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Muppet Candle Making Kit

May 17, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 3 Comments

Candle making kits are both wonderful and strange, you are essentially setting fire to characters you find beloved.

Honky Paradise

May 16, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 4 Comments

You know how people keep saying they’re kept down by “The Man”? Yeah, this is him.

Big Jim 1984 Catalog from Italy

May 13, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

He may have faded from our toy shelves in the 1970s but in Europe, Big Jim was still kind of a big deal. How big a deal? In this 1984 Mattel Italy catalog, Big Jim has as many pages as Masters of the Universe. By this time, the Big Jim line is firmly set in […]

Woolen Gods

May 12, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 5 Comments

A man who combines the dry look with cardigans, wields true power.

Punch the Marvel Heroes

May 11, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 3 Comments

Because it’s always fun to hit the good guys….

Wormee, Squirmles and Frizzlies?

May 10, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 4 Comments

Finding this ad for “Wormee” by Imperial Toys made me realize that this toy concept has been around non stop for 40 years, under multiple names. My dad sold these as “Squirmles” back in the day, to the best of my knowledge this was the brand everybody ripped off: You can see a display box […]

Luxury in Suede Leather

May 9, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 3 Comments

Wait, Leather and Wool? Sign me up, I love sweating while sitting.

Marvel Superheroes Go Bowling

May 6, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 1 Comment

After a long week of travel, I’m pretty psyched to take my family to see the latest Marvel movie. I absolutely love this piece by GLJ toys and the fact that never in my wildest dreams did I think that some day I’d have seen all of these characters on those bowling pins multiple times […]

Robot Man with 4 Faces

May 5, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 7 Comments

I’ve mentioned this Maskatron rip off before in our countdown of Bionic Knock Offs but I’ve always wanted to circle back to it because it’s such a wonderful attempt to capture as many genres as possible with one cheap toy, so let’s have a more detailed look shall we? First off, the card art itself […]