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Knock-Offs: Fashion Dolls:1999

  I have a couple of these Knock-Off German fashion dolls with overstock clothes from other toys, my favourite being the Denys Fisher Tom Baker Doctor Who. This one had me at Space:1999 as she is rocking the Mattel Doctor Victor Bergman top but following up with plaid pants. Space:1999 would have run longer if […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- The Superfriends, MASH 4077, Planet of the Apes Adventure, Puffy Sticker Monsters and Smooching Dracula? Links are sponsored but not electrified, so you should be fine. Super Friends Flashlight (Affiliate Link) -► This is a one two punch of artwork, we have some lovely Alex Toth Superfriends Swipes […]

Toy-Ventures: Mego Meet @ ZoloCon Recap!

Toy-Ventures: Mego Meet @ ZoloCon Recap! https://youtu.be/xvFUEGig2jk Toy-Ventures returns to cover our biggest event of the year, Mego Meet, held at Zolo Con in Warminster, PA. This was a true blast of vintage, modern, and Custom Mego action figures. I hope you’ll check out this incredible feast of vintage toys! Mike Zolotorow, Krista Schmidt and […]

5 Awesome Sci-Fi Things on eBay this week

! These links are sponsored and eBay requires me to tell you that. If you click on all of them, then I get one a “grit magazine” level prize. They make me say all of this.   Interchangables CEDM (Sponsored Link) After Mego closed down, Marty and Howie Abrams launched “Hour Toy” and used the […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

5 Awesome things on eBay this week – Tracer Guns, Fonzie’s comb, buff Martin Landau, Star Trek and Snoopy goes skydiving! (this contains sponsored links that give me a little to help keep the site going) Official “The Fonz” Comb (eBay affiliate Link) — Well, this is not at all screen-accurate. Like, the Fonz would […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

  Original Black Hole Magazine Cover Art (eBay Link) — As a lover of all things Black Hole, I will say this is striking. The Cygnus is one of the coolest space ships ever built. My only quibble with this is and no offense to Robert Forster but why no Vincent or Bob? Not to […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

Super Fly promo balloon (eBay Link) – A lot of 70s so called “Blaxploitation” movies were built on their soundtracks, which would be released prior to the movie. Those fantastic records would draw more attention to the film and well, Curtix Mayfield’s Superfly was a massive album. Space:1999 Illco Radio (eBay Link) — I had […]

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

Captain Action Dr. Evil Sanctuary- (eBay Link) —   I don’t actively collect Captain Action, although I have in the past. I’ve got no real connection to it other than seeing a comic ad for it as a child in a back issue and wanting it. This set is the stuff of legend in the […]

Toy-Ventures: The Great Toy Trek Part 1

Toy-Ventures: The Great Toy Trek Part 1     Toy-Ventures hits the road, and this time, I’m not alone. My wife joins me on a 500-mile journey as we hit flea markets, Antique Malls, thrift shops and comic shops across Ontario. Places Visited: One of a Kind Antique Mall https://www.oneofakindantiquemall.com/ Dark Matter Toys https://www.facebook.com/DarkMatterToys/ Heroes […]