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Wishbook-A-Rama!

Seeing as it’s December (which I’m actually surprised about, seriously where the hell did November go?) and this site is about catalogs, I am launching “Wishbook-A-Rama”. Each week I’ll post different Christmas catalog spreads, some you’ve seen, some you haven’t and we can all make our respective wish lists. This will be combined with the […]

Pod Stallions 11: Flash-Ahhhh!

Well, the subject of this episode can’t really be a surprise to anyone who has listened in the past.  Episode 11 is dedicated to Flash Gordon, not just the (wonderful) file from 1980 but the character itself and our first introductions to him, either from serial or the amazing Filmation animated series. We delve into […]

Space World Ray Gun

1979 is a candy land if you like vague Star Wars knock offs, the card art on this one features the love child of Harrison Ford and Martin Landau. I honestly prefer stuff like this to licensed Star Wars merchandise and that’s saying a lot.

Land of the Lost Cosmic Signal

There is so little Land of the Lost merchandise out there (specifically Sleestak related stuff) that I covet all the rack toys that were produced. The majority of them were from the Larami stable and repeated ad nauseum for any ol’ license but that’s ok because the card art kind of makes up for that […]

Introducing Satin Monster

Presenting the latest release by Odeon Toys, Satin Monster, one of our mascots,  is a limited edition 8 inch action figure in the 70s Mego style. He comes complete with genuine vintage threads (real thrift store clothing was murdered to create each figure) and packed with more manliness than is allowed in the state of […]

Mattel Spin Welder Commercial

This is another commercial I recently had converted (and now giving away with my DVD sets). I don’t have much to say about Spin Welder other than it’s a cool concept and my parents would never have let me have it. The font in it’s logo was used more famously by Mego for the Micronauts […]

the people’s champion

Muhammed Ali was one of my earliest heroes as a kid, I religiously watched his cartoon series and I was first in line to watch him punch Superman. I must have never run into his action figure because I never owned one, with my dad being a boxing fan, this would have been an easy work […]

Underdog Gun

Underdog may have been my first exposure to Superheroes as a wee one, he definitely sparked a life long love of the genre. I’m not sure I would have felt that way had I seen Underdog shooting up a bowling alley. Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is a limited edition 144 page book from the […]