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5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Plush Kong, Bionic Jackets, Japanese GI Joe, Grizzly and Mobile Action Commandoes! Disclaimer : These links are sponsored by eBay, my opinions are entirely my own. Matchbox MAC Commando Challenge (sponsored link) Wow, this is a sealed set from 1975, everything in there perfect and unplayed with. I […]

Toy-Ventures: Vacation Toy Haul!

  This installment of Toy-Ventures showcases toy pick-ups from our annual road trip. I encountered toys from Henshin Cyborg, Buck Rogers, Mego, Clash of the Titans, Planet of the Apes, Big Jim and, of course, Knockoffs!   #toyventures #mego #ultraman     LJN RoadStars “The Waltons” diecast truck —-(sponsored link) A lot of people give […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- G-Force Pops Up, Micronauts, Spock Bops, Micronauts, Blue Thunder & a Slime dilemma. Disclaimer: These links are sponsored, gotta earn dem nickels! Big Jim Dr. Bushido (sponsored link) — Big Jim’s European Adventures in the 1980s felt a lot like it was mimicking 80s Italian cinema with its […]

Toy-Ventures: Top 10 Coolest Space:1999 toys

  Toy-Ventures counts down the top ten coolest toys from the legendary series Space:1999. Eagles, Stun Guns, Action figures and Moonbase Alpha itself in this blast from the future past. #toyventures #space1999 #gerryanderson Check out our Space:1999 Playlist on Youtube       Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the […]

Toy Industry Reacts to the cancellation of Battlestar Galactica

The following article is from the June issue of Toys, Hobbies and Crafts and deals with toy retailer reaction to the cancellation of Battlestar Galactica’s television series on ABC. NEW YORK – If the sales of licensed items carried as much  eight as ratings, “Battlestar Galactica” would return next fall. But that’s not the case, […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this Week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- The Incredible Noctun, Rascal Robots, bootleg c3p0, 70s key party favors and Code Red! Tomy Rascal Robot (sponsored link)  I loved these little guys and they worked with Star Wars figures. Mind you my love for this toy is bathed in a warm memory of getting this and […]

Toy-Ventures: Big Jim’s Devil River Trip

Toy-Ventures: Big Jim’s Devil River Trip https://youtu.be/hZ-vxKwFrFU Tonight’s Toy-Ventures is about a childhood toy woe and a deep appreciation for the “Man Vs Nature” action figure genre. It’s the Mattel Big Jim Devil River Trip! #BigJim #Toyventures #Mattel   Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes […]

Mattel MegaForce Toy Catalog from 1982

  MegaForce was poised to be the action blockbuster of 1982. The 20 million dollar Chinese/American co-production had an impressive marketing budget which wisely targeted kids with it’s sci-fi military stunt show of a movie. It also easily found licensors; on paper, this looked like a slam dunk. The only problem was that people eventually […]

Mattel’s A Bad Case of Worms

I had completely forgotten this toy existed! A Bad Case of Worms was yet another “gross out” item from Mattel, who had big hits with “Slime” and the follow up “Slime with Worms.“ This time the concept was a tiny case filled with rubber worms you can huck at people or walls. The fleixble worms […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week: Bulletman, SWAT, Inflatable Wolfman, Mexican Big Jim and She-Hulk arts and crafts! Estos enlaces están patrocinados. GI Joe Dangerous Assignment Game (sponsored link) — This is easily one of my bigger grails, a board game based on the GI Joe Adventure team when I was five years old. […]