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Toy-Ventures 20- My Star Wars Collection

I thought I’d do something different and talk about my Star Wars collection, most people I know are surprised I have any SW stuff and well, I have a lot of rules about collecting this stuff that I almost always follow. Do you have collecting rules you follow? Let’s hear them in the comments section.

Spectreman Trading Card Display

My friend Corey shared this awesome vintage display of Spectreman cards from Japan. As if I couldn’t love Japanese stuff more. I am truly a sucker for anything with Dr. Gori on it. New Six Million Dollar Man Shirt in our Redbubble store! Don’t forget to join our new facebook group. Get the expanded digital […]

Toy Ventures 19: Space Sword & Space Shield

Ok let me address the fact that for some reason I keep saying “Star Sword” despite what’s on the label but please don’t let that mar my celebration of two of my favourite childhood toys, Space Sword and Space Shield! These glow in the dark Star Wars inspired toys were the source of hours and […]

Movember Batman

Just When I thought the very talented Tim Baron (Any child of the 1970s/80s will want to check out his creations here) could surprise me no further, he pulls out the funniest Mall Appearance photo I’ve seen in years.  Seriously, whose older brother is playing Batman here?  Also,  I know it’s a pen but I […]

PlaidStallions Turns 13!

Today, 13 years ago, I had just put my (then tiny) daughter down for a nap and with the rest of the family out,  I was that dangerous combination of bored and lonely.  So, I decided to start a blog that I had been planning for months. Not that I had a plan, it was […]

Pod Stallions 70: Anthology Shows

We’re back with an all-new episode, we had some technical issues but we powered through and hopefully, you will too because we left them all in! The topic is anthology shows but mainly ones in the science fiction and horror theme, we begin with some of the more familiar shows like “Twilight Zone” and “Outer […]

PlaidStallions on the Creative Shift PodCast

Just in time for the site’s 13th anniversary, I was honoured to be a guest on Dan Blank’s Creative Shift Podcast recently, totally out of my comfort zone but also a really fun experience. We talk about the history of the site, toy collecting, writing “Rack Toys” and blogging, it was a really enjoyable conversation. […]

Toy-Ventures 18: Parachuting Planet of the Apes

This week, we talk about one of my favorite subjects, cheap rack toys but even better, they’re  planet of the apes rack toys.   We get into the history of licensed parachute toys, which are some of the most fun but also bizarre toys we could buy for under a buck. So we talk about RipCord, Star […]

Two Tones with a BIG WIDE STRIPE!

Two tones and a wide stripe? You fools are tampering in God’s domain! No good will come of this! New Six Million Dollar Man Shirt in our Redbubble store! Don’t forget to join our new facebook group. Get the expanded digital edition of Rack Toys here.