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To the (Junior) Bat Boat!

Honestly I could write an entire book at Batman Rack Toys at this point, that bat logo is a license to print money. It’s amazing how much of it is inspired by the 1966 television series, this wonderful little item from AHI was created and released some 11 years after the TV series was cancelled. Check […]

Marvel Michigan Team-Up

I haven’t had a mall appearance sent to me in so long that I started to get worried. However, long time PS contributor (and collector of such wonderful things) Lynch  came to my rescue yet again with this brilliant promotional photo. The setting is the 1974 Michigan state fair, the boy is unknown, the photo […]

Cool Collections: Kip of the Apes

Been really under pressure to put the final touch on Rack Toys this month so i was coming up short with a Friday feature.  Enter Kip and his amazing, newly displayed Ape collection to the rescue! I’ve seen plenty of Planet of the Apes and King Kong collections in my time but Kip seems to […]

Blake’s 7 Cosmic Strike Force

This one blew my mind, UK Toy distributor Jotastar (who sold a lot of AHI stuff in the UK) plastered the Blake’s Seven logo on some unrelated friction space ships in the early 1980s. They have no relation to the program but I must admit I want them. For those not in the know, Blake’s […]

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 […]