Despite it’s parentage of Lucas and Spielberg, Indiana Jones has never been the merchandising success like it’s cousins Star Wars and E.T. Although one could blame that on it’s historical surrounds or it’s lack of wookies, it’s really never been established why. One of the best attempts at merchandising Indy was Kenner’s 1982 “Adventures of […]
An incredible simulation of the BBC circa 1974 upon the announcement of Jon Pertwee leaving the role…
The above Enterprise water pistol pretty much epitomizes why I love rack toys in the first place. The first thing is it’s fragility, there was no way these things should have survived a trip to the car let alone being kept mint in package for 35 years. The other is, well, look at this thing, […]
While I don’t regularly talk about DVDs here, there are just some things I cannot ignore and today there are three of them. Firstly, the good folks at Cinematic Titanic (who used to be the good folks at Mystery Science Theatre 3000) have a new release in the form of “Danger On Tiki Island”.Not only […]
“We’re on a mission from Mommy”
From the “you think you’ve seen everything” department come these Rack Toys by Imperial based on the underrated Spielberg comedy “1941” particularly the parachuting figures of “wild” Bill Kelso played by john Belushi. It’s certainly one of the most logical parachuting figures I’ve ever seen. Another completely logical rack toy, I don’t often string those […]
In 1984, Galoob toys launched an exciting line of toys based one of the bigger surprise hits of the decade. The A Team was a loud, fun and somewhat cartoony adventure show that had adults laughing and children everywhere captivated. It makes perfect sense that this motely crew would become part of a merchandising phenomenon. […]
Disco Satan by night
From the “You think you’ve seen it all department” comes these American History (Possibly Bicentenial influenced) figures from Mattel. Obviously these figures are a tidy reuse of the Sunshine Family molds but in historical garb. I got curious and after a little ebay searching did find a boxed “Southern Belle” on ebay, which I didn’t […]
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