It sounds rather odd that after 3 years of blogging about 1970’s toys, I’ve never once mentioned Nerf products of any kind. It seems odd considering how cool I think this stuff is, especially the safe missiles…. I have a toy collector friend, who has one of those collections I can only dream of. When […]
Kyall sent me this wonderful (I’m sorry about that) Wonder Woman collection today, the world could use more Lynda Carter, that’s what I always say. Check out Kyall’s Wonder Woman Collector’s site here. And if you have a collection you’d like to share, drop me a line!
“Characteristic Representation” means that Darth Vader will sound like the stock boy and “Chewbakka” will likely look like this: Oh well, we were kids and didn’t notice things like Chewbakka was a left over Planet of the Apes costume….. More Mall Appearances Submit a Mall Appearance Photo Here (please?)
Chances are at one point in your childhood, you became somewhat interested in Magic, especially tricks that you could perform yourself. This magic section from the 1975 Franco American Catalog, one of the bigger novelty distributors shows that you weren’t alone, their rack toy like selection of magic tricks might be familiar if you ever […]
I must have missed a meeting in the seventies, I had no idea there was a Sesame Street Play Doh set. This is all kinds of awesome and I’d like to send a set back in time to the four year old me. Right after I sent myself back in time for some shopping that […]
One of the things that bother me about Barbie is the fact that her hands can’t hold anything, not that I’d go on a shopping spree if she did mind you. I was surprised to find out that in 1973, an opposable thumb was actually a selling feature on both her and Ken. I’m surprised […]
No matter how you mix and match these hot styles, they’ll see you comin’ and remember you. That expression of manly confidence, I can only hope to achieve that someday but next to this, I am but a boy….
August 5 1977– Slime is not a B film playing second bill to “Sheba, the Slug Queen” at the local drive-in. It is, rather, a moist, sticky, six-ounce gob of gelatinous goo. It looks like something extremely rude.The novelty item also sticks to drapes, carpets, furniture and hair. And it sells. “We can’t keep it […]
It’s time to bring the pain again with this gem from 1978. Benji as most 70’s kids know was an adorable trained dog that starred in a series of films and was the brain child of Joe Camp. I found this at the same truck stop/flea market that I bought the horrible Fantastic Four Book […]
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