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Best Dress alike couple ever!

I actually giggled this morning when i found this, it could be the silliest “His n Her’ i’ve ever seen. I think it’s even worse than this. Where do these people live? A Biodome? Do they have jet packs? Suddenly the uniforms from Space:1999 look tasteful.

Damn You Stretch Monster!

I don’t like to be beaten by a toy but Stretch Monster is the proverbial “one that got away” for me. Enemy to Stretch Armstrong, I have coveted one since my neighbour Donny brought one home in 1977. Yet, someone always beat me. The last time I tried to win one (1998) my lousy dial […]

No Wonder the Venus Space Probe is Rare

This 1978 Wards page explains a good deal as to why the Venus Space Probe from the Kenner Six Million Dollar Man line is so tough to find. The one obvious reason is the line had run out of steam and buyers were now ordering lightly. The other reason might be that the Venus Space […]

The Lone Ranger Dolls

Here is one of the nicest actio figure sets made in the 1970’s, the Lone Ranger series by Gabriel/Hubley/Marx (someone want to explain that to me?)I don’t own any of this stuff and I never did as a kid, it just didn’t appeal to me. As a kid, I had to spend every Saturday around […]

The Metal Men Rock

I have a real fondness for the Metal Men from Zee toys. These generic looking guys used to be sold at a local hobby shop when i was a kid. I remember being confused by the lack of a back story but they were just so neat looking. As an adult i realized that many […]

Oh Happy Day

I decided to go to what I think is the grossest flea market in the world yesterday, it’s a very short drive from my home yet, I never go. Why? Because it smells in there. Seriously, I was kind of hungry when I went in but quickly lost my appetite. It’s an old barn where […]

One of the lamest action figure sets ever

I pretty much dig any action figures from the 1970’s but even I can’t see the play value of Lassie. Oh boy, it comes with Timmy! He and Lassie can do farm chores on their playset? There’s not even a well for Timmy to fall down! This may replace the Mego Waltons and fall just […]

Space Shield and Space Sword

Does anyone remember these? I had both of them, they were Star Wars knock offs that somehow transcended their source material. I’m not sure if these were sold stateside but I imagine they were. The sword (lightsabre) itself was ok but that shield just set it out of the stratosphere. It acted as a sheath […]

Beware the dreaded His “n” Her!

I’ve never been terribly obsessed with being thought of as Macho but even I can’t fathom the guy that would wear His “n” Her Pjs, especially flowery Kabuki ones like these. I would also think twice about friends I knew who did this, it’s so “Stepford”.