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Space Robots : UFO Series

The beauty of a time when you could import popular toys from other countries and even though we had not (and some of us never will) seen the television shows they were based on, still realise it was a kick ass toy. I see several Ultra Man villians in this assortment, anybody else recognize anything?

L’il Glengarry Glen Ross

“You filed it, that puts me over the freakin’ top, I want my BMX. I don’t wanna hear no freakin’ crap and I don’t give a crap. Lingk puts me over the top. You filed it, it went downtown, now you owe me the bike. “ Now showing for the next two weeks at the St. […]

Weebles:1979

Another fun look at Hasbro’s fun offering into the pre school market, their tough to dislike Weebles line. Hasbro didn’t seem to run out of fun environments for these little legless, armless but happy blobs of plastic and 1979 saw all sorts of wonder from treehouses to submarines to the undead driving around in Vans, […]

Hardy Boys in 3D

While I have no doubt the show was a hit with teenagers, I’m not sure if model car building male teenagers were the ones that would appreciate minature versions of Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy inside their van. Vans of course, were completely integral to mystery solving teams during the entire decade thanks to stringent regulations created by […]

DING DONG!

This was the ideal way to smuggle people into the country back in the day, a small huddled mass of crouching migrants in each pant leg.

Monster Contest Winners Announced

Last week, if you recall I held a contest for my newly printed Monster trading cards, folks just had to answer this question Who is your favourite Monster? Well I got so many great replies (although I’m sorry, the correct answer was Frankenstein 😉) and I’m happy to announce that everybody who entered gets a […]