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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.

Plaid Stallions Turns Six

It came as a great surprise to me that the blog will be six years old this coming Tuesday. It’s a surprise for a number of reasons, a) I never really had anything close to a plan when I began doing this and b) I figured out the anniversary a week before it happened. It’s been a feat […]

Dirty Spidey

One of the things I truly enjoy about Rack Toys is when the property and the toy itself don’t match (like the Love Boat shaving kit) but what’s even better is when the toy actually goes against what the character stands for. Case in point, I present the Spider-Man exterminator set, where Spidey eschews his values and […]