From our video this week, here is the 1979 Toys R Us Catalog in it’s full-colour glory. This wonderful time warp of a publication really encapsulates the late 1970s toy and pop culture crazes. Starting of course with Mork Mania, the popularity of “Mork and Mindy” spawned some really fun merchandise from Mattel and others. […]
PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures takes another timewarp, thanks to this fantastic flyer from Toys R Us in 1979. It has all the hottest toys of the time like Mork from Ork, Star Wars, Kenner Alien and if they made it, they put the Incredible Hulk on it. #mego #toyventures #toysrus We have a new book out called […]
Bewitched Card Game (eBay Link)- I grew up on this show and well, LOOK AT THAT BOX ART! I love it so much, the artist just gets the actors’ caricatures so right. I miss stuff like this. Super Joe Commander Figure (eBay link)- Super Joe by Hasbro was the follow-up to GI Joe, […]
Zingy Slacks, new from the “little bachelor” collection, for your budding pick-up artist. PS I still get chills when I hear the word “Slacks” AKA the official pants of weddings and first communions. We have a new book out called “Knock-Offs: Totally Unauthorized Action Figures” it’s a 132-page tribute to bootleg toys. You can […]
In 1977, Marx Toys launched the Ready Gang, a beautifully detailed line of 9″ action figures from the old west with little to no back story (Seriously, are these guys, outlaws, or good guys? I guess it’s up to the kid?) and it lasted two years before fading away. My best guess is the line’s […]
Blackstar was a Filmation animated program that made its debut in September of 1981; the series blended science fiction with fantasy (borrowing a little from JRR Tolkien) and saw its end the December of that same year. Blackstar saw a second life, thanks to Filmation’s next project, “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe,” based […]
Explosive new gallery added to the PlaidStallions Action Figure Archive today, The Adventurer! The Adventurer seems to have been spawned in the early 1970s and is heavily influenced by the Mego Action Jackson toy line. The figures themselves appear to be a blow-molded 8″ figure of Tommy Gunn ( Gunn was a UK take on […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week. Magnum PI Sunglasses (eBay Link)– Oh these puppies will get you laid all over town folks, how could they not? Well, that’s what I’m banking on when I take my next vacation. Hobbit Book and Record (eBay Link)- My goodness, I had no idea this was a thing. […]
Toy-Ventures this week is entering the 36 chambers of Knock-Offs as we use our five fingers of death to reveal some incredible martial arts-themed bootleg toys. Meet the Karate Masters, the mysterious Spy Girl and the unbelievable Black Belt Brawlers in this week’s episode. We have a new book out called “Knock-Offs: Totally Unauthorized Action […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Jan 21 2022 Complete set of Knickerbocker Lord of the Rings figures (eBay Link)– Even though I can’t say I’m a big fan of Tolkien or fantasy stuff in general (magic bugs me), I’m not immune to such shiny things as this gorgeous action figure set by Knickerbocker. […]
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