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Fighting Furies will make a big splash

May 26, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized No Comments

I’ll never understand why I don’t own any of these wonderful Matchbox Fighting Furies figures. I should fix that, post haste!

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 […]

Captain Harlock Action Figure

April 12, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized No Comments

In France, they released this amazing Captain Harlock doll using a 12″ GI Joe body. These were also sold in Quebec, I had one of these in 1987, paid a whopping ten bucks for it. One of my toy collecting mentors/friends really wanted it, he was a great guy so I traded it to him […]

Battle of the Planets by Ceji Arbois

April 5, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 3 Comments

I’ve been on kind of a Battle of the Planets jag these past few weeks and here’s one of my favourites, the 3 3/4″ action figure line. Originally made by Popy Japan, these figures were later sold in Europe in sets or on individual cards by companies like Ceji Arbois and Jecsan. They even added […]

Pod Stallions 42: Don’t Panic!

March 4, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 1 Comment

It’s episode 42, we’re both entirely too nerdy not to do an episode devoted to Douglas Adam’s seminal “Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series. Jason and Brian talk up the books, radio dramas, the BBC TV series and of course, the big budget movie from 2005. Along the way we veer off into Doctor […]

Pod Stallions 40: The Micronauts

January 15, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

For our 40th episode we are joined by actor/comedian Chris Tallman (@MrChristallman on twitter) for a celebration of the Interchangeable World of the Micronauts, the classic toy line from Mego that is about to get a major motion picture and new comic book series this year. The discussion begins with the toy line’s Japanese origins, it’s halcyon […]

Mego Introduces the Micronauts

January 12, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 6 Comments

Today we feature the original toy trade catalog given to buyers when Mego launched the Micronauts in February of 1977. It’s a wonderful and rarely seen piece, more after the jump. Micronauts really was an ambitious and risky gamble for Mego, it’s a sprawling toy line with aggressive TV advertising. Luckily kids were drawn to […]

1973 Hasbro GI Joe Adventure Team Catalog

January 8, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

One of my favourite memories from childhood is tiny me marveling at the GI Joe adventure team boxes in the Woolco toy aisle, that’s why I always enjoy when I pick up a Hasbro catalog I don’t have. This time it’s the Adventure Team from their true high point in 1973 with such iconic toys […]

Pod Stallions 39: The 2015 Retro Awards

January 1, 2016 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 1 Comment

Happy New Year! It’s time for our annual salute to all the things that made us happy in 2015, especially those that harkened back to our childhoods and brother, did we have a lot to smile about. The 2015 Retro Awards salutes the movies, books, magazines and toys we raved about this year and we […]