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1974 HG Toys Summer Catalog

Seasonal Toy Catalogs are a big part of the toy industry, with summer rearing it’s head it’s time to look at all the hot outdoor stuff available from HG Toys in 1974. Nothing cooler than outdoor fun when it’s combined with TV favourites The Superfriends, Fat Albert and Looney Tunes either. Click on the images […]

Eagle One by Dinky

Besides having a name that is instantly hilarious to young boys, Dinky also made diecast toys covered in all kinds of awesome. Take for example the Eagle One from Space:1999, this was diecast at it’s most brilliant and it was happily just one of the many things they turned out from the Gerry Anderson Stable. […]

4th Birthday Contest Winners

So, I’m only a week late, which is a lot better than my batting average delivering Topless Robot articles (Rob Bricken is a patient, tolerant man) but it’s still nothing to be super proud of either. Anyway, here are the four winners (one for every year) of our forth birthday promotion, chosen at random by […]

Cool Collections: Frank S

My mailbox got filled a couple of weeks ago with pictures of one of the grooviest toy rooms I’ve ever seen and I’m happy to share. The most awesome thing about Frank’s collection is the variety, I wouldn’t know what to say he does collect other than the 70s itself. Everywhere you look there’s little […]

By Your Command!

Jason Lenzi from Bif Bang Pow Sent in this wunderbar shot of him at Universal Studios circa 1979 with a real live Cylon. This is just a small sample of some of his cool vacation pics from that tour that I’ll brining to the site in the next few weeks. Looking at them, it’s no […]

Vintage Toy Stores Part 8

It is always a happy time when I gather up enough shots of vintage and (sadly) no longer in business toy stores from yesteryear. In the latest installment we hop over the the UK for some staggering window displays for Palitoy Action Man (the UK G.I. Joe) then we’ll go back stateside to see some […]

R-R-R-R-AW Power

I can remember the exact moment I saw this, it was pretty important afterall, it was a device that made your bike sound like a motorcycle. Screw want, I needed this dammit, it was important.My parents reviewed my case and shot it down claiming “Safety issues” when pressed further I pretty much got some sort […]