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Filmation Flash Gordon Shrinky Dinks (sponsored link) —

This is actually from a large lot of FG items but I chose to zero in on these awesome Shrinky Dinks, which I believe were a cereal promotion. I love that these are clearly based on the Filmation designs, although Dale is a bit off-model. 

Vending Machine Spacemen, Aliens and Robots (sponsored link) —

This kind of stuff had me parting with a quarter without a single thought. It would still happen today!

Dr Shrinker Magnifying Glass (sponsored link) —

Man, the Krofft Super Show was on fire the year it had Dr. Shrinker, Wunderbug and Electra Woman, that truly was “Must See TV” for me as a kid. Harmony made two rack toys based on the series, and they’re both better than most rack toys, at least in the logic department. 

Insect Kingdom store display (sponsored link) —

If I somehow made it past the vending machine as a kid (see above) this would be my next challenge in losing a quarter.

5 different generic Space Figure cases (sponsored link) —

I love all the fake Darth Vaders and  Temu Brand Shogun Warriors on these things, they all deserve their own figure lines and cinematic universe. 

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Pod Stallions returns with another video episode.

This time we do commentary for the amazing ABC TV 1972 Saturday Morning preview with Burns and Schreiber. Superfriends! Lassie! Bug Bunny and that dreamy Rick Springfield, sigh….

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Ever since I found this guy sitting at the cash register of Suspect Video on Queen and talked the manager out of it (good thing too because the store sadly burned down not long after) I’ve been wondering what the heck he was. I by and large just assumed a knock off figure sold in dime stores but happily I was wrong. 


Turns out they’re by a company called Jecsan of Spain, more figures and packaging after the jump.

As you can see this guy about 5 inches tall and has some limited articulation. 

 


Thanks to a hot tip from my friend Matt, I now have a carded Princess in the same style, I’m not sure why she comes with Mark’s Boomerang but who cares? I’m always thrilled to have a toy that isn’t Mark.

Looking forward to tracking down more of these!

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Our website turns 10 this month so we begin by discussing it’s origins and why it came to be. With the topic already being nostalgia, we thought it would be fun to talk about the top ten thing we miss about the 1970s.


This is not a “things were better in our day” type discussion (We like Ebay and YouTube just fine thank you very much) but more about the certain rituals, tastes, establishments and items that sadly, no longer have a place in our modern world.

Topics range from Saturday morning TV to local toy stores, full comic book racks everywhere you looked, ice cream men on bicycles, long gone fast foods, Jason’s crush on Rhoda Morgensten (and her mom!), Network Stars Battling, Heroes World adverts, colorful home decor and of course, wish books. 


Be careful with episode 43 because the filling is hot!

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No offence to Scooby Doo or the Liberty Bell (!) for that matter, but they don’t hold a candle to the supernova of win that is JJ Evans Pajamas….

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One of the biggest influences of my childhood were the Saturday morning programs created by the famed Canadian brothers Sid and Marty Krofft. I don’t think I was alone judging by the amazing variety of Halloween costumes available almost every year of my childhood.


Thanks to my pal Dave McKroffterson for sharing his

amazing and often times obscure collection of

Sid and Marty Krofft costumes and prototypes for 




this amazing gallery.

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