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The POW of Knit Dacron

You may not work in fast food but you’ll look like you do. Nametag sold separately. 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.

Toy-Ventures 5: The Lords of Light by PAC Toys

 This week’s installment of Toy-Ventures is all about the story PAC toys and their sadly too short toyline called the Lords of Light. I get into my relationship with their creator and what might have been with this 80s toy line that ended all too quickly.   Visit us online at www.plaidstallions.com   Twitter: @plaidstallions Shameless […]

Buy PowerLords or we’ll shoot you

I was too old for the Power Lords when they came out but I remember kind of digging their design, they certainly weren’t as child friendly as other action figure lines at the time and that appealed to my newly discovered cynicism. I don’t remember the characters in this ad from Toyfair 1984 and go figure, they […]

Big Bold Buckles!

The models in this catalog all look like they wanna kick my ass for looking at them. 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.

Show ‘N Tell: Phono-Viewer

A record player that shows images? Man, this is a game changer unfortunately the VCR was a bigger one. 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.

Toy-Ventures 4: Black Hole Cereal Premiums

This week’s installment of Toy-Ventures is all about the wonderful relationship between the Movie “The Black Hole”, Shreddies cereal and Mego toys. It’s one of my favourite childhood memories. Visit us online at www.plaidstallions.com Twitter: @plaidstallions New Six Million Dollar Man Shirt in our Redbubble store! Don’t forget to join our new facebook group. Get […]

Barbie’s Friend Ship

After showing Big Jim’s Sky Commander earlier in the week, it seems fitting to show the Barbie Equivalent.  During this particular segment, Ken had the fish, so Barbie had to land the plane. New Six Million Dollar Man Shirt in our Redbubble store! Don’t forget to join our new facebook group. Get the expanded digital […]

Anything Muppet

As I get older, I’m starting to look a lot more like that anything muppet. 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.