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The Visitors are our friends…

It’s kind of a bummer how little merchandise the “V” television and mini series got, LJN promised some killer action figures but wound up only releasing a 12″ figure. The majority of V merchandise seems to be Rack Toys mostly made in South America (watch out for fakes) which are unrelated spaceships, pistols and these […]

Sixth anniversary caption contest results

I know I said I’d announce on Saturday but you people didn’t make it easy for me. First off, this is the most entries I’ve ever had for a contest and secondly, it was really tough to judge. I have trouble deciding on lunch almost every day, so to pick just a few that I liked […]

Hasbro Charlie’s Angels for 1977

  The 1976 TV debut of Charlie’s Angels was somewhat reviled by TV critics but a runaway hit with the audience which not only included men but young girls who saw the crime fighting trio as role models. This lead to merchandising and in 1977 “Angel Mania” hit toy shelves, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith […]

War of the Daleks

TOTALLY TRUE STORY: When i was 15 years old I found a copy of this game at a “Toys and Wheels” store at the mall in Canada. I don’t know how it got there but this store used to buy a lot of close out stock like Action Jackson uniforms and the like so maybe […]

Hero trouble

What’s not to love about the copyright infringing knock off? Nothing I tells ya! Truth be told, this blow molded Supergal makes me happier than a lot of modern licensed toys. I don’t know who made her or when but I’m glad they did. Check out our upcoming book!

The Bully Trap

This decoy was built in the late 1970s in order to confuse and trap schoolyard bullies, once the bully touched it, he would be sedated, tagged and sent back into the playground none the wise.