First up, we take you into Randy's Arnold room called "THE SHRINE"! "I've been collecting Arnold collectibles ever since the release of Terminator 2 in 1991, even though I've been a diehard Arnold fan since Conan the Barbarian," says Randy. "However, considering T2 had the biggest Arnold merchandising push from one of the biggest Hollywood franchises, my collection was off to a big start." After T2, Randy began collecting everything Arnold‹from action figures related to Arnold's earlier movies like Commando to props, plaster casts and movie promotional items. To make it easy on you all, we'll highlight only the Terminator collection of his shrine for now! First I'll take you up to the Toy wing of the museum. Here we see many toys for the big boys including two T2 vehicles by Kenner and a Bio-Flesh regenerator, which you can use to create your own T-800 from an Endoskeleton. Micro Machines also put out some very nice play sets and miniatures.
Next we see the Terminator action dolls. Kenner produced the more popular 1991 talking Terminator and the T2 3D doll while other toy companies continued the Terminator onslaught. Toy Island produced a 16-inch Endoskeleton, HobbyLink produced a boxed set of the T-800 and the T-1000, Japan made a bootleg figure and Randy Bowen created a 10-inch figure that was sold along with T1 in a video promotion that was soon recalled.
Moving on, we see a few games and activities. Milton Bradley produced the 1991 board game and also the 500-piece movie puzzle. With the Toy Group, Inc., we were given roughly half a dozen paint-by-number-type activities. Remco gave us a giant rock-'em-sock-'em-type challenge called "The Final Battle" and let's not forget the dozens of model kits in all different sizes by various makers.
T2 and T2-3D cups and mugs have come in all shapes and sizes, as if morphed from liquid metal.
School supplies too? It's amazing how an R-rated movie could contribute to child merchandising, but when you come across a movie as awesome as The Terminator, we all know kids are going to see it and love it! Here we see lunchboxes, backpacks and even a child's sleeping bag for sleepovers!
Who could ever forget Halloween of 1991? Just about everyone was a Terminator that year! Here we see many of the masks. Latex or plastic, they are all worth a guaranteed filled bag for trick-or-treaters!
Your clothes‹give them to me! Be honest, how many of you knew that these mini T2 shoes and underwear were ever produced? There are more: a T2 tie, a bandanna and a few different styles of Terminator hats.
Take a look at a few of these videogames for your home entertainment nerd-zone! Not only were many games produced, but even a T2 Endoskeleton joystick! Tiger Electronics and SuperPlay Plus brought us two handheld video games!
Leading Edge, Legends and Horizon gave Terminator fans a good supply of miniature metal merchandise. Here we see metal characters, future vehicles and role-playing figures. A T2 coin and ring were also produced.
The Terminator films were huge successes overseas, so naturally many foreign T2 imports were created. Here we see some Super Deformed statues, Block figures, a brain chip, Tin Windup terminators and the rarest of all; a little blue T2 movie player that shows a clip from the film.
Scratch, from Japan, gave us these wacky T2 plush dolls. Aren't they the cutest Terminator collectibles! Looks can be deceiving!
Finally we have a big batch of miscellaneous goods including many buttons, the ultra-rare Sport Fun skateboards, a T1 promotional bumper sticker, earrings, temporary tattoos, T1 promo glasses, ice scraper, wallet, pen and pencil set, knife, T2 coin, hologram watch, license plate and two boxes of T2 candy!
We have reached the end of the Terminator Shrine.
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