It’s time to announce the winners of our 19th Birthday Contest!

Thanks to all who joined in and shared their favourite Bionic character.

Let’s get to the winners of the Runner-Up prizes of a set of Polyester Pals and a Plaidstallions pin of their choosing.

Runner Up Prizes

Aaron Case

 Who said, “Steve is the heart of the line, but Masketron was the coolest figure they made.”

Bob Schaefer

Wrote “As much as I loved Steve, I think my favorite character, both in-show and in the toy line, was Oscar Goldman. I don’t know why. I just thought he was cool. My choice was completely justified when I met actor Richard Anderson at a Wizard World show years and years ago and he turned out to be a truly kind and wonderful gentleman.”

Phillip J Lozano

 Proudly stated, “Def. John Saxon/Maskatron. That scene where his face gets ripped off freaked me out as a kid, and it was really cool that the action figure had the removable face feature.”

Dave G

Likes gives a shout out to the boys in the lab with”Rudy Wells was like the American “Q” from James Bond and was certainly my favorite.“

Joseph Franklin

Mentions “I think it has to be Jaime Sommers! As a kid, the fembots, after losing their faces, scared the h3ll outta me!!”

Brian (no relation)

Boldy stated “The Seven Million Dollar Man!”

Danny Young

Posted “Maskatron is the coolest by far, but only had Steve as a kid.”

Andy Raab

I had a popular opinion “Bionic Bigfoot! He brought out the best in the show and brought so much play value to the toys.”

Michael Best

Isn’t alone with “Jaime Sommers is my favourite Bionic character.”

Grand Prize

Grand Prize

And the winner of our grand prize which includes a set of Lincoln Monsters, a Tura Satana doll and Toy-Ventrures magazines is:

Lonnie Fisher

Who wrote “Maskatron is my favorite.I like him most when he’s wearing the Mars mission spacesuit and Steve Austin’s face.”

I’ll contact all the winners over the weekend, congratulations!

Thanks to all of you, not only for playing in the contest but for playing along with me for the ; it’s9 years, it’s been one of my best decisions ever.

Cheers!

BrAin

Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes toy line and a cover featuring artwork specially commissioned for Mego’s catalogue, gloriously coloured by Robyn Adams, founder of the Mego Museum.

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Kenner, Bionic Man, Six Million Dollar Man, Maskatron, Steve Austin, Oscar Goldman, Death Probe, Bigfoot, Plaidstallions, Venus Space Probe, Rare toys, Toy-Ventures,

CONTEST TIME:

It’s Plaid Stallions 19th Brthday, so I’m having a contest and giving away fantastic prizes. To enter, merely comment on this post below to this question:

Who is your favourite Bionic character?

One entry per person, I will draw the winners this Friday May 9th.

Grand Prize

Grand Prize

The Grand Prize winner will receive a pack from the Plaid Stallions Shop, including a Tura Satana Action figure, A Set of wave 1 Lincoln Monsters, a copy of Knock-Offs, Toy-Ventures magazines and some vintage surprises from our vintage archives!

Runner Up Prizes

9 Runners up will receive a set of PlaidStallions Polyester Pals and a collector pin of your choice.

Good luck and thanks for 19 years of support!

Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes toy line and a cover featuring artwork specially commissioned for Mego’s catalogue, gloriously coloured by Robyn Adams, founder of the Mego Museum.

The Blood-A-Rama Shock Festival Pack

Toy-Ventures is our magazine; we’re an independent publisher trying to bring back print toy magazines; if you would like to support us, please check out the latest issue: https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

Toy-Ventures Issue 12- Stretch Monster

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We co-produced this amazing action figure with White Elephant Toyz; it’s an 8″ Mego Style Officially Licensed Tura Satana figure with a beautiful box by Joeseph Linsner! Get yours while supplies last.

Knock Offs; Totally Unauthorized Action Figures the book

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1976 Action Figure Explosion!

I got this catalogue just after Christmas, and I wanted to close the year with the single reason I had to have it. This glorious page of plastic joy.  I never saw this page as a kid, but wow, that’s how the inside of my brain looked when I was five. 

This page, with it’s triple threat of Kenner Bionic Man, GI Joe Adventure Team, and Big Jim’s P.A.C.K hit me like a gut punch but in a good way, more like a “gut hug?” is that a thing? 

I enjoyed the book even more when I found the other page with my sixth birthday present, the GI Joe Capture Copter, which also was the “Monster Squad Copter” with my Lincoln Monsters. 

Not to mention the Sky Dive to Danger set, another birthday present and my vote for the single greatest GI Joe set ever.

1976 Action Figure Explosion!

No Offense to fans of Johnny West but I have almost no memory of the toy line. It’s probably because of stuff like Remco Star Trek and the amazing Lazervette had all of my attention and well kind of still do…. 

Happy New Year!

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Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 11 is here!

Do you miss print toy magazines? I sure did; that’s why I created Toy Ventures. A full-colour print magazine that celebrates toys from the 1960s to the 1980s. It features collector guides, interviews and even some satire. We’re on issue 10 now but still have a limited supply of our back issues; please visit our Shop for more information.

Get the Official Tura Satana Action Figure

We co-produced this amazing action figure with White Elephant Toyz; it’s an 8″ Mego Style Officially Licensed Tura Satana figure with a beautiful box by Joeseph Linsner! Get yours while supplies last.

Knock Offs; Totally Unauthorized Action Figures the book

Knock-Offs Totally Unauthorized Action figures is from the demented mind that brought you “Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings” and features hundreds of hilarious, charming, copyright infringing toys. Get a signed copy in our shop!

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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.

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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.
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It’s just so fun to find out how much our classic toys cost. Oh and speaking of classic toys you’ve got a pile here, like Steve Scout, the Bionic Man and Woman, Stretch Armstrong, and even Milky the Milking Cow. I wish I could fill this out and get an order but most of us probably feel the same. 

Kenner was still largely known for toys the Give-A-Show projector at this time but wow, that would change. I love the heading of “Boy Scout High Adventure” when describing Steve Scout. It’s interesting to see how small the Six Million Dollar Man toy line was in 1975.

1975 saw Kenner add Run, Joe, Run to the Duke the Dog line capitalizing on the Saturday morning series. Hugo, Man of a 1,000 Faces debuted that year and wow, he’s kind of pricey for 1975.

The 1977 Kenner Toys Order Form shows a greatly expanded Six Million Dollar Man offering including Maskatron and Oscar Goldman.  Stretch Monster made his debut that year and I’ve never been the same.

Milky the Marvelous Milking cow was a surprisingly popular toy and created spin-offs.

Jaime Sommers the Bionic Woman toys were really great, she was an action figure disguised as a fashion doll.

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In the Spring of 1977, Kenner issued this special and rare catalog to update retailers on the innovations in their (then) biggest hit toylines, the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman.

Bionic fever would wane the following year but this was truly a golden time for Bionic fans.

The art on this stuff is so iconic, I’d love to own a store display.

I am pretty sure I still have this girder.

Maskatron is really one of my favourite toys of the 1970s.

The Bionic transport and repair station is one of the earliest pieces from the series.

I guess the big addition is the “Mission Purse”.

If you own of those store displays and they’re cluttering up your home, I’ll take them off your hands free of charge. No, thank you!.

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This week’s installment of Toy-Ventures is all about the wonderful and weird Maskatron knock off from France called “Robot Man with Four Faces” one of the more blatant (and charming) rip-offs I’ve ever encountered as a collector. 


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First off, the card art itself has that dimestore flavour that I completely adore. My figure is carded and as much as I love you all I’m not removing it to give a better look, fortunately my pal Dave over at the super fun Toynerd.com has a loose one, so this is a team up post!

The figure’s masks include imitation brand GI Joe, Doctor Cornelius from Planet of the Apes and John Saxony Maskatron. Really scratching a lot of itches a kid would have in the mid 1970s.

The doll itself lacks all of Maskatron’s cooler bells and whistles and he probably cost around 1/4 of the price.

I sincerely would like to know what scenario this mask could be used to  get you out of a jam….

Special thanks again to ToyNerd.com

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• The Japanese Spider-Man figure by Popy we discussed.




• The very first episode of Kamen Rider V3 sees his whole family murdered by a villain called Scissors Jaguar.




• The Ark diecast ad we discuss on the show that features Jason’s beloved Baltan toy.




• How Star Wars figures were sold in Japan.





• The Captain Scarlet model kits Jason mention.




• Denys Fisher Cyborg toys based on Henshin Cyborg.
• A website devoted to the Shinsei UFO Commander toys.
• The Kamen Rider Henshin suit that keeps Brian up at night.
• Drool over the amazing Jumbo Machinders!

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