One has to wonder if there was anyone who grew up loving this Burger King Playset and then later ended up working at a real Burger King. I know I used to pretend I had a variety store as a kid and eventually ended up a register monkey for a couple of years. I never […]
Mobile Action Command or MAC is one of the most underrated action figure lines of the 1970’s.The concept is centered on the nameless men of MAC, an international rescue operation similiar to the Thunderbirds, each man has his own quasi futuristic vehicle. The combination of a 2″ figure and attractively priced vehicle lured me many […]
I’m surprised I’m doing this update because these figures kind of gave me the creeps as a kid. The Sunshine Family were devised by Mattel as grown up hippies now starting their families in the middle of the “Me Decade”. These extremely large eyed figures had a real folk art scene going on and remained […]
Not that he ever really goes out of style but Spider-Man seems to have seen a real resurgance of merchandising, probably due to the CBS live action series which I loved as a kid and now doze to as an adult.The Spider-Man drawing machine is an especially terrific toy, a friend of mine left one […]
I recently met a fellow named Shannon through facebook and he shared his amazing 70’s toylove body art with me. Above is his tribute to the Kenner Bionic Man doll.The Marx Green Machine was the stuff of legend where I grew up, every kid wanted one.It all ends with this brilliant tribute to Kenner’s Smash […]
After the Vietnam war, toy soldiers sure weren’t such a hot item. G.I. Joe retired to beome an adventurer and the only soldier type toys were usually knock offs, many major companies shyed away from anything too military.Mattel’s Heroes in Action were an interesting throwback to the 60’s, a 3 3/4″ action figure line that […]
I’m currently working on the 1978 Fisher Price Catalog, it’s large so it’s taking a some time. One of the things I love about any old toy catalog are the occasional shot of a store display, they’re usually pretty biased to one thing but they give a little look of what was. I thought I’d […]
I’m currently working on the 1977 Mattel Catalog and came across the introduction blurb for Slime, which surprised me at how small the picture was. Slime was a pretty big deal, everyone I knew was aware of it and wanted it.My parents relented on the purchase of said Slime, they most likely saw it as […]
Kusan’s Sonic Fazer is one of those toys that made no bones about it’s inspiration. As the caped Han Solo look alike on the box would attest to, this is made with George Lucas in mind.Kusan however made up for a lack of licensing by adding a lot of cool innovative features to the Sonic […]
I love little things like this article about the hottest selling toys of 1974. As you can see Evel Knievel is getting killed by play-doh and Barbie! #8 is still my favourite, oh Crazy Foam, how I miss thee….
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