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Poster Art Center

July 2, 2014 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

There is no doubt in my mind that I would have spent all of my pocket money on one of these as a kid. It’s just what one? I’m not ashamed to admit even Ziggy was a contender for me as a kid.

The Muppet Show 1981 Catalog

January 25, 2013 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 5 Comments

1981 and the world wide phenom known as the Muppet Show was still going strong buoyed mainly by it’s second feature film “The Great Muppet Caper” that summer. Fisher Price, was still popping out the merchandise and made several new editions to line including Piggy in her Pigs in Space Uniform. Click the pics or […]

1978 Fisher Price Muppet Show Catalog

November 25, 2011 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 4 Comments

The Muppet Show was as much an ingrediant to a happy 70s childhood as were orange kitchens and pop rocks were. The UK Produced syndicated series was a complete smash and not surprisingly oodles of merchandising followed. Toymaker Fisher Price already knew the value of a Muppet, having produced Sesame Street items since the early […]

Vintage Toy Store Pictures Part Ten

April 22, 2011 By Mantooth In Uncategorized No Comments

I cannot think of a better update for our fifth anniversary other than doing another vintage toy store update. When I set out to create the original vintage toy store gallery for the site, I never imagined I’d get to part 2 let alone roman numeral X! Being a toy nerd this is my favourite section […]

More Fisher Price Store Displays

January 3, 2010 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 8 Comments

Brian from Ant-Toys strikes again!,we last heard from him when he sahred his amazing find of 1970s Fisher Price Adventure People Store Displays and now he’s back to share some toy history, this time it’s about other FP lines like Muppets and Little People: I still have a few of these Little People vehicles kicking […]

Eaton’s Toy Land 1979

June 8, 2007 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

This one’s kind of personal to me, seeing as my mom seemed to do most of her Christmas shopping with her Eaton’s Card. Three years after they stopped making Wishbooks, Eaton’s department stores made this cool newspaper circular that featured the hot toys of the time. From Muppets to Micronauts, Star Wars to Green Machines, […]

Bert and Ernie Keep Me Warm!

January 17, 2007 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 3 Comments

Could this possibly be the grooviest piece of Sesame St merchandise ever? If I owned these, they’d be the only things I’d wear and I mean only.Revamped the Plaidstallions website yesterday, drop by and let me know your thoughts.