Hamilton's Invaders appreciation thread!

[raycastile]

Jim, how big is that?  What is it for?  It looks pretty neat.

[raycastile]

Oh, btw, I've got a box that has been sitting on my kitchen table the last few days, waiting for me to have time to open it with the proper respect and decorum it deserves.  Inside the box, I hope, is a new Hamilton buddy.

[Hepcat]

one of the best plastic toys ever made regardless of the decade.

Wow! How did you get an image like that of Horrible Hamilton? How much computer trickery did that involve?

[jim m]

First off, the ridiculous face boxes i posted are about 5-6 inches tall. The pic of the horrible hamilton wasnt really very doctored up. I used light boxes with a black light on one side, and a red light on the other, and then i think i used auto levels on photoshop. still need the invader bug with the horn on the head. i do have an extra yellow invaider with the antenae ( barely).

[raycastile]

Arrgh.  It's broken!  Why is it that a third of the stuff people send me these days arrives broken?  Doesn't anyone know how to pack toys for shipping anymore?  You don't take a fragile, brittle vintage toy and just throw some foam peanuts over it and think it's going tom arrive at it's destination intact.

[Hepcat]

Very sad! Another precious collectible has thus gone by the wayside. I hate it when people don't look after Horrible Hamilton properly, neglect his care or in general fail to accord him the respect he deserves.

[Scatter]

Arrgh.  It's broken!  Why is it that a third of the stuff people send me these days arrives broken?  Doesn't anyone know how to pack toys for shipping anymore?  You don't take a fragile, brittle vintage toy and just throw some foam peanuts over it and think it's going tom arrive at it's destination intact.

Sorry to hear that Ray. 

[The Mighty Bongo]

That stinks Ray, are you able to get your money back ?
If not, do you think its repairable ?

Sorry about your bug.

[The Mighty Bongo]

jim m , your Hamilton photo is the coolest  ever !
It really captures the sci-fi aspects of the toy with a 60's black-light poster twist !

[jim m]

so sorry to hear your toy got ruined because of lack of attention to packing. Which bug was it ? Thanks for the compliment on the photo. It was a project i did for a class.

[raycastile]

so sorry to hear your toy got ruined because of lack of attention to packing. Which bug was it ? Thanks for the compliment on the photo. It was a project i did for a class.

It was a big green Hamilton, like the one in your photo.  I've got a boxed one, but I wanted a loose one, too. 

[Hepcat]

A boxed one? Wow!



Could you post a pic?

[raycastile]

A boxed one? Wow!



Could you post a pic?

Look on the first page of this thread.

[litter3]

Hamilton Invaders were really cool. I didn't have any back in the day, but I have one of the tanks that I got at a thrift store about twelve years ago. It was
in a big bin of loose toys that were ten cents each ! It's not complete, tho.

Anyone know what the green bug is worth?

[Hepcat]

"Worth"?



If you don't pay any more than it's worth to you and you can comfortably afford, you'll be happy.