Warning: this one may or may not contain nudity.It’s still the summer of 1977, I am six years old and having a pretty great time despite the “No TV” clause mandated by my parents. My previously mentioned best friend Neil lived two doors down and was always up for something (he was often described as […]
Plaid Stallions Trading Card #38 is dedicated to the Venus Space Probe toy by Kenner. As indicated by this piece last week, I have something of a history with this particular episode of the series and combine that with the fact that this toy makes me weak in knees when I see it and you […]
Spy kits like this (check out the international currency, that’s attention to detail!) seem to be a forgotten art. As a kid, I had one that included a t pack of cigarettes that fired bullets, I don’t even know where to begin on that one. This one is pretty amazing with it’s gun with silencer […]
OMG, these things are so super cool. I miss the days of toy lines with absolutely no back story.
I picked this set up during the summer and was surprised to discover it’s not the legendary HG Toys Archery set but a knock off of some sort. which surprises me. I barely knew who GA was as a kid, so it amazes me that toy manufacturers did. That one appearance on the Superfriends got […]
I’m elated to finally announce the launch of www.collectingcandy.com , a new website that describes itself as the following: “CollectingCandy.com’s mission is the celebration of candy packaging, candy marketing, and the people behind it all. Visitors should expect the site to be composed of short daily blog entries, while regularly offering in-depth looks into […]
I think professor Hinkle will let him keep the hat in this version.
This one takes place in the summer of 1977, which I only remember as being a happy one. My universe at the time was a fairly quiet street in the suburbs of Toronto. It was a pretty unassuming day until my best friend Neil broke some pretty big news to me, tonight on Six Million […]
Click the link to see a larger picture After Marx introduced a series of Archie Action figures in 1975, Mattel took a kick at it in 1978 with these been bag versions that used the same construction as their then popular ‘Honey Hill Bunch” line of toys. I have to say that the Mattel sculpts […]
You’d be a bear too if you had some ginger kid on your back the whole time…
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