Oh Japan, how i love thee. The Popy Toy Corporation is not terribly well known to North Americans but their influence definitely had an impact on us. In 1978, they had a tremendouse amount of cool licenses such as Gatchaman (Known to us as Battle of the Planets), Starzinger (which we called Spaceketeers) and your […]
This past week I was sent links to two sites that promptly took a couple of hours out of my day, any site that does that deserves accolade. It’s cold and raining where I am and maybe it is where you are so let’s showcase them in the hopes of brightening your day. It’s all about toy aliens and cartoon […]
Another player in the world of Rack Toys was Henry Gordy International, who specialized in somewhat generic impulse items with licensed appearance. Among their staples is my new favourite thing mostly because I’m immature: The “Ball Blaster” would indeed be an effective crime deterrent even Lex Luthor himself would think twice.The primary licenses used here […]
American kids kind of got the shaft when it came to “Battle of the Planets’ merchandise, a board game, some models and these generic rack toys by Gordy. Which while fun in their own right were likely recylced from something else and would be again. Some of these toys however are hard to find now […]
It’s funny that the version of the Phoenix shown here is something we never saw as kids. Most of us wouldn’t learn that this is from the second season until college…I loves me some Message from Space BTW, killer movie.
Still looking for Superman, I found another colouring book, this time in my wife’s stuff.Battle of the Planets was an americanization of a the Japanese series “Gatchaman” removing a lot of the violence and adding an R2-D2 clone to give the show a Star Wars feel. The original series didn’t involve space travel at all, […]
A few months back I did a spotlight on Battle of the Planets Toys , being a fan, I thought I knew all of the US merchandising. That’s why these PJs and robe came as a big surprise. US Merchandise for BOTP is pretty sparse (North American kids never even got action figures) that’s what […]
Added some cool photos of my wife’s collection of Battle of the Planets/Gatchaman/G-Force items and added them to Plaid Stallions.com Click here for Battle of the Planets toysDon’t forget to become our My Space friend.
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