Entex Message from Space Model Kit (eBay Link)– I am obsessed with Message from Space, Japan’s take on Star Wars. It’s just so weird and great. I would have flipped for merchandise as a kid. Sesame Street Cake Toppers (eBay Link)– Bert and Ernie are always welcome on my cake, even now. Bonanza […]
Pod Stallions Mini Figures Despite not having a booth at SDCC this year (maybe next year?), we have a special reveal. Presenting Pod Stallions Mini Figures. 3″ tall representations of our show mascots Ron: SpacePimp and Satin Monster. Their look is inspired by the amazing Tomland Toys Mini Monsters and will come in various colours, […]
Toy-Ventures: Big Jim Kung Fu Studio New to the channel? Subscribe! ►https://bit.ly/3D3zxJK Everybody’s Kung Fu fighting on this week’s Toy-Ventures with an in-depth look at the Mattel Big Jim Kung Fu Studio playset. We also discuss the Martial Arts craze that inspired this iconic 70s toy. Toy-Ventures Magazine is now available for subscription: https://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop Pod […]
AHI Spider-Man Action Straw (eBay Link)— This is one of the weirder AHI Rack toys, enjoy your beverage with Spider-Man on a bike? How the heck do you clean this thing? Star Stickers by Imperial Toys (eBay link)– These incredibly obvious knock offs of Star Wars were like a total mystery in grade school. […]
Ideal Team America Promo Catalog After years of being marketed as an Evel Knievel toy line, Ideal toys had a severe problem with Knievel’s career hitting rock bottom. They had a hit toy concept but needed a new marketing method. Ideal tried classic monsters with the Scare Cycles in 1979 but regrouped and launched Team […]
New to the channel? Subscribe! ►https://bit.ly/3D3zxJK In Part Three of our Road Trip series, I visit Buffalo, NY home of Antique World and I was blown away at how many quality vintage toys I saw. Also, check out what i got! Toy-Ventures Magazine is now available for subscription: https://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop Pod Stallions Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/podstallions Toy-Ventures […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week Knock Off Beatles Cake Topper (5 Awesome eBay Link)- My mum had a cookbook with all the Wilton cake toppers, they were all unlicensed at the time. I remember laughing at “Catman” who was Batman surrounded by Bats and my second favourite was the Go-Go Swingers, so obviously […]
It’s bittersweet to see the Kenner Super Powers in this catalogue, two years previous they got a whole page complete with vehicles and playsets. Now they’re regulated to a small corner and wouldn’t return in 1987. I have a real fondness for this line, I bought many of them but I totally did not […]
Another fun discovery in the ’86 Sears Canada catalogue is a page dedicated to Dragon Force. A generic line of Martial Arts heroes by Lanard Toys. Despite my lifelong obsession with Martial Arts, I have no memory of this line. Probably because at the time, I was trying to buy actual ninja weapons (I […]
One of my favourite thing about collecting wishbooks are entries like this one from the 1986 Sears Canada Catalog. This is the Tek Force Robo Jumbo, a toy that is meant to be used with other people’s action figures. In this shot we’ve got some random Star Wars figures and some early RAH GI […]
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