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Toy Flops of the 1970’s Part One: Superjoe

By the mid 1970’s, GI Joe, the pioneer of action figures was in a tight spot. Kids were turning their attention to bionic men and Superheroes. Despite trying to emulate this trend (Bulletman anyone?), GI Joe’s sales were slipping and Hasbro needed to revamp the concept. Enter SuperJoe, the 8″ Mego like figure with the […]

Toys I love: Fisher Price Adventure People

I took my kids to see my parents yesterday, my son made a beeline towards the toy box, a strange mixture of my old toys and some from my nephew. One of the toys my son started playing with was the sea explorer from this set, still 100% intact despite having three different owners and […]

Punch Clowns confuse me

Punch clowns have never made sense to me, I take that back, I comletely understand why somebody would want to beat up a clown, they’re creepy. It’s stuff like Snoopy and Batman that I don’t get, you obviously love the characters, why would you want to pummel them?These kind of Punch Clowns always remind me […]