Toy-Ventures this week digs into another vintage toy catalog. This week we explore the 1985 Child World Catalog which is jam packed with the hottest 80s toys like He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Remco Zybots Tonka GoBots She-Ra: Princess of Power Cabbage Patch Kids Knight Rider Rainbow Brite My Little Pony Robotix My […]
SUPERMAN LIFESIZE MASK VINTAGE SHOP DISPLAY RARE FIGURE Yeah, this might be the creepiest thing I’ll see in forever, apparently it’s Italian. That’s scarier than anything Zach Snyder came up with. DC Comics Superhero Stickers- Man, this one gets me right in the feels. Seeing all that artwork that was also used for the Mego […]
1982 Kenner Sea Wees Catalog Kenner Sea Wees were introduced to the market in 1979 and were an immediate hit that would last six years. In the toy world, anything that runs for 3 is considered a success. The Sea Wees concept were a series of small mermaid dolls packaged with a baby and a […]
Schaper Super Jocks 1978 Catalog Schaper Toys, mainly known as “The Cootie Company” struck gold in 1975 when they released a toy called “Super Toe Football”. The simple game of having a plastic football player kick a field goal proved incredibly popular. This concept was expanded to include more and more sports when in […]
“That” Batman water gun– Yup, this thing needs no introduction, it’s been all over the Internet and even in my book Rack Toys (2nd edition coming soon!). What else can be said about this? It kind of looks like Adam West? You put water in his butt, squeeze his groin and he spits at you? […]
Fisher-Price Adventure People Catalog From 1983 One of the most influential Action figure lines of the 1970s, the Fisher-Price Adventure People were North America’s first 3 3/4″ line of action figures and vehicles. These durable toys had a great deal of play value and the toy line lasted for nearly a decade, which in the […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this Week Grizzly Adams Halloween Costume If anything is a testament to the fact that we had three networks (though growing up in Canada we had our own programs that didn’t warrant merchandise) is the fact that we got Grizzly Adams merchandise. To be fair, the show about a man […]
Kenner The Car Game The folks at Kenner did some incredibly smart moves like the Six Million Dollar Man and Star Wars, we can’t forget they also thought up things Milky the Milking Cow and actually tried to market a game based on the 1977 Horror film “The Car“. For those not in the know, this was […]
I found these Kenner Toys Order Form scrounging around in my dad’s files (he was good at keeping things) and it needed to be shared. These are from 1975 and 1977 AKA my earliest years of playing with action figures. It’s just so fun to find out how much our classic toys cost. Oh and […]
Been spending a lot of time updating the Plaid Stallions Action Figure Archive and have a few fun updates thanks to some awesome people helping me out. Let’s dig in shall we? Our newest page to the Action Figure Archive is the Krazy Kreeps. Krazy Kreeps are a unique find, they are essentially a knock-off […]
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