Reliving the 70s One Catalog Page at a Time
1980 Aladin Lunch Box Catalog
The name Aladin and lunch pails are synonymous. For generations, many of us received these wonderful...
1969 Toys R Us Flier
Here’s another wonderful Toy Newspaper Circular from the good people at Toys R Us, this time i...
1977 Mattel Welcome Back Kotter Catalog
The popularity of the sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter” inspired all kinds of merchandising i...
Mattel 1977 Pulsar The Ultimate Man of Adventure Catalog
According to Mattel, Pulsar was the “Ultimate Man of Adventure”. I still want to know wh...
Mattel 1977 Space:1999 Catalog
The Eagle One Ship and Moonbase Alpha Playset were hold overs from the 1976 Mattel Space:1999 Offer...
1977 Mattel Shogun Warriors Catalog
1977 was the initial release year for the Mattel Shogun Warriors figures, unknown to us in North Ame...
Azrak Hamway International Catalog from 1978
As one of the premiere rack toy manufacturers of the 1970s, Azrak Hamway International (most commonl...
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week
Matchbox MAC lot- After my video this week, I got really interested in MAC toys on eBay despite t...
Marvel Water Pistols
I expect to see Spider-Man and Cap, bonus points for Sgt Fury despite it being a German pistol...
Dungeon Adventure Game!
While I never dug D&D, I probably would have enjoyed this board game version from TSR. I love th...
Toy-Ventures: Matchbox MAC (Mobile Action Command)
This week we look at a toy line that seems to always get forgotten, Seriously I get so many emails a...
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week
AHI Sky Diving Parachuting Penguin- It should come as no shock that i love rack toys and especially...
Pac Toys Lords of Light Super Cut of Toy Commericials
Thanks to the amazing AcroRay (link to his channel below) we have this wonderful supercut of marketi...
Toy-Ventures: Filmation Super 7 Merchandise
Time to talk about my 40-year obsession with the Filmation series “Tarzan and the Super 7̶...
5 awesome things on eBay this week
Star Blazers Gun- I know that Nomura made a show accurate pistol (that I lost out on last year, grrr...
Bean Bags: 1976
I don’t know about you all but I’d pay 3 times that for an Orange one right now. DonR...
Two Piece Super Sweater Set
This outfit is worn exclusively in movies by the snotty guy who is engaged to the heroes ex-girlfrie...
Toy-Ventures : Summer Pick-ups!
Rather than a focused subject, this week we just look at what a summer of flea markets, toy shows, a...
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week
Dr. Zaius hand Puppet- The only way this could be made more adorable is if it had a voice box featur...
Pod-Stallions Mini-Sode: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
We’re back with another mini and we’re spending this time talking about the latest Quent...
Search for the Abominable Snowman
Oh if I had more space, I fill my house with stuff like this. Don’t forget to join our new fac...
Detachable Ruffle Shirt on Sale
Detachable? Why would you ever remove them? Don’t forget to join our new facebook group. Get t...
Toy-Ventures: Space:1999 Rack Toys
This week’s toy-ventures takes a look at the merchandising from Gerry Anderson’s classic...
5 Awesome things on Ebay this week
Six Million Dollar Man Bank by Animals Plus- I bought my first one of these banks (A Cornelius from...
Tonka Winnebago
I never had this as a kid but because of “Shazam!”, I totally wanted it. Also, I require...
Toy-Ventures: AHI Super Monsters Bend ‘Ems!
Toy-Ventures this week is all about the World Famous Super Monsters Bend ‘Ems line by Azrak-Ha...
5 Awesome Things on Ebay this Week
Max Headroom Puppet- UK toymaker Bendy Toys is a point of fascination for me because a) They made we...
The Mixables
Where they work, there is always cake in the breakroom. By “Cake” I mean cookie jars fil...
Heroes World Bag
Damien shared me this vintage shopping bag from Heroe’s World, it’s not for sale, I chec...
Toy-Ventures: Mike Power Atomic Man
This week is all about one of my favourite childhood friends, the amazing Mike Power : Atomic Man fr...
Odyssey Video Games
The Odyssey video game system was the #1 choice of dads who purchased a video disk player instead of...
Five Awesome Things on Ebay this week!
Instant Black Hole Collection- Now, like a lot of things on this feature, I’m not really looki...
Toy-Ventures: ERTL Star Trek 3
We’re back after a short break and going to take a look at a 1980s property for a change. ...
Escape from New York: The Boardgame
I really need to get this game for my next family game night. I always equate this movie with Starlo...
B,J and the Bear model by AMT
I really want to give AMT mad props for including the show’s true star in the cabin. I also li...
Toy-Ventures: Torpedo Fist from Big Jim’s Wolfpack!
Our focus this week is one of the top agents in the Professional Agents Crime Killers (or P.A.C.K) ,...
5 Awesome Things on Ebay this week
Custom Marvel Legends Manta and Moray figures- Oh my God, I love Filmation’s Tarzan and the Su...
Bags of Fun: Action Figures
As a kid, I figured out that combining these sets with other dimestore novelties could result in som...
Toy-Ventures: Planet of the Apes Adventure Set by Amsco
Our focus this week is the incredible Planet of the Apes Adventure Playset by Amsco (A division of M...
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week
Italian Superman Flying toy- I don’t know if i’ve ever seen this 70s item by “New...
T-Shirts: 1975
If you had to pick two, which would they be? Me, I’d go for the Vantastic Dodge and Pinb...
Beach and Cruisewear for Men
Ladies and gents, I have found my summer look in C, I’m never taking that puppy off. Come Sept...
Toy-Ventures: Kung Fu Stuff!
Note: Warner Brothers doesn’t like that i used the show intro in the video and has blocked it...
Five Awesome Things on eBay this week
British Boxed Stretch Monster– I have this weird obsession with Stretch Monster yet I’ve...
Pod Stallions 71: Summer of 1989
We’re back with an all-new episode and what better time to wax nostalgic about the summer of 1...
Flash Gordon Rocket Range
King of the Impossible and King of the drugstore toy aisle, Flash really got around....
Toy-Ventures: The Zython from Mattel’s Space:1999 line
This week we talk about one of the rarest action figures I’ve ever come across, the highly elu...
5 Awesome things on eBay this week
Buck Rogers Lampshade Kit- I can’t think of anything that would light up a room better than Pa...
Kung Fu Super 8 Movies
As if I didn’t have enough obsessions, I’ve recently discovered Kung Fu movies came on S...
1969 Toys R Us
Here’s another wonderful Toy Newspaper Circular from the good people at Toys R Us, this time i...
