Toys of the Eighties, Power Pockets
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Power Pockets were toys that looked like rectangular black disks. On the front would usually be the Power Pockets logo, a zip cord and an object like a helicopter or motorcycle or a car. You would take out the car and pull out the zip cord and usually you would set up the car on the back of the disk, insert the zip cord into a hole on the side of the disk and then pull it out quick. This would make the car go zooming off or the helicopter go flying in the air.
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- pocket power (just a few) - (report)
sure wish i had more of these things - Glow Bones Pocet Power on segashop - (report)
This was one of my favorite toys as a kid. After I lost all the weapons and only had the skeleton i dressed him in cloth starwars clothes and he sat on my shelf forever. I wonder if it's in my parents' house somewhere.
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I could have sworn these were called "Pocket Power" and not the other way around, but oh well. They didn't just have cars and things- they also had one that was a squirt gun you could set to shoot back at the person pulling the trigger, one that had a little pellet gun, and one that was a little military set which doubled as a desk set (eraser, pen, ruler, etc.)
StormDragon is correct. It was pocket power. I still have a whole mess of 'em. Looking for more on ebay but i can't seem to find any!
They were definately called pocket power...I have the motorcycle, car, helicopter, and hovercraft. I spent many hours playing with those on during recess in elementary school.
just came across my pocket power airplane (helicopter thing). now i wish i could find my one with a pellet gun - the case doubled as a target. the military set was cool too. no luck on ebay. great to be a child of the 80's
there was a skeleton viking warrior. he was jointed and had snap on helmet and sword.
I totally had many of these. my saddest moment was when i took the 3-way squirt gun on my trip to Australia and the TSA guy jacked it from me because it wasn't safety orange enough. what a loser.
Wow! I forgot I had one of these! It was the skeleton one on the 2nd website above.
OH MY GOD. I have been searching the net for MANY years trying to figure out what the toy was that I had that I remembered just as a small pellet gun being in a credit-card sized plastic case. I did a search yet again on the net this morning and FOUND exactly what I had remembered on your site. I can't even believe it. I just flew to eBay and found some for sale. I'm flipping out. I can't even believe I found what I've been searching for YEARS to find!!!!!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/1988-Sega-Pocket-Power-Hovercraft-Gun-Loose_W0QQitemZ150300406850QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116
If anyone has more for sale, email me: thedmxprayer@hotmail.com
im the famous tiger woods i had this sametoy when i was a kid and i played with them all day until my mom sold them in a garage sale
I had the survival kit pocket power!, can't seem to find it anywhere, anyone interested in selling one let me know: albertosome@gmail.com
Man....I had the Glo-Bones one and the damn thing has been popping into my head randomly forever with no memory of what the name was or toy line. It happened tonight and I went searching and finally figured out what it was. I wish I could find more info or somehow extremely luck into finding that figure. It was so cool.
BTW...if ANYONE has or knows where to find Glo-Bones....PLEASE let me know. Email: BxB402@aol.com
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