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The 1980 Remco Catalog

1980 was a growing year for this offshoot of Azrak Hamway as they expanded their line of Super Hero action figures, reintroduced the Universal Monsters to 80’s kids, while continuing to offer old favorites like Batman utility belts and KISS makeup. Check out the 1980 Remco Catalog here.RRRRRRRRRRRR!Other Remco Catalog links:1976 Remco Catalog1979 Remco Catalog

Shogun Warrior Memories

Although I never had them as a kid, the Shogun Warriors played a big part in my current dementia. My neighbor and then best pal Willie had Mazinga and I played with it every time I visited. Flash forward to 1983 when Willie was having a yard sale, I cruised by on my bmx and […]

Man From Atlantis : The Lost Toys

An amazing update to the Kenner Man from Atlantis Page thanks to some steller contributions by Chris Georgoulias including prototype actions figures, test shots and internal paperwork from Kenner. MFA was as close as we were going to get to a live action Aquaman series as kids and this is an insiders look at the […]

Colouring Book Theatre : Planet of the Apes

Today’s colouring book is courtesy of Sharry AKA Hardygirl on the megomuseum boards, a real kindred spirit when it comes to colouring books.This is an Artcraft/Saalfield colouring book on one of my favourite subjects of all time, Planet of the Apes. Even though the first movie deals with a lot of adult themes, we as […]

More Sleeping Bag Goodness

More reminders of my now long gone sleeping bag collection, that supergals one was possibly my favourite of all time, it doesn’t hurt that much of it looks like a giant Mego actionf figure package but how often do you see Wondergirl on merchandising?

Colouring Book Theatre : Batman and Robin

Today’s colouring book is another one I had as a kid, Batman and Robin Battle the Joker in “Comedy of Tears” I borrowed the cover image from Rob Kelly’s Treasury Comics website because this tabloid sized volume is too big for my scanner.While the cover is a 60’s image by Carmine Infantino (which also graced […]

Vintage Star Trek Toy Love

A very cool “back in the day” piece of Star Trek coolness courtesy of Jerry, whose patient mom converted a red sweatshirt into a perfect trek uniform. Word of advice young Jerry, don’t volunteer for any landing parties. If I wasn’t already envious of that sweet Remco Ultility belt, Jerry rubs in it a little […]

Double Feature Friday

A double header today as we have two new features added to the site, first off, the 1976 Wham-o Frisbee catalog which, if you’re like me, will make you long for summer. All the Retro Toyfair Coverage has been saved to the site on one tidy page, in case you missed any of it or […]