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Star Bird

Star Bird was created by Milton Bradley, it’s cool electronic features set it apart from the more obvious Star Wars inspired toys of the day (like this stuff). The command base practically begs you to use your star wars figures on it!

Spider-Man Strikes Again

Another entry in the Superhero Mall Appearances gallery, this one shows children treating Spidey like he’s the beatles in 1965(!)Got a vintage mall appearance photo from back in the day you’d like to share? Drop me a line!

Colouring Book Theatre : Batman and Robin

Today’s colouring book is another one I had as a kid, Batman and Robin Battle the Joker in “Comedy of Tears” I borrowed the cover image from Rob Kelly’s Treasury Comics website because this tabloid sized volume is too big for my scanner.While the cover is a 60’s image by Carmine Infantino (which also graced […]

Vintage Star Trek Toy Love

A very cool “back in the day” piece of Star Trek coolness courtesy of Jerry, whose patient mom converted a red sweatshirt into a perfect trek uniform. Word of advice young Jerry, don’t volunteer for any landing parties. If I wasn’t already envious of that sweet Remco Ultility belt, Jerry rubs in it a little […]

Double Feature Friday

A double header today as we have two new features added to the site, first off, the 1976 Wham-o Frisbee catalog which, if you’re like me, will make you long for summer. All the Retro Toyfair Coverage has been saved to the site on one tidy page, in case you missed any of it or […]