Author Posts

More Azrak Hamway Monsters

Some great new variation figures added to the AHI Monster Gallery today, cataloging these is a bigger chore than I imagined, below we have wrist jointed Dracula:Man he looks pissed that someone stole his shoes! These jointed wrist versions are the closest things to Mego, but for some reason they all have the Wolfman’s hairy […]

Status Symbols

The home bar craze in the 1970s (ours was orange with a white and gold speckled counter) is something I fondly remember but I have to wonder how many folks had to stare at this day in and day out. I have nothing against Anheuser Busch (partially thanks to them I don’t remember much of […]

Cool Collections: Colbie

I’ve done a couple of ebay transactions with Colbie in the past, so I knew he some great toy tastes but recently he sent shots of his toy room and will admit to being gob smacked, so much to see, it’s like walking into your childhood.Ahh, Vintage Star Wars, Black Hole even the foreign produced […]

Apes Attack Part 1

Derek (the man responsible for this awesomeness) strikes again, this time it’s some vintage shots of the Apes visiting Plymouth Hoe circa 1977. I cannot tell you how jealous of this I am, I was Apes crazy at this point and there was nothing happening in Canada. Check out Derek’s awesome blog dedicated to Plymouth […]

1979 Palitoy Star Wars Catalog

UK kids weren’t immune to the awesome, corrupting influence of George Lucas and got Star Wars Mania every bit as bad as we did here in North America. There were of course, subtle differences as evidenced in this 1979 toy catalog by Palitoy, UK distributor for the Kenner line. Among them you’ll notice several exclusives […]

The Price of Fame

It has to be a weird compliment to be so famous that your face appears on items both flattering and unflattering. Take the late Farrah Fawcett-Majors for example, her trademark smile and hair was on posters, mugs, nightgowns and things like towels and these bean chairs. Basically, these are encouraging you to place your backside […]

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

I didn’t hear tell of the Sears exclusive Cantina playset until my adult years and I think the first time I’ve ever heard of “action figure variants” was this blue suited Snaggle Tooth. Even though he’s tall and I never had him as a kid, he’s just one of those things that makes my nerdy […]