Like G.I. Joe, Johnny West was one of the few hold over action figure lines from the 1960’s. This durable (hell indestructable) cowboy figure line was looking a little strange on a shelf now populated by Superheroes, Aliens and talking apes but he managed to kick around for at least one more year. The line […]
As far as 70s toystores go, none are as far remembered and beloved as Childworld, a chain which had at one point 180 stores across the united states. This 1975 flier preserves what they had to offer during that time including the greats like Mego Star Trek and Planet of the Apes. This is the […]
In 1973, New York-based Ideal Toys created toys based on Butte Montana’s daredevil son, Robert “Evel” Knievel and history was made! Many thanks to Rob Chatlin for the terrific scans. Thanks to Knievel being a household name and the toy’s clever concept, it became a hot seller and one of the most memorable toy […]
Described by Kenner in 1979 as “Combat vehicles of the future….half insect, half-machine” Megabug Gladiators were perhaps just too ahead of their time. That’s pretty much the only reason I can think of to justify why this cool toy line of insect tanks wasn’t a hit with kids. Had it been spawned in the […]
I recently found this wonderful Japanese toy trade magazine from the early 1970s, it’s full of amazing toys of Ultra-Man, Kamen Rider, Spectreman and of course, Godzilla. Please join me in exploring this with little to no commentary because I can’t read Japanese! Those GI Joe costumes of the Monster Attack Team […]
Aw yeah, back with a new Toy-Ventures and I’ve got an update and some packages to open. Check out my latest box from the UK filled with knock-off monster toys and warning, this episode ain’t for the kids. Join our FB group Mego Knock Off HQ https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/ Order Toy-Ventures issue 1 here: http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/
Message from Space is Japan’s answer to Star Wars and boy is it weird but in a good way, I saw it as a kid and it left a mark. Not a lot of Message from Space merchandise hit our shores (the film kind of bombed here) but Entex imported some model kits from Japan […]
One of the bigger explosions in the seventies was the rise of the homemade craft kit, which no doubt was brought about by the hippie movement of the 60’s.. Children across America were making macrame (guilty!), rug hooking (guilty!) and happily making Christmas tree Candles (My father must have worried about me). One of the […]
It may seem commonplace now but the mid-seventies TV series “Police Woman” was groundbreaking television. Angie Dickinson played “Pepper” Anderson, a no-nonsense lady cop and she became the first female lead of an action series (thankfully not the last, a bit of a Xena fan here). Horsman dolls sought to capitalize on this powerful new […]
The Lone Ranger toyline is easily one of the nicest action figure lines of the 1970s if not all time and Gabriel Toys had some real long-running success with it. This 1977 Catalog is the third year for the line and shows that it was still going strong, Gabriel put a lot of effort into […]
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