Amsco famously made these killer adventure sets for properties like Space:1999, The Walton’s and most famously Marvel Superheroes. I was gifted this Planet of the Apes set a couple of years ago but never put it together, so in honour of Apes week, I sat on my office floor and did just that. You know […]
Very happy to have finally tracked down this tough as nails variant in one of my favourite toy themes of all time, Parachutin’ Rack Toys. For some reason, Azrak Hamway made a running change to the their Planet of the Apes parachute figures. They came armed and unarmed, which is befuddling considering they probably only […]
Rare cut scene from “The Warriors” where they stumble into a suburb.
Were you there? have any photos? I’d love to include them in our latest book project Mall of Justice. Mall of Justice is a love letter to the sensational personal appearances of our comic book, TV, movie and toy icons during the 1970s and 80s. Whether it’s Adam West at a car show, He-Man at a Toys R […]
Happy Friday! Here is another commercial transfer, this it the original Mattel Battlestar Galactica Action Figure commercial from 1979, a new transfer of the original reel. It’s kind of ironic that this features mainly the ‘peg warming” characters like Imperious leader, Ovion and Daggit. Also, why does Starbuck talk like a robot? follow us on […]
This is one of the few times where I gave myself a “Hey! I had this!” moment. Inspired by a magic based kid’s game show that ran every morning, I got my parents to buy me the “Magic Money” set. There is a vague recollection of disappointment that the set didn’t produce dollar bills, have […]
This is the first thing you see when your keys go into that fishbowl.
I think this ad nicely captures the moment in time where my personal lust for all things Star Wars reached a pinnacle. As a kid I had all but two (never got a 12 inch Vader or R2) of the items pictured here. All of them got ruined not by neglect but by constant play.
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