Special thanks to my friend Courtney who found all these treasures while I was sick.

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Tara Toys Space City Playset (sponsored link) 

That some awesome packaging art and it just gets better after that because it’s filled with Timee Toys Galaxy Laser Team figures, hooray!

Hank Williams Jr Black Velvet portrait (sponsored link)

I want this, I don’t know a damned thing about the man. I want to walk by it daily and gently whisper, “I am not yet ready for some football.”

Little Creepies Monster Game (sponsored link)

I’ve never seen a monster board game from 1974, and groovy art is involved. Will wonders ever cease?

Popy World Heroes Ultraman family (sponsored link) —

For those not in the know, these were Popy Japan’s attempts to create another line in scale with Kenner Star Wars (which they also sold in Japan), using Japanese heroes like Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and the 5 Man series.

I got heavily into these about a decade back. It was a really positive experience working with other collectors to buy lots. I wish there were more for me to collect.

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I really wish I could figure out how to display something like this. That art is incredible and just reminds me of being 7 years old.

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Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes toy line and a cover featuring artwork specially commissioned for Mego’s catalogue, gloriously coloured by Robyn Adams, founder of the Mego Museum.

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1970s Shazam Pencil Case (sponsored link)

I have this strange predilection for Superhero pencil sharpeners (see the video below), but I don’t own a single pencil case for some reason. Even as a kid I knew that material wouldn’t last a lunch hour, I guess. Shazam! merch always puts me in a good mood, tho.

Inflatable Jaws shark by Imperial Toys (sponsored link) —

It’s amazing to see Imperial still making JAWS merch in the mid-1980s; that movie had staying power. This merch was likely sponsored by “Jaws the Revenge” but they chose the right poster for the box.

Bruce Lee KO Bendies (sponsored link) —

I have one of these guys loose but I don’t think I’ve ever seen the card. It’s a “Not even trying” KO meant to look like Bruce Lee, it succeeds!

70s Karate T-Shirt (sponsored link) –

Wearing this as a kid would have invoked too many challenges for my own health.

Rip Tide Puffy Stickers (sponsored link)

I think this might be the perfect gift if you have a friend who has forgotten Rip Tide exists. I used to watch this but all I remember is the nerdy guy said “Boss” a lot. 

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Interchangables CEDM (Sponsored Link)

After Mego closed down, Marty and Howie Abrams launched “Hour Toy” and used the Micronauts toy molds to create “the Interchangables” which were funky Micronauts for lack of a better world.

Interchangables is an 80s toy line that haunted me like Bugmen of Insecta or the Mini Godaikin. When they opened, they stormed my local TRU, sat there for a decade, and then disappeared. I actually ran into some at a Toys R Us in 2004. Now, I kind of want to collect them but never see them. Ever. Where the heck did they all go?

AHI Space:1999 Stun Water Gun (Sponsored Link)

This squirt gun was one of my favourite toys of childhood. Say what you will of me, but I identify with Martin Landau. I could whip this out of my pocket accompanied by that high-pitched second-season whistle like a pro. BTW the oddball colours are rare with AHI stuff, I have a powder blue phaser that looks like a Mego phaser. I’ve heard it referred to as “Test Plastic,’ but I think it’s just the factory dealing with some runoff.

AHI Mr Spock Bop Bag (Sponsored Link)

This item, and I mean this VERY ITEM, is the subject of the first Toy-Ventures Magazine correction. When we did our AHI salute in issue 1, we missed this, the first version made for the AHI pool toy side. It’s larger, has different artwork, and so necessary; I mean, who doesn’t want to smack the smug off Nimoy’s face?  

Vintage Child’s StarCrash T-Shirt (Sponsored Link) 

I am shocked to find out that the classic Star Wars rip-off “Star Crash” got merchandise. I mean, I expect action figures, but finding out Stella Star graces a series of children’s shirts in the 1970s is kind of mind-blowing. Like I feel I’m in another reality right now. People don’t ride blimps here do they?

Dr. Who and the Daleks VHS poster (sponsored eBay Link) —

I had this poster and I just recently found out, it is no longer in my possession. That bothers me, not because it’s gorgeous (although that isn’t lost on me) but moreover because of where I got it.

This was the mid-1980s in nowhere Ontario, and I found a Dr. Who poster for fifty cents in a video store that likely closed 3 months later in downtown Whitby. That meant the world to me then, that there were bigger things out there. Also, I got to call the other members of my meager “Elitingville Club” and taunt them with my good fortune. Good times!

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