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Nerd Therapy Session: Adventures in Cosplay

In order to flex my (somewhat scrawny) writing muscles and perhaps to deal with some pain, I’ve decided to start posting little essays about some of my more embarrassing moments in my life that I can completely blame on my nerdy obsessions. I wasn’t exactly Miles Davis as a kid, so the well runs deep folks. […]

Bionic Bubble Bath

From the “Stuff I hadn’t seen before but now can’t live without” department comes this Six Million Dollar man bubble bath container from the UK. I guess in the 60s they called these “soakies”, I just call this thing awesome. Many thanks to Ebay Seller RetroToyBoy for the photo submission. More after the (Slow Motion) […]

Paging Wayne Rogers

My pal Steve found me this and I wanted to hug him. This toy makes total sense, I mean what kid didn’t have a Pernell Roberts poster on their bedroom walls back in 1981? That Halloween they were all out of Gonzo Gates costumes so I had to settle for Yoda. Passing up on the Trapper John action […]

AHI Superfriends Buggy

After almost three decades of toy collecting, not many vintage toy sightings make me want to wet my pants. This past few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of almost losing control several times, first with the Tomland Monsters and then followed up by this, the AHI Superfriends car in glorious detail. My friend Mark from Heroes […]

Kojak Harbor Patrol

Another classic “who gives a crap” Rack Toy from Hamony, the makers of this pile of “hunh?” . Harmony is quickly becoming my favourite Rack Toy company mostly because everything I’ve seen from them seems to smack of little to no thought. I’m sure Kojak had some episodes that featured both boats and helicopters but nothing […]