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5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week-Parachuting Captain Harlock, Kid Acero, generic space vehicles, Steel Monsters and Dr. Zauis Bubbles. ( legalese: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated) Captain Harlock parachuting rack toy figure (eBay Affiliate Link) Captain Harlock is a Japanese Television series that also gained a following in […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Buck Rogers, Olive Oyl, Apes home decor, Japanese Spider-Man and Shark on the beach! ( legalese: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated)   Planet of the Apes Motion Lamp (eBay Affiliate Link) – I am fond of Motion lamps and own a whole […]

1974 Chemtoy Catalog

Chemtoy was one of America’s premiere producer of lower cost novelties and Rack Toys during the 60s and 70s. Their offering for 1974 was a fun mix of generic staples like bubbles, paddle balls, toy guns that you can still find to this day. On the licensing side they had everything from Batman to the […]

Hey! Hey! Hey!

I never ran into these Chemtoy Fat Albert figures as a kid but if I had, they would have so been mine.  I’m not sure why there isn’t a Dumb Donald figure staring back at while I type this, what’s wrong with me? Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is a limited edition 144 page book […]

Super Scissors

Another one of those products where, once you detach them from the card, they have no real connection to the characters after. I do love the Batman card though, it looks like Robin is fed up with Batman’s need to run with them. Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is a limited edition 144 page book […]

The Day the Scary Creatures Took Over the World

I wanted to save this until Halloween but I just can’t wait the 7 months to show this off. This is one of the greatest 70s Rack Toy displays I’ve ever seen, mostly because it looks like an amalgam of every single “movie for a Sunday afternoon” that scared the living crap out of me […]