tonka trucks Archives - PS https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/tag/tonka-trucks/ Reboot Tue, 21 May 2024 01:03:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 207447804 Toy-Ventures: The Saga of Tonka’s STEEL MONSTERS https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/toy-ventures-the-saga-of-tonkas-steel-monsters/ https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/toy-ventures-the-saga-of-tonkas-steel-monsters/#respond Tue, 21 May 2024 01:03:55 +0000 https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/?p=23795 In honour of the release of Furiosa, Toy-Ventures looks at the most excellent 1980s Post-Apocalyptic Toy Line: Tonka’s Steel Monsters. It was all things “Mad Max” except for the name. How did such a gorgeous toy line fail? What didn’t get made? We get the scoop from the creators. #toyventures #tonka #MadMax   Get Issue […]

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In honour of the release of Furiosa, Toy-Ventures looks at the most excellent 1980s Post-Apocalyptic Toy Line: Tonka’s Steel Monsters. It was all things “Mad Max” except for the name. How did such a gorgeous toy line fail? What didn’t get made? We get the scoop from the creators.
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]]> https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/toy-ventures-the-saga-of-tonkas-steel-monsters/feed/ 0 23795 1978 K-Mart Toy Flyer – Mego Superheroes https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/1978-k-mart-toy-flyer-mego-superheroes/ https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/1978-k-mart-toy-flyer-mego-superheroes/#respond Thu, 27 May 2021 11:44:49 +0000 http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/?p=16917 The newspaper flyer is still a great way to keep abreast of the hot holiday toys during any given year, too bad few folks decided to keep them after reading. This 1978 K Mart Circular (from the Chicago area) is a wonderful little window into that years potential toy purchases, many familiar faces can be […]

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]]> The newspaper flyer is still a great way to keep abreast of the hot holiday toys during any given year, too bad few folks decided to keep them after reading. This 1978 K Mart Circular (from the Chicago area) is a wonderful little window into that years potential toy purchases, many familiar faces can be seen and a few “I wish I got it” in the mix as well.


My love of the Mego Superheroes is got me into this whole website mess, to begin with. Here we see the basic assortment that would last until the line’s demise in 1982, Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, and Hulk. For more information on Mego Superheroes Check out the Galleries of the MEGO MUSEUM.


The “Star Wars” Play-Doh is the sole item in this flyer, which is strange considering it’s 1978! The Fisher-Price puzzle puppy is a very iconic piece as are the Playskool Superman puzzles which are kind of obscured..


Vintage plush, nameless yet eerily familiar, pretty sure I had some of these.


It’s not surprising to see the Monster Squad board game going for $1.17 by this time the show had been off the air for months. Hanna Barbera’s “Skate Birds” was on the air at this time but it would only last a single season.

Tonka Trucks really haven’t changed all that much, just ownership I guess. Where has that ping pong rifle been all my life?

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