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A place for your cubits

For those of you who’ve stayed up long nights wondering what a case of Larami Battlestar Galactica wallets looked like, rest easy my friends. Also, seek help, that’s not a good sign. Say what you will about the remake series but they didn’t get cheap dollar store wallets with a girl Starbuck did they? Actually, […]

Bugs Bunny (and Batman) in Space Poster

My good friend, Jason in San Diego sent in this image for the awesome poster to the sequel to “Bugs Bunny meets the Superheroes” show, “Bugs Bunny in Space”. I think i like it even more, especially since it seems to trying to cash in on Star Wars a little bit. I also wonder if […]

Kenner Glamour Gals 1980 Catalog

Glamour Gals was an interesting attempt by Kenner in the early 1980s to capture the girls market. Instead of doing the standard 1/6th fashion doll made so popular by Mattel’s Barbie, Kenner decided to do what they at the time were doing best, action figures. The 4″ size of the figures allowed Kenner to expand the Glamour Gal’s […]

Fun with Mr Action

LJN’s Mr Action went by many names around the world (seriously, this line sold everywhere there were kids it seems) but it’s largely forgotten it seems. Most commonly mistake many of the parts for GI Joe these days, which is ironic because lines like this actually were seriously hurting Hasbro’s bottom line in the early […]

Welcome to the compound

“I’m Adelle and this is Steven, we’ll show you to your bunks. At 9am, we’ll begin our worship hour followed by nine hours in the fields. Remember, Almighty Kevin is love.”

Pod Stallions Episode 3: Growing Up Star Wars (volume 1)

We decided to put the show up a little early for the seventh anniversary of the site. Jason and Brain talk about their memories of the first time they saw Star Wars anything. The toys, the comics, the magazines, the school yard rumors, the knock offs, it’s all there. We even get waaaay off tangent and […]

Zoodleland!

Not that I ever had these but I certainly remember these (kind of weird) animals turned into appliances that seemed to sell well during the 1970s. These were made by a company called Kusan whom most boys will remember for this cool toy.