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Kojak Harbor Patrol

Another classic “who gives a crap” Rack Toy from Hamony, the makers of this pile of “hunh?” . Harmony is quickly becoming my favourite Rack Toy company mostly because everything I’ve seen from them seems to smack of little to no thought. I’m sure Kojak had some episodes that featured both boats and helicopters but nothing […]

The 2011 Plaidstallions Retro Awards

It’s time once again for my fake awards show dedicated to what I feel is retro goodness of the past year. All in all, 2011 was a tremendous year for this kind of commerce, so there was lots to choose from. I’ve also got some news on the book projects and changes to the site […]

A Funky Christmas to one and all

Wishing one and all a joyous holiday season and a happy anad prosperous New Year from the entire PlaidStallions Team. Thank you for reading and writing in, making me laugh and overall being amazing. We’re taking the whole week off at PS and launching next Friday with the 2011 Retro awards, see you then!

1977 Hasbro Weebles Catalog

Time for another trip to Weeble Town! 1977 saw Hasbro aim for action and adventure with the addition of Tarzan (?) and their own portly crusader Super Weeble! It seems fitting to do Weebles around Christmas time as they’re really kind of the thing a lot of folks got under the tree. Not me though, my […]

GI Joe’s cheaper wheels

During the 60s and 70s, Irwin Toy made some lower cost blow molded vehicles for lines like G.I. Joe and Action Jackson that were a lot of fun and quite collectible these days. The cool thing about these is Irwin actually went and licensed the GI Joe name for some of these, they were branded […]

Cool Collections: Chris’s Apes

Chris sent in this way cool pic of his Planet of the Apes collection, the centerpieces being these original screen worn soldier ape outfits. The one with the stripe was used in the TV episode “The Horse Race”, guess what that was about. Thanks Chris for sharing, as always I am filled with a nice […]