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Action Apeman from Australia

The AHI Action Apemen are one of my favourite knock off lines of all time because they’re just so flagrant. This carded example is easily one of the rarest because it’s the Australian version and it features a more articulated body and well, look at that card art, shiny! Get our book on Rack Toys […]

Peruvian Star Wars Figures

‘ I had a real nice surprise while visiting a friend over the weekend, as I learned about some toys I didn’t know existed before.  These Star Wars figures were only sold in Peru and they’re super neat, more after the jump! These figures were made by BASA, a company I’ve known about as a […]

Evel Knievel Road & Trail Adventure Set

I was scrounging through an Ideal advertising book when I remembered this somewhat more sedate Evel Knievel set.  This has to be Ideal’s response to Big Jim, who was pretty much the king of Camping related toys in 1975. Turns out, this is a pretty rare set that got limited release and a sealed one probably […]

Pod Stallions Episode 32: Worst Picks 1

This month’s episodes was supposed to be a “Minisode” but we just ended up doing a regular length  show. This time we pick the worst things from a variety of genres such as Worst Happy Days character, Worst Muppet Show Guest and Worst Star Wars action figure to name just a few. During the course […]