In the early eighties, Marvel Comics teamed up with Remco (a division of Azrak Hamway) to create the Saga of Crystar. After years of success with comics based on toy lines (such as Micronauts and Shogun Warriors) Marvel sought to reverse the situation and create a toyline they would themselves license. I can’t help but […]
” I’m Bob and this is Tom, your principle wanted us to come and rap with you about the dangers of “Maryhuwanah””
10% off! I’d fill my bags with Star Wars and Shogun Warriors and ride a skateboard out of the store. OK, a Big Wheel……
In digging around I found this cool homegrown ad for Ideal’s Captain Action line and while it’s not really the focus here it was kind of cool so I wanted to share. I, being of the Mego Superheroes era don’t have any childhood memories of the Captain but his place in action figure history is […]
I would still go see Spider-Man to this day. Got a vintage Mall Appearance Photo? We want to see it! Drop us a line here.
Larami was one of the better known Rack Toy companies in the seventies and early eighties. The company had a merchandising system known as “Code A Matic” and considering they were a subsidery of “Tasty Baking Corporation” most likely had their own merchandising representatives as well. 1980 saw their toy division offering their staple of […]
[In my quest to find images from vintage toy stores, I sometimes find articles about the many colorful characters that operated these regional empires, King Norman is one of the names that pops up a great deal] Oakland, Nov 27, 1977-The head of King Norman’sKingdom of Toys, the king himself, is part pixie, part business […]
Man, this is taking togetherness too far even the Brady’s would pass on this. Was anyone who is reading forced to dress in uniform like this? Are you ok now? Do you want to talk about it, phone lines are open….. Life on Mars News: ABC has ordered four additional episodes of their 70s/time travel […]
I recently got a copy of a catalog from a Dolgin’s department store (I’ve never heard of them either) and I loved the little images on the cover. People in a mustard yellow store buying mustard yellow things and even though these are likely staged shots, there is some nostalgia to be had. Ah the […]
It sounds rather odd that after 3 years of blogging about 1970’s toys, I’ve never once mentioned Nerf products of any kind. It seems odd considering how cool I think this stuff is, especially the safe missiles…. I have a toy collector friend, who has one of those collections I can only dream of. When […]
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