An amazing update to the Kenner Man from Atlantis Page thanks to some steller contributions by Chris Georgoulias including prototype actions figures, test shots and internal paperwork from Kenner. MFA was as close as we were going to get to a live action Aquaman series as kids and this is an insiders look at the […]
Lack of Stretch Monster still haunts me to this day….. Original Stretch Monster Commercial Related Links1978 Stretch Armstong Catalog1976 Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman Catalog
Lili Ledy was Mexico’s premiere toy manufacturer and because of trade restrictions, all toys they sold had to be manufactured in Mexico. So many of the popular US lines were licensed and then produced by Lili Ledy resulting in wonderful variations that toy collectors hunt for to this day. Alot of favourites like the Mego […]
Spring Supplement Catalogs usually include things that didn’t make it into the February Toyfair in a bid to make it out in time for the Christmas season. The 1978 Kenner Catalog is a prime example featuring some classic goodies and a few that just didn’t make it under anybody’s tree that year.Bionic Woman, Play Doh, […]
Kenner’s Steve and Bob Scout line was an answer to other “Razor and razor blades” adventure lines like Big Jim and G.I. Joe but with a sharp focus on being wholesome. Steve and Bob were 9″ Mego like figures that had well made outfits and accesories. Visit the Plaid Stallions Steve Scout Gallery for more […]
I really dig unlicensed catalog play sets like this star fortresss. I’m sure that more than a few grandmothers were fooled into thinking this was a death star. I’ve never seen one but it looks to be entirely of laminated cardboard, I wonder how many survived?Also as a Star Wars nerd, the concept of Yoda, […]
New to the web today is the 1976 Maskatron commercial from Kenner. Every child should know the joy of owning a robot doll that becomes John Saxon. That’s not sarcasm, I really mean it! These are scans from the 1976 Kenner catalog, click on the link for more. Expect more Bionic Man and Woman stuff […]
A big one today, the 1978 Kenner Star Wars Catalog with shots of the original lineup including prototypes and store displays. This stuff will forever make me drool.
I’m working on a Star Wars section for the site (very slowly) and this picture kind of gave me goosebumps, i remember seeing this display in Eaton’s when I was 7. I hadn’t seen Star Wars or really heard of it but I was so drawn to these plastic men I bought one right out. […]
It’s not often I get to play toy detective (which is a shame because I have the hat and everything) so it was gratifying to make this discovery this week. Ever since I posted the Kenner Toy Proposals for the Man From Atlantis Line, I’ve wondered what the line would have actually looked like. Then […]
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