Vinyl Playsets Rock my world
I don’t know why I don’t own a Mego Batcave playset but for some reason I’ve never been able to get one. It really is a sweet item and was recycled a couple of times by Mego, it’s even the Planet of the Apes Village!
Fisher Price Little People Overload
My farm still “moos” when the door opens, pretty sure I had the garage too, most likely still have it
It came from Charlie’s basement
One of the highlights of a recent trip to Chicago was being able to rummage through my friend Charlie’s basement and look at his collection. It was almost a museum to growing up in the 70’s, I thought I’d share random images of some of my favourite items. Expect a part two to this some […]
Turbines to Speed! Atomic Batteries to Power!
My buddy Scott sent me these wicked Sears Batman vehicles and it gives me the old “I’d have had a blast with these as a kid” thoughts.Oddly I did have a ride on car very similiar to that Jaguar, which I pretended to be a Batmobile.
Y’ar! Me Buckos!
With all the Pirate stuff in toy stores, I was reminded by the Matchbox line Fighting Furies, which was a line I never even saw as a kid.The figures were very well made but it was probably was hurt by the fact that the line only had two characters (although a third ghost figure was […]
The 1976 Hasbro Catalog
Added the best parts of the 1976 Hasbro Catalog to Plaidstallions.com today including the last year of G.I. Joe and the Adventure Team, Ricochet Racers, the amazing paint sets and Mickey Mouse.Oh and let’s not forget the Weebles!
Nanu Nanu!
Oh how I wanted this Mork from Ork Eggship when it first came out, I love how mattel cleverly reused the Battlestar Galactica body for ol’ Mork. At the same time you could buy Mork gum in a similiar eggship, it only cost $0.50 and placated me.On a side note, I’m attempting to create a […]
1974 True Value Toy Catalog
Continuing our True Value series is this cool toy catalog from 1974, it’s amazing how much things can change in a year or so. 1974 seemed to be a true mix of old guard toys mingling with the new, Big JIm rubs elbows with Johnny West. Barbie turns 16 and Ken goes Mod. Standards such […]
1979 HG Toys Catalog
It’s not a household name but chances are you had some HG Toys gorwing up, their lines were simple but popular items such as puzzles and gun sets all utilizing the hottest tv stars of the day. From Godzilla to Barbapapa, from Vega$ to Alien, HG Toys had a really interesting mix of cool and […]
GI Joe VS the Spider
Skydive to Danger is to me the coolest GI Joe set ever and not just because I had it as a kid. The scenario of Joe parachuting into the Web of a cool giant Spider to me, has the perfect elements of childhood, a dose of reality and a big heaping hand of kid logic.My […]
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