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Arm’s Master

I love Rack Toys, I love Space:1999 and of course, Knock Offs. So when all three get together and have a baby, it’s a good time for me. Meet Arm’s Master, a weirdly named series of toys that stole the molds from both AHI Space:1999 and Star Trek toys (seriously, check out this phaser!). Seeing […]

Robot Man with 4 Faces

I’ve mentioned this Maskatron rip off before in our countdown of Bionic Knock Offs but I’ve always wanted to circle back to it because it’s such a wonderful attempt to capture as many genres as possible with one cheap toy, so let’s have a more detailed look shall we? First off, the card art itself […]

Space Wars!

Knock off space play sets were definitely a “pro” in the list of things brought during the late seventies Star Wars craze.

Lincoln Monsters in the 1976 Galoob Catalog

It wouldn’t be Halloween without me waxing poetic about my favourite monster toy line of all time, the Lincoln Monsters. This year I came across one of my absolute grails, in the form of finding the 1976 Galoob toys catalog. Although Galoob was later known for licensed items  and things such as Micro Machines, 1976 […]

Carded Space Sword

Not long after I finally reunited with my childhood fave, a kind soul passed along an ebay auction for this carded version of Space Sword. Something I probably haven’t seen or thought about since I was about seven years old. While I seem to also recall these being sold in bulk “dump bins” as a […]

Action Apeman from Australia

The AHI Action Apemen are one of my favourite knock off lines of all time because they’re just so flagrant. This carded example is easily one of the rarest because it’s the Australian version and it features a more articulated body and well, look at that card art, shiny! Get our book on Rack Toys […]