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Beyond Tomorrow, Beyond Recycled

I love stuff like this, in the mid seventies Sears marketed this “Beyond Tomorrow Lunar Space Station” play set with three handpainted “alien” figures that were clearly supposed to be Kirk, Spock and Uhura. What’s more weird is this seems to be originally an MPC playset based on the Gerry Anderson Puppet series “Fireball XL5” […]

Heroes of the American Revolution

I could be wrong as I’m Canadian but I’m not sure any kid ever thought “I wish I had a John Paul Jones doll”, this seems like bicentennial overload. If you had these as a kid and thought up exciting adventures for Ben Franklin like “The secret of the Bi-Focal Wearing Mummy’s Tomb”, please correct […]

More Fisher Price Store Displays

Brian from Ant-Toys strikes again!,we last heard from him when he sahred his amazing find of 1970s Fisher Price Adventure People Store Displays and now he’s back to share some toy history, this time it’s about other FP lines like Muppets and Little People: I still have a few of these Little People vehicles kicking […]

The Classic Star Trek Toy Gallery

While most children of the ’70s recall the Star Trek merchandise explosion of the 1970s led by the Mego Corporation it’s surprising just how much merchandise the show generated when it actually was on the air. Much of these products are so rare that they almost seemed shrouded in mystery or misinformation,That’s why we’re lucky […]

The 2009 PlaidStallions Retro Awards

Yep, I’m doing an awards show, except without the musical numbers (this is a good thing if you’ve met me), stilted humour and most of all, Billy Crystal. Just thought that instead of talking vintage, I’d point out my favourite nerdy retro treats of the last year. Movies Star Trek: Oh hot damn did I […]

Mantooth by Baron

Well, I’m back on the wagon and I thought I’d open by sharing something that arrived just in time for Christmas, a portrait of PS spokesmodel Brick Mantooth by artist Tim Baron. I was a fan of Tim’s previously for his portraits of Mego figures but I’m a sucker for Mantooth art. One of these […]

A Very Special Message From Brick Mantooth

Thanks to everybody for a great year, 2009 wasn’t my greatest personally but the one thing I could look forward to were the great folks who chime in here, make me laugh, send me stuff for the site and most of all, feel the love. The experience doing this site and blog has been wonderful […]

Trouble in Paradise

Tom’s thoughtlessness in choosing a hat created a rift between him and Irene, who chose to spend the rest of the day sulking in the woods and contemplating the future of their relationship.