Action Figures From The '80s

TREND Vintage TV superheroes are big sellers in toy stores again

HOW IT STARTED After prices on eBay rose for old models, toymakers created exact replicas

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Kids may not watch them on TV anymore, but vintage superheroes from the '80s, like Voltron, He-Man and the Transformers, are hot items in toy stores once again. They have been popular for years on eBay, where nostalgic adults buy boxed He-Man figures for $60 or a complete Optimus Prime, the truck leader of the Transformers' Autobot heroes, for upwards of $150--eight times its...

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