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Cylon Day!

Yay, it’s Cylon day, not the sexy Cylons of recent times but the old school kind (which if you find them sexy, I guess that’s ok). First off is the new Cylon Trading card, (#21 for anybody counting) I never had these 12″ electronic figures but they make for a more interesting card then the […]

70s Toy Explosion Volume 2

Sorry, this is a shill post.Thanks to a good find and the amazing help of my pal Dave, I’m releasing another volume of 1970s toy commercials all transferred from the original 16 mm reels. The majority of these are from 1979 and from Mego, Mattel and Kenner. Stretch Monster Barbie Superstar Traveler (Judy “Dyna Girl” […]

Bullet Man Commercial from the UK

Well, the gods have decided they don’t want me to do coloring book threatre today, it’s complicated but I haven’t had power for much of the day. So in it’s place I offer this 1976 British commercial for Action man (the UK name for G.I. Joe) While stateside, G.I. Joe was going into “Super Adventure“, […]

Six Million Dollar Man Kenner Maskatron Commercial

New to the web today is the 1976 Maskatron commercial from Kenner. Every child should know the joy of owning a robot doll that becomes John Saxon. That’s not sarcasm, I really mean it! These are scans from the 1976 Kenner catalog, click on the link for more. Expect more Bionic Man and Woman stuff […]

Stretch Armstrong Day!

It’s a double shot of Corn Syrup today as we take a look at the 1978 Kenner Stretch Armstrong Catalog, which features such memorable sights as Stretch Monster and Octopus If that wasn’t enough, we have the world wide web premiere of the original Stretch Monster Commercial from 1978 as well.What a perfect way to […]

Kenner Stretch X Ray Commercial

This commercial is predictably from the DVD I made last month and is possibly one of my favourites. I don’t remember Stretch X Ray as a kid but as an adult collector, I must have had five of these. I couldn’t pass him up! Stretch Monster on the other hand, is the one that always […]