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Unk! Tantor! Unk!

It seems as good a time as any to talk about my appreciation of a muscular man in a loin cloth. I’m talking about Tarzan and today’s update to the site is all about the various cool Tarzan toys I’ve picked up over the years. Check out the (Hopefully soon to expand) Gallery of Tarzan […]

Release the Kraken!

The unintentional theme to this week seems to be “Mattel toys my mom refused to buy me”. Clash of the Titans was at least a compromise, I was allowed to have Perseus and Thallo but not the uber cool Calibos or Charon because as my mum daintily put it “They look like hell!”

Pulsar’s Crib

I’ve already mentioned on several occasions how i think Pulsar is the grossest superhero this side of Slim Goodbody but I’m even more perplexed at his headquarters.While it sounds truly exciting to monitor his life signs, why the hell does he need an X Ray? What can’t you already see?

Machinder Monday

I envy all of you who had Shogun Warriors as a kid, I was perpetually denied. The closest I came to owning them was waiting the neighbour kids out until they were 13 and their parents had yard sales. I still have your Mazinga Willy! Victory is mine! , If you haven’t preordered the upcoming […]

Professional Agents Crime Killers

New at Plaidstallions.com is the 1976 Big Jim and the Wolf Pack catalog, the theme this year was Double Trouble and it’s seriously cool. As an added bonus I’ve added a few images of the toys in their boxes to the mix.

Nanu Nanu!

Oh how I wanted this Mork from Ork Eggship when it first came out, I love how mattel cleverly reused the Battlestar Galactica body for ol’ Mork. At the same time you could buy Mork gum in a similiar eggship, it only cost $0.50 and placated me.On a side note, I’m attempting to create a […]

Space:1999

The Space:1999 merchandising explosion was a one year affair but some really cool toys made it out during that period. The pinnacle (for me, besides the Mego figures) is the Mattel Eagle Playset with figures, this was two years before Star Wars, nobody had ever done a space ship with 3 3/4″ figures before. I’ve […]

Mattel Shogun Warriors

Our coverage of the 1980 Mattel catalog resumes with one of the coolest toy lines ever, The Shogun Warriors featuring a couple of Toho classic Monsters. What kid didn’t want these? Plaid Stallions.com Be our Myspace friend