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Toy-Ventures Live Stream: Issue 5 Kick Off!

Tonight at 8 pm (EST), Toy-Ventures Live Stream on YouTube Let’s talk about Issue 5, reveal the awesome prize for this issue, working with Alex Ross, Pod Stallions, the Nacelle edition of Rack Toys, do a live unboxing of Knock-Offs, and do a Mint Off Card as well. https://youtu.be/FF6SOh1Q8Ww

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week EBAY LINK: Marx Spider-Man Scooter- I think Peter Parker did briefly have a Vespa in the comics, although I don’t think it was pink. Also, there would be no point in him riding it while dressed as Spider-Man. I don’t know why I’m trying to rationalize this weird […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this Week

EBAY LINK: Flash Gordon Duvet Cover As any listener to Pod Stallions would know, Flash Gordon is the glue that holds this friendship together and I like to picture my co-host Jason all tucked away in this every morning (he works nights, don’t wake him).   EBAY LINK: Vintage 70’s Marx/Gabriel Lone Ranger SOLITARY TRAPPER […]

Toy-Ventures: Shogun Warriors Model Kits

Toy-Ventures: Shogun Warriors Model Kits Toy-Ventures this week explores the monogram models licensed line of Shogun Warriors Model Kits from the late 1970s. These kits, just like the Shogun Warriors themselves have Japanese origins. we also explore other Shogun Warriors merchandise as well as other model kits based on popular 80s toy lines. We also […]

1977 Hasbro Charlies Angels Catalog

1977 Hasbro Charlie’s Angels Catalog The 1976 TV debut of Charlie’s Angels was somewhat reviled by TV critics but a runaway hit with the audience which not only included men but young girls who saw the crime-fighting trio as role models. This lead to merchandising and in 1977 “Angel Mania” hit toy shelves, Farrah Fawcett […]

Pod Stallions 93: More Binge Watching

Pod Stallions 93: More Binge-Watching     Is it Lockdown again? Well, not quite, but let’s just say we at Pod Stallions HQ have that ‘lockdown feeling’ year round. So we thought it time for the world to know what we’ve been peeping of late, from low brow, to high brow to every brow in […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

EBAY LINK: Spanish Frankenstein Figure Everyone knows I’m a sucker for all things Frankenstein and unlicensed toys but I ask you all to look into those eyes and think “do you blame me”? I rest my case. EBAY LINK: Mighty Princess Xena Knock-Off doll I dig Xena Warrior Princess a whole bunch, some people are […]

1977 Matchbox MAC (Mobile Action Command) Catalog

Matchbox MAC or “Mobile Action Command”  is one of the most underrated action figure lines of the 1970s.   The concept is centered on the nameless men of MAC, an international rescue operation similar to the Thunderbirds, each man has his own quasi-futuristic vehicle. The combination of a 2″ figure and attractively priced vehicle lured […]