Uggly Wugglies
Oh I’m positive I had a bunch of these and certainly don’t remember the name or the delicious box art.
When the Jedi Return: Make sure your troops are ready
I love this neat British Ad for Palitoy UK, who were pretty confident they were going to sell football fields full of Star Wars toys (psssst they did). I’m especially smitten with these drawings of the figures which are there because the ad was placed so far in advance of the film.
Battlestar Galactica: The Big One for 79/80?
This is an article from a UK toy industry magazine, I love stuff like this, nobody wanted to get caught with their pants down like they all did with Star Wars. As a result, Battlestar Galactica was taken very seriously by retailers, at least for a little while.
Hasbro Super Joe Concept Art
Long ago, I saw these amazing pieces of original Super Joe concept art on Ebay, I regretted not putting a bid in and never got even proper shots of them for the site. As luck would have it, the winner of the auction was none other than my pal John “Toyzilla” Marshall and he graciously […]
Star Wars X Wing Aces
While I’m not the world’s biggest Star Wars guy, I am kind of surprised to have zero memory of this wonderfully low tech game. Admittedly as a kid, I dumped all other toys into the “Not Action Figures” section, this one draws a complete blank. This is probably the fault of old age or booze, […]
Kenner Star Wars, Perhaps you’ve heard of it….
I had something really cool planned today but a computer update took 110% of my free time last night and made me sad, so I drank two “Blue Moons” and fell asleep instead. Here is a page of Star Wars treats I found in a hurry this morning, Blue Snaggletooth and 12″ Boba Fett, it […]
Captain Harlock Action Figure
In France, they released this amazing Captain Harlock doll using a 12″ GI Joe body. These were also sold in Quebec, I had one of these in 1987, paid a whopping ten bucks for it. One of my toy collecting mentors/friends really wanted it, he was a great guy so I traded it to him […]
The Amazing Spider-Brush
I’m totally fascinated with little bits of weird super hero merchandise like this. Here we have the marriage of hair care and our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, whose mantra of putting his name on everything would put Garfield to shame. This is all the handiwork of the standard Pyroxoioid Corp. (sexy name!) This set solves […]
Battle of the Planets by Ceji Arbois
I’ve been on kind of a Battle of the Planets jag these past few weeks and here’s one of my favourites, the 3 3/4″ action figure line. Originally made by Popy Japan, these figures were later sold in Europe in sets or on individual cards by companies like Ceji Arbois and Jecsan. They even added […]
1979 GLJ Battlestar Galactica toy Catalog
In 1979, GLJ toys (one of my favourite obscure toy companies from the era) did what a lot of toy makers did and grabbed a piece of Battlestar Galactica in the hopes it was the next Star Wars. Their specialty was inflatable toys, even vehicles for the action figures which is just awesome. It wasn’t […]
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