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Raggedy Nightmares

What child wouldn’t enjoy sleeping in the eviscerated corpse of a beloved icon?  Better yet crawl deep down and pretend that Andy is pregnant…with you! I want to point out this is eight years before “The Empire Strikes Back”….

The Top Ten Coolest 70s Marvel Comics Toys

The 1970s was an absolute windfall of Marvel comics merchandise, the house of ideas sold out and we were better off for it. By 1976, the Marvel comics license was shared with dozens of toy manufacturers all vying for our parents hard earned money.  Here are top ten of the best Marvel comics toys from […]

Dull gifts for children

OK, I’m sure that  there are some in the PS audience who a) Had these as a kid and were thrilled to have them or b) Collect them now but honestly, I’m going to go on a limb and say the  average eight year old would probably rather have oh, a Stretch Monster than a pile […]

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 […]