Happy 9th birthday to my book, Rack Toys: Cheap Crazed Playthings, unleashed onto an unsuspecting world in 2012 after nearly two years of hard work. I think it’s funny that my newest book Knock-Offs is currently in the final stages of production. Knock-Offs was initially supposed to follow up Rack Toys in 2014, but […]
Pod Stallions 97: Bill Murray There are some things we here at PS HQ feel have been constants throughout our lives, and we’ve decided to celebrate a Hall of Famer for our first December ep: Bill Murray. From Nick the Lounge Singer to Carl Spackler, from Winger to Venkman, Frank Cross and everything in between. […]
Popy Gorenger Challenge Machine (eBay Link) Popy scooped up the rights to Evel Knievel in the 1970s and decided to give him some friends. Popy released Evel, Kamen Rider and this dude Gorenger and well, they’re pretty darn amazing toys. This very set was featured in Issue 3 of Toy-Ventures magazine. Space:1999 Promotional Booklet […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week Donmoor Captain Kirk Pajamas (eBay Link) I know I drone on and on about the Star Trek clothing produced by Donmoor but I don’t care, it’s awesome and I wish I had this stuff as a kid. No boogie man would screw with a kid wearing that smug […]
PlaidStallions 5 Awesome Things On eBay this Week Diener Space Raiders Erasers (eBay Link)– Man, I loved stuff like this as a kid, it was like sneaking toys into school. The space stuff was so funky, even back then. It’s weird what makes you smile sometimes. Am I really contemplating buying old school supplies? Yes, […]
Robot Man with Four Faces Maskatron Knock Off (eBay Link)– You may have noticed that I’m kinda into Knock Off or bootleg action figures and this one is definitely one of my favourites. An insane mash-up of the Six Million Dollar Man’s nemesis Maskatron with GI Joe and Planet of the Apes mixed in for […]
Toy-Ventures takes you on another journey, this time it’s a quest for Knock-Off action figures. We hit a toy show and an antique mall in search of treasure. I share what I find and what I saw in this week’s installment. Knock Offs is our next book, join our facebook page: We’ve got a new […]
Diana from V PVC bootleg figure (eBay Link) These are Spanish figures as I recall and the closest thing we ever got to real V figures. As any reader of this blog knows I have a real Jane Badler thing, even in the weird PVC form and I hovered over this for a long, long […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this Week LJN Road Stars Space:1999 diecast vehicle set (Ebay Link) The Space:1999 Eagle is my favourite spaceship of all time and I love the charm of the LJN road stars. Especially because they also made the moon buggy and Captain Zantor’s ship (Which makes it Christopher Lee’s ship). This […]
LOS ANGELES, CA — The Nacelle Company, the people behind Netflix’s The Movies That Made Us, The Toys That Made Us, Down To Earth with Zac Efron and Behind The Attraction for Disney+ have announced they’re publishing the definitive edition of Brian Heiler’s Rack Toys, and will release it through their new publishing department on […]
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