Kenner Knight Rider and Street Hawk in 1985 Palitoy Catalog-

As a fan of the short-lived television series “Street Hawk,” I was excited to discover some unproduced toy items hidden in the pages of this 1985 Palitoy/Parker Brothers catalogue.  The series launched that year in the US and would be cancelled after 13 episodes.

Kenner, we already had a toy hit with Knight Rider (see above), which Street Hawk was definitely patterned after and swept up the rights.

Kenner Knight Rider and Street Hawk in 1985 Palitoy Catalog-

Kenner did manage to get the Motorcycle to store shelves but the action figures and playsets would not make it to the market. For a sample of what that would have looked like, this seller has the Street Hawk Norman Tuttle prototype. 

The planned Kenner Street Hawk figures didn’t come to fruition but thanks to Play Skool  in India and Glasslite of Brazil, we did get an “O Ring” Jessie Mach and Street Hawk. 

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Fisher Price Adventure People 1976

Continuing with this cracker of a catalogue I got from a chain called “Cardinal” (If you didn’t see the previous bed-wetting spread, it’s here). Just like the action figure page, I am in love with their curating of the Fisher Price Toy lines.

I mean, the Little People are incredibly beloved, but this spread of Adventure People is my childhood. If I didn’t have one of these sets on this page, don’t think I didn’t want it!

This was also made more impactful by me being able to track down the boxed Sea Sled this year. This was so well loved in my house.

Fisher Price Adventure People Sea Sled.

I did a video about this earlier in the year. Anyway, I love Fisher Price toys!

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1975 Fisher Price Catalog with Adventure People and Sesame Street!

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Toy-Ventures this week is all about Christmas past with this look at a 1979 Childworld Flyer. Child World was a legendary Toy Store chain, and this flyer is packed with iconic toys like Micronauts, Kenner Star Wars, Suckerman, Mego Superheroes, Tonka Trucks and Big Wheels! What would you choose from this list? Let me know in the comments below.

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Child World 1979 Catalog

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Toy-Ventures: 1981 Toys R Us Catalog

Toy-Ventures this week digs into the archive with this sweet 1981 Toys R Us Catalog! We look at the hottest toys Toys R Us had to offer in this blast from the past. Mego Superheroes, Remco Monster and Smokey and the Bandit? You bet.

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Matchbox MAC or “Mobile Action Command” is one of the 1970s most forgotten toy lines.

That’s a shame because of how wonderful they really are. A series of quasi-futuristic vehicles that come with a nameless driver (I always pretended he was a robot), this series would run for years and was a good use of two bucks!

The Matchbox MAC toy line seemed to be taking some cues here from the Hasbro GI Joe Adventure team line. A group of jumpsuited men that were primarily interested in rescuing people, it also feels a little bit like the Thunderbirds as well. Their mountain base was the big “Christmas” item for the line and would appear in more than one Department Store wish book.

The Matchbox MAC line would see a major transformation in 1976. The figures would receive taller and bulkier figures meant to be more realistic (but some would argue didn’t fit the vehicles as well). Also, the boxes would be abandoned for blister cards, which greatly helped their sales appeal.

We’ve done an episode on Matchbox MAC for Toy-Ventures.

We also have the 1977 Matchbox MAC catalog as well.

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Toy-Ventures this week digs into another vintage toy catalog. This week we explore the 1985 Child World Catalog which is jam packed with the hottest 80s toys like

• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Remco Zybots
• Tonka GoBots
• She-Ra: Princess of Power
• Cabbage Patch Kids
• Knight Rider
• Rainbow Brite
• My Little Pony
• Robotix
• My Buddy
• Voltron Defender of the Universe
• Garfield

And so much more, it’s a total time capsule!

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LJN TV Stars from 1976

I never had the LJN TV Super Stars, a Mego scaled line based on then-popular shows like The Rookies, Emergency, and S.W.A.T. I would have loved Police and Firemen to clean up after my Mego Superheroes or perhaps interact with the Mego Star Trek crew. Also impressive are the number of vehicles and accessories they offered.

I’m especially enamoured by the S.W.A.T playset, LJN did a really nice job with it and I’m a sucker for those old-timey computers.

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This is the third Toy Flier I have from 1975 with Mego Star Trek on the cover, thank goodness for Star Trek collectors saving these.

The Fisher Price Sesame Street set is the big get here, this was the first year it was launched.

Mego’s Wizard of Oz line was also launched in 1975, it was a big year for licensed toys.

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It’s kind of weird to see the Planet of the Apes adventure set mixed in with growing up Skipper and Holly Hobbie.

Evel Knievel was still a super hot toy in 1975 and surprisingly the Mego planet of the apes dolls still sold despite the series getting canceled almost a year earlier..

Those flock haired Karate Men were under my tree that year, I always wanted to turn them into action figures.

Hedstron, Huffy and Murray….

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Here’s another wonderful Toy Newspaper Circular from the good people at Toys R Us, this time it’s from this weekend 41 years ago (ok I timed that part). A lot of people don’t know that Toys R Us was around in the 1960s but it’s hard to deny this kind of evidence.

It’s a cool trip back to the toys of yesteryear and while some things have changed, others really haven’t all that much.

Lots of memorable classics such as G.I. Joe, Barbie, and the ever-popular Fisher-Price Little People.

Oh Lite Brite, you were awesome.

In the late 60’s Hasbro switch G.I. Joe from a soldier to an adventurer, these ’69 “Adventures of G.I. Joe” sets were only sold briefly and have since become very desirable on the secondary marketplace. A year later G.I. Joe became part of the “Adventure Team”, the rest is history.

“Talking Drowsy” that should be my nickname…

Fisher Price Little People Representin’.

A Johnny Unitas football also has a haircut you can set your watch too!

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