In the mid 1970’s Gabriel toys released some of the highest quality action figures of the decade with their Lone Ranger line. Not known for action figures previously, the company spared no detail in the figures, their horses or the multitude of accessory packs. Announcement Time: I am taking a short sabbatical from the interweb […]
Another bit of vintage toy industry advertising. Growing up, Corgi Jrs were some of the coolest diecast around, not only because of their Superhero lines (I still have my Batmobile and Batcopter) but because they seemed to license almost every cool car from TV and movies including James Bond and Starsky and Hutch. Hopefully I’ll […]
I recently got a Childworld Flyer from 1975 which included some killer art, until I find a scanner big enough I’ll highlight some of the better pieces here and on the Megomuseum Blog. Today’s image of the Remco Phaser is probably my favourite, I love that young Spock from what is probably the series pilot. […]
I was scanning the catalog from a UK company called Berwick when I came upon this neat-o Tom Baker Doctor Who play costume and I thought it deserved blog attention.Like a lot of 70’s Canadian kids, I was watching Doctor Who on TVO from the time I could talk. The first con I attended was […]
Remco was a division of Azrak Hamway and while AHI made more of the dimestore “Impulse’ items, the Remco brand was used to promote toys of a higher quality. In 1976, the company attempted to infiltrate the action figure category (the McDonalds characters), Games (Magic Hat) along with their usual children’s role play items such […]
You can’t go wrong with a whole page of Sesame Street goodness like this 1978 Eatons Circular has. I still have my Fisher Price clubhouse and my kids use it every day. I do however find the Bert and Ernie Puppets on this page slightly disturbing. “Aaaaaaaggggghhhh!”
Even though this Mattel Tarzan set is made completely of recycled Big Jim pieces, (That’s Big Jeff as Lord Greystoke) it’s got to be one of my favourite action figures ever. For more Tarzan stuff check out our Tarzan Toys Gallery.
Wow, six Metal Men figures for $10? Where do I sign up?For those not in the know, Metal Men were a series of funky Diecast Metal Robot figures that had no back story (you had to use your imagination). They have a bit of a following now and don’t come cheap mint on card sadly.For […]
Another vintage toy industry ad, this time for the Empire Toys Bat Cycle. Think it has enough bats on it? For more check out the 1979 Empire Toys Catalog.
Technical issues still prevent Forgotten TV from happening today (It will return next Sunday) so I thought I’d show a page from something I’m working on, the 1980 Ben Cooper halloween costume catalog. While Hulk and Red Skull work as masks, the Batman and Spider-Man are somewhat creepy thanks to the materials used. How old […]
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