Every once in a while, somebody totally “gets you” and this is one of these occasions. My pal Steve has whipped up a series of fashions for the Brick Mantooth doll. Named “Man Mates” (after the classic JC Penney series of leisure suits) each represents a different, authentic 70s outfit. Honestly, he not only gets […]
Halloween is always the best time to talk about rack toys, specifically ones made by Imperial Toy Corporation, who had a year round selection of rubber bats, bugs and skeletons. 1976 also had the distinction of being the year that Imperial wisely got the “Jaws” license and marketed a series of cool inflatable toys. Check out […]
Glow in the dark was always a selling feature for me as a kid, it really gave toys some extra play value, especially anything related to monsters. So i thought it would be fun to turn out the lights and see these things in action. Above are the Remco Mini Monsters and there is more incandescent toy […]
I picked up these little guys on Ebay UK (a lot of wonderful strangeness comes out of the UK for some reason) and while I’ve never seen or heard of them before, they did look oddly familiar… More after the jump While not licensed it’s pretty obvious that these two were based on the Mego […]
I LOVE it when folks share their collections with me, especially when it’s stuff near and dear to my heart like Monster toys. John was kind enough to give us a peak into his lair today and it’s a drool worthy assortment of old and new, more after the jump. If you dare! A lot […]
It’s that time of year again, where I show off my neat o discoveries from the hobby of collecting memoribilia from the one season Saturday Morning show “Monster Squad“, not to be confused with the 80s movie. It’s been a big year for Squad stuff. More after the jump: Thanks to a great trade at […]
My love for the Aurora Monster model kits knows no bounds, I’ve bought and re bought them several times over during my life and I’m currently repairing the ones my kids and I did over the years. I thought it would be fun to go through some old timey ads where they could be purchased […]
I am not at all fond of Ventriloquist dummies but I am somewhat smitten with this Frankenstein version from the UK. Mostly because it’s really easy to drink a glass of water and go “Mrrrrrrrrrrrr”.
My pal Dan at the awesome website The Terror Trap (this is a timely month for a plug) sent over shots of his vintage Groovie Goolies PVC collection. As a lover of mock horror, these are just awesome to me. Not many Filmation shows got merchandising so it’s really nice to see how perfect these […]
I never got my hands on one of these sets as a kid but I knew by the picture of Vincent Price on the box that it was a high quality item. I was also recently delighted to learn that my children already knew who Price was, thanks to Scooby Doo and Hilarious House of […]
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