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Timelord toy joy

  Ryan sent in this amazing bit of UK toy love from 1978.   A Doctor Who fan at an early age (and admittedly still is), here we see a four year old Ryan completely in a state of joy with his new Denys Fisher Doctor Who toys. he’s clutching the Giant Robot and a Marx […]

Vintage Toy Store Pictures: Part 13

It’s time once again to be whisked back to a simplier time, one that was dominated by “Mom and Pop” toy chains and the wonderful, almost chaotic way toys were distributed.  Vintage Toy Store Shots thirteen features images from a former Mattel employee, who seemed to in charge of taking shots of retail displays and […]

Trek Doodles

I really miss poster art sets, I’m sure they still exist but I’m more or less referring to the days of doing them. These Star Trek sets by Open Door Enterprises bring back some strong happy memories, below are the two sets that they offered for much of the 1970s. Man, that “Star Trek lives” […]

AHI Mysteries #2 : Parachuting Fantastic Four

Another l’il mystery I found in doing research for “Rack Toys” this one is from the 1979 catalog, a time when AHI seemed to renewing their interest in superhero items. These Fantastic Four parachute figures appeared in the 1979 catalog along with new characters like the Incredible Hulk and Captain America. It’s pretty logical that AHI would pick […]

Things I’m excited about..

I thought I’d spend this Sunday blogging about a few things I’m excited about. More after the jump: Firstly,  Cartoon Lagoon released it’s second trailer. If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s a riffing project that has fun with old animation. I’m a huge MST3K guy and this looks such a well done, spirited project, […]

A bounty on his head

This vintage toy shot means a lot because well, it’s me. I found this picture while cleaning my garage last weekend and it’s one that’s very special. 12″ IG-88 was not easily found in Canada (and purists will note that’s an American box beside me) and I remember being really happy with this. Sadly, I […]

1979 DC Comics Licensing Booklet

  While multi million dollar Superhero movies are commonplace today and rarely fail at the box office, in 1979, Superman the Movie was kind of new, untested thing.                At the time, the DC comics heroes were represented by licensing corporation of America (LCA) and their job is to sell the Superhero license to […]