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Underdog Gun

Underdog may have been my first exposure to Superheroes as a wee one, he definitely sparked a life long love of the genre. I’m not sure I would have felt that way had I seen Underdog shooting up a bowling alley. Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is a limited edition 144 page book from the […]

Moonbase Medic

I’m not sure what I like most about this piece, the fact that it’s clearly just a regular Doctor kit repackaged, that it never shows the Doctor character from Space:1999 or the wonderfully awesome, over the top image of Martian Landau on the card. Gotta go with Landau…. Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is a […]

Hey. Hey.Hey Recycling is OK

Remember that awesome Dick Tracy Wrist TV from 1975 a few weeks ago? Here it is again in a somewhat less logical form from 1982. I guess you could imagine that Dick threw out his old wrist TV and the Cosby kids found in the junkyard? I dunno it’s a bit like dissecting gossamer really…. […]

Land of the Lost what?

Behold the Land of the Lost Moonbase Rocket, brought to you by people who never watched a single second of the show. It’s stuff like this that just makes me oddly happy. Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is a limited edition 144 page book from the creator of Plaid Stallions. Order from us and get […]

Galactica Cruiser

These little ships knocked around under a different bunch of names before Galactic. My dad sold them with a weird generic sci fi card that I’m going insane trying to find. Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is a limited edition 144 page book from the creator of Plaid Stallions. Order from us and get three […]

Dick Tracy Wrist TV

Larami pretty much slapped Dick Tracy’s face on anything cop related in 1976 but also went the extra mile and make a toy of one of his most famous crime busting tools. Although I’ve got to say the timing seems a little off, being a kid at the time my sole experience with the character […]

Astro Nuts

No, it’s not the title of Don Knott/Tim Conway vehicle, although it should have been.  I Spied these awesome little guys at a toy show. I wish I had a ten thousand square foot toy room….

Little Lulu stocks up

When your best friend’s name is “Tubby” you’d better make with the groceries! Thanks to the Simpsons, Little Lulu will always remind me of Alan Moore.  Rack Toys is available right now!

The Ghost who walks (in pharmacy toy aisles)

The Phantom got a lot of cool Rack Toy love in the 70s, which is pretty cool considering he didn’t have a cartoon show to back him up.  I like all of the toys but this set, this one is something I’m actively searching for. Seriously, if you have one of these for sale, I’ve […]

George Kennedy goes on a rampage

I’m not sure why but Larami Toys really thought that kids would dig George Kennedy and his one and a half season series “The Blue Knight”, which was the story of a veteran beat cop. They marketed all kinds of slightly ridiculous “actiony” items around the series including motorcyles with figures (which I assume means […]