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Step Ups!

September 14, 2015 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 3 Comments

I can’t help but feel that they’re mocking me and my bland, mono coloured slacks….

1978 Dejay Record Player Catalog

September 11, 2015 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 4 Comments

I’m really happy vinyl is back in what few record stores I can find these days, that’s why I love this 1978 catalog from Dejay featuring a variety of licensed children’s record players. Disco, Holly Hobbie and the Superfriends, it’s a grouping that won’t happen in any other decade…. Check out the 1978 Dejay Catalog […]

Long Coat Sale!

September 10, 2015 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 5 Comments

If Buck Rogers building had a doorman, this is what I think he’d be wearing.

Comic Heroes Tube Socks!

September 9, 2015 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 3 Comments

Pretty commonplace now but back in ’76 some Shazam! socks would have really brightened my day. Especially 65% Orlon Shazam socks.

Giant Sized Fisher Price Sesame Street Clubhouse

September 8, 2015 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 1 Comment

In1977, Fisher Price promoted the Little People Sesame Street Clubhouse by creating a gigantice model of it. The happy memories I had playing with this toy are only slightly shadowed by the original Sesame Street set by FP. I look at this thing and it cheers me up, always will. I need to know if this […]

1970s Back to School Fashion Spectacular

September 7, 2015 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

One of the biggest downers of the summer ending is back to school shopping, getting dragged from (Non Toy) store to store, forced to try things on, it’s more than your seven year old mind can take. That’s why I’ve prepared this handy trip down memory lane, once your children see what we had to […]

The Summer of Fuzzy Hair GI Joe

September 7, 2015 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 1 Comment

While summer comes to end, I now have an awesome set of memories wrapped in some well loved vintage GI Joes. You see, my family chose to spend our summer weekends hiking the wilderness and then exploring a new town. We got some exercise, saw some natural wonders, tried new food and then checked out […]

Lords of Light Prototype Figure Found

September 4, 2015 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 4 Comments

I’m really happy to showcase this neat discovery of this lost Lords of Light toy. I’ve been smitten with these figures since the mid 1990s when I first found out this hidden treasure. A bit of a background on Lords of Light: After Mego Toys folded, a company known as PAC packaging (who light assembled […]