These were possible the oddest things I spied at last month’s Mego Meet show. A set of home made Space:1999 plush figures, nerdy high school art project or a really well meaning Grandmother? We’ll never know. Eyes up here Martin Landau! More Space:1999
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This is one of the earliest pieces of Bat merchandise that AHI ever made. One of the more interesting things about the company is you get to watch them go from creating original, crazy artwork for each toy to the less dynamic “style guide” approach of the early 1980s. Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is […]
Episode 19 sees Jason and Brian explain their deep affection for toys from the land of the rising sun. Even though we both grew up in North America, our childhoods were made happier by the imports that did manage to hop across the Pacific leaving us with a thirst for more. Japanese Toys tries to […]
Suddenly the decidedly non shiny pants I currently have on fill me with a strange sense of yearning…
One of the things I’ve noticed about Rack Toys is that good concepts don’t die. This Finger Faces ad is 40 years old but I can still find them at my local dollar store for exactly the same price. I can’t say that about coffee or Buicks sadly… Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is a […]
From the “I spoke to soon” department. No sooner did I mention no evidence of Star Trek tea sets in the Worcester catalog last Friday when I was quickly corrected. Thanks to my pal Corey, it appears that Worcester did indeed pitch a 23rd century tea set. I can’t imagine what they thought to accomplish […]
I’ve been looking for this catalog for ages, in 1978 Worcester toy corporation, mostly known for tea sets offered a series of Star Trek inspired Big Wheels (sadly there appears to be no Star Trek tea set). While I can find no evidence of the Trek cycle being made, Worcestor did produce them as generic […]
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