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Toy-Ventures: The 1975 Toys-R-Us Catalogue is Dyn-O-Mite!

Toy-Ventures returns with a look at the 1975 Toys R Us Catalogue featuring all the big names like Mr. Spock, the Wizard of Oz, Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man, and Evel Knievel. Come visit Christmas 50 years ago with us. Which toy did you ask for but never got? Let me know in […]

Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 4 Now Shipping!

I’m so thrilled to be able to announce that Plaid Stallions Toy-Ventures Magazine issue 4 is now shipping! Let’s dig into what’s in between the covers, shall we? The Munster Mash– We’re visiting 1313 Mocking Bird Lane when Corey LeChat gives us a tour of one of the greatest collections of Munster merchandise ever assembled. […]

197 Children’s Palace Catalog- Mego-Big Jim-Barbie-Sesame Street

Planet of the Apes was a new hot ticket item for 70s wunderkind Mego who also produced the World’s Greatest Superheroes around the same time. Big Jim was Mattel’s answer to G.I. Joe and Dinah-Mite was Mego’s stab at Barbie, who was the original. Child Guidance was one of the bigger players in Sesame Street merchandise, […]