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Toy-Ventures: Big Jim’s Devil River Trip

Toy-Ventures: Big Jim’s Devil River Trip https://youtu.be/hZ-vxKwFrFU Tonight’s Toy-Ventures is about a childhood toy woe and a deep appreciation for the “Man Vs Nature” action figure genre. It’s the Mattel Big Jim Devil River Trip! #BigJim #Toyventures #Mattel   Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes […]

1983 Consumers Distributing Toy Catalogue- MOTU- GI Joe- Star Wars

1983 Consumers Distributing Toy Catalogue As shown in our recent Toy-Ventures Video, the 1983 Consumer’s Distributing Toy Catalog is from an era where the Canadian retailer was truly one of the biggest retailers of toys in the country, not only through their stores but by creating “Toy City” which were superstores in major Canadian cities. […]

Toy-Ventures: 1983 Consumer’s Distributing Toy Catalog!

Toy-Ventures takes a look at this blast from the past, the 1983 Consumer’s Distributing Toy Catalogue.This iconic Canadian retailer had a most impressive selection of the hottest toys like GI Joe, Strawbery Shortcake and Star Wars. Check out ‪@Retrontario‬ for more on Consumer’s Distributing. #80stoys #toyventures #gijoe   Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this Week- Mar 21

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week: GI Joe VS Giant Spider, Bag o’ Brains, Lady Micronauts, Popeye and Spider-Man meets Man-Wolf! GI Joe Skydive to Danger (sponsored link) When I turned six, my grandmother let me tag along with her to Eatons (RIP) to pick out one thing for my birthday. She left me […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this Week-Stretch X-Ray Store Display, Eerie, Weebles, Buck Rogers and McDonalds Puppet Shows! These links are sponsored, it helps the site.   Kenner Stretch X-Ray Store Display (sponsored link)– What is there to be said about a lenticular toy store display from the 1970s that isn’t apparent just by looking […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Superman’s car, bootleg V, Dick Tracy, Action Girl and the holy grail of McDonalds attire. Disclaimer: Links are sponsored by eBay, last month? I got 40 bucks. That’s right, forty big ones….. McDonalds Hawaiian Shirt (affiliate link) — Once in a lifetime, a garment passes you by that […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week, Frightenstein, Charlie’s Angels, Filmation Superboy, GI Joe’s greatest foe and Fred Dryer is HUNTER! (These links are sponsored and I get a small bag of coins thrown at me by a sneering nobleman on horseback.) Custom Igor from Hilarious House of Frightenstein (affiliate Link) I had to put […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Atomic Man, Jaws, Cylon capes, Dr. Zaius, Batman light switches and Black Velvet Gandalf. Psst: These links are sponsored; if you click 20 times, I get a Ritz cracker! Atomic Man outfit set (eBay Affiliate Link) — For that brief window of time when Mike Power Atomic Man […]

Action Jose: The Deadly Dresses of The Kung Fu Man

The mystery of the Kung Fu Man has been solved! You probably have never heard of him, but “Action Jose: The Kung Fu Man” has been the subject of conjecture on action figure forums for decades. The discourse is due to the availability of outfits (comically labelled “Dresses”) for this happy Kung Fu Man but […]