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Kenner SSP Drag King Creature from the Black Lagoon (sponsored eBay link) —

My pal Matt sent this to me, and honestly, I had forgotten it was real. It’s not an official CFTBL item but it was made in the age where toy companies could get away with getting this close.

Also, I want to mention this link is sponsored; I receive mild compensation for you clicking the link

Kamen Rider Hot Wheels (sponsored link)–

I’m not a Hot Wheels guy, unless it’s a fantasy vehicle and I snoozed on these in 2003 (My kid had colic and I don’t remember much of it) and now regret it. These are essential for my work space.

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Jack Davis Sesame Street Puzzles (sponsored eBay link)

My friend Courtney sent me this, and I can’t get over how awesome these would look framed. I love the mixing of Jack Davis and the muppets, I love his take on the characters. Also, Roosevelt Franklin was awesome!

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80s Soap Opera inspired soap set (sponsored eBay link)—

The gift you give someone who loves Soap Operas, and, well, that’s the only thing you know about the person. The concept of getting gifts for people you don’t know goes back to the Egyptians…

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Lynda Carter Iron-On T-Shirt (Sponsored eBay link)–

I don’t really know anyone that doesn’t like Lynda Carter and I hope I never run into one.

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The Lincoln Monsters are here!

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It’s the Toy-Ventures holiday special! This year’s subject is the “White Whale” when you were a kid. You saw the action figure on the back of the card but never on the front. Join me and my guests as we share childhood tales of woe!

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Special Thanks to my guest stars:
Tony Roberts: Analog Toys Channel
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Amy Vampi &Andy Halloween: Dark Ride Dracula Channel
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Rich Hurley: Doctor Durant’s Sanctum
https://www.youtube.com/@doctordurantssanctum1977
Raymond Castile: Basement of Horror
https://www.youtube.com/@RaymondCastile
Bruno Billion: Blast Process
https://www.youtube.com/user/BlastProcess
Rob McCallum-Director “Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe”
https://www.youtube.com/@RobMcCallum99
Mysterian & Lab Monkey- Toy Surprise
https://www.youtube.com/@ToySurprisevintage
David Weiner- Director “In Search of Darkness”
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The Lincoln Monsters are here!

The Blood-A-Rama Shock Festival Pack

Toy-Ventures is our magazine; we’re an independent publisher trying to bring back print toy magazines; if you would like to support us, please check out the latest issue: https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

Toy-Ventures Issue 12- Stretch Monster

Click Here for past installments of 5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

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We co-produced this amazing action figure with White Elephant Toyz; it’s an 8″ Mego Style Officially Licensed Tura Satana figure with a beautiful box by Joeseph Linsner! Get yours while supplies last.

Knock Offs; Totally Unauthorized Action Figures the book

Knock-Offs Totally Unauthorized Action figures is from the demented mind that brought you “Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings” and features hundreds of hilarious, charming, copyright infringing toys. Get a signed copy in our shop! 5 Awesome

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Episode 2 of Toy Talk Show is finally here, and this time around, we’re chatting with the legendary Raymond Castile, host of “Basement of Horror.”

We chat about collector origin stories, holy grails, coming to grips with not “collecting them all”, preserving rubber masks and, of course, monster toys.

Join us, if you dare!

Watch Basement of Horror Here: https://www.youtube.com/@RaymondCastile

Topics Discussed: Mego, Gallery of Monster Toys, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Azrak Hamway, Iron Man, Dapol, Doctor Who, Lincoln International, Tomland, Monsters, glow in the dark toys, collectibles, collecting, Blood Island Movies, Jigglers, Toy Shows, Bob Monko, Toy Man Show, Rack Toys, AHI, Super Monsters, Basement of Horror, Topstone Masks, toy talk show, plaidstallions, horror toys,

Toy Talk Show Episode 2 – Raymond Castile (Basement of Horror)

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Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 10 is here!

Do you miss print toy magazines? I sure did; that’s why I created Toy Ventures. A full-colour print magazine that celebrates toys from the 1960s to the 1980s. It features collector guides, interviews and even some satire. We’re on issue 10 now but still have a limited supply of our back issues; please visit our Shop for more information.

Get the Official Tura Satana Action Figure

We co-produced this amazing action figure with White Elephant Toyz; it’s an 8″ Mego Style Officially Licensed Tura Satana figure with a beautiful box by Joeseph Linsner! Get yours while supplies last.

Knock Offs; Totally Unauthorized Action Figures the book

Knock-Offs Totally Unauthorized Action figures is from the demented mind that brought you “Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings” and features hundreds of hilarious, charming, copyright infringing toys. Get a signed copy in our shop!

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The official FB group for PlaidStallions, come for the conversation, stay for the chill vibe. Remember, you keep the glass.

Mego Knock Off Headquarters is a group created to discuss bootleg toys and customs. Totally chill vibe for fans of Tomland, Lincoln International, Mego and AHI. It’s a super fun group, join the Mego-KO-HQ!

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SSP stood for “Super Sonic Power” and it was one of Kenner’s flagship brands in the 1970s, mostly because of the popularity of “Smash-Up Derby” a toy that combined boys love of cars with their desire to wreck stuff (Genius).

1978 saw a lot of goodness with the introduction of Monsters, Vans and Star Wars to the line, such a cool brew of fun.

Kenner’s SSP Star Wars vans were a great example of a label slap, where you decal an existing toy with a license. This was probably due to Kenner wanting to get as much Star Wars merch out as possible at the time. The Drag Race of the Galaxy set does look pretty bad ass. I wonder if anybody has a real van that looks like these? That has to exist right?

Kenner SSP Smash Up Derby was an ever-green toy for the company, these junk yard cars got redecorated every so often but were insanely popular when I was growing up. Heck, I had a set, which wasn’t much fun when you don’t have a sibling close in age.

Aw yeah, the 1970s were ALL ABOUT Van culture, which I sorely miss. These things look amazing, I especially love the Jaws-inspired shark.

These Monster SSP cars are amazing, each came with a T-Shirt Iron-On too, just because it was 1978. I don’t collect cars but I’d love that Frankenstein and excuse but doesn’t the Gargoyle look like a certain someone from the black lagoon?

We have a new book out called “Knock-Offs: Totally Unauthorized Action Figures” it’s a 132-page tribute to bootleg toys.

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Toy-Ventures Magazine is our newest creation, an old-school print magazine about vintage toys! Professionally laid out and written, each issue is brimming with obscure and rare toys from companies such as Mego, Kenner, Remco, AHI, and much more. Monsters, Superheroes, Adventurers, Knock Offs, Apes, and so much more, it’s in Toy-Ventures.

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Mr. Spock Towel (eBay Link)  This thing is so epic, I wish I could actually figure out a way to display vintage towels but I can’t and so it will not be mine to purchase. The Seller has a Logan’s Run towel as well.

Pufnstuf Felt Pennant 22 inches tall Sid & Marty Krofft (eBay Link) I am somewhat immune to PufnStuff merch, one of the few Krofft shows I can say that about but this thing is gorgeous looking and I love it.

Plush Dracula from 1979 by Robin Krause (eBay Link) I’ve seen this plush Dracula in 79 catalogs and it’s just so cute and at the same time random. Plush Dracula figures are more or less commonplace now, especially at this time of year but this thing was a pioneer of sorts.

Rapco Creature from the Black Lagoon Kit (eBay Link) This thing is the stuff dreams are made up, I put this set up there with the Aurora Model, the AHI figure and the Penn Plax Aquarium figurine.

Holmes and Yo-Yo Halloween Costume (eBay Link) Folks, stuff like this is why I do 5 Awesome Things, a freaking Holmes and Yo-Yo Halloween costume. This fulfills every boy’s fantasy of growing up to be John Schuck! How did this happen? How many could have possibly sold? I need to know everything

about this.

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Mego Knock Off Headquarters– The leading group discussing 70s Dime store knock-offs of Mego action figures, we talk vintage toys and not others. We know the difference between Astro Apes and Action Apeman! It’s a really fun group where we talk about Lincoln International, AHI, Tomland, Bogi, Demo Man, Mortoy, and other generic greats.

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Monster month continues with a long-overdue look at the Super Monster action figures by Azrak-Hamway International or AHI for short. This line only ran for three seasons but the amount of variations it produced is staggering. We also talk about the “unofficial years” that ran after.

Issue 1 of Toy-Ventures magazine is available here: http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/plaidstallions-toy-ventures-issue-one-september-2020/

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One of the bigger explosions in the seventies was the rise of the homemade craft kit, which no doubt was brought about by the hippie movement of the 60’s..

Children across America were making macrame (guilty!), rug hooking (guilty!) and happily making Christmas tree Candles (My father must have worried about me).

One of the bigger players in all of this was a company known as Rapco, who had the good sense to create licensed Candle sets of the Universal monsters, who wouldn’t want a Frankenstein or a creature candle? I want one right now!

I think the Frankenstein bust looks a lot like Glenn Strange. Like anybody who collects monster goodies, I would love to own these….

Famous Monsters candles, now that’s some manly candle making. I wonder if anyone sells copies of these? I’d love to grab a bunch. Note that you got a bonus Monster in the form of the Mummy in the four-pack. My four favorite monsters all in one set, sweet.

Spin Art and the Rain Gardens.

The infamous Plasticast! Just like Cynthia used on Jimi Hendrix!

Interest in bottle cutting probably waned around the same time we all started using plastic, not as much fun and no damnded good at holding a candle…..

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One of my favourite monster toys of all time is the Remco Monsterizer, even though it doesn’t a have ton of play value, it’s just such a nice and thoughtful prop.


I was happy to discover that mine actually worked the other day and it inspired me to make this little video short all about it. Special thanks to my ever patient assistant, my daughter for her hand modelling. Hope you enjoy it!

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