This is awesome! Thank you for uploading the Sears Wishbook scans.

Gross toys were the best!

Thank you! I've been trying to think of these toys for the better part of a week. Looking through this site is a walk down my childhood, truly the 80's were the best time for toys. The diversity is amazing and almost all of them had cartoon-mercials for them.

Holy crap!! I've been searching for this toy (without remebering the name) for well over 7 years!! I remember my brother and I buying Metlar at KB Toys in the mall when I was 5 in 1986, and my memory of their name and description was increadibly weak. I can't begin to explain how excited I am to have finally found it!!

I had Metlar. I bought him on clearance with birthday or Christmas money. Probably the coolest action figure ever.

I loved this cartoon, I remember the monsters would poke humans and turn them into monsters. My mom ordered me Metlar and D-Compose off QVC when they first came out.

My aunt gave me the whole set of scientists for Christmas one year, I think they must have been a dollar each by that time. I recall they had tiny little pin heads under their helmets. I always wanted D-Compose, I liked his ribcage prison trick. The only monster I had was the rock-lava guy who could split into two.

Man.. these were awsome!! I remember that my friend down the street had all 3 of them, and I couldn't wait till christmas that year since I was gettin my Ghostbusters with the car and everything, and I couldn't WAIT to fight his monsters with my Ghostbusters!! LOL I loved it!

I may actually still have these in a box in my parents basement. My dad has been slowly going through everything. If I find them I will post photos

Thanks for posting this, I couldnt remember the name but man, talk about cool. They used to have a cartoon that really told a rather dark story. Anyone know why this series bit the dust?

Truly some of the coolest toys of my childhood, had most of the collection, Tendril was my favorite... where have toys like this gone?

I really wanted the devil-looking lava guy but I ended up getting the smaller tree guy. I still have him somewhere I think. He was this gnarly tree-like monster with green eyes. His waist was telescopic so he would get about two inches taller if you pulled on both sides gently.