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A double shot of generic Star Wars goodness

I can’t get enough Star Wars rip offs and the page above has one of the best, Starroid Raiders action figures by Tomland. The Space Case is another cool “Me too” type product.Star Raiders were a Mego type varaiation on the theme, also by Tomlands, many of the characters had vaguely familiar looking faces. For […]

Colouring Book Theatre : Big JIm and the P.A.C.K

When I can on Saturdays, I am going to provide an overview of what’s inside of some of the cooler colouring books from the 1970’s.I decided to open with Big Jim and the P.A.C.K seeing as it’s based on one of my favourite toy lines of that era.Whitman had released a Big Jim All Star […]

1977 Berwick Toys Catalog

Most North Americans have probably never heard of UK based Berwick toys before but that should change because they created a lot of fun and inspired licensed items for the English market.Berwick’s main items seem to be role play such as their line of play suits and games, while all the American standards are there […]

Hi-Yo Silver Away!

In the mid 1970’s Gabriel toys released some of the highest quality action figures of the decade with their Lone Ranger line. Not known for action figures previously, the company spared no detail in the figures, their horses or the multitude of accessory packs. Announcement Time: I am taking a short sabbatical from the interweb […]

Super Selection of Sleeping Bags

I used to collect Sleeping bags, talk about a space killer. This spread has me wondering though, what kid wanted the McDonalds characters over say Spider-Man and Hulk or the cool robots from the Black Hole? I can’t imagine unrolling a McDonaldland sleeping bag at Richard Huer’s sleep over back in the day. I think […]

To Boldy Sit

I dig bean bag chairs, I dig Star Trek: The Motion Picture, so imagine my surprise to find two styles of Star Trek: TMP Bean Bag Chairs. It’ll be a tough call but rest assured ,the crew of the enterprise will soon be cradling my butt cheeks.

Poorly Named Jeans

When I look at the outfit on the left, the word “rough house” doesn’t really pop to mind. Words like “Pixie” or “Musical Production” do though.

Star Trek Comic Strip: The Final Chapter

Finalizing the slow moving syndicated adventures of the Starship Enterprise, I’ll be keeping the previous entries on the site in the Star Trek Comic Strip archive. And that’s it! I’m out of Star Trek Comic strips, I hope you enjoyed the past eleven weeks. After a short break next week, we’lll be back on the […]