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breaker breaker

It’s been a while since I went on about my obsession with Mego’s short lived “CB Mchaul” toy line, inspired by the country’s fleeting obsession with trucker culture. By the time Ol’ CB hit toy shelves, the whole thing was starting to wind down making the line (especially the carded figures) difficult to find. I […]

Codematic by Larami

I love this display from Larami in 1976, the company prided itself on it’s ability to systematically stock toys using their sales team (they were owned by a bakery). They also really thought the image of George Kennedy would make kids weak in the knees, crap he’s on this display more than Martin Landau or […]

The Mountain

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Dusty!

 I don’t think I’ve ever blogged about Kenner’s Dusty, which was their attempt to get in some of those pink Barbie dollars. A lot of effort went into the line, and I think Kenner seemed to be intentionally making Dusty look far less glamourous. While Barbie was a model, Dusty looked like your neighbour.

PlaidStallions Weekend News-O-Rama

It’s a rainy Sunday morning here, so I thought I’d wrap up a few loose ends and report some goings on around teh interwebs.  Please scroll down and read this in the confidence that I have full on bed head while I type this, it’s not pretty here: Toy Show Alert!  I’m setting up next […]

Star Raiders Updates

It’s been over a year since I launched the Tomland Star Raiders gallery on the site and I’ve had some good luck with regards to new images and information thanks to some lovely people who like to share. For those not in the know, the Star Raiders were a brazen and rather kooky attempt to […]

Velit Porttito

[nectar_dropcap]S[/nectar_dropcap]eparated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth. Even the all-powerful Pointing has no control about [...]

AM Radio Joy

    Sadly the “Disguise the AM Radio as other things” is mostly a forgotten art. Also vanishing is the “Give kids things with the budwesier logo on them” agenda. Judging by how much Bud I drank in my teens, mission accomplished.