Ever wonder what was selling in 1978? Probably not, but here is Gary (seen below holding a Micronauts Astro Station and Shogun Warriors Dragun), a manager at Bradberry in Decatur IL, explaining the hot-selling toys for 1978. Gary Bradberry Manager Lionel Play World Decatur, Illinois Our best-selling items this year are the Star Wars characters, […]
Toy-Ventures: 17th Anniversary Spectacular plus contest It’s PlaidStallions 17th Anniversary Spectacular with some cool collection updates featuring Mego Knock Offs, Adventure Team GI Joe, Ninjas and wind-up Super Monsters. Plus a contest where you can win big prizes! The Microman Auction will be here: https://ebay.us/enAHKC Visit our store for our magazine and collectibles: https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop/ […]
FuzzBuster Radar Detector (eBay Link)- Stuff like this reminds me of my grandfather; he bought gadgets left and right. He had a TV tray with a police scanner next to his lounger, and it was a whole thing. Anyway, I could totally see this on the dashboard of his Datsun. It just looks like it […]
The Shadow Toys- Toy-Ventures Toy-Ventures celebrates its 150th-ish episode talking about 70s merchandise based on the Shadow, a radio legend. We explore the origins of the Shadow character, and talk about the odd merchandising blitz of the late 70s. Later on, then visit a local toy show! I show the stuff that will haunt me […]
Toy-Ventures: Awesome Vintage Toy Hunt Toy-Ventures returns with a super fan recap of an Awesome Vintage Toy Hunt at an Antique Mall and then a toy show. I see some incredible things and go home with a surprisingly cool vintage toy. Get Toy-Ventures Magazine here: plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop #toyventures #godzilla #mego #mightycrusaders #remco #antiquemallfinds #toyshow #80stoys […]
Toy-Ventures this week is all about Christmas past with this look at a 1979 Childworld Flyer. Child World was a legendary Toy Store chain, and this flyer is packed with iconic toys like Micronauts, Kenner Star Wars, Suckerman, Mego Superheroes, Tonka Trucks and Big Wheels! What would you choose from this list? Let me know […]
From our video this week, here is the 1979 Toys R Us Catalog in it’s full-colour glory. This wonderful time warp of a publication really encapsulates the late 1970s toy and pop culture crazes. Starting of course with Mork Mania, the popularity of “Mork and Mindy” spawned some really fun merchandise from Mattel and others. […]
Welcome to the Toy-Ventures Christmas special! In this episode, I dig up my Christmas Wish List from 1979 and tell you which toys I got and the ones that got away. Mego Superheroes, Micronauts, Kenner Star Wars and apparently, I had a thing for cats? We’ve got a new book coming! Knock-Offs Totally Unauthorized […]
This week Toy-Ventures looks at Cyborg, a UK action figure line licensed to Denys Fisher by way of Japan. While it isn’t talked about enough, Cyborg was a spin-off of Hasbro’s GI Joe and eventually gave birth to such incredible toy icons as the Micronauts and Transformers. It’s a really interesting and beautiful line of […]
PAC Toys Lords of Light Comic Phoenix or PAC Toys was formed out of the ashes of Mego Corporation by PAC Packaging, a toy industry packaging company that did work for Mego. Its president Joe Ruzzi had inherited the molds for many of Mego’s Micronauts toys and morphed them into a new fantasy-based toy line […]
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