Hey, even Santa has a budget and shoving a cheap-o rack toy into your stocking is a time honoured, fun tradition. There’s nothing particularly Christmassy about what’s inside the display but it didn’t matter. I’ve put together a collage of different Christmas dump bins (I’ll always giggle when typing that word) from the shag decade. […]
Let’s kick the week off right with a sampling of Santa suits and other bric a brac from the era when I knew he was real. I will say that suits like captain eyebrows above, give me the willies. It probably has to do with a childhood viewing of “Tales from the Crypt”, not the […]
Seeing as this blog is pretty much a celebration of 70s Christmas catalogues, it seems only fitting to make the entirety of next week a Texas sized helping of all the things that make Christmas what it is. So get ready for mountains of itchy sweaters, gaudy ornaments, plastic Santas, strange stocking stuffers and more cardboard chimneys […]
I gave up writing a weekly list for Topless Robot, in order to finish writing Rack Toys. I will admit to missing it from time to time, so I’m going to keep fresh by churning out the odd one for PlaidStallions. One of the things children of the 1970s were witness to was the birth […]
How ABC didn’t see how a Dolly Parton/Wonder Woman team up wasn’t ratings gold I’ll never know.
I’m court ordered to mention that captain sleazy here most likely got laid all over town. I know, it’s just not fair….
At first glance the Larami L.E.M lander looks more logical, almost in synch with the series. I mean these guys packaged EVERYTHING under the BSG banner save for sewing sets including jets, yes just plain ordinary fighter planes. However, the L.E.M lander is just a repackaged moon landing toy and has absolutely nothing to do […]
A lesser known Bond Villian, Dr Fabulous ran SPECTRE from his Plastic Surgery clinic, his plan to give everyone breast implants was one Bond defeated albeit reluctantly….
Big Jim was an international sensation in 1979, he just wasn’t available in the country of his birth. By 1979, Big Jim was still enjoying popularity in Europe where he had gone through several changes and permutations to become a strong compeititor to the Hasbro lines based on GI Joe which was also no longer […]
I’m finally coming to grips with the actual amount of time I probably spent watching the Donny and Marie show, sure the choice to watch it was made by my older sister, who at five years my senior could totally take me. However, I will attest to kind of enjoying the experience. I watched a lot of […]
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