5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Mayor McCheese, Bootleg Battle of the Planets, Archie Bunker, Star Blazers and the very first Stretch Armstrong. Disclaimer: These links are sponsored, but the opinions are my own. Archie Bunker Patches (sponsored link) — I grew up in a post-All in the Family world. I was way too […]
Vintage Toy Wonderland in Quebec! Toy-Ventures visited the excellent “National Collectors’ Fair” outside of Montreal, Quebec. We saw remarkable French Canadian toy rarities from all over the world and grabbed awesome goodies! #toyventures #mego #toyshow The Toy-Ventures Weekly Newsletter combines all the news from Mego Museum and Plaid Stallions and a lot of other fun […]
This page from the 1980 Shoprite Canada page is a childhood favourite. I can honestly remember the excitement of seeing those new Empire vehicles and characters mixed in with stuff from Star Wars. I won’t lie, I got a lot of the stuff on this page as a kid. I was especially fond of the […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Spider-Man & Thor, the Superfriends, Star Trek Rockets, Jumping Skulls & Dental Hygiene with Evel Knievel! 1974 Spider-Man and Thor Puzzle (sponsored link) Wow, there is a lot to love here. The fact that it includes Thor is round, and now I want to see Thor fight Dr. […]
Toy-Ventures returns with a look at the Six Million Dollar Man’s final Toy foe, the Kenner Venus Space Probe AKA “Death Probe.” It is one of the rarest bionic toys out there. Also, it’s our 19th Birthday, so we’re having a contest! #toyventures #kenner #bionicman Topics Discussed: Kenner, Bionic Man, Six Million Dollar Man, Maskatron, […]
Kenner MegaBug Gladiators Scorpion My friend Scott from the MegoMuseum forums gifted me this toy recently; it’s his original one from childhood. It’s the Scorpion from the Kenner MegaBug Gladiators toy line, which we both share a love for. Kenner introduced the MegaBug Gladiators in 1979, and while they are well-designed toys, it seems they […]
Toy-Ventures: Childhood White Whales (with Special Guest Stars!) 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! #toyventures #plaidstallions […]
From a 1984 Toy Industry publication, we have this excellent ad for Street Hawk, which ABC was banking on being the next Knight Rider (narrator: “It wasn’t.”) However, I tuned in every week, and so did a lot of kids, so we mourned some of the cool toys they had in the pipeline. Below is […]
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Spanish Horror, Bionic Art, Godzilla drops a single, Dark Adventure and Ultimate Ultra-Man. Links are sponsored, so if you click, I get a coin thrown in my guitar case, which is great because I can’t play the guitar. Amazing Spanish Sticker book (affiliate link)– I featured this incredible […]
This article from 1976 is in celebration of Kenner winning packaging awards from two different associations for the Steve Scout and Six Million Dollar Man toy lines, respectively. With the Bionic Toylines, the colour pink was traditionally considered taboo in boy’s toys (as was black), but in doing this, Kenner stood apart in the action […]
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