I had never heard of this California-based chain of Toy Stores called “Beno’s” before but judging by this glorious catalog, they offered the best-selling toys of 1979 including of course, the Kenner Star Wars line, this beautiful time capsule is a joy to behold. GET Issue 3 of Toy-Ventures here! FACEBOOK GROUPS FROM PLAIDSTALLIONS Pod […]
Mattel sold the popular Shogun Warriors brand around the world and in Italy in 1979, it was simply known as “Shogun”. The popular line even had the foresight to introduce cartoon characters popular in Italy at the time.. Goldrake was sold in Italy and in France (where he was called Goldorak) because the show played […]
In the Spring of 1977, Kenner issued this special and rare catalog to update retailers on the innovations in their (then) biggest hit toylines, the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman. Bionic fever would wane the following year but this was truly a golden time for Bionic fans. The art on this […]
Tonight at 8:30 pm EST we will be holding our first-ever live stream with an update on what’s going on with the channel, Toy-Ventures Magazine, and a reveal of the next issues premium. If there is time, maybe I’ll do an unboxing of some knock-offs. GET Issue 3 of Toy-Ventures here! FACEBOOK GROUPS FROM PLAIDSTALLIONS […]
EBAY LINK Hong Kong Phooey Candle- I think HK Phooey was my first cartoon love, he was my lunchbox, and well, it probably inspired a lifetime love of Martial Arts. That’s a weird sentence for me to put together. EBAY LINK Croner Buck Rogers and Twiki figures- These are uber rare Australian only […]
Toy-Ventures takes a look at what we feel is the coolest action figure vehicle of the 1970s, Big Jim’s double-trouble ‘Vette with’s awesome laser canons. Tell us what you think is the 70s most iconic vehicle here or at the Pod Stallions Facebook group. GET Issue 3 of Toy-Ventures here! FACEBOOK GROUPS FROM PLAIDSTALLIONS Pod […]
EBAY LINK Pez Space Gun Ok, this is a new one to me, I’ve always loved Pez even though I don’t collect it but this is a gun that fires candy into your mouth, I’m on board. EBAY LINK Denys Fisher Cybo-Invader toy The Cyborg line by Denys Fisher is so terribly underrated, it deserves more […]
Recently, while rooting around for a catalogue, I found this notebook, friends have seen it before but I really wanted to share it at this moment in my life because of the effect it had on me today. This was a Mego toy book that I was attempting to write when I was 17, using […]
We’ve said it for years: we don’t know much about art, but we know what we like. And what we LOVE is movie poster & key art! Since the podcast isn’t a visual medium, we got movie art campaign genius & classic poster fan Blake Armstrong to join us to enhance ‘ art appreciation via […]
In 1976, Mattel toys decided to add a comic book with the BIG JIM Wolf Pack Commander figure to explain the mission of the PACK and promote upcoming toys. Most of the boxes had comics on the back that were functional but this comic is drawn by I believe John Buscema and it is the […]
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