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Pod Stallions Episode 31: Christopher Lee

This month as we lost one of the most iconic character actors to walk this earth in the form of Christopher Lee.  This episode tries to discuss as much as possible about the man and his exhaustive career, the hammer horror days, James Bond, Space:1999, Captain Invincible, Starship Invasions and that time he fought Captain America.  We, of […]

Pod Stallions 29: Planet of the Apes 1

It’s been a long time coming, the first foray into what is the quintessential science fiction block buster of the early 1970s, the Planet of the Apes Phenom. Episode 1 deals with the first movie (we’re going to take our time with this) and brushes lightly on the actors, the makeup, the script, our man […]

Satin Monster: Superfly Edition

Presenting the latest release from Odeon Toys, Satin Monster: Superfly Edition. I’ve brought him back by popular demand but this time he’s wearing authentic 70s wear that has been featured on PlaidStallions. I based this one off the “Maxi” an outfit I actually owned. Each Superfly Edition Satin Monster comes with a Can and real platform […]

Star Blazers action figure gallery

Star Blazers was a huge phenomenon in my neighbourhood when it hit the airwaves in 1979, my friends and I would gather every day at the one house whose ariel got the channel just to see if the Argo did indeed save earth. That’s why these action figures produced by Nomura in Japan blew my […]

Odeon Toys Presents: Captain Canuck

I’m proud to finally announce that Odeon’s latest action figure, Captain Canuck is now available to order. For years, I had been struggling to find an iconic Canadian character to bring to market, many of the attempts dissolved when rights weren’t clear. Which was kind of a bummer. Thanks to my friend and partner in […]

The Old West by Gabriel

In 2013, we got a pretty disappointing Lone Ranger movie, just like we did in 1981. In 1981, we got a killer action figure line for that Lone Ranger movie that was so good, most kids loved them anyway. Advantage 1981…. Gabriel Legend of the Lone Ranger Catalog.

1984 Remco Toys Catalog

By 1984, all of the toy lines Remco had called staples in the 1970s like utility belts and helicopters were long gone as the company dove  head first into the crowded marketplace of 1980s Action Figures Batman and Superman had been replaced by less known DC characters like Warlord and Sgt Rock, the company experimented […]

Popy World Hero Update!

When I first launched the Popy World Hero gallery, I had a few mysteries to solve like who certain characters were and the like. I’m happy to announce that the gallery attracted like minded folks who joined in and helped out, filling in a pile of gaps, like who was mystery figure 17? I now […]

More V figures from South America

My buddy Dana has uncovered more variants to the V figure that I showed here in April. Whoever made these, they created a lot of different variations and I especially love the one that looks like Diana in the middle.  Knock offs, just when I think I can’t love you more….