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Retro Toy Fair Coverage : 1975 gets all Bionic!

Toyfair 1975 was held from February 16 to the 18th of that year, a pretty signifigant year as many iconic toys from the 70’s (some spilling over into the 80’s) were born, including the big guy below: Upon seeing Steve Austin, many of us said “Mike Power Who?” and begged our parents for the amazing […]

Mighty Mego Men

Toy Fair 1974 saw the introduction of the Mego Superfoe figures and my obsession with the Riddler was born. For more Mego action figure goodness check out the Mego Museum (whose members have already seen this, it was too good not recycle).

Evel Knievel is #1

Toyfair 1974: Ideal’s Evel Knievel was one of the hottest action figures going as this less than subtle ad from Ideal suggests, if you grew up in suburbia chances are you knew at least one kid with this thing.More Fun: 1975 Evel Knievel Catalog

Imperial Millionaires

Toyfair 1974: You wouldn’t think there was lots of money in rubber apes and alligators but I can’t think of a kid who didn’t have them….More Fun: Imperial Toys Gallery

Retro Toy Fair :1974

We begin our coverage showcasing some of the news and advertising Toy Fair 1974, which was held from February 17 to the 20th of that year.First up, the latest addition to the Colorforms Team.Check back for updates from 1974 all day long

Colouring Book Theatre: The Superfriends

Today’s colouring book is one I had as a kid, the Super Friends, yep, the “Wendy & Marvin” version of the show.This isn’t just a cover with stock art of the DC comics heroes, this book is completely faithful to the original series. It’s a non violent, positive message adventure from start to finish.Whitman did […]