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Father’s Day Dad-O-Rama

What with it being Father’s Day weekend and all, I thought what better time to celebrate the “Old Man Fashions” of the past and at the same time cheat readers out of content while you tootle around with my book? Enjoy your sweaters. These guys are all probably younger than I am now.

Donny and Marie meet Donny and Marie.

This shot from 1977 pictures Donny and Marie inspecting their toy namesakes at a Mattel Expo where they were guests of honour. Other notable displays at this show involved Mattel’s new line of Shogun Warriors, Slime, Pulsar and Welcome Back Kotter toys. Sadly, the article only mentions those and this is the best picture I […]

The Victim Mystery Solved

For years now, it’s been bugging me if this 6 inch fashion doll that has been dubbed “The Victim” and said to be part of the Lincoln Monsters line of toys was a real thing or not. I had heard from people over the years who claimed to have her as a kid or saw […]

New from Odeon Toys

I can’t believe it’s taken me a year to get these samples created but these are the first two figures from the Project: Mantooth sub series I’ve been working on. Each figure will be limited to about ten units and have custom packaging. All of this (and me!) will be at this weekend’s MegoMeet toy show […]

Cool Cast

Pretty sure my sister had the girly version of this and some of the pieces are still safely tucked away at my grandmothers, who has kept my lego in such perfect condition that my kids now play with it.

War is fun!

This Official Sgt Rock Stunt Cycle may be one of the last toys AHI released before they folded from Remco. The majority of the AHI Rock line was derived from Batman items they created a decade earlier. Check out our upcoming book!