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Toy-Ventures: Micronauts Merchandise

Toy-Ventures: Micronauts Merchandise   Toy-Ventures dives into the world of Micronauts merchandise not produced by Mego! Showcasing Colorforms, board games, rack toys, phasers, Ben Cooper costumes, comics, and even Micronauts: The Mattress? #mego #toyventures #micronauts   Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes toy line and […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week: Sweathogs, Mexican Big Jim, Stunt men, Spider-Man’s Socker Boppers and The Mighty Hercules!   Disclaimer: The links are sponsored and also, some guy farted in here. Welcome Back Kotter Guitar by Fleetwood Toys (sponsored link)  Did the Sweathogs ever show any musical prowess? I watched the show a […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Spidey’s webs, bony fingers, Frankenstein, Space:1999 and parachuting Cylons! Disclaimer- Links are sponsored and my parents locked the liquor cabinet. Enesco Frankenstein (sponsored link) – Disclaimer: I don’t know a ton about Enesco statues, so I’m not sure if this is official or done in it’s style. I […]

Toy-Ventures: Top 10 Coolest Space:1999 toys

  Toy-Ventures counts down the top ten coolest toys from the legendary series Space:1999. Eagles, Stun Guns, Action figures and Moonbase Alpha itself in this blast from the future past. #toyventures #space1999 #gerryanderson Check out our Space:1999 Playlist on Youtube       Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Marvel Superheroes, Samurai Ninjas, Ghost Lights, Letraset Star Wars & Sesame Street’s the Count! Samurai Playset (sponsored link) — This wonderful set of (cheap) Action figures is neither a play set nor are they Samurai, at least from my limited understanding of Japanese history. However, if someone hasn’t […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Spider-Man & Thor, the Superfriends, Star Trek Rockets, Jumping Skulls & Dental Hygiene with Evel Knievel! 1974 Spider-Man and Thor Puzzle (sponsored link) Wow, there is a lot to love here. The fact that it includes Thor is round, and now I want to see Thor fight Dr. […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Palitoy Action Girl, Grover, Harlem Globetrotters, McGruff & Big Macs for your feet! Disclaimer: links are sponsored and also haunted…. Palitoy Action Girl Movie set (sponsored link) Palitoy’s Action Girl was a really cool line of articulated fashion dolls with some interesting “Super Sets” including a space themed […]

Toy-Ventures Issue 13 is now shipping!

I am elated to announce that issue 13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine is now available for purchase and if I don’t say so myself, it’s a banger!   Now Available: Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes toy line and a cover featuring artwork specially commissioned for Mego’s […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Mar 14

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Gumball Machine Apes, Plush Dracula, recycled Cylons, the Fonz and Black Light Monsters! Just so you know, the links are sponsored. Dracula Plush (sponsored link)  I’ve always admired this guy from 1978, the little coffin box, the widow’s peak to end all widow’s peaks, but I’ve never seen […]

1979 AHI Pool Toys Catalog- KISS! Mr. Spock! Marvel Comics!

AHI (Azrak-Hamway International) is largely famous for creating some incredible licensed rack toys and action figure in the 1960s to the 1980s. However, they also had a thriving business in the inflatable pool toys category. while the offerings were largely generic, AHI occasionally brought over some of their better licenses from Rack Toys. The 1979 […]