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Arco Toys The Other World Catalog

Arco’s the Other World was one of many fantasy toy lines that came out in the early 80s to cash in on the “Sword and Sorcery” craze lead by Mattel’s Masters of the universe. Unlike many of it’s competitors the line had no cartoon to back it up (although comic books were included in it’s […]

Durham Kung Fu!

The Durham Kung Fu figure seemed to be everywhere in the early 1970s, not based on the David Carradine series it simply captured the culture’s then obsession with martial arts. I really wanted one of these as a kid but they’re pretty cheaply made and I’ve heard no end of stories about how his hands […]

Bendy Buck Rogers and Twiki

This past weekend I was grateful to recieve a surprising package from Jason, my podcast partner. If you had asked me to guess, I’d have never gotten it right but somehow it’s the perfect gift. More after the jump: So, it may be obvious to listeners and readers here that Brain loves hisself some Buck […]

Caption Contest Winner

 OK, let me start by saying, you made this really hard, you’re good at this.   Second, I wanted to originally go with “Rectum? Damn near killed him!” before i turned this into a contest. No less than five of you entered that into the contest. We should form a club and have meetings.   Third, […]

Pod Stallions 58: The Star Wars Holiday Special

We’re back with a look at a much maligned (and let’s face it, it’s not great) chunk of our childhood, the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special. Look, we’re not going to take such low hanging fruit, the truth is, it’s not any worse than most of what was called “entertainment” in 1978. In fact, it’s […]

Caption this

Contest time! I couldn’t think of the right caption for this, so i’m opening the floor to you, The winner will receive a pack of goodies and will be announced tomorrow, fire away!