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Ernie Production Mold from Sesame Street (sponsored link) —

These are unique pieces of toy history and I’ve own a couple of them in my time. The trouble is, they look like this and are usually heavy to ship. Neat though.

Zee Toys Metal Man Sears Catalog Gift Set (sponsored Link)

Oh boy do I want this set, I’ve tried to get it half a dozen times in my 29-year (uck!) history on eBay. This one tasks me with its beauty and use of colour but it’s not a good time. BTW the backdrop is just from the saucer box.

Spider-Man Confessions of a Rock Superhero Record Store Display – Sponsored link

As much of a Spider-Man guy that I am, I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this. I’ve always figured if it was really good, I’d know about it.

Fame The Beach Towel based on the TV series “Fame” based on the movie “Fame” -(sponsored link)

Ever since I found that colouring book at Zolocon, I’ve been surprised that Fame (a show I will admit I am mostly apathetic about) has so much merchandise. I sure hope there is a “Paperchase” beach Towel with a big John Houseman on it. That would be cool.

Ceramic Ninja Music Box from Japan (sponsored link)-

Wow, does my sitting room feel naked without this.

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The Lincoln Monsters Backer Kit Store is now open to the public. After the successful Kickstarter campaign (Thank You Again!), BackerKit is the next chance to get in on the Lincoln Horror Show.

The Lincoln Monsters Backer Kit Store is now open to the public.

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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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Bootleg Star Wars X-Wing Model (sponsored link) —

If there was anything that screamed “1979,” it’s this thing. We were so awash in weird X Wings and Tie Fighters at the time. I like this design better than most.

The Adventures of Metal-Man Flying Saucer (sponsored link) —

These Metal Man vehicle sets are an obsession of mine (I put the video below), and this, to me, is the best set they made. Radon and his Flying Saucer is my favourite, and this set even still have the dome the figure is in. Someday, I will own one of those domes…..

Japanese Popeye Model Kit (sponsored link) —

Now Popeye is no stranger to merchandise, but a model kit is a new one for me, especially from Japan! It’s motorized because Japanese kids enjoy building their own toys. What a nice pallet cleanser for the week!

Chicklets Play Pal (sponsored link)–

It’s gum! It’s a toy! It’s Play pal! We run an article about these and Chewgum Warriors in Toy-Ventures issue 7. I don’t think that gum is still good, it would probably mess people up.

Message from Space Sticker Album (sponsored link) —

So this sticker book is based off the “Message from Space” TV Spin Off “Galactic Wars: which did get syndicated to other countries and spawning merch. When I was in the 6th grade, a kid from my class went to South America and brought back tons of these cards. They blew my mind. I’d seen “Message from Space,” but there were Apes and other aliens on these cards, nowhere to be seen in the movie. I actually bought the cards from him and still have a couple. It’s so cool to see the booklet finally.

Also, there was a dubbed compilation movie called “Sword of the Space Ark” or “Space Ninjas”. If you have a copy, please get in touch with me as I would really like to watch it.

 

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Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures 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 catalog, gloriously coloured by Robyn Adams, founder of the Mego Museum.
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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.

 

The Blood-A-Rama Shock Festival Pack

 

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5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

We co-produced this amazing action figure with White Elephant Toyz; it’s an 8″ Mego Style Officially Licensed Tura Satana figure with a beautiful box by Joeseph Linsner! Get yours while supplies last.

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Toy-Ventures takes another look at the amazing Zee Toys “The Adventures of Metal Man” toy line filled with new pick ups and an attempt to create a time line of these amazing action figures.

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Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures 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 catalog, gloriously coloured by Robyn Adams, founder of the Mego Museum.
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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.

The Blood-A-Rama Shock Festival Pack

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Amazing Bullmark Mecha Godzilla store display (sponsored link) ––

I’ve never seen these toys before but I wish I had seen them as a kid. That’s probably my favourite Godzilla movie of all time, and well, I like clear toys.

MASH Latrine Playset by Zee Toys (Sponsored Link) ––

So yeah, they made the toilets from MASH as a toy, a playset of sorts. You can set up the army man and well, make fart sounds all afternoon. When you factor in that this was aimed at boys in the third grade, you realize the people at Zee Toys may not have been stupid.

As a former 8-year-old boy, this would have been at least a fun afternoon.

Planet of the Apes Urko Belt Buckle (sponsored link) —

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but I’m awfully fond of this whole Planet of the Apes nonsense the kids are into. I really like the oddball items, probably because I’ve forbidden myself to buy them.  Although I’d look pretty bad ass in this.

Vintage Cocktail swords (sponsored link) —

These things were like currency when I was kid, my parents weren’t drinkers so getting these was rare. As a kid, they were the perfect scale for Mego figures and hey, who didn’t want swords for your action figures?

Battle of the Planets Target Set (Sponsored Link) 

While I’ve seen the box for this thing before, I never realized how cool the toy is. The box is that same Sandy Frank licensing shot we’ve seen before but the target set itself is of Zoltar!

Zoltar, that amazing gender bending Glam rock villain didn’t get onto a lot of merchandise and we must celebrate it.

Just look at this thing! Glorious!

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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Super Friends Flashlight (Affiliate Link) -►

This is a one two punch of artwork, we have some lovely Alex Toth Superfriends Swipes on the card itself. The Sticker on the Flashlight is based on classic Neal Adams art. I always admired how Adams made Batman look so cool.

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Zee Toys diecast M*A*S*H set (Affiliate Link) -►

Zee Toys (famous for the “Metal Man” series of toys) made some of the most logical M*A*S*H toys they could by focusing on the army vehicles. This little set even has the latrines! Pretend Frank Burns is taking a dump!

Milton Bradley Planet of the Apes Adventure Set (Affiliate Link)►

I’ve bloviated about this set before on my channel (see the video down below) and well, it deserves all the love it gets. I’ve never seen a toy more faithful to a TV series. It’s absolutely beautiful, and the seller has the Space:1999 Moonbase Alpha set, too. That will be mine someday! Mark my words…

Monster Puffy Stickers (eBay Affiliate Link)  ►

I believe these were originally done by Imperial Toy, but as I’ve showcased on the blog before, these had so many weird iterations, and I WANT THEM ALL!

Topstone Glow-in-the-Dark Dracula bank (affiliate link)►

I believe the inspiration for this bank came from the classic Hammer film “Taste the Big Kissable Lips of Dracula.” 

The Lincoln Monsters arrive this month!

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Toy-Ventures is our magazine; we’re an independent publisher trying to bring back print toy magazines; if you would like to support us, please check out the latest issue: https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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We co-produced this amazing action figure with White Elephant Toyz; it’s an 8″ Mego Style Officially Licensed Tura Satana figure with a beautiful box by Joeseph Linsner! Get yours while supplies last.

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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 Micronauts and Star Wars) it ran well into the 1980s and never added a single figure. We discuss the line’s charms and it’s ongoing popularity with collectors and look at my meager collection. 


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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…

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NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE GERRY ANDERSON PROGRAM “THUNDER BIRDS” IN ANY WAY, this is totally different, cause we put “Fire” in there instead of Thunder. Okay? Glad we’re clear.

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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 haunt my dreams 40 years later, I thought it might be of interest to all of you, read on after the jump!

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