When you look at vintage pajama shots, you see a lot of staples, Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Hulk are the biggies. Rarely do you see a B-List hero in the lot (please no hate mail) such as Doctor Stephen Strange. Doc never got much respect in the way of merch as a kid, as far […]
Two celebrity dolls, two very different professions. The guy on the bottom is J.J Armes by Ideal, a real life detective who lost his hands as a child and uses prosthetics. I saw the commercial for this as a kid but for a long time thought I dreamt it. The other doll by Shindana had […]
I’m surprised I’m doing this update because these figures kind of gave me the creeps as a kid. The Sunshine Family were devised by Mattel as grown up hippies now starting their families in the middle of the “Me Decade”. These extremely large eyed figures had a real folk art scene going on and remained […]
After the Vietnam war, toy soldiers sure weren’t such a hot item. G.I. Joe retired to beome an adventurer and the only soldier type toys were usually knock offs, many major companies shyed away from anything too military.Mattel’s Heroes in Action were an interesting throwback to the 60’s, a 3 3/4″ action figure line that […]
This has to be one of my favourite obsessions, finding pictures of toy stores and aisles past. So I’m really pleased to be coming out with Vintage Toy Stores Part Five with a collection of images that feature classic toys of the seventies including Mego Superheroes, Adventure Team G.I. Joes, Aurora Monster Models, View Masters, […]
A double header today as we have two new features added to the site, first off, the 1976 Wham-o Frisbee catalog which, if you’re like me, will make you long for summer. All the Retro Toyfair Coverage has been saved to the site on one tidy page, in case you missed any of it or […]
That’s it for today, Retro Toyfair concludes tomorrow with 1977
Toy Fair 1976: Hmmm, Martin Landau or a shark this halloween?
Toy Fair 1976: Eagle Eye Joe, Mike Power Atomic Man, Bullet man all teamed up to fight the evil Intruder aliens. This was G.I. Joe’s final year of production, Hasbro reps were optomistic about the sales improving but sadly, it didn’t work out.Related Links: 1976 Hasbro G.I. Joe Catalog
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