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Toy-Ventures: New Year Unboxing plus I got a grail!

Mantooth — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 03:16:01 +0000

Toy-Ventures: New Year Unboxing plus I got a grail!

Happy New Year, let’s open the packages I’ve received, including Mego oddities, Japanese Planet of the Apes, Paul Williams, trippy 1970s Knock-Offs and one of my biggest grails ever!

Topics discussed:

Mego Logan’s Run, Knock-Off Superheroes, Gerry Anderson’s UFO, Planet of the Apes toys, Mego Superheroes and Cowboy toys.

The Mego Museum News has rebranded into the Super Collector Newsletter! Encompassing more from sites like PlaidStallions and more. Check it out even if you don’t collect Mego figures.

Our long running Pod Cast, Pod Stallions is now available on Spotify.

The PlaidStallions Polyester Pals have arrived and come in green and orange. Be the first kid in the sandbox with our Podcast mascots!

Do you miss toy collector magazines?

That’s why we created Toy-Ventures magazine, an old-school print publication dedicated to vintage toys from the 1960s to the 1990s. Each issue is packed with never before seen images and information written by some of the top collectors. We’ve got 7 issues and climbing; please check our page here or visit our store.

Our latest book is “Knock-Offs: Totally Unauthorized Action Figures” a love letter to cheeky copyright-infringing toys. You can get this new book via the PlaidStallions Shop, On Amazon (Affiliate Link) or eBay (eBay Link)

FACEBOOK GROUPS FROM PLAIDSTALLIONS

Pod Stallions is based on our podcast and is one of the most fun groups on Facebook. Toys, Comics, Movies, TV, it’s all up for grabs and remember folks, you keep the glass! If you like our show, then you have found your tribe.

Mego Knock Off Headquarters– The leading group discussing 70s Dime store knock-offs and bootleg action figures, we talk vintage toys and not others. We know the difference between Astro Apes and Action Apeman. It’s a fun group where we talk about Lincoln International, AHI, Mighty Gary, Tomland, Bogi, Demo Man, Mortoys, and other generic greats.
Toy-Ventures: New Year Unboxing plus I got a grail!

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Pod Stallions Episode 92: 70s Variety Shows

Mantooth — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 21:24:59 +0000

All loyal listeners of Pod Stallions know we live by the ‘variety is the spice of life’ philosophy, so we thought it was time we celebrated that. In this episode, we welcome producer/clip expert Steve Kozak to our third chair, and we discuss the “variety special” trends of the 70s & 80s, and deep dive into The Star Wars Holiday Special, in advance of Steve’s upcoming doc ‘A Disturbance in the Force‘ (Jason is a producer on it, too!).

Along the way Wolfman Jack, Quincy, John Vernon, Paul Lynde, and Shields & Yarnell (naturally) get mentions. ‘Alice’ will not be seen tonight, so we can bring you this Pod Stallions SPECIAL presentation!

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Issue 4 of Toy-Ventures magazine ships this June and if you order before it arrives you’ll be able to get a free “Mad Monsters” pennant show in the image below. Issue 4 is brimming with some amazing things such as Durham Industry dime store heroes, An incredible collection of items from “The Munsters”, the outer spacey stretchable adventures of Septor and Garth, collectors guide to the Mego Mad Monsters, the Australian Action Apemen, and a few surprises.

If you like vintage toys from the 60s to the 80s, please check out our publication, Toy-Ventures magazine.

FACEBOOK GROUPS FROM PLAIDSTALLIONS

Pod Stallions is one of the most fun groups on Facebook. Join us for all day breakfast bar on Sundays and remember, you keep the glass!

Mego Knock Off Headquarters– The leading group discussing 70s dimestore goodness like Lincoln International, AHI, Tomland, Durham, you get the picture. Whether you like Mr. Rock or are more of an Astro Apes person, this is the group you need to be in.

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Spotlight: Phantom of the Paradise Blu ray

Mantooth — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:40:00 +0000

I haven’t done a spotlight review since the winter, mostly because honestly, I don’t buy that many new things these days and people rarely send me review stuff. Lucky for me, something crossed my path I just couldn’t avoid.

Ever since my (largely irresponsible) older cousin let me watch Phantom of the Paradise at the tender age of 7, I’ve been a devoted fan of this wicked rock and roll horror satire. Heck, as I type this I’m wearing a Phantom T Shirt (which was unintentional) and I often use a Death Records lighter, I’m hooked I tells ya!

This spotlight isn’t about the film itself, if you’re reading this I’m assuming you dig the film or are just very bored.

Since that initial viewing I’ve owned Phantom in every format possible, VHS, laser disk and the rather bare bones (and run of the mill) DVD format but when this was announced I couldn’t get my wallet out fast enough.

Scream Factory really went all out with the love on this one, the film on Blu Ray is a total joy, I found myself noticing things I’d never seen before and I’ve seen this movie a bunch people.

The joy for me were the extras, which include:

Deleted Scenes
New audio commentary
Interviews with Brian De Palma, Paul Williams and several key production people.
Director Guillermo Del Toro (a noted fan) sits down with Paul Williams for an additional interview
A great documentary that I hadn’t seen before called Paradise Regained

Perhaps my favourite tidbit was this little short of the late William Finley hawking his Medicom action figure.

The only word of caution I would give is, this is not a DVD combo pack, you do not get the movie on DVD here. The DVD is just extras, so please don’t expect to get two versions of the film itself.

Otherwise, if you’re a fan like me, this is an early Christmas present. I cannot recommend this enough, I honestly feel like I’m being rewarded by the cosmos for this one. Thanks Scream Factory!

Click here to get it on Amazon (and send me a shiny nickel in the process!)

View my previous Spotlights.

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PodStallions #15: Rod Serling

Mantooth — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 04:00:00 +0000

This month’s show is a celebration of Television icon Rod Serling and is exploration of his career and legacy. Even though he passed away in the mid 1970s, he had an impact on pop culture that is still strongly felt today.

Episode 15 talks about his life, the Twilight Zone and his career after that including Planet of the Apes, the Zero Hour, Night Gallery, Phantom of the Paradise and something called Fantasy Park.

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Show Links:

This website has a demo reel for Fantasy park, the simulated rock concert series hosted by Serling.
The Gold Key Twilight Zone comics Brian discussed ran for 17 years!
Rod Serling’s intro to Phantom of the Paradise is haunting and effective.
Jason’s company Bif Bang Pow! has created an amazing array of Twilight Zone merchandise.
Serling’s contribution to the Planet of the Apes script is possibly one of the most memorable scenes in SF cinema.
Paul Williams is doing quite well these days.
When syndicated, episodes of Night Gallery were mingled with this unrelated series starring Gary Collins to increase the offering to 100 episodes.

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