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Release the Kraken!

The unintentional theme to this week seems to be “Mattel toys my mom refused to buy me”. Clash of the Titans was at least a compromise, I was allowed to have Perseus and Thallo but not the uber cool Calibos or Charon because as my mum daintily put it “They look like hell!”

Pulsar’s Crib

I’ve already mentioned on several occasions how i think Pulsar is the grossest superhero this side of Slim Goodbody but I’m even more perplexed at his headquarters.While it sounds truly exciting to monitor his life signs, why the hell does he need an X Ray? What can’t you already see?

Machinder Monday

I envy all of you who had Shogun Warriors as a kid, I was perpetually denied. The closest I came to owning them was waiting the neighbour kids out until they were 13 and their parents had yard sales. I still have your Mazinga Willy! Victory is mine! , If you haven’t preordered the upcoming […]

Professional Agents Crime Killers

New at Plaidstallions.com is the 1976 Big Jim and the Wolf Pack catalog, the theme this year was Double Trouble and it’s seriously cool. As an added bonus I’ve added a few images of the toys in their boxes to the mix.

Start ‘Em Young!

Ha! You call that a collection? My kids are toddlers and already they’ve had enough aluminum to build two playgrounds and 11 wheelchairs, all from picking up around me on Saturday mornings.

Bionic Double Shot

Thanks to the amazing Rob Chatlin, we have the Kenner 1976 Bionic Man catalog at Plaidstallions.com. This catalog features new characters such as Maskatron and the Bionic Woman! More Bionic Catalogs will follow in the coming months! Bonus Feature,  Steve and Jaime knock off figures from the UK, these little guys have Tomland bodies (like […]