From the “parents just don’t understand” file, I bring you a 1980 report crapping on a toy that any ten year old knows to be awesome, Gre-Gory the Vampire bat. The group questioned it’s play value? It’s big bat filled with blood, do I need to spell it out for you? I can’t go a […]
Uploaded this commercial from the 70s Toy Explosion DVD to our facebook page. So if it doesn’t come up head on over here. I totally remember this commercial, especially the awkward “almost four stories” line from the window washer, it’s how I learned what a story was. Next Sunday, I’ll be launching another contest so stay […]
Mattel’s Starr seemed to be a teenaged version of the Barbie concept, the look and feel of the line seemed to really embody that late 70s/early 80s style. Starr had a short tenure at Mattel but was very popular, in 1982 they expanded her line to include new friends, more fashions and a familiar automobile.Check […]
Card #34- Raydeen Shogun Warriors were pretty epic toys and I hope to celebrate each one individually, unlike other things I’ve featured this weekend, I do have a Raydeen. He’s beat to hell but I love him anyway. Mattel Shogun Warriors Catalog Card #35- Ideal Jaws Game Honestly I had like ten minutes to decide […]
In the 1960s, Mattel had a great deal of success with their “Major Matt Mason” line of toys, but when Neal Armstrong stepped on the moon and discovered nothing, interest in space toys hit new lows. Mattel logically thought to spin the concept off to a more earth bound concept and created “The Sea Devils” […]
From the “You think you’ve seen it all department” comes these American History (Possibly Bicentenial influenced) figures from Mattel. Obviously these figures are a tidy reuse of the Sunshine Family molds but in historical garb. I got curious and after a little ebay searching did find a boxed “Southern Belle” on ebay, which I didn’t […]
Mattel got some mileage out of their popular line of Western and Machine guns by adding a Gorilla mask and Planet of the Apes logo to them. While these aren’t accurate to the movies, toys far weirder than these saw release.If you still have these from childhood, I recall reading that they’re really desirable these […]
In the early 1980s, Toy giant Mego fell and released both the Marvel and DC superheroes licenses for the first time in over a decade. This was also the first time the action figure license was seperated between companies. Kenner took the DC heroes and released Super Powers while Mattel scooped up the Marvel heroes […]
Normally I don’t delve much in 60s toys as I wasn’t made yet but I couldn’t resist this cool catalog put out for kids by Mattel pre Christmas 1969. The main reason for me is that it solves a big mystery for me. In Kindergarton I played with these blue plastic men, never knew what […]
It is always a happy time when I gather up enough shots of vintage and (sadly) no longer in business toy stores from yesteryear. In the latest installment we hop over the the UK for some staggering window displays for Palitoy Action Man (the UK G.I. Joe) then we’ll go back stateside to see some […]
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