March 15, 2012 by

Okay, back when I was a kid, I'd take all my Pokemon, Jurassic Park, Digimon, Zoid, Lego, and Spider-Man toys, and make a game out of them. My friend and I would have separate armies and when a toy was delivered into the field (for example, a large T-Rex) we'd have all out war trying to catch the T-Rex and make it into a weapon of our own. To be fair, some toys landed closer to his base, and some closer to mine.

How awesome would this be in a video game? This is how an actual video game would play out in my mind.

You have an army of toy soldiers and a unique figurine to command them. Your mission is to take over the other house across the way (there could be an alley border, a fence border for close up action, or a road border for extra danger.... maybe even  a small park for a large distance war). There is a man making deliveries (or another kid dropping toys) and toys fall out of his truck from time to time. You then race for the toy and use it as a weapon to fight and take over the other house, but the other house has their own army and is doing the same thing. You have vehicles and can set up a umber of bases assuming you have enough plastic (another thing dropped by whoever). The game play would be a mix between a first person shooter and a classic strategy rpg similar to Starcraft (sorry if I classed that game incorrectly). Your character dies and you loose. You loose your bases and you loose. You should be able to teleport to each of your bases though, and as I said vehicles are a must.

Toys you can capture.

Action Figures: They can have various powers and some may even look like super heroes or villains. Most of them are larger then normal soldiers and thus harder to kill. These can be activated on scene.

Dinosaurs: These can be upgraded with plastic weapons assuming you have enough plastic to make the weapons. Obviously, T-Rex and the Spinosaurus are the best dinosaur toys and barley need an upgrade to be nasty... but fully upgraded they are ridiculous. These all can be activated on scene, but soe are harmless without weapons and can only walk to your base.

Cars: The vehicles you have are nice, can carry one maybe two guys, and some are tanks which are cool, but a small tank to a large remote control car mixed with upgradable weapons.... yeah plus these cars are faster. These can be used as soon as you reach it. They can also be stolen.

Choppers and Planes: More remote controlled, these are things you don't want your enemy to have. Incredibly hard to take down. They can however be stolen and used right away, rahter then being activated.

Books: Great for making a wall for your enemy if they get into your yard or home. These have to be carried however.

Play Set: Castle is the best, but an upgraded doll house is a better defence for plastic bases any day. Since all a base is is a small plastic factory and a garage, those things can fit into a play set making each base in any play set more fortifided. These cannot be activated where they sit so you have to find a way to carry it to the base you want to use it for.

Building Blocks: Use however many is in the box to build weapons, monsters, or fortify your base. the box has to be taken to a base to use the blocks however and if not put together right away, it could be stolen.

Stuffed Animal: If you gain an electric globe you can bring these stuffed animals to life. You need the globe to activate them however, thus they need to be carried back to base, or where ever you stored the globe.

Electric Globe: Allows you to bring Stuffed Animals to life. This needs to be carried back to base and it can be destroyed or stolen.

Boxes: Not as great as a play set, and not as sturdy as a book but it gives all around protection to a particular area depending on the box size (small medium or large) and it can be upgraded. Building Blocks comes with a free box.

Miniatures: Like Action Figures, but as easy to take down as a normal soldier.

Robots: Like building blocks, these you make yourself, but after the main weapons are on you can add custom weapons. It is like a battle mech you cna have your men or yourself ride around in.


This is kind of my idea. I think this would be a fun downloadable game honestly and a fun multiplayer experience. I know the idea is rather simple... but Team Fortress 2 is as well so :p I'd imagine that you could also have a room and keep your best designed toys in a game in this room for display. Just a thought.


P.S. The Improved Series comes back next week.

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