the metal tab. Pull down the door without "deactivating" the alarm with the switch in the desk and the buzzer went off. They even suggested using it as a "personal alarm system" by putting books on the metal tab. When someone lifts the books, the alarm went off. Of course, you had to be within earshot of this... :> You could see the capital building through the printed window on the wall. In a cute touch, the wall was printed on both sides. When you looked "in", you saw Oscar and Steve through the window. I never saw mention of this playset anywhere else. I recall ads in the comics for various accessories; including the "biodome/mission control centre" that would later be redressed as the Bionic Woman's apartment/beauty salon. The backpack with the wires was, I think, a portable AM radio that you could listen to through an earpiece. Through yardsales I was able to get the Bionic Bigfoot (no neck, elbow, waist or knee articulation; just the hips and ball-jointed shoulders so that he could "crush" opponents.) Hit a small panel on his stomach and his chest plate would pop off reveiling his "bionics" ( a printed sticker) and a hole for Steve to stick his hand in and lift Bigfoot with his mechanical arm. (Bigfoot wasn't a cyborg, or "bionic". He was a robot!). I also found the special mission arms. Three transparent arms with black circuitry printed on them. One had a scuba mask in a bicep compartment. The second had a "neutralizer" (not a bullet-shooting gun, of course) in the bicep compartment and a spring-loaded elbow "karate chop". The third had a small "laser" light and space for a AA battery; making for a heavy arm that would throw off the figure's balance. I never found Steve Austin or Maskatron, though. *sigh* I recently found a website (search under "Six Million Dollar Man" + "action figure") that listed products for the line that I never knew existed; including the Fembot (rare) and even the Venus Probe! There was even a set of "Special Mission Legs" released. One had "exploding" panels and the other had a repair kit. I do remember Pulsar, by the way. Odd, odd toy. Besides the semi-educational (and somewhat misleading) internal organs, his face would flip up revealing a "brain disk" that looked a lot like a CD. (This was made in the 70's, long before CDs were ever on the market!) I guess he never had to worry about losing his mind. He had it backed up on disk! *Ha!* There was also a Diagnostic Center set (sort of like a non-rocket version of Steve Austin's); and he had an arch enemy named Hypno. Press a button on Hypno's side and you spun a "hypno-disk" in his transparent chest that also gave off sparks. He had a removable face mask and was mostly purple and black. The toy company recycled the "pumping blood" gimmick a few years later with "Gre-gore"; a bat with a transparent chest through which you saw blood pumping through his chest. Only saw it in comic ads; never in stores.
Ken
1968
This memory was added on: December 19,2005
I had everthing that went with this toy.I loved the way the skin would peel back and you could see the parts inside.And the eye was so cool.wow I just reamember some cool stuff about playing with this toy It was a great part of my childhood
Tim Lambert
1967
trashy13@comcast.net
This memory was added on: December 17,2005
This was a lot of fun. I remember the hard plastic figure, whose eye would light up, and he made several 'bionic sounds'. Very detailed face, an orange jumpsuit, and rubber white and blue sneakers.
Draconis Blackthorne
WarlockBlackthorne@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 15,2005
So my brother had one of those dolls, but since I didn't have a Ken doll for my Barbies I totally stole the SMDM doll. But he was way cooler than Ken anyway, becuase, what could Ken do, and if you hooked his arm on Barbie's waist just so and pressed the button on his back he'd lift her up. It was so awesome until my brother realized I was making his 'action figure' be Barbie's date and he stole it back.
Rayche
1971
kspygirl@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 2,2005
I got one for Christmas of'78. I really enjoyed playing with the camera eye. My sister got the Bionic Woman the same Christmas. We had fun playing with them together. Those were great memories.
Ted Whittington
1974
ted_whittington@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 3,2005
I remember having two Steves as a kid, one for my ninth birthday, and another for the following christmas due to the first one being trashed by my mates because i was the only one in the street to have one. The beauty of the second one was that he came with the transport/repair station as my folks were feeling a bit generous then too. I recently aquired steve and station from e-bay for a tenner and looking to restore him i bought some old figures for spare parts for 3 quid. It never occured to me to split one when i was a kid but i was gobsmacked when i saw the workings for the arm. it only took me a minute to work it out but the design is so simple it's beautiful, i hope they paid the genius at kenner who designed that a good comission. I'm thinking of contacting Kenner to urge them to re-release steve, as Ideal have done the same with Evel Knievel stunt cycle after a great amount of interest is still being shown in that department too. Anyway as a grown up kid i dont intend to let my recent aquisition rot on any shelf, oh no. I'm gonna play with it and now my daughter knows that todays toys aint a patch on the old ones.
Mark-wales
1967
shaggyrogers@hotmail.co.uk
This memory was added on: October 14,2005
does anyone remember Pulsar? he was an enormous, muscled, tanned guy with white hair and a transparent chest, through which his internal organs were visible - and when you pushed a button in his back, his lungs would inflate and deflate, and 'blood' would squirt ominously through tubes that were, unsettlingly, where his intestines should have been.
eric
1972
computerhate@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: September 30,2005
Looking to purchase a six million dollar man figurine. I hate messing with e-bay, does anyone know where I can get one for a reasonable price? Please e-mail me at art4life44 at aol.com thanks!
lauren
1982
art4life44@aol.com
This memory was added on: September 26,2005
Bought a 6 million dollar man on Ebay for my brother to make up for the past when I broke it's head off...(hey, sorry, only a kid then)but this one came w/ a space suit that has ear piece and wires coming off a pak that attaches to his back. Anybody know what this does?
email me w/ answer please junkfilter_100@hotmail.com
Jen
1971
junkfilter_100@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: September 17,2005
Woah! This is one hell of a memory!!
X-mas 1975, I was 9 and I still can remember that night like it was yesterday.
The six million dollar man was probably number one in my all-time top five action figures.
I have to say though,that bionic arm latex folding skin was driving nuts cause it kept on ripping and the only way to fix it was to shrink it and stretch it. A nightmare. And the bionic eye....what a scam!
But hey, it was soooo much fun anyways, especially when Maskatron got into the picture as Steve Austin's mad cyborg rival. Not to mention Jamie Sommers, the bionic woman which was quite an improvement as she had bionic legs as well. These toys really marked a significant turn as they were probably some of the very first technologically inspired toys.
Then came Oscar Goldman and Big Foot which were complete failures, I believe I've never came across one in my whole childhood. I think Erwin and Mattel have tried to milk the cow as much as they could but in the end it was getting a little pathetic with the whole merchandising rubbish. The hype slowly faded, but it must have lasted three years all together. I'd be really curious to know which action-figure has been the most popular of the last half-century.
here's my top 5 action figures:
- six million dollar man - talking bearded GiJoe - Johnny West - Big Jim wolf pack - the original Star Trek action figures
Mmmmmm! sweet plastic memories.
Marc
1966
ml_risquee@yahoo.ca
This memory was added on: September 15,2005
Steve: Here. Yes it's Me My Name is Steve. I remember when they first came out with the Bionic Series. Bilding the first Bionic Man sounded Kewl .
Building a Man that could run 60.MPH Leap 30-100 Feet yea they left that part out hehe hahaha. Lift a truck Pull on it to stop it ohhhh yea lol Then The Bionic Woman yes she was a Beauty A Master Peice Much Better then Those FEMBOT's More Effeciant, Rudy Finnaly Made His CYBORG's Dream Come True.
But Have Something to Say There is a Bionic man CANADA'S First BIONIC MAN Lee May of cost 6Million I'm Thrpple that amount and worth every penny Remember the Type Of Bionics They Gave Sandra Bullock well I have them all To The Man In Nova Scotia at 51 that got you're Bionic Ear Congrats its a step in the right place but there is even a better implant now that works with Nuron interface enhancers ...
So To Lee Majors The Bionic Man And Lindsy Wangner which are to most exciting people i have ever met that now we all share something in common belive in helping other's beliving in helping you're selfs life hold's many rewards for some of us who Bionics In some contry are still trying to find the brake through it's here but for some who can get thease enhancement's it may not work in all .. you have to match not all can except the treatment's cost of the cost's. but the Technology will be availible in small amounts to componys Reseach Grant comes up on the list ,
level-9
1961
This memory was added on: August 17,2005
I know this is more of a girl toy, but did anyone have the Bionic Woman Jaime Sommers doll (modeled after Lindsay Wagner)? She was shockingly masculine-looking, (the doll, I mean; not Lindsay Wagner) I found one at a treasure store here, and I thought at first someone had put a dress on Ken.I bought her for my sister and when I first catch sight of her, I think "Who's that guy in a dress?" Incidentally I thought the bionic woman was a terrific role model for girls-(when she wasn't saving the world, she was a teacher in Ojai, CA) Even though I was kind of old when the show was on (like 14 or something) I still was young enough to enjoy it. Maybe it will come out on DVD sometime. There's a website called "Jumping the Shark" where people share their insights into every TV program ever made. Thanks for letting me share this today.
Faith
1959
radisky@webtv.net
This memory was added on: August 6,2005
yea...those were the good ole' days.i remember that show ..i remember being glued to it,and wanting bionic parts for myself well any way i had the the action figure...and i remember tying string around his neck and swinging him off the back porch...in hopes that he would bionically escape the wrath of a destructive 7 year old aging rapidly young boy, any way he did not. ultimatly he faded into a memory as did his shoes got buried in the dirt gang way of my old building,..wel rest in peace col. steve austin
kevin
1968
This memory was added on: June 9,2005
December 1975, that was the time the first SMDM episode aired in Dominican Republic, and I was waiting for that moment since I started to watch the anouncements of the show some weeks before. I was not dissapointed. I loved it!! Since then I asked my relatives in New York to get me the toys (the were expensive in my country when the toy stores brought them here). From my dear aunts I got Steve Austin and Oscar Goldman, later Masktron, and then the Bionic station/ rocket ship. Later I bought the arms set and the skydiving suit in a local store. That collection of toys were my favorites and the lasts because after then the teenage times came and the magic was lost. I kept them the best I could and gave them to my little brother when the series were repeated years later. He treated them well and now are kept in a box as an old treasure... together with his large collection of GI JOE figures, ships and vehicles.
Carlos Zorrilla
1966
This memory was added on: May 27,2005
The Six Million Dollar Man..( Steve Austin) was my hero growing up... I still get tingles whenever I watch the show... I was so happy when Jaimie and Steve finally hooked up.. I used to hate every time they got soo close to being a couple, then something would happen to them.. Anyways...
Does anyone know how I can get the complete Series on Dvd... if so.. let me know thankyou..
Six Million Dollar Man for Life..
Daniel (aka Matman)
1967
matman33@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: May 17,2005
I know, he's dorky by today's technological standards. But when your five years old, everything seems bigger than real life, doesn't it? I remember watching ol' Steve with my Dad who has since passed away, thinking I was really named after him. I even had the action figure (not a dolly as Mom always called it) with the roll up rubber sleeve. I think he got lost one day in the dirt pile behind my house. What I'd give to have him back again...Ebay?
Steven R
1968
stevenr68@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: April 20,2005
Wow, what great memories. I had the Steve Austin doll with the orange I-beam and also had the rocket/operating table. Steve would periodically visit my older sisters' Barbie penthouse apartment and have a little 2-on-1 action. (Sorry Jamie, it was the 70's after all.)
For some unknown reason, I packed the eyepiece with Play-doh, then tried to scrape it out with something sharp. I scratched the lens and it never worked the same but still the best toy ever.
Billy
1971
This memory was added on: March 19,2005
Hi,I greate fans of this tv series show, my favorites episodes are a S.M.D.M. pilot & bionic bigfoot saga. today I have a 3 action figures of steve austin and my little girl Leximar(1year) have a bionc woman. I remember this greates time when I play with this toys. THANK YOU.
Alexis Rivera
sept 8, 1973.
aorocovis@aol.com
This memory was added on: March 19,2005
Well, since I'm a girl, I have more memories of Steve Austin's counterpart, The Bionic Woman. I'd watch the series every week, (and make that sound), I had the Bionic Beuty Salon and the Mission Purse, and 2 separate outfits. But I did watch the SMDM too. I love the crossover stories like Fembots and Bigfoot. My cousin Dane had an SMDM and we'd have adventures in his room. Now I have most of the SMDM and the Bionic Woman eps on tape thanks to the Sci-Fi channel. I'm a teacher and I show these to my kids and they think they're the coolest! Now I have 2 SMDM figures, 2 Bionic Woman dolls (one is the Mexican Lili Edy which is slightly smaller), Oscar Goldman (no briefcase), Fembot, Maskatron, The Bionic Repair Station and Rocket, The Bionic Beauty Salon, The Mission Control station, The Bionic Woman sports car, and 3 outfits for the BW.
These toys ROCK!
Sharry A.
1966
Hardygirl66@aol.com
This memory was added on: March 6,2005
I remember my pal greg niel bringing his smdm to school the day after he got it for his birthday,i was blown away,i had never seen toy that did what this little fella did,i would have sold a kidney that day to get one!Six months later at chrismas i got mine plus a maskatron,so i hot footed my way round to greg's to show it to him,he seemed sick as a parrot until he pulled out a bionic bigfoot he had got and the scores were tied.I have recently been buying all the smdm stuff back again and still love it at 40 years old,as a friend of mine said "growing up does not mean you have to let the child in you die"i salute that sentiment.
Stuart Mckell
1965
stuart_mckell@novar.com
This memory was added on: February 27,2005
When Steve Austin wore his famous tan, long sleeved shirt with eppilates on the shulders and the sleeves rolled up, I went out and bought two of them and wore them all of the time. Naturally the top two or three buttons had to be unbuttoned to expose the non bionic chest hair. I also went out and purchased a tan leisure suit, but most of the time I could be found in my navy blue, with two white striped, polyester jogging suit on running everywhere.I could'nt find red at the time for some strange reason.I was 14 when the series started and 18 when it ended and still to this day have the fondest of memories for that landmark tv show. It had a hand in shaping who I am and what I have become.
Mickey
1960
maxrlockwood@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: February 26,2005
I had Steve, the rocket and Mission Control Center. My cousin (best friend) had a little collection of doll heads, kinda morbid...heads all that remained of the dolls he played with. Batman, GI Joe, etc. He had a Steve Austin and looked forward, when he wore it out or outgrew it, to adding the head to his collection. He said "It'll be the best one, I can look through its eye!" Great memories. Being a kid in the seventies was the best.
lemdot@msn.com
Lee
1966
lemdot@msn.com
This memory was added on: February 19,2005
Hey am i the only one that's got their six million dollar man fan club card still. when i signup for the fan club they gave me a picture of him and a fan club membership card
Greg Ochodnicky
1967
singlem29@aol.com
This memory was added on: February 6,2005
it was 1975.I was in Hospital for surgery.I was five and the only thing that stopped me freaking out was my Steve Austin doll.The red tracksuit.Trainers and the engine.Everyone on the ward played with him.Unfortunately i burnt him and an action man doll in 1982.I am now 35 yrs old and I now have a Bionic Man again.Thanks to ebay.Love him to bits.All hail the best action man,series and dolls.
Karl Horsman
1969
horsmanhrsy@aol.com
This memory was added on: January 19,2005
I had Steve along with the Rocket/operating table. I also had Oscar with brief case, Maskatron with the other faces, I had Bionic Bigfoot doll. Unlike Steve, he had no rubber but a detachjable plastic panel on his chest that covered his bionic display. I remember taking the purple pants and white shirt off of my incredible Hulk doll and putting it on Bigfoot. Must have looked good cause I left it outside one day for a bit and it was gone. I'm going to request Bigfoot on ebay with incredible hulk clothing. See if I can get mine back.
In the show, bigfoot appeared in 2 different stories. The latter had them run into each other agin as buddies and Bigfoot gives steve a bionic bear hug. Steve hugged back with bionics. Why didn't Steve's fragile normal torso get crushed?
Jay
1971
jaypennell@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: January 1,2005
It took me two years to figure out that there was a second bionic panel on his bicept. I thought the only panel was on his forearm up until then. I guess my six year old fingers were too week to peel the rubber skin up that far.
Jay
1970
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