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Toy-Ventures: Space:1999 Rack Toys

August 12, 2019 By Mantooth In Uncategorized No Comments

This week’s toy-ventures takes a look at the merchandising from Gerry Anderson’s classic series Space:1999, particularly the lower cost “Rack Toys” made by Azrak-Hamway International. If moonbase Alpha had a drugstore, these are the toys it would sell! Hosted and edited by Brian Heiler (@plaidstallions) PlaidStallions Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Plaidstallionsdotcom/ Plaidstallions facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2226244254053126/ Twitter: @plaidstallions […]

LJN Road Stars

March 6, 2019 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 13 Comments

Which one would you go for as a kid? I’d be torn between Captain America and the Eagle from Space:1999. Also, I wanna meet the kid who saw this display and went “Oh Wow, the Waltons truck!” New Six Million Dollar Man Shirt in our Redbubble store! Don’t forget to join our new facebook group. […]

The Zython from Mattel’s Space:1999 line.

February 12, 2019 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

The Zython was offered in the 1977 Mattel Catalog as an alien character to go alongside with Mattel’s Space:1999 action figure line. It never appeared in the series but was a rather welcome addition to the line which desperately needed more flair. However, sales on Space:1999 merch weren’t strong enough to warrant a wide release and […]

Space:1999 Lunchbox

July 2, 2018 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

I love Space:1999 and I occasionally dabble in lunch boxes when I find them for a decent price, so it should not come as a shock that I own the stunning Space:1999 lunch box. Say what you will about the series, it had some incredible merchandise. More after the jump: The Eagles, easily my favourite […]

Choice Board Games of 1976

January 25, 2018 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 6 Comments

I’m not sure what your favourites were but I had a mean love affair with playing Hangman and staring at the Sleestak on the “Land of the Lost” board….. Like our Facebook Page Check out our Instagram Get the expanded digital edition of Rack Toys here.

From Space:1999 to Rupert Bear

January 21, 2018 By Mantooth In Uncategorized No Comments

Browsing through some old magazines and found this killer licensing artwork for Space:1999, too good not to share! Like our Facebook Page Check out our Instagram Get the expanded digital edition of Rack Toys here.

The 1978 AHI Toy Catalog

January 5, 2018 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

The undisputed king of the “Rack Toy” in the 1970s was Azrak-Hamway International or “AHI” for short. They were riding high with past hits like Batman, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Space 1999 but 1978 saw them add James Bond 007, Farrah Fawcette, Donnie and Marie, the Walt Disney characters and their answer to Star Wars, Star […]

The Dinky Space Fleet

September 19, 2017 By Mantooth In Uncategorized No Comments

One would be foolish to go up against the Dinky armada in the late 1970s…..

Martin Landau: A Toy Tribute

July 17, 2017 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 4 Comments

I was kinda crushed to hear of the passing of Martin Landau yesterday besides being a fan of his work, there is also a true connection to him and this site. It was my admiration for merchandise based on Space:1999 that got me into toy collecting in the first place, so without Martin Landau toys, […]

Space:1999 Comlock Communicators

February 21, 2017 By Mantooth In Uncategorized No Comments

LJN really knocked these out of the park, they looked a lot like the show props and they actually worked. I bought a set at a Star Trek show in the 1980s and I remember the woman I purchased them made a comment to me that people would never wear computers on their belts.