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Toy-Ventures: New Year Unboxing plus I got a grail!

Toy-Ventures: New Year Unboxing plus I got a grail! Happy New Year, let’s open the packages I’ve received, including Mego oddities, Japanese Planet of the Apes, Paul Williams, trippy 1970s Knock-Offs and one of my biggest grails ever!  Topics discussed: Mego Logan’s Run, Knock-Off Superheroes, Gerry Anderson’s UFO, Planet of the Apes toys, Mego Superheroes […]

Brick Mantooth returns for the last time

Well, folks, today is the day. It would have been sooner, but I hesitated to order bodies because I didn’t want it to end. Then I realized that was silly and put this together. I am selling my last Brick Mantooth action figures, and once this sale is over, he will be retired, at least […]

Toy Talk Show Episode 1- Toyshop on Tour

 Toy Talk Show Episode 1- Toyshop on Tour Welcome to the Toy Talk Show, a new feature on the channel where we talk toys with others. Our first guests are the amazing Joe and Gav from Leicester Vintage Toy Shop and hosts of Toy Shop on Tour now in its second season on YouTube. […]

The Polyester Pals and Graveyard Geekz are here!

They’re finally here! The Polyester Pals figures produced with White Elephant Toyz have made it to our secret headquarters.  These 2.5″ tall inaction figures are based on our Pod Stallions characters, Satin Monster and RON: Spacepimp.  They don’t do anything except stand there and make you look like a super cool badass who knows kung […]

Toy-Ventures: Monster Bash

New to the channel? Subscribe! ►https://bit.ly/3D3zxJK Toy-Ventures: Monster Bash In Part Two of our Road Trip series, we visit Monster Bash, an old-school Monster Movie convention in Pittsburgh, PA. Check out the spooky stuff I found. Monster Bash FaceBook Page https://www.facebook.com/MonsterBashCon/ Toy-Ventures Magazine is now available for subscription: https://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop Pod Stallions Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/podstallions Follow […]

Toy-Ventures: Action Toyman visit (Road Trip part 1)

Toy-Ventures Road Trip One- Action Toyman New to the channel? Subscribe! ►https://bit.ly/3D3zxJK In Part One of our Road Trip series, we visit ActionToyman, an epic toy store in Erie, PA. Do I manage to find anything with three floors of wall-to-wall vintage toys? Find out in the latest Toy-Ventures! Special thanks to Action Toyman, visit […]

Plaid Stallions “Sweet 16” Contest

Plaid Stallions Sweet 16 Contest It’s Plaid Stallions’ birthday, and it’s now old enough to drive! Starting this site on a lazy Saturday while my daughter napped was more important than I’d ever realized. I had no idea that when I started posting old catalogue photos online. Starting Plaid Stallions would open such an incredible […]

Toy-Ventures: Toy Show Recap and Regrets

Toy-Ventures Toy Show Recap https://youtu.be/7C-NZGwTj50 Toy-Ventures is on the road this week with a visit to Ontario Collectors Con with a recap of this busy toy show. Also, a tale of real regret and what I picked up. So what are some of your toy show regrets? Let me know in the comments or the […]

Toy-Ventures: Vintage Toy Hunt and Haul

Vintage Toy Hunt and Haul. Toy-Ventures returns with a recap of nearly 3 weeks of hunting flea markets, Antique malls and toy shops looking for treasure. I saw a lot of cool stuff I’d like to share. Along the way, I picked up an eclectic haul of Mego and Knock-Off figures along with some oddball […]

Toy-Ventures: Space Knock-Off Madness

Toy-Ventures is back with an unboxing from another galaxy! That’s right it’s Space Knock-Off Madness with a series of sad-looking guys and gals that came from Tatooine, the Federation and the Planet of the Apes. Also, a guy named JungleJim, he’s not very spacey.   Get Toy-Ventures Issue 6 here: www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop   We have a […]