Loving this 1983 Toy Fair Trade Advertisement for HG Toys, one of the more unsung toy companies of the 1970s and 80s. This is mainly because HG Toys made a lot of toys using other people’s brands as this page shows, they’ve got toys for Mattel’s Masters of the Universe, Coleco’s Cabbage Patch Kids and […]
Toy-Ventures takes a look at a toy I sneered at as a kid and now own. I’m talking about the Buck Rogers Galactic Playset from HG Toys and the magical journey it took me to Bi-Way stores. Get Toy-Ventures Issue 2 now!
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 […]
Scare Cycles FrankenCycle by Ideal- After Evel Knievel did his little trick with a baseball bat, Ideal toys was left with a very popular toy concept without a theme. Scare Cycles placed the classic monsters on choppers, it made no sense but who cared? Speaking of weird nonsense on Bikes- Who didn’t want a freewheeling Alan […]
This was a yard sale find I gave my son many moons ago, it was enjoyed and all that remains appears to be this box lid. At one time, the off model green Mr Spock would have annoyed me, now I like it better than most merchandise produced today.
Aw yeah, Wonderbug is definitely in my top five Krofft shows, basically a live action speed buggy with a little Shazam! sprinkled in for good measure, what’s not to love. Above is the Wonderbug toy cars made by Duncan (the yo-yo people). Here’s a whole display of them. I really need to track down one […]
Continuing my love for all thing Krofft, I have always been super fond of Dr. Shrinker. I probably like “Far Out Space Nuts” a l’il bit more but it doesn’t seem to have much merchandise so Shrinker it is… Harmony had the license to make rack toys from all the Krofft Super Show and seemed […]
What an awesome treat I have today. I was alerted on Tuesday by a seller that they had some original Earl Norem Artwork produced for the HG Toys Alien series coming up for sale this weekend. This is not only huge, it’s wonderfully timely considering we’re ten days into our Month of Halloween celebration and Promethius just arrived on DVD […]
These coffin shaped puzzles show that Monster Love was alive and well in ’75. I don’t own any of these but I’ve been sorely tempted at many a toy show/flea marker/antique mall.
A wonderful update as our Halloween Countdown progresses a look at the HG Toys classic Godzilla playset which includes a story of kindness and a tale of nerd vindication, all that and a new Plaidstallions Trading card, after the jump. Readers of this blog might recall that I have had a near life long ambition to […]
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