Happy New Year, let’s open the packages I’ve received, including Mego oddities, Japanese Planet of the Apes, Paul Williams, trippy 1970s Knock-Offs and one of my biggest grails ever!

 Topics discussed:

Mego Logan’s Run, Knock-Off Superheroes, Gerry Anderson’s UFO, Planet of the Apes toys, Mego Superheroes and Cowboy toys. 

The Mego Museum News has rebranded into the Super Collector Newsletter! Encompassing more from sites like PlaidStallions and more. Check it out even if you don’t collect Mego figures.

Our long running Pod Cast, Pod Stallions is now available on Spotify.

The PlaidStallions Polyester Pals have arrived and come in green and orange. Be the first kid in the sandbox with our Podcast mascots!

Do you miss toy collector magazines?

That’s why we created Toy-Ventures magazine, an old-school print publication dedicated to vintage toys from the 1960s to the 1990s. Each issue is packed with never before seen images and information written by some of the top collectors. We’ve got 7 issues and climbing; please check our page here or visit our store.

Our latest book is “Knock-Offs: Totally Unauthorized Action Figures” a love letter to cheeky copyright-infringing toys. You can get this new book via the PlaidStallions Shop, On Amazon (Affiliate Link) or eBay (eBay Link)

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Pod Stallions is based on our podcast and is one of the most fun groups on Facebook. Toys, Comics, Movies, TV, it’s all up for grabs and remember folks, you keep the glass! If you like our show, then you have found your tribe.

Mego Knock Off Headquarters– The leading group discussing 70s Dime store knock-offs and bootleg action figures, we talk vintage toys and not others. We know the difference between Astro Apes and Action Apeman.  It’s a fun group where we talk about Lincoln International, AHI, Mighty Gary, Tomland, Bogi, Demo Man, Mortoys, and other generic greats.
Toy-Ventures: New Year Unboxing plus I got a grail!

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5 Awesome Things on eBay this week! Happy Friday!

EBAY LINK Logan’s Run Farrah Fawcett Towel

There really isn’t enough Logan’s Run merchandise out there and honestly, there will never be enough for me. I do, however, have a soft spot for stuff like this towel, which is obviously meant to cash more in on the popularity of Farrah than the movie. I just don’t know what I’d do with it…

EBAY LINK The Shadow Colouring Book-

The Shadow is, of course, a wonderful radio and pulp character from my Grandfather’s day, he got some unusual merchandise in the middle 70s and this book is one of those out-of-place items that I’ve actually featured on this blog. This is an amazing price BTW.

EBAY LINK Destination Moon Base Alpha Poster-  So sometime in the late 1970s, two episodes of Space:1999 were merged together and released theatrically because…star wars. I own this poster, it’s one of my prized possessions, it’s just so gorgeous and exciting. You owe it to yourself to see Martin Landau every day.

EBAY LINK Argentinian LP featuring Wonder Woman, Star Wars and Charlies Angels. Look, I have no idea with this is about but look at that cover, I want to see that movie.

EBAY LINK Action Man Solar Hurricane– This is actually a Kenner Six Million Dollar Man vehicle but it was repurposed for the wonderful Action Man space line, which also included ROM Space Knight. I love foreign toys and variations like this.

Issue 4 of Toy-Ventures magazine ships this June

FACEBOOK GROUPS FROM PLAIDSTALLIONS

Pod Stallions is a special place on Facebook and honestly, my favourite group ever. It’s deep nerdy with zero judgement.

Mego Knock Off Headquarters– The leading group discussing 70s dimestore goodness like figures from Azrak Hamway, LJN,  Tomland and Lincoln International.

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For our 50th show we put it to you, our wonderful audience and boy did you have some good ideas, seriously you gave us a year’s worth of topics, Jason and I don’t have to do any thinking in 2017 and we thank you because we hate thinking.


But for this show we chose these three themes:

• Who we are in the real world?
• What are our holy grails in collecting? 
• Charo?

It’s one of our more interesting episodes and we have all of you to thank. Enjoy and look for many of your suggestions

• This is the worst thing ever. Seriously, click on it at your own risk. This was on TV, it was one of three choices you would have had on a Friday night. You’ll never decry having too much choice again.

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For our 41st episode (and 3rd of 2016 if you’re keeping count) we’re joined by Famous Monsters of Filmland Editor David Weiner (@tikiambassador) for a discussion of all things robotic.


We each pick and discuss our personal three favourite and least favourite mechanical men from film and television over the decades and discuss why. Along the way, we talk about toys, comics and even radio drama.


We open the show with some words about the influence David Bowie and the crummy news that January delivered.


Topics Discussed: Black Hole, Doctor Who, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Phantom Creeps, Millennium, Lost in Space, Buck Rogers, Logan’s Run, Filmation, Space Academy.

Hit us up on our facebook page with your top three best and worst!

 
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• David’s Famous Monster’s Pod Cast can be found here.

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• The Star Wars Issue of Cracked Magazine that Jason mentions.
• A late 1960s Collegeville Mr Spock Costume.
• Brian as Boba Fett.
• Lincoln International Monsters are some of Brian’s favourite Monster Toys and Mr Rock is their spock knockoff.
• The Aurora Girl Victim model kit got them in a lot of trouble.
• Wind Up Super Monsters were $0.99 well spent.
• Jason brings up the Tomland Famous Monsters of Legend.
• The Famous Monsters Speak Record Jason traded for.
• Power Records Monster album is on Youtube.
• Star Trek: Passage to Moav features a blonde Lt Uhura and an off model Mr Sulu.
• The AMT Gigantics kits are incredible and should be owned by you.
• Remco Mini Monsters are beloved by both of the guys.
• The Jack Davis Frankenstein Poster Jason mentioned.
• Monster Squad action figures almost happened, Brian’s pillow is soaking wet with tears every night.
• Henry Polic 2 passed away this year sadly.
• REAL dirt from Dracula’s castle captivated Jason.
• The Incredible Melting Man got a Kid’s halloween costume and a makeup kit.
• Life Force is on Blu-Ray in case you ever wanted to get us something for Christmas…
• Mattel Godzilla and Rodan are full of win, Gre-Gory the vampire bat is something Brian needs to own.
• Mattel Krusher Commercial from 1980.
• The Lee Marvin documentary that Jason mentions.

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One of these days I’m going to buy every issue of these and compile them into a gallery, mostly because I just want to read it….

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