It’s that time of the year where many of us begin to pine for warmer temperatures and sunny days. What a perfect time to showcase the efforts of Wham-O a company that thrived on such things with a creative and very colourful line up of items. Wham-O stuff was always easily identified, the company had […]
Royal Mail is celebrating the iconic work of Gerry Anderson on a new set of stamps issued 11 January 2011. Gerry Anderson is the creator of the puppet characters from cult TV programmes such as Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Stingray, that have thrilled millions of people since the 1960s. FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson […]
It never stops hurting..
The good people at Hakes Americana have a new auction running and this time there is a weath of licensed guitars, some very logical like this ShaNaNa model above and some that are a little more absurd but fun. More photos after the jump: Did the Sweathogs ever pick up instruments? It doesn’t matter, as […]
Celebrate America’s finest actor in a tribute only markers can provide. Sadly this set does not come in “Battlefied Earth”.
Rated G for Good Looking!
In 1975 Kenner Toys grabbed the license to a popular ABC TV series and found themselves with one of the hottest toys of Christmas 1975! Seriously, my mom recalls almost being trampled at the local Kresges when moms lined up to get their limited supply of these. The line’s beginnings were humble however Kenner put […]
It takes a brillaint mind to add colour to some packing foam and market it as a toy to children. Finger Pops were actually a lot of fun, just don’t get them wet, trust me….
One of the more recent things I’ve noticed in Catalogs is the use of Kittens as props, sometimes it’s used to convey a message of warmth to the consumer. Take this gentlemen above, the Kitten conveys his gentle 70s side, don’t you just want to squeeze him? The cat looks to be very underwhelmed. Photo […]
Time to take an indepth look at one of the more premium products made by Azrak Hamway, this time it’s the Batman Road Race set. Normally, AHI stuck to low cost rack toys and released the higer priced items through their Remco brand but occasionally they’d do a higher price point item like this road race […]
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