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More Laverne and Shirley

Another winner from Harmony, a company that is rapidly becoming my favourite Rack Toy manufacturer of all time. This little bit of Laverne and Shirley merchandise is actually not that bad, certainly not as mind boggling as the last item we showcased from Harmony. This one is merely some lazy repackaging of “Pearl” (in case […]

Good grief…

If you told me that Charles M Shulz drove a gold plated rocket car to work everyday, I’d be inclined to believe you. Snoopy seemed to be to the 1970s that Garfield was to the 1980s.

Nerd Therapy Session: The tale of the Ghostly Tiger

This week’s NTS is our first guest submission, which is fantastic because I could use a breather from baring my nerdy soul. Thomas shares an awesome tale of Halloween humiliation, something near and dear to my heart. Thomas is a Buffalo area kid, seeing as I grew up in Southern Ontario and force fed nothing but WKBW and […]

Mini Monsters Mystery Solved

For years, these PVC figures I dubbed “The Mini Monsters” by Tomland, had been the source of intrigue to collectors. They’d ask questions like What does the packaging look like? How many in the series? These would all be answered in one fell swoop when a salesman sample appeared on ebay, I was not the lucky […]

JAKKS Pacific’s brings back the Big Wheel!

MALIBU, Calif., Feb. 14, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kids Only!®, a division of JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAKK), has signed a license agreement with Alpha International, Inc., to manufacture, market and distribute The Original Big Wheel Ride-On toys. Kids Only!(R), a division of JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAKK), will bring back the iconic Original Big Wheel […]

Being bionic

Cowboy and army man are nice but being Steve Austin is the bomb. This set likely comes from Berwick, a UK company that specialised in role play items for kids and made fun stuff like a Tom Baker Doctor Who and Captain Britain costumes for kids.

Denys Fisher Cyborg

Not enough props can go out to what I think is the UK’s better kept secrets, originally a Japanese line called “Henshin Cyborg”, the clever monkeys at Denys Fisher took it, made it smaller and added a keen back story. I didn’t grow up in the UK, had no inkling it existed when I was […]