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Attack of the Mini Monsters

Remco Mini Monsters are an obsession of mine, the marriage of 3 3/4″ Star Wars like figures with the Universal Monsters is in my humble opinion, perfection. I just recently tracked down the play case but bought a sealed one that I can’t play with. I’d never punch out the cardboard pieces anyway.What haunts me […]

Monster Toy Recap

I did a page highlighting some of the cooler monster toys of last year’s Halloween features and thought today was as good day to point it out. There’s nothing quite like phoning it in is there?

McDonaldland of Confusion

I remember as a kid being perplexed by why the Remco McDonalds action figures existed, mostly because even then, I knew Ronald and co. were corporate shills. I guess all action figures are in some respect but this was really blatant.I also remember really being curious to see how they made an 8″ Grimace (still […]

Vintage Toys I saw at Wizard World

I should almost call this post “stuff that tempted me” as I posted at the Megomuseum Blog, I attended Wizard World this weekend in Chicago and was blown away by the amount of vintage toys available. I’m tired, so let’s just go through my photo’s and I’ll get back to catalogs tomorrow, I promise. Above […]

“Secret” Agent

Yup, all secret agents use the biggest most noticeable weapon ever made. Not included but recommended is the over-sized foam hat with the words “Secret Agent” printed on it.Actually, this looks like one cool toy.

Remco Flying Enterprise: Unrequited Toy Love

I never had the Remco Star Trek Enterprise space flight game but lord, how i remember wanting it. The TV commercial is especially memorable but to my disappointment, it’s not on youtube.Essentially a knock off of the Mattel Vertibird, Remco also did a very cool Batman version of this set. Mattel made an Eagle one […]