The Bug Men of Insecta are a wonderfully creepy line of action figures knocking off Masters of the Universe and Sectaurs with a splash of horror. The new gallery has photos, catalog scans and even a video about this weird toy line. More Updates all this week. Cheers! bRaIn Issue 4 of […]
Folks, I was blown away by the reception to our 15th Anniversary contest, it just made everything more validating about working on this site and again, thank you for that. So, the random number generator has chosen the following folks. Winner of the 3rd Prize a 3 pack of Toy-Ventures Magazines is: Will Tijerina Winner […]
In 1978, Ideal Toys hobbled together a series of toys using old molds and previously used brands to captilize on the popularity of Star Wars (and its lack of product on the shelves. Yes, lawsuits did happen. In an effort to create a back story kids might enjoy Ideal contacted Marvel comics (Yes, the people […]
In celebration of my decade and a half blogging about random pop culture, I’d like to give away some stuff to show appreciation. Here are the fabulous prizes for this go-round. 3rd Prize- A toy ventures 3 pack This includes all three issues of Toy-Ventures magazine and all three of the perks, which include the […]
15 years ago today, while my baby had a nap, I started a blog making fun of leisure suits out of old Sears catalogs, I thought it would amuse me for a couple of years tops, I would have no idea at that moment and I say this without hyperbole, how it would change my […]
For episode 88 we went in with the best intentions of doing a recap of WandaVision (warning some gentle spoilers) but we somehow start talking about 70s craft kits and Soupy Sales colouring books, enjoy? Check out the New Pod Stallions Twitter account: https://twitter.com/PodStallions You can listen in high quality to […]
Yeah, so how do you do an awards show for a year that kinda didn’t happen? well, we applaud the stuff the brought us joy in our own way. We hope you enjoy it. Seriously, I cut my own hair in a mirror the other day….. Lots of unpopular opinions in this one, agree […]
The Muppets were a smash in syndication, who doesn’t think of them when that ITC logo appears? The Mego 12″ Wonder Woman brought in the bucks for many a year while Sindy was attempting to get some Barbie magic in a different scale.. The concept behind Kenner’s baby wet and care are still […]
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 […]
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