Mattel got some mileage out of their popular line of Western and Machine guns by adding a Gorilla mask and Planet of the Apes logo to them. While these aren’t accurate to the movies, toys far weirder than these saw release.If you still have these from childhood, I recall reading that they’re really desirable these […]
While G.I. Joe was a fond memory for North American kids, he was living large in the UK under the guise of Action Man. Action Man was not only popular but he was outselling Star Wars action figures, which is no small feat.What differentiates the line from the G.I. Joe we knew as a kid […]
I’ve always really liked the Matchbox Fighting Furies line, a big reason for that was the Ghost of Captain Kidd figure. What a great idea for the third figure, make him a cool glow in the dark Ghost pirate. I’d put him in my personal top ten of best Glow in the Dark action figures […]
Here they are, the people that likely made your Six Million Dollar Man doll as a kid. When I see stuff like this I wonder if in the ones pictured, is my childhood Steve Austin.
In the early 1980s, Toy giant Mego fell and released both the Marvel and DC superheroes licenses for the first time in over a decade. This was also the first time the action figure license was seperated between companies. Kenner took the DC heroes and released Super Powers while Mattel scooped up the Marvel heroes […]
I cannot begin to tell you the good times me and that rifle had…
Last weekend I did the annual pilgramage to Novi Michigan for Motor City Comic Con. The con is one of my favourites as it’s well run and has a nice mix of modern and vintage in the dealer’s room, as opposed to many local conventions. Here is some of what I saw: Gotta love an […]
Normally I don’t delve much in 60s toys as I wasn’t made yet but I couldn’t resist this cool catalog put out for kids by Mattel pre Christmas 1969. The main reason for me is that it solves a big mystery for me. In Kindergarton I played with these blue plastic men, never knew what […]
As readers of this blog might know, I have a real affection for 70s Tarzan merchandise, mostly because of the wonderful Filmation series that ran on CBS (which sadly, is not available on DVD). One of the best items out of that era has to be this wicked Corgi set which of course features jungle […]
Another excuse for me to extoll the virtue of the Denys Fisher Cyborg line, there’s just something so appealing about see through action figures, wish I could elaborate on that further. This is one of those figure lines that never made it to North America, lucky brits… For more drooling, check out the 1977 Denys […]
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