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Battlestar Galactica Poster Art

Please give a warm welcome to my latest obsession, 70s poster art sets. As a young lad I ruined many of these with my lack of both talent and patience. I’ve been secretly admiring these on Ebay until one bout of sleeplessness resulted in a surprise parcel in the form of this set and it […]

1977 Fleetwood Toys Catalog

Fleetwood toys was one of the biggest and most prolific manufacturers of Rack Toys during the 1970s and 80s. In 1977, they were truly on top of their game as evidenced by the massive amount of licenses they had this year including the Marvel Comics Superheroes, Welcome Back Kotter, Starsky and Hutch, The Rookies, SWAT, Tarzan, the […]

Uptown Suspender Suit

People, can we all just put our heads together and make canes a thing again? Seriously, this guy looks dope but I’m personally just not cool enough to make this happen by myself. I’d just end up some sort of “albino suburban pimp meme”. 

Super Hero Skates

Larami did these SuperHero skates for years and as weird as they are, they must have sold. Like every toyline from the mid seventies, the Hulk was very quickly added to the mix once his TV show aired. Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is a limited edition 144 page book from the creator of Plaid […]

Clash of the Titans Inflatable Pegasus

  Thanks to my new pal Uzay Bluestar, I have another entry in “never seen it before” category.  Inflatable toys are sometimes the wild west in terms of information(not unlike rack toys) so it’s not surprising that I didn’t know this existed but I’m happy it does. Does anyone recognize that logo? Pegasus has the […]

Pod Stallions Episode 26: The Retro Awards

We’re back and we’re launching our first episode of 2015 resurrecting the Retro Awards. For those not familiar with the Retro Awards, it’s a celebration of things that came out in the last year (for this show we’ve slid into 2013 a l’il bit) that we feel rocked a 70s vibe. Of course along the […]

The Dark Side of the Doh

  While I’m happy Kenner married Star Wars with Play Doh and will agree that Hoth made an excellent choice, I am still completely bitter that I will never be able to make a Play Doh Lobot….