Another player in the world of Rack Toys was Henry Gordy International, who specialized in somewhat generic impulse items with licensed appearance. Among their staples is my new favourite thing mostly because I’m immature: The “Ball Blaster” would indeed be an effective crime deterrent even Lex Luthor himself would think twice.The primary licenses used here […]
Not only did I get a plush Godzilla in my stocking for Christmas ’80 but I still have it, he currently resides in my daughter’s room. The Godzilla cartoon was a huge favourite of mine growing up as was the Marvel comic, no wonder so many 70s kids grew up digging the Big G. I […]
While the newspaper flyer has yet to be replaced in this digital age and I admit I still check the Christmas toys out, it’s just not as cool as when I was eight. That’s why I thought it would be fun to see the toys on sale at K Mart during this week thirty one […]
The Oddessey by Magnavox (the TV people) was the world’s first home gaming system, it came with plastic sheets you could put over your TV to simulate colour game play. I found one of these in my aunt’s basement one day around 1980, even though it was only a few years old it looked like […]
This 1978 Toy Fair ad for Peter Pan (Power) Records, tells us what we already knew as kids, in that they were awesome but it also gives us a look at some of the store displays used to market them: Man, that display doesn’t miss anything, Star Trek, Superman even Planet of the Apes! I […]
In 1978, toy manufacturer Imperial, like a lot of toy companies were very interested in all things outer space thanks to Kenner’s whirlwind assault on the toy marketplace thanks to Star Wars. Now, anybody with a science fiction film was interesting and a name like Steven Spielberg even moreso. Imperial snapped up the rights to […]
What happens you combine Barbie with animal DNA? You get Mattel’s Gorgeous Creatures line, which if I had to guess was an attempt to catch some heat off the popularity of Ms. Piggy.I’m sure this line has an ardent fan base somewhere but I kind of find these guys disturbing, I prefer Blythe thank you […]
I’d really like to nominate the Fisher Price Boat pictured here as one of the greatest bathtub toys ever created. I realize there is no “bathtub toys hall of fame” but there should be, I’d visit!
Card number 28 is dedicated to one of my personal favourite toy lines of my child hood, Mego’s Pocket Superheroes. Released in the late 1970s, these 3 3/4″ figures kept my love of Superheroes alive in a time when everything around was space orientated.For more on this killer line, check out the Mego Museum Pocket […]
Mattel hoped that they ahd the next Star Wars with Ray Harryhausen’s second trip into Greek Mythology in 1981’s “Clash of the Titans” . While the film was a hit at the box office, it somehow didn’t carry over to the toy shelves. Mattel released only one wave of figures and cancelled other merchandise based […]
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