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1978 Mattel Electronic Games Catalog

Electronic games have come an incredible way since 1978 but it’s hard not to fondly remember the simple pleasure of these awesome hand helds by Mattel. Without the sophistication available today, these games were not only fun to play but affordable as well. 1978 was a year of modest but popular offerings including a game […]

Career Opportunities

Ladies, Any one of these fine, fine gentlemen is your ticket to a high paying career in (tasteful) nude modelling and cocaine. A whole houseboat full of cocaine.

Wedding Jitters

Note to toy manufacturers, when producing “Beautiful Bride” type dolls, try not to make their faces so “Twilight Zone creepy” perhaps keep them more at a “Night Gallery” level….

Billy Blast Off

I’m a couple of years too young to have enjoyed the adventures of this Japanese import (created by Tomy, Billy was brought to the Western world by a company called Eldon) but some folks I know that did grow up with it often get giddy upon it’s mention..

Odeon Toys Returns with Project: Mantooth

I’ve updated the site for my semi-fictional toy company Odeon Toys adding some new sections to help chronicle some of the happenings of The Brick Mantooth action doll, here are a few highlights of what’s available: Project Mantooth will be a series of limited Edition Brick figures that are based on iconic characters of the […]

1976 Marx Playset Catalog

Marx was always known for their playsets and action figures but in 1976 they were poised to be one of the early entries into the world of 3 3/4″ action figures with a series of generic environments. Sadly it looks like buyers were indifferent to the concept, so we never got a 3 3/4″ Johnny […]