It’s a rainy Sunday morning here, so I thought I’d wrap up a few loose ends and report some goings on around teh interwebs. Please scroll down and read this in the confidence that I have full on bed head while I type this, it’s not pretty here: Toy Show Alert! I’m setting up next […]
It’s been over a year since I launched the Tomland Star Raiders gallery on the site and I’ve had some good luck with regards to new images and information thanks to some lovely people who like to share. For those not in the know, the Star Raiders were a brazen and rather kooky attempt to […]
A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia.
Sadly the “Disguise the AM Radio as other things” is mostly a forgotten art. Also vanishing is the “Give kids things with the budwesier logo on them” agenda. Judging by how much Bud I drank in my teens, mission accomplished.
Should I ever turn this site into a brick and mortar business you’re looking at my secretary pool, it should go without saying that each of these ladies will be skilled in the deadly oriental arts.
Most people would hear the word Mego and associate it with the eight inch action figure craze they created in the 1970s that still has enduring fandom. However, the company started out as a producer of low cost “Hush Up Toys” which we now call “Rack Toys”. The majority of the companies output […]
This toy from Remco gives me the same uneasy feeling when I first saw a muscular Joe Piscopo. Buff Mickey makes me uncomfortable.
The passing of Gerry Anderson last month prompted my pal Corey to dig up this fantastic photo he did in the 1990s of a happy Christmas populated by nothing but Anderson creations. Click on it for a larger view, a lot of old friends in there…
One of the things I really wanted to do to promote the book was to recreate a vintage rack toy aisle, complete with the original orange peg board so common in my area. While that wasn’t a realistic goal, it’s amazing what is right under your nose. Above is M and S Mini Mart, which […]
@brickmantooth
Official Tura Satana Action Figure Now Available
PlaidStallions Action Figure Archive
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week
Toy-Ventures Issue 12- Stretch Monster
Knock-Off Book
Recent Comments