This week got a l’il emotional as I bid goodbye to my grandparent’s home. Even though they both had passed a while back, my whole family was a bit attached to their place and it took some time to finally decide to let it go. For me, the hardest part about it was that it […]
It’s fitting that i found this ad as i recently discovered the destroyed remains of my corgi Spider-Copter in my kid’s room recently. It made no comic book sense and even at 7 years of age I knew it was aerodynamically impossible but I thought it was the greatest vehicle ever. More Corgi goodness:
It was a well known fact that Spider-Man and Gene Simmons were in a licensing competition that still stands to this day.
I was amused to find these ads for Black Hole branded kites from Hi-Flier tucked in a trade magazine from 1979. The toy industry really thought the robots from Disney’s space epic were going to be the next big thing. And for me and my friends, they totally were! I had every Black Hole item […]
Yeah, three guess as to what the prize is with these cracker jacks….
Last week I got a wonderful “Mystery box” from my friend Robyn. The majority of which were amazing mementos of our last couple of decades working together on the “Mego Museum” website but at the bottom was this. An original sketch when we were planning (ok she was planning, I’m useless) to do a Brick […]
This toy trade ad from Spring 1982 showed a rather ambitious merchandise campaign for the Dark Crystal including Hasbro (actually their subsidiary Aviva) tapped for an action figure line. Like many Science Fiction and fantasy properties of the early 1980s, like Krull, V and the Last Star Fighter the action figures got left on the run […]
I admit, I didn’t know I needed a 25 foot mylar Mr Spock Dragon Kite but now, I can’t live without it. I really need to be “That guy” in my neighbourhood, the “oh you know, the guy with the kite” guy.
Ladies and gents, may I introduce you to the future “Popular crowd”. All of these guys grew up to be villains in John Hughes movies.
In the jungle that is the playground, Turbo Acrylic Knits are your best friends….
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