Black Hole Pencil Holders (eBay Link) 

I don’t think it’s a secret I’m obsessed with these. A Canadian Cereal premium that celebrated the Black Hole’s True stars. I have complete sets but always buy them when I find them. Check out my video about these here. 

Space:1999 Commander Koenig (eBay Link) 

These 70s figural banks are amazing, I have the Apes ones but still need a Commander Koenig. The seller also has some amazing Space:1999 rack toys as well, worth checking out.

Lincoln International Mr Rock minus head (eBay Link) –

I know this isn’t a complete figure by any means but Mr. Rock is the rolls royce of Knock-Off action figures and well this is tough stuff. Also, if you win this, let me help you in tracking down a reproduction head. I probably know a guy…

Weird Australian Star Trek Towel (eBay Link) –

My good friend Corey sent this to me, and while I’m no stranger to Star Trek towels, this one is hypnotic in its strangeness. It looks like a Ugandan movie poster; I mean that as a compliment. 

Slim Goodbody’s Galactic Health Adventure (eBay Link)–

Full confession, as a kid, I was so starved for Superheroes for a brief while I regularly tuned into Slim Goodbody episodes. It never once motivated me to eat celery but I love him unironically. I’m stupid enough to try and license an action figure too, try and stop me!

Hey next week I’m going to be at Power-Con in the Mego Meet area. I’ll also be giving a panel with some other toy magazine and book publishers. It would be really great if you’re in the area to stop in and say hi. I’ll be in the Mego Meet area.

Mego Meet 2023 will become part of Power-Con August 11-13 in Columbus, Ohio. Greater Columbus Convention Center
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Star Trek KO Spaceship Mobile (eBay Link) –

Nothing like the 3 Nacelle Knock-Off Enterprise as room decor. I totally want this, but I’m tall and something of lummox so I would run into it, a great deal.

Wind-Up Commander Koenig (eBay Link) –

Space:1999 was one of the properties that got me into collecting, the other being Planet of the Apes. At one point in the 80s, this was my holy grail. I got over it, it’s actually not my thing at all but it’s super neat.

Sweat Hogs Patch (eBay Link) –

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Gabe Kaplan saw zero point zero dollars from this.

Mayor McCheese clock from 1974 (eBay Link)—

I need this. It’s always Cheeseburger O’Clock in this household. 

Popeye rug hooking (eBay Link) –—

Wow, this sums up the late 70s for me, rug hooking or latch hooking for you puritans and Popeye. I was obsessed with that Robin Williams movie and I do not regret that. It’s a classic and if you disagree, I will see you at the bike racks at bell*

*Bike Rack’s offer is invalid if you are one of the Hadden brothers I went to school with. Also, what the hell? There were 11 of you and you were all 3 months apart. Also, I hate that your mother and my mother are still friends and that she’s super nice.

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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 Monsters, AHI, Mighty Gary, Tomland, Bogi, Demo Man, Mortoys, and other generic greats.

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This week, Toy-Ventures looks at a flyer from the legendary toy store chain Child World. 1976 was a great year, and this is packed with toys from Space:1999, Mego, Six Million Dollar man, McDonaldland and Vincent Price shrinking heads!

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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.

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LJN Road Stars Space:1999 diecast vehicle set (Ebay Link) The Space:1999 Eagle is my favourite spaceship of all time and I love the charm of the LJN road stars. Especially because they also made the moon buggy and Captain Zantor’s ship (Which makes it Christopher Lee’s ship). This boxed set is plenty rare and will go way beyond my means but I love looking at it.

Dr. Strange Halloween Costume (eBay Link)– Dr. Strange rarely got merchandise when we were kids, he was definitely not an “A-Lister” that movies have made him today. In 1980, Ben Cooper not only made him a costume but a Jiggler. I’m really not sure why, the TV movie had come and gone. I do love how angry he appears though.

Flying Nun Rack Toy (eBay Link):

Future generations really need to know that yes, there was a TV show about a nun whose hat made her fly. I was there and sometimes, I doubt this construct. Without knowledge, it could happen again!

Mr. Spock Berwick (ebay link)

Well, it’s October, so I think it’s cool to do two costumes this week, especially when one is from England. Berwick made a lot of cool stuff in the 70s like Costumes for Doctor Who and Captain Britain. Not enough attention is given to this.

Japanese McCloud Books- 5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

McCloud novels from Japan (ebay link)– I mostly remember McCloud during a period of unemployment in my 20s when the Mystery movie reruns on A&E were something of a ritual for me. I’m surprised to find out the show enjoyed popularity and merchandise in Japan, wait, no I’m not.

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EBAY LINK Eidei Grip Superman– I love Grip vehicles, they did so many cool diecast designs but this metal Superman is something I’ve never owned. It’s got wonderful Neal Adams artwork too.

EBAY LINK Original Neal Adams Space:1999 Artwork– I really like the Charlton Space:1999 comics and this original page of artwork would be something that I would proudly hang in my home.

EBAY LINK Muppets Paint by Numbers– I miss paint by numbers sets, although I freely admit I was never any good at them at that age. Ironically, I’m a portrait artist now, never listen to your critics’ kids!

EBAY LINK Incredible Hulk Belt– I always find it funny when I see the Hulk on stuff he doesn’t own, his belt is always depicted as rope of some kind but this is epic early 80s merchandise.

EBAY LINK Godzilla Water Pistol by Beetland- I have no idea who beetland is but there isn’t anything I don’t love about this ridiculous rack toy. However, if I had to pick a favourite, it’s Godzilla’s expression on that header card.

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Issue 4 of Toy-Ventures magazine is now shipping, it’s full of cool toys from the 60s, 70s and 80s, get it while it’s hot!

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Mego Knock Off Headquarters– The leading group discussing 70s dimestore goodness, we talk vintage toys, not others!

Visit the PlaidStallions Action Figure Archive, we catalog unique toylines from the 70s & 80s including rare Japanese toys and knock-offs, updates done daily.

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EBAY LINK A glass painting of Drunk E.T.– The mind boggles as to why this was made, I need to know why this was made, it’s keeping me up. The description gives no back story but thank heaven, according to the seller, there are “no odours”. PHEW!

EBAY LINK Blake’s 7 British Annual– I like Blake’s 7, I like British Annuals, this seems like a no-brainer, however, I also like food, so I’ll have to circle back to this later when I have a little more cash. At $15, this is a steal.

EBAY LINK GI Joe Knock Off figure with the head of Isaac from the Love Boat– When Mego folded in 1983, some of their toolings got reused in the wonderful world of Knock Off Action figures. The Love Boat crew famously went to war in a differing series of G.I. Joe Real American Hero knock-offs. Anybody that watches my channel knows that Issac is our mascot and I’d love to get every single variation of these.

EBAY LINK Durham Windup Swimming Spider-Man– If there’s anything Spider-Man is known for it’s swimming. Aquaman was probably PISSED when he saw this on store shelves. Yes, I think Aquaman is real, PROVE ME WRONG!

EBAY LINK Space:1999 Eagle Transporter by Yot Toys– I have been in love with the Eagle transporter and everything it stands for since I was five and this rare diecast version by YOT (Toy backwards, get it?) is really tempting but …the whole thing about liking food again.

Issue four of our magazine Toy-Ventures is now available. Toy-Ventures is bringing back the old school print toy magazine with articles written by the collectors themselves, it’s a love letter to toys and action figures from the 1960s to the 1980s and this issue is our best yet. We’ve got a fantastic toy tribute to the Munsters, the outrageous adventures of Septor and Garth, the dimestore goodness of the Durham Click Button action figures, Superhero and Planet of the Apes knock offs and a fantastic tribute to the Mego Mad Monsters Toy Line.

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Plaid Stallions Toy-Ventures this week is all about the Star Maidens line of toys, you know I talk a lot about Knock-offs on this show and I love them but our subject today only looks one, they’re actually officially licensed toys from a tv program that not many people watched.

Star Maidens in a UK/German co-production filmed in 1975. It involves the Planet Medusa which has broken free of It’s orbit and roams the galaxy while its citizens live underground and it’s a matriarchal society where men are second-class citizens.

Uk Based Toy Maker Julius Cowan licensed Star Maidens for toys and did something that hadn’t been done before for a science fiction property, they chose not to release a single male action figure.

The main focus of the Star Maidens toy line were the ladies and the 12’ Fashion dolls produced consisted of three Medusan characters and an earth protagonist.

All this and the show is a cousin to Space:1999, it just doesn’t get more 70s than that.

If you like vintage toys from the 60s to the 80s, please check out our publication,  Toy-Ventures magazine. Issue 4 is shipping this month and it’s loaded with cool toys and information. Issue 4 is set to launch next week and it’s our best yet, we just keep climbing with this and I hope you’ll support it.

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PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures Magazine #1 is now available and it’s been called “not only an entertaining read, but it’s also an impeccable work of reference” by PopCult.

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The Eagle One Ship and Moonbase Alpha Playset were holdovers from the 1976 Mattel Space:1999 Offering

Space 1999 is heavily featured in the premiere issue of our new magazine “Toy-Ventures” available now!

The Zython alien figure was added to the line this year, however he wasn’t an alien that appeared on the series. He ended up only seeing release in Europe. The Mattel Eagle Vertibird playset is very hard to find.

This recently discovered prototype from Mattel is a 1/6th scale version of the Commander Koenig character played by Martin Landau. It’s not known why Mattel abandoned this figure but it’s likeness is amazing.

In the same lot were unpainted factory “first pulls” of the 9″ figure heads for Commander Koenig and Professor Bergman.

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This week we talk about one of the rarest action figures I’ve ever come across, the highly elusive Zython from the Mattel Space:1999 action figure collection.

I don’t own this incredibly rare carded example but thankfully, I do know someone that has one and I examine it and give it’s interesting back story.

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