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Cheapo goodness from the 25th Century

“Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” is a joy for me, I like the series and it was a complete merchandising whore (unlike most 70s sci fi shows I love). As a bonus, much of said merchandise can be found cheaply on the secondary market. Take this new inductee into the Fleetwood Toys gallery it’s not only […]

Stuff I saw at a toyshow

I got up waaaay too early this morning to check out a toyshow, I go to toyshows regularly despite the fact that I almost never make a purchase. It’s more of the experience of being in a room full of neat stuff, thought I’d start sharing. My phone has a camera and as you can […]

The mystery of the Spider-Man medallion

I’ve often pondered aloud on this blog about shots (like this one of my pal TJ above) where Spidey appears to be wearing a funky medallion and basically my thoughts were of the “what’s up with that?” nature. Leave it to regular contributor Lynch to write in and tell me what is indeed up with […]

Kenner Tree Tots Catalog

One of the things I get a lot of Email about here is the Kenner Tree Tots line, “your friends from the magic forest” is a fondly remembered pre school series that captured kids imaginations in the late 1970s. I personally remember the line well, being eight years of age at the time, it was […]

Earthquake Tower : The Record

I’ve blogged about Earthquake Tower before, the crazy likely Irwin Allen inspired playset where you basically get to simulate a major earthquake. Thanks to my buddy Doug, who hooked me up with another killer playset last year, we now have an audio file of the actual record that came with the set, to help you […]

Bat Plane Memories

New to the AHI Batman Rack Toys Gallery is this fun little plane which in 1976, caused my grandmother much duress. As a kid, I was often baby sat by her on Saturdays while she worked in her store, this usually meant a trip to Woolco and a cheap “shut up toy” of this ilk. Upon buying this very toy, I […]

Colouring Book Theatre: H.R. Pufnstuff

H.R. Pufnstuf It’s been months since I found a good colouring book to review around here so I jumped on the horn and asked my friend Sharry (AKA Hardygirl on the Mego Museum forum) to dig one out of her pretty vast library and she chose this. To my surprise this book isn’t vintage, it’s […]