Prince of Thieves Playset - JCPenney Christmas Catalog - 1991

 

  Look into my eyes, you will see, what you mean to me... We didn't watch movies much at all when I was young, so it'll be of no surprise to you when I say I've never seen "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". Honestly, I wouldn't have had much interest in it even if we had been a movie watching family. All that adventure stuff...that was for boys. I remember when the movie came out, but in my mind I always imagined it as more of an adult version of Robin Hood - more drama, less action. I didn't really think of it as the kind of movie that would generate action figures and playsets. Clearly, I was mistaken. For Christmas 1991, boys everywhere were able to get their Kevin Costner on and do it Sherwood Forest style...I'm sorry, but there's just no way I can make this sound exciting. What were you supposed to do with them? There was only one bad guy in the playset - the sheriff. There were no rich people to rob from, no poor people to give to, not even random forest animals to attack in self defense. It was just Robin Hood and his Merry Men going, "What do you want to do today?" "I don't know, what do you want to do today?" "Wanna beat up the Sheriff again?" "Nah, we've done that every day this week." You know it's true, everything I do, I do it for you...