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Dough Boy Love

I gotta give a shout out to my Poppin’ Fresh doll, a childhood toy I still have and love for no good reason other than I equate him with deliciousness..

Here come the Microbots

No that’s not a misspelling, six years before Mego launched Micronauts, Kenner had tried their luck with the Microbots, a series of futuristic robots who could build their own environments. They even had their own (one shot) comic book by Gold Key! Sadly, the line didn’t take off and was quickly forgotten, the toys themselves are […]

Primitive Lego

I still have some of my old Lego sets, my kids look at the faceless people and the less than sophisticated bricks as odd but then, I immediately  lose them for an hour playing with it.

Colouring Book Theatre: Doctor Who Press Out Book

‘Doctor Who Press Out Book” by World It’s been entirely too long since I did a colouring book theatre, this is mostly due to laziness as I’ve actually got some material kicking around. This fine book was gifted to me by Ray Miller, who runs the cool Micronauts fan group Micropolis Embassy. The punch outs […]

1978 Milton Bradley Electronics Catalog

In 1978, Milton Bradley who had already been known for board games for well over 100 years,  brought the world some inventive and memorable electronic offerings in the form of Simon and Star Bird. While primitive by today’s standards in the late 70s, these were high tech and hours of fun. Click Here to visit the 1978 Milton […]

I just love my job!

Frank’s over enthusiasm for the arrival of the Monday morning train eventually grated on his fellow commuters. He was beaten with brief cases one particularly gloomy February morning…