Toy-Ventures returns with a tribute to one of my favourite Science Fiction shows of all time, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s UFO. This cool-looking series only ran a single season but there is plenty of awesome merchandise from all over the world. We look at Eidai Grip, Dinky toys, Custom Mego, 16 mm films, Imai model […]
As Toy-Ventures Issue 6 rolls out to people worldwide, it has come to our attention that there was a glitch on one page: our look at the Dimensions for Children Richie Rich toy line. Jonathan Sternfeld (from the excellent website the Harvey Mercheum that I recommend you all visit) wrote this terrific piece. While the […]
Space Giants Merchandising Kit (eBay Link)– This is an amazing piece of toy and tv history, a merchandising kit for a show called Space Giants or in Japan “Ambassador Magma”. It’s an interesting show and there was a weird battle for rights sometime in the 1990s. Anyway, I really like Space Giants and would love […]
Another glorious look at one of the decade’s greatest successes and possibly one of the biggest hits in toy history. When Ideal toys licensed the likeness of Robert “Evel” Knievel known for his wild (and painful) stunts and combined it with one of the grooviest toy concepts known, it was gold! During these years, the […]
I’ve been quite open about the fact that the Mattel Sunshine Family dolls kind of freaked me out as a kid, it’s the blank eyes, sedate expression and well, even their name sounds like a Grindhouse horror movie. The Sunshine Family was devised in the mid-seventies by Mattel and seems to be grown-up hippies now […]
Pod Stallions 99: More Planet of the Apes Never say we don’t finish things, here is the second part to an episode we started in 2015 (we were just kids them) where J and B discuss the many Planet of the Apes sequels, the tv series, the cartoon, the Tim Burton movie and the Matt […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week Ja-Ru Magnum PI Whistle (eBay Link)– Finally, I can act out my Magnum PI/Ted Lasso cross-over fanfic. Kool Aid Man Belt Buckle (eBay Link)– Oh yeah, now this is a fashion statement. Although I should warn you, it will not give you the ability to crash […]
1982 Fleetwood Toys Catalog is very modest, a group of loose-leaf copies stapled together. CHiPs was the major player for 1982, Fleetwood managed to get a lot of mileage out of the motorcycle cop goodness. While Legend of the Lone Ranger wasn’t a box office success, the character itself still sold toys. Fleetwood was able […]
Hey folks, I’m happy to say that Issue 6 is finally on the press, finding paper in 2022 isn’t fun but we got there! It’s a really great issue and one I’m proud of so let me walk you through it. First off, the striking cover is by my friend Dave Waugh, he was my […]
Mattel Rodan figure (eBay Link) I cannot begin to tell you how this toy shaped me as a collector. The first one I had was over my dresser as a teenager; it had sunglasses on and a cigarette in its mouth. I sold him in college, and it broke my heart. I bought a boxed […]
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