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Toy-Ventures: Kenner Venus Space Probe Plus Birthday Contest!

Toy-Ventures returns with a look at the Six Million Dollar Man’s final Toy foe, the Kenner Venus Space Probe AKA “Death Probe.” It is one of the rarest bionic toys out there. Also, it’s our 19th Birthday, so we’re having a contest! #toyventures #kenner #bionicman Topics Discussed: Kenner, Bionic Man, Six Million Dollar Man, Maskatron, […]

Toy Industry Reacts to the cancellation of Battlestar Galactica

The following article is from the June issue of Toys, Hobbies and Crafts and deals with toy retailer reaction to the cancellation of Battlestar Galactica’s television series on ABC. NEW YORK – If the sales of licensed items carried as much  eight as ratings, “Battlestar Galactica” would return next fall. But that’s not the case, […]

Toy-Ventures Issue 13 is now shipping!

I am elated to announce that issue 13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine is now available for purchase and if I don’t say so myself, it’s a banger!   Now Available: Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes toy line and a cover featuring artwork specially commissioned for Mego’s […]

Toy-Ventures: Big Jim’s Devil River Trip

Toy-Ventures: Big Jim’s Devil River Trip https://youtu.be/hZ-vxKwFrFU Tonight’s Toy-Ventures is about a childhood toy woe and a deep appreciation for the “Man Vs Nature” action figure genre. It’s the Mattel Big Jim Devil River Trip! #BigJim #Toyventures #Mattel   Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes […]

Toy-Ventures: The Mego 1983 Project with Dr. Mego

Toy-Ventures returns with special guest, Paul “Dr. Mego” Clarke as we discuss a new series based on the recent discovery of Mego’s plans for 1983.   The Mego 1983 project will be a multimedia event with print articles, videos and, of course, a special wing to the Mego Museum. This is not a “What If” this is […]

Mego Marvel Disney 4-Pack Review: Mint Off Card

Mint off Card Returns with a look at the first of many waves Mego Marvel figures. How do they stack up against the originals? You decide in our latest look. Toy-Ventures is our magazine; we’re an independent publisher trying to bring back print toy magazines; if you would like to support us, please check out […]

Mattel MegaForce Toy Catalog from 1982

  MegaForce was poised to be the action blockbuster of 1982. The 20 million dollar Chinese/American co-production had an impressive marketing budget which wisely targeted kids with it’s sci-fi military stunt show of a movie. It also easily found licensors; on paper, this looked like a slam dunk. The only problem was that people eventually […]