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Toy-Ventures: Reckless Toy Show Purchases

Toy-Ventures looks at last week’s Canadian Toy-Con, including what I picked up and some amazing stuff I wish I had purchased. #toyventures #godzilla #planetoftheapes     Join our weekly newsletter. The Super Collector Newsletter combines all the news from Mego Museum and Plaid Stallions and a lot of other fun stuff across the Interwebs. It’s […]

Toy-Ventures: 17th Anniversary Spectacular plus contest

Toy-Ventures: 17th Anniversary Spectacular plus contest   It’s PlaidStallions 17th Anniversary Spectacular with some cool collection updates featuring Mego Knock Offs, Adventure Team GI Joe, Ninjas and wind-up Super Monsters. Plus a contest where you can win big prizes! The Microman Auction will be here: https://ebay.us/enAHKC Visit our store for our magazine and collectibles: https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop/ […]

AHI Wind-Up Super Monsters Score!

This weekend, I had a happy find, and I wasn’t even trying. I poked my head into a local flea market, where I’ve never found anything, and to my surprise, I found a toy vendor! While most of his wares weren’t what I collected, I spied this tucked in the back—a carded wind-up sparking super […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Plaid Stallions

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week EBAY LINK Eidei Grip Superman– I love Grip vehicles, they did so many cool diecast designs but this metal Superman is something I’ve never owned. It’s got wonderful Neal Adams artwork too.   EBAY LINK Original Neal Adams Space:1999 Artwork– I really like the Charlton Space:1999 comics and […]

Toy-Ventures: Combat Joe Godzilla set by Takara

Monster Month continues with a look at this classic set from 1980s Japan, where GI Joe got his own Godzilla suit. We talk about the history of Combat Joe, Henshin Cyborg, and the various attempts to recreate this fantastic Godzilla toy. Issue 1 of Toy-Ventures magazine is available here: http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/plaidstallions-toy-ventures-issue-one-september-2020/ Mego Knock Off HQ Facebook […]

Toy-Ventures: My Mego Meet Haul

I’ve just returned from my favourite toy convention of all time, Mego Meet and please excuse the sleepy voice but I haven’t had much sleep! Thought it would be fun to go over the various items I picked up at this weekend’s festivities, stuff from Planet of the apes, the Monster Squad, Stretch Armstrong, Godzilla, […]

Toy-Ventures 12: Godzilla Battles the Tricephalon Monster

Toy-Ventures talks about the amazing playset produced by HG Toys called “Godzilla battles the Tricephalon Monster” and gives you a look at why this underrated toy is an eight-year-olds dream.  If you love some Kaiju, you’re going to want to watch this. Visit us online at www.plaidstallions.com Twitter: @plaidstallions   Subscribe to our Youtube Channel and […]

BIG Toys Week: Rodan by Mattel

I cap off this theme week with one of my absolute favorite BIG toys of all time, Rodan! Toho movies were a treat for me growing up, rarely playing on TV, I can vividly remember watching each one I did catch. The weekly Godzilla cartoon and monthly Marvel comic were also enabling my love for […]

Japanese versions of US toys

I thought it may be fun to look at a few (but not all) examples of how some American favourites looked like over in Japan, the land of amazing toys and cartoons. We’ll start with the Mickey Mouse Snowcone machine, a take on the Snoopy Sno-Cone machine. This one confuses me because SNOOPY IS REALLY […]