Toy-Ventures: Mego Knock-Off Madness Toy-Ventures takes another dive into the world of Mego Knock-Offs with Bootleg Zorros, Laughable Ninjas, Galaxy Trekkers, Mixed Up Apes, Flamin’ Aquamen & my holiest of bootleg grails. #mego #knockoffs #toyventures Steve L’Aventerier Demo Man FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/826269482152324 Mego Knock-Off HQ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Palitoy Action Girl, Grover, Harlem Globetrotters, McGruff & Big Macs for your feet! Disclaimer: links are sponsored and also haunted…. Palitoy Action Girl Movie set (sponsored link) Palitoy’s Action Girl was a really cool line of articulated fashion dolls with some interesting “Super Sets” including a space themed […]
I recently was reunited with the 1980 ShopRite catalogue. I burned holes in all of these pages that Christmas season, and some, like this incredible spread of Fisher Price Adventure People, still strike a chord. My latest video is about the Adventure People: #fisherprice #AdventurePeople #80stoys #shoprite #plaidstallions Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures […]
License the Ice Pirates! This ad in a toy industry publication from June 1983 attempts to find licensees for the upcoming film “The Ice Pirates.” Nobody bit, and thus, the world failed its only chance of having a “Bruce Vilanch” action figure. While I mock, it’s important to note I would have KILLED for […]
The caption reads “LJN is aiming for success in the forthcoming movie “Dune” as this reproduction of a scene from the film in the toy company’s Toy Fair showroom proved.” The article goes on to mention “LJN will also be involved in producing a line of products for “Dune,” a Universal Pictures release. The movie […]
5 Awesome things on ebay this week- Dalek Handheld games, Great Space Coaster, Lost in Space, Batman serials and Black Velvet Rambo Disclaimer: links are sponsored and also haunted…. Great Space Coaster Video Disk (sponsored link) — This show came on before “Star Blazers” when I was a kid, so I watched it a lot […]
The following article is from the June issue of Toys, Hobbies and Crafts and deals with toy retailer reaction to the cancellation of Battlestar Galactica’s television series on ABC. NEW YORK – If the sales of licensed items carried as much eight as ratings, “Battlestar Galactica” would return next fall. But that’s not the case, […]
This booklet is a handout given away at ToyFair 1990, raving about the new ToyBiz action figure line and other merch and touting the upcoming Captain America movie.! I remember this wave of Marvel figures being a big deal then. Collectors hadn’t seen Marvel action figures since Secret Wars a few years earlier and […]
Join us as we go to the Ajax Toy show and see some great vintage goodness, including what had to be the motherload of Vintage Fisher Price Adventure People toys. #fisherprice #toyventures #actionfigures Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes toy line and a cover featuring […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- The Incredible Noctun, Rascal Robots, bootleg c3p0, 70s key party favors and Code Red! Tomy Rascal Robot (sponsored link)Â I loved these little guys and they worked with Star Wars figures. Mind you my love for this toy is bathed in a warm memory of getting this and […]
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