Dear Santa…

December 23, 2010 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

I was perusinga bunch of vintage toy ads this week and thought it would be fun to do as an adult toy nerd what I did as a wee nerd, cut out the toys I want and create a wish list.

So here are three things I wish were under the tree so I would, um, not open the box or play with them.

Mattel’s Moon Base Alpha Playset- this set almost made up for the less than spectacular figures, as playsets this one is a vinyl dream. It seems weird nowadays that kids would want to play with a Martin Landau doll but dammit, we did.

Shogun Warriors Utility Belt- OMG, I would never take this off not even for showers or family functions.

Lincoln Monsters Wolfman- Seeing as they’re a buck a piece, why not bring me a whole set? I won’t mind….

As a bonus, I’ve added a vintage toy ad in case you want to create your own wish list. Just click on them to enlarge and start circlin’!

Tags: begging, Toy Love

About The Author

Mantooth

AKA Brian Heiler author of "Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings" and co-editor of "Toy-Ventures Magazine". Co-Host of the "Pod Stallions" podcast. Host of the Brick Mantooth Youtube channel, painter, designer, writer, mental health advocate, toy collector, Mego, and Mego Knock-Off enthusiast. I have large feet, ADHD and I live in Canada. Talk toys, not others.

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Jamie on December 24, 2010

I saw the Baby Be Good doll in the toy ad. I got this one Christmas and wrote about this on my blog todayhttp://jannghi.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-toy-from-one-of-my-past.html

I used a piece of your scanned ad.

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Jack Norris on December 25, 2010

This is probably not an even remotely original comment, but those prices are heartbraking.

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