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Blockbuster Toy Riot

A riot indeed, a lot of my personal toy favourites in this one, including Sky Dive to Danger, Atomic Man, mego Fonzie and I still have one of those “Ranger ” walkie Talkies on my desk as I type this. Sometimes I think I’m kind of immune, then I find something like this and I […]

Dressing Alike Can Be Cool

How you ask? If you’re Brick Mantooth and you and your lady of the week are wearing kick ass Dragon shirts, that’s how! DVD ALERT: House of the Wolfman, the cool new movie that is a tribute to all things Universal Monsters (It even stars Lon Chaney’s grandson) is finally available on DVD. I’ve been waiting […]

Almost Bionic

I’d never heard of the Funstuf Electrogenic arm until I started this blog but when it appeared on Ebay I had to have it. It’s a crazy little item obviously meant to cash in on the popularity of the Six Million Dollar Man fad without paying a nickel for the rights. What’s great about it […]

Halloween Countdown 2010 Contest

It’s almost that time again, when me and many, many other bloggers participate in the annual event known as “Countdown to Halloween”. Click the link to learn more about how you can get involved. While I have 31 days planned filled with Monsters, costumes and other fightful things I could really use your help, so […]

A Wonderful Appearance

This MD area ad shows a rare 1977 appearance by Wonder Woman at the Valley Mall. While it makes sense given her TV popularity, she rarely did appearances, most likely because it was easier to shove a thin guy into a Spiedy costume than it was to find somebody to wear the tiara and tights. […]

Sip Along Kids

I had these as a kid, although I don’t remember using the weird “drink along with you” feature. My biggest memory of these was brining the Pebbles with me to kindergarton, the same day every other kid brought a G.I. Joe, somehow that didn’t haunt me until high school…