Hey, even Santa has a budget and shoving a cheap-o rack toy into your stocking is a time honoured, fun tradition. There’s nothing particularly Christmassy about what’s inside the display but it didn’t matter. I’ve put together a collage of different Christmas dump bins (I’ll always giggle when typing that word) from the shag decade. […]
At first glance the Larami L.E.M lander looks more logical, almost in synch with the series. I mean these guys packaged EVERYTHING under the BSG banner save for sewing sets including jets, yes just plain ordinary fighter planes. However, the L.E.M lander is just a repackaged moon landing toy and has absolutely nothing to do […]
If you’re stranded on an alien planet and the beer bottles aren’t screw off, this puppy will be worth it’s weight in gold. What’s sad about this thing is, I’ve spent about twenty minutes looking through catalogs trying to find the version of this that has images from the show’s second season. It’s getting a […]
After four days of wrestling with one of the most horrible courier companies known to man, my advance copies of Rack Toys are here. This is the first time I’ve ever actually held my book and I admit I was shaking. Mostly because I was really worried that there would be something, anything in there that would […]
I think this figure from Durham wonderfully illustrates the true joy and cheap chicanery often involved with Rack Toys. The packaging is enticing and vibrant, not to mention well done. It promises action with a slightly “Evel Knievely” setting. The figure however, is a chubby guy with a flag, who looks like he might […]
From left to right it goes from logical to odd to downright sublime. I don’t know who ever stumbled out of a Rocky film and said “bubble fun!” but clearly it occurred and they made it happen. Check out the facebook page for our upcoming book.
Popeye merchandise is a sea (i’m hilarious) of weird, re purposed stuff that has nothing to do with the character. It’s always nice to see something that while absolutely re purposed, kinda, sorta relates to the character.
Fleetwood Toys was a Rack Toy manufacturer famous for nabbing the hottest licenses from TV and pop culture. For their 1984 catalog, there were a lot of new faces replacing previous characters “CHiPs” was now replaced with “TJ Hooker”, instead of “The Fall Guy” we’ve got the antics of the “A Team”, the Marvel Comics […]
I’ve postulated on the oddness of Kojak toys to the point where I’m tired of it. I will say that this set by Harmony is one of the more logical sets, except for the whistle, but I’ll forgive that because the mental image of Telly Savalas running after a perp with a whistle in his […]
The month of Halloween combined with getting the book to press has really done a number on me creatively. So, instead of a catalog update this Friday, I’m just going to run a contest and lay down on this love seat for a while. It’s a fun one and anybody can join, so check it […]
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