Seeing this awesome (and now pretty darn rare) stuff marked down gives me the chills. When I was about ten or eleven, my mom took me to “Consumer’s Distributing” a catalog showroom store. I wandered around and found a book marked “Clearance items” in it was pages from their 70s catalog including spreads of Big […]
This question comes in once a month, like clock work: “I had these soldiers that were 3 3/4″ and secured to a base, they made clicking sounds to simulate gunfire” They are Mattel’s Heroes in Action line, a neat little line of 3 3/4″ soldiers that seems to have sold much better in Europe than […]
Toy Fair 1972- A legend is born!
I’ve decided to allocate some time to the recurring trend of email I get on the site, other than the constant one of “How much for the Stretch Armstrong?” (For the record, I don’t even own one myself) most people write me for the name of a toy and I’m noticing a recurring trend with […]
Just found this cool still of behind the scenes of filming the Big Jim P.A.C.K Beast commercial, you almost never see stuff like this but the main reason I like this is that it means there are commercials for Big Jim’s P.A.C.K out there! One of these days I will track these down, mark my […]
Mattel hoped that they ahd the next Star Wars with Ray Harryhausen’s second trip into Greek Mythology in 1981’s “Clash of the Titans” . While the film was a hit at the box office, it somehow didn’t carry over to the toy shelves. Mattel released only one wave of figures and cancelled other merchandise based […]
Thanks to some tremendously thoughtful efforts from a good friend, I have a bit of toy history to unveil today. It’s one of those things I’ve always wanted to see but never thought possible. But these rare shots featuring both the massive Big Jim and Barbie displays for that year have finally been unearthed. While […]
Mattel relaunched their popular Thing Makers from the 60s in a new version that wouldn’t permanently scar you (seriously I know people with scars).This commerical from our DVD is kind of bittersweet for me, the happy part is realizing that it’s narrated by Jackie “Uncle Fester” Coogan. but I’m also reminded how quickly I was […]
I’m loving this 1976 press release about Bozo and Mattel, a lot of the things being given away are really collectible right now. Of course my favourite of the shot is the Big Jim P.A.C.K Beast that is front and center. Look at that sweet Jack Kirby Goodness, all toy companies should have had the […]
Well, it’s one of those days where your teacher is too hung over to do anything so he just wheels in the projector. In my case, I’m sick but it works just as well. I thought it would be fine time to showcase these commercials from our DVD showcasing a character near and dear to […]
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