These cool BooBerry and Frankenberry puppets were in the 1977 Kenner catalog, which makes sense considering that Kenner was owned by General Mills. Booberry was my favourite cereal as a kid, they stopped making anything but Count Chocula here in the late seventies.
Here’s one by Mego that never made it out, Frankenbumps was a twist on stretch armstrong except you could use a pump to vacum seal his bean filled body and you’d be able to twist him into different positions. If this at all sounds familiar it’s because Cap toys revived the concept years later as […]
I did a page highlighting some of the cooler monster toys of last year’s Halloween features and thought today was as good day to point it out. There’s nothing quite like phoning it in is there?
What do you get when you mix Evel Knievel with the Universal Monsters? You get Ideal’s Scare Cycles, daredevil biker monsters is the perfect way to kick off our Halloween festivities this year.
I remember as a kid being perplexed by why the Remco McDonalds action figures existed, mostly because even then, I knew Ronald and co. were corporate shills. I guess all action figures are in some respect but this was really blatant.I also remember really being curious to see how they made an 8″ Grimace (still […]
In the midst of all the Hulk Helicopters and Explorer vehicles we get this, the Hulk Excersize mat. Seeing as the Hulk is muscular, it makes sense and it’s far cheaper than a gamma bomb.
I’ve been wanting to start a gallery of people’s childhood toy pictures but never really got around to it, then artist Al Bigley gave me a big jumpstart with these great examples from his family album. Above Al is shown with an APC Superman canister puzzle, I had an Apes one like that as a […]
A big one today, the 1978 Kenner Star Wars Catalog with shots of the original lineup including prototypes and store displays. This stuff will forever make me drool.
Thanks to a generous scan from Chris Montgomery, we have a new addition to the Plaid Stallions Rack Toys Gallery, these poopatroopers were a dimestore staple for years. I myself have called parachute men “poopatroopers” for years so it had an impact on me, thanks Chris!Check out Chris’s awesome Poopatroopers page
Starting a look at the toys produced by Remco with the 1979 Energized Super Heroes selection, featurings not just Spider-Man but all your favourites getting the low tech electronic treatment.
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