The subject of this weeks Toy-Ventures is one of the coolest and most underrated action figure lines of the 1970s, the “Metal Man” series by Zee Toys (AKA Zylmex). The Metal Man line had no TV advertising, no print campaign but thanks to its excellent design and timing (arriving at the same time as the […]
Scare Cycles FrankenCycle by Ideal- After Evel Knievel did his little trick with a baseball bat, Ideal toys was left with a very popular toy concept without a theme. Scare Cycles placed the classic monsters on choppers, it made no sense but who cared? Speaking of weird nonsense on Bikes- Who didn’t want a freewheeling Alan […]
The Metal Man figures actually predate Star Wars but they couldn’t have found a better time to exist. I remember being really fascinated with these characters and even buying the DC “Metal Men” comic as a kid thinking they were somehow related. I was disappointed… New Six Million Dollar Man Shirt in our Redbubble store! […]
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I recently came across this wonderful article about action figures circa 1977, it mentions Micronauts, Pulsar, Metal Man, Electroman, Stretch Monster, Shogun Warriors and their impact on the toy market place. It features interviews with not only toy buyers but toy makers from Hasbro, Mego, Zee Toys and Mattel. Seeing as these are things that […]
I love how they included the latrines in this….
It was all about Space and science fiction at Toyfair ’78 and Zee Toys was way ahead of the curve with their groovy 3 3/4″ Metal Men figures, this display has me absolutely drooling. I have lazily collected Metal Men for over ten years, I think I have four figures… Tobor is Robot spelled backwards, that […]
Just in case you’re trying to get me something for Christmas this year, these would do…
The Metal Men by Zee Toys were by far one of the neatest non-TV advertised toy lines around. Made entirely of die cast metal, these sleek futuristic series of robotic action figures left the back story completely to your imagination.Check out the 1979 Metal Men CatalogAs an added bonus, we have the amazing Metal men […]
I was surprised when doing my Metal Men feature last week to discover that Zee Toys also made a line of M*A*S*H items. M*A*S*H was one of my favorite shows growing up but I never had much desire to play it, probably because it was much of a drama/comedy than it was really about war. […]
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