The Aztec Sweater tells us….
that the Mayan calendar doesn’t know what it’s talking about, we’re all going to be fine. Do not question the Aztec sweater!
The 2011 Plaidstallions Retro Awards
It’s time once again for my fake awards show dedicated to what I feel is retro goodness of the past year. All in all, 2011 was a tremendous year for this kind of commerce, so there was lots to choose from. I’ve also got some news on the book projects and changes to the site […]
A Funky Christmas to one and all
Wishing one and all a joyous holiday season and a happy anad prosperous New Year from the entire PlaidStallions Team. Thank you for reading and writing in, making me laugh and overall being amazing. We’re taking the whole week off at PS and launching next Friday with the 2011 Retro awards, see you then!
1977 Hasbro Weebles Catalog
Time for another trip to Weeble Town! 1977 saw Hasbro aim for action and adventure with the addition of Tarzan (?) and their own portly crusader Super Weeble! It seems fitting to do Weebles around Christmas time as they’re really kind of the thing a lot of folks got under the tree. Not me though, my […]
The Garage of Tomorrow
I cannot wait for the future to begin, first thing I’m grabbing is a jet pack.
What ever happened to Juan Epstein?
This catalog page reveals a sad truth, like many highschool dropouts, Juan was lured into the dark world of catalog underwear modeling. His whereabouts are now unknown…..
GI Joe’s cheaper wheels
During the 60s and 70s, Irwin Toy made some lower cost blow molded vehicles for lines like G.I. Joe and Action Jackson that were a lot of fun and quite collectible these days. The cool thing about these is Irwin actually went and licensed the GI Joe name for some of these, they were branded […]
Lady Dragon and the Sting Sisters
If this were a video game these three would be the boss at the end of the final level.
Cool Collections: Chris’s Apes
Chris sent in this way cool pic of his Planet of the Apes collection, the centerpieces being these original screen worn soldier ape outfits. The one with the stripe was used in the TV episode “The Horse Race”, guess what that was about. Thanks Chris for sharing, as always I am filled with a nice […]
Steve Austin Goes Toy Shopping
Seeing as it’s Christmas time I thought it would be fun to bring up this vintage bit of strangeness. These captures from the fourth season of the Six Million Dollar Man, the episode is “The Bionic Christmas Carol”. You see in 1974 Gerald Ford passed into law the “Dickens Act” which meant every TV show, […]
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