The Sunshine Family were a series of (In my opinion, creepy) dolls marketed by Mattel beginning in 1974. At the time, the line was marketed with the family being very into the burgening “post hippie” early 70s craft movement. By 1978, the line’s look had begun to look dated so it was rebranded the “Sunshine […]
One of the more endearing things I find about my wife is her childhood fear of Rod Hull and his puppet Emu. While I was enjoying them on “The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle” show, she was behind the couch in terror as a child and the sight of this puppet still creeps her out this day. […]
After folding the G.I. Joe Adventure Team in 1976, Hasbro sought to give their rugged man of action a massive overhaul. Thus SuperJoe was born, bearing little resemblence to the soldier of the past, Joe had lost four inches of height and the G.I prefix. Superjoe was now set in the far off future and […]
I’m always perplexed at how much a difference an ocean makes, GI Joe by this time was all about Mike Power and Bullet Man (not complaining!) and kids in the UK were choosing different eras of machine guns.
From the “Stuff I hadn’t seen before but now can’t live without” department comes this Six Million Dollar man bubble bath container from the UK. I guess in the 60s they called these “soakies”, I just call this thing awesome. Many thanks to Ebay Seller RetroToyBoy for the photo submission. More after the (Slow Motion) […]
Is anyone else getting a total “TARDIS” vibe from this?
My pal Steve found me this and I wanted to hug him. This toy makes total sense, I mean what kid didn’t have a Pernell Roberts poster on their bedroom walls back in 1981? That Halloween they were all out of Gonzo Gates costumes so I had to settle for Yoda. Passing up on the Trapper John action […]
After almost three decades of toy collecting, not many vintage toy sightings make me want to wet my pants. This past few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of almost losing control several times, first with the Tomland Monsters and then followed up by this, the AHI Superfriends car in glorious detail. My friend Mark from Heroes […]
I have never seen this vehicle before but mein Gott, I wish I had an adult sized one in college.
Time for another trip to Weeble Town! 1977 saw Hasbro aim for action and adventure with the addition of Tarzan (?) and their own portly crusader Super Weeble! It seems fitting to do Weebles around Christmas time as they’re really kind of the thing a lot of folks got under the tree. Not me though, my […]
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