Recently I ran a contest/open invitation for Plaidstallions Trading Cards and asked folks for vintage photos. I am overwhelmed by the amount of feedback I got so I’ll be showcasing these for the next couple of weekends. Above is an entry from Nate, where he is playing with his getting his corn syrup on with […]
In the late seventies, Kenner released a line of action figures based on the Western film “Butch and Sundance : The early Years” which was a commercial failure. Kenner had done such a nice job on the toys that they attempted to repackage the line as “The Real West” in 1980. The Real West would […]
More Rack Toys today, I’m really digging these die cast Star Aliens figures by Larami. They seem to be rocking that whole Shogun Warriors/Micronauts vibe. My pal MegoSteve sent me a picture of his wicked cool AHI Parachuting Superman figure and a Knock Off (which probably also produced by AHI) Big Fun: Jon has created […]
Dammit, I love this guy a whole bunch. Does anybody else think the ensemble isn’t complete without the vest? Jeez, you leave town for a couple days and all this coolness springs up. Ben at World’s Greatest Toys is obsessing over K-Mart and Kresges. Rob at the Aquaman Shrine is celebrating Dick Giordano week and […]
That is so cool that Robin is on the other side of the Batman chair, they’re the Bert and Ernie of the Cape set. Media Exposure Time: Tekzilla named PlaidStallions this week’s Websites they can’t get enough of. They did a really long piece on the site which you can see about 28 minutes into […]
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In searching for the now mythis Superman colouring book, I found this oversized Shazam Book. Cover image borrowed from Treasury Comics.com.Shazam was one of my favourite characters as a kid, it probably didn’t hurt that I was like 3 years old when he made his return/merchandising blitz. I got this in a lot of Treasury […]
Chuck sent in this picture of him and brother Chris with R2D2 in front a wonderful Star Wars painting. This was at aHyVee grocery store around 79-80. Chuckremembers Chewie and Vader also being at this store (he would not go near Vader andcried because he was a bad guy) and promises more shots in the […]
The feature this friday is the boys action figure lines in the 1977 Mattel Catalog. It would be a great year for the toy giant, with the release of homegrown organic Superhero Pulsar and the imported Shogun Warriors line. Mattel also continued with TV licensing including the Sweathogs of Welcome Back Kotter and a second […]
The kid in the red jacket looks like he’s firing somebody, I bet his nickname is “Dutch”.Given my well documented love of Mall Appearances , it would be an injustice not to mention two blogs today. First Please Save Me Robots has some wonderful newspaper clippings promoting not only Darth Vader but a David Hasselhoff […]
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