tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268748822024-03-17T09:16:20.836-04:00Plaid Stallions : Rambling and Reflections on '70s pop cultureThe '70s seen through Department Store Wish Book Catalogs. Classic toys, bad fashion and Spider-Man appearing at your local mall.Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.comBlogger4092125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-22665585544795994402020-10-06T11:02:00.001-04:002020-10-06T11:02:12.782-04:00PlaidStallions is moving! (slowly)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="139" data-original-width="800" height="110" src="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/pslogo.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">
So, after 14 years, we've decided to upgrade <a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/" target="_blank">PlaidStallions</a> and move both the site and the <a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/">blog here</a>. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I plan to convert the entire site to WordPress, that's 15 years of work to re-do, so yeah, it's not gonna happen straight away.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We're still posting every day, making podcasts and of course, videos on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg?view_as=subscriber" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a>. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Here are some handy links to keep in touch.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Plaidstallionsdotcom/" target="_blank"> Plaid Stallions Facebook Page </a></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Plaidstallions" target="_blank">Plaid Stallions Twitter Account </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/plaidstallions/" target="_blank">Plaid Stallions Instagram </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg?view_as=subscriber">Brick Mantooth YouTube Channel </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> You can also <a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/subscribe/" target="_blank">subscribe to the Toy-Ventures Mailing list</a> here and be kept abreast of upcoming issues.
Thanks, everyone for so many years of success here on Blogger, see you on the new site.</span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" target="_blank">Toy-Ventures Magazine Can be Ordered Right here!</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwB9bEt_o2U/X0Qca--g4HI/AAAAAAAAdrU/rYCAssDgHjQ4U4mpPX14CWUV3bJnMJ2vgCPcBGAsYHg/s640/Phone3.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-26507889851762554012020-09-09T08:32:00.003-04:002020-09-09T08:32:33.434-04:00Pants Titans<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kqRPUn8MH5g/X1jKTFfXhrI/AAAAAAAAeI0/Pc4OSzRgZiYse4NblMwIMpWVE3jFFAi0QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/pantstitans.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kqRPUn8MH5g/X1jKTFfXhrI/AAAAAAAAeI0/Pc4OSzRgZiYse4NblMwIMpWVE3jFFAi0QCNcBGAsYHQ/w288-h400/pantstitans.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ladies and Gentlemen, pants achieved their purest form in 1973, it's wearers ascended to their heavens to begin anew as a non-carbon-based form of life. We've been in a state of "slack decline" ever since.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/" target="_blank">PlaidStallions blog is moving.</a></div><br /><p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/"><img alt="" class="alignleft wp-image-15514 size-medium" height="248" src="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Issue1toyventures-300x248.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Issue one of PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures is available now!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-14209539134754199162020-09-04T14:11:00.000-04:002020-09-04T14:11:02.940-04:005 Awesome things on eBay has moved<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/5-awesome-things-on-ebay-this-week-13/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="960" height="220" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8TcFduux42o/X1KCqRqqxbI/AAAAAAAAeCU/a7q0dx47cWEQGhClQRLaWx4zIaMjOIKHgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h220/frvieawesome.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />I'm migrating PlaidStallions to it's new home, eventually all the content will move there. <a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/5-awesome-things-on-ebay-this-week-13/" target="_blank">Let's try this week's Five Awesome Things</a> in the (under construction) version of the site.</div><br /> <p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-78114025941926936762020-09-03T20:50:00.001-04:002020-09-03T20:50:00.225-04:00Toy-Ventures: Top Ten 1980s Peg Warmers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yp1xx0iUjYk" width="320" youtube-src-id="Yp1xx0iUjYk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is our follow up to our 70s peg warmers list. The 1980s were an incredible time for action figures, an era we'll never see again but like anything, some items didn't really sell. Let's count down some toys that hung around.</span></div><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">
This list is meant in jest and not to be taken seriously. Tell me what i missed in the comments.
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/">http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/</a></div>BUY TOY-VENTURES MAGAZINE ISSUE ONE HERE:
<div style="text-align: center;">Pod-Stallions FB Group:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/podstallions/"></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/podstallions/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/podstallions/</a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-53791571566151766912020-09-03T07:30:00.001-04:002020-09-03T07:34:39.178-04:00GI Joe Adventure Team Explores the World<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MisAvg8l2qw/X1DRLt2nbwI/AAAAAAAAeBY/NDekasIJaJ035W8yhZC_7E-8oAMriditgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/JoeAdv2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1159" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MisAvg8l2qw/X1DRLt2nbwI/AAAAAAAAeBY/NDekasIJaJ035W8yhZC_7E-8oAMriditgCNcBGAsYHQ/w464-h640/JoeAdv2.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These GI Joe Wishbook spreads are some of my earliest memories, my mother even tells me that an overnight hospital stay once was made less traumatic by handing me a Christmas wishbook that was in her car.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No wonder that I smile every time I see one of these double-page spreads...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MZPpmg56uDY/X1DRLqAiZRI/AAAAAAAAeBU/cDI96HSl5mgRsf3CEaMU_z5qWe9MrVdbwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/JoeAdv1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1159" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MZPpmg56uDY/X1DRLqAiZRI/AAAAAAAAeBU/cDI96HSl5mgRsf3CEaMU_z5qWe9MrVdbwCNcBGAsYHQ/w464-h640/JoeAdv1.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" target="_blank">Toy-Ventures Magazine Can be Ordered Right here!</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwB9bEt_o2U/X0Qca--g4HI/AAAAAAAAdrU/rYCAssDgHjQ4U4mpPX14CWUV3bJnMJ2vgCPcBGAsYHg/s640/Phone3.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-23897233866636977422020-09-02T11:06:00.001-04:002020-09-02T11:06:06.880-04:00Action Figures 1982<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_5wpDWYB6IM/X0-0YLtPlWI/AAAAAAAAeAA/Fa4HKZTSEXg62pGbT-jm7m25t4E3VMEXwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/starwars82.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1449" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_5wpDWYB6IM/X0-0YLtPlWI/AAAAAAAAeAA/Fa4HKZTSEXg62pGbT-jm7m25t4E3VMEXwCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/starwars82.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">1982 gave you your choice of Lucasfilm action figures, Spielberg action figures, or if you were feeling particularly adventurous Lucasfilm/Spielberg action figures. Such variety!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" target="_blank">Toy-Ventures Magazine Can be Ordered Right here!</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwB9bEt_o2U/X0Qca--g4HI/AAAAAAAAdrU/rYCAssDgHjQ4U4mpPX14CWUV3bJnMJ2vgCPcBGAsYHg/s640/Phone3.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-47836093392042873612020-09-01T09:57:00.011-04:002020-09-01T10:08:27.323-04:00A Monstrous Word of Thanks<p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="3226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U8MMBELYrko/X05S8kMOZeI/AAAAAAAAd-8/4lxXAXl05nYDSr4Q2UBNo2Rz7xwG1BQtwCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/thanks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is
long overdue and I apologize for getting to this sooner but wow, the launch of
the magazine had a few challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" target="_blank">The Guideto the World Famous Super Monsters in the first issue of Toy-Ventures</a> does not have an author name attached
because like all good projects, it was a collaboration and a product of people
being very generous with their time and information.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span>I merely
acted as a project coordinator (which is my favourite role in anything) So i
want to thank the real authors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rob Chatlin- for being the best editor I could hope for, the man has a big red
pen.</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Corey
LeChat- for just coming in and giving everything such incredible flourish.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Steve
Moore- Steve caught a few things that would haunt me forever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Guide
would not exist however if I didn't have these incredibly generous men who
shared their collections, knowledge, and photographs to create this guide.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Raymond Castile<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Andrew
Williams<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Heath Smith<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mike Jimenz<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rob Pyatt<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clay Sayre<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Robert
William</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Steve Rosenthal</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Matt Jaycox<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rich Hurley</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Scott Metzger</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Steve Fink</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sylvain
Emery<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Steve Leach<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dwayne Pinkney<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And finally
Shannon Stewart, who egged me on in February built the FB group to house this project and convinced
me to make this happen.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can't
tell you how much this project meant to me and how the energy and support
everyone put into it raised my spirits.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You all
might collect monsters but you're superheroes to me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From the
bottom of my heart, thank you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" target="_blank">Toy-Ventures Magazine Can be Ordered Right here!</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwB9bEt_o2U/X0Qca--g4HI/AAAAAAAAdrU/rYCAssDgHjQ4U4mpPX14CWUV3bJnMJ2vgCPcBGAsYHg/s640/Phone3.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-59259429688669301982020-08-27T22:00:00.007-04:002020-08-28T13:53:29.876-04:00Toy-Ventures: More AHI Monster Knock Offs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/keZioU-bE-I" width="320" youtube-src-id="keZioU-bE-I"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <span color="" face="" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just a quick one this week (I have magazines to ship) about the various AHI monster knock offs I've picked up this year, I'd like to introduce you to the Midnight Monsters and hey another Krazy Kreep!</span></p><span color="" face="" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Toy-Ventures Magazine is available right now here:
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Mego Knock Off Headquarters Facebook Group:
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-61220638637541004612020-08-25T16:25:00.004-04:002020-08-25T16:25:38.065-04:00The Ultra-Dads<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZvX4ONCEb5c/X0VzUHLidWI/AAAAAAAAds0/WDUB5RIN3fwHpYDxRqRnBnPqnNEXgO6pQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/ultradads.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1149" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZvX4ONCEb5c/X0VzUHLidWI/AAAAAAAAds0/WDUB5RIN3fwHpYDxRqRnBnPqnNEXgO6pQCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/ultradads.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">From the Planet Cul-de-Sac, the Ultra-Dads are the sworn protectors of the Cosmic Thermostat!</span></h1><p></p>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-2034688590078619082020-08-24T16:03:00.001-04:002020-08-24T16:03:11.476-04:00Matchbox Mobile Action Command Find<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OKCVO0ZpIZs/X0QabzbLdII/AAAAAAAAdrA/XyfI2RTHI-Y6YBXbEreWMhZI10MvZdQfACNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/MAC1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OKCVO0ZpIZs/X0QabzbLdII/AAAAAAAAdrA/XyfI2RTHI-Y6YBXbEreWMhZI10MvZdQfACNcBGAsYHQ/s640/MAC1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><br /></div>Like a lot of you, my summer plans kinda fell apart in 2020, so I've been doing small day trips with my wife hitting some familiar antique and flea haunts. It's been slim pickings but it's still fun to get back to scrounging in a limited fashion.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The best find I've had all summer is this beautiful carded Matchbox Mobile Action Command (M.A.C for short) vehicle complete on Canadian card (which if you watch Toy-Ventures, you know is a fetish of mine).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vGI4GW4ekEI/X0Qa9d3eKYI/AAAAAAAAdrI/H4km07u4PvQ3zBdFwOwbUTIHcV2VVtMXQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1200/MAC2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vGI4GW4ekEI/X0Qa9d3eKYI/AAAAAAAAdrI/H4km07u4PvQ3zBdFwOwbUTIHcV2VVtMXQCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/MAC2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">M.A.C is one of those toylines I only purchase "in the wild", I refuse to look on eBay, it's just more fun and appreciated like this. This was tucked in behind something, it was almost impossible to see, I almost felt like it was waiting for me.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Here's to small victories!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rUUMierC-nQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="rUUMierC-nQ"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUUMierC-nQ" target="_blank">We did a Toy-Ventures e</a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUUMierC-nQ" target="_blank">pisode about MAC on Youtube</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" target="_blank">Toy-Ventures Magazine Can be Ordered Right here!</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwB9bEt_o2U/X0Qca--g4HI/AAAAAAAAdrU/rYCAssDgHjQ4U4mpPX14CWUV3bJnMJ2vgCPcBGAsYHg/s640/Phone3.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-76308751302473490832020-08-21T08:40:00.001-04:002020-08-21T08:40:19.973-04:00An Open Letter to PayPal <p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i1.wp.com/www.needmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/paypal.jpg?fit=720%2C480&ssl=1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="267" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.needmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/paypal.jpg?fit=720%2C480&ssl=1" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Attn: Daniel H. Schulman</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">President of PayPal</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Dear Mr. Schulman,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />My name is Brian Heiler, I am writing to you today as the owner of a small start-up business who is in need of your help.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">During the Pandemic shut down, I like a lot of other people found myself without employment and I decided that this would be the time to launch my dream business, creating niche publications.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over the next few months, I and several collaborators created a publication I was very proud of, so much so that I threw caution to the wind and spent my much-needed funds to create it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The dream became a nightmare when, on my launch date, I discovered PayPal was allowing me to take orders but not allowing me access funds to pay for postage or to pay for the other services involved. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I could not access my funds until I provided some proof that my business was real.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My business FYI has had a PayPal account for almost a decade.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have sent document after document on that list and they've all been rejected with no explanation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your customer service has been nearly impossible to speak to, one person just coldly told me to "Just go buy stamps" another person reminded me "they're busy" and it would be a ten-day wait.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have sent the requested documents several times and spent over $200 (that I don't have) getting the documentation PayPal demanded and woke up today to find it was again rejected for no explanation and again, the email asked for the document I already provided.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This dream project is now a nightmare, I can't ship the orders yet people keep ordering (giving PayPal my money), I can't do my press release campaign because I don't know if PayPal will keep my money indefinitely. No one will speak to me or answer my questions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The stress has now caused negative effects on my health and I have taken a leave of absence from my job.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All I want is to speak to someone at your financial institution today to advise as to how I resolve this manner in a reasonable time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope that your financial institution can honour this reasonable request from a small start-up business that cannot survive to wait.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yours Sincerely,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Brian Heiler</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-62340030678582978452020-08-18T08:50:00.003-04:002020-08-18T08:50:40.098-04:00Star Trek Happy Meal Box<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uK2CxJ4W9XY/XzvKHJO3edI/AAAAAAAAdj0/AhsBKW7Pobw8drVYHahAtpaEOzGHyxEtACNcBGAsYHQ/s1845/trekmeal1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1623" data-original-width="1845" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uK2CxJ4W9XY/XzvKHJO3edI/AAAAAAAAdj0/AhsBKW7Pobw8drVYHahAtpaEOzGHyxEtACNcBGAsYHQ/s640/trekmeal1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On my way home from the printers picking up samples of <a href="http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/plaidstallions-toy-ventures-issue-one-september-2020/">Toy-Ventures</a> (coming this week) I stopped into <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeToySociety/" target="_blank">The Toy Society</a>, a retro shop on my way home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I saw this on the shelf, it had to come home with me. Fortunately for me, it was reasonable because my reaction to it certainly wasn't, it was like seeing an old friend.</span></div> <p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f0yvc4eeNZw/XzvKHGrDcJI/AAAAAAAAdjw/BBbfFMBFWfwRtT5Xu4CdhLZ94qKOXrzUACNcBGAsYHQ/s1791/trekmeal2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1641" data-original-width="1791" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f0yvc4eeNZw/XzvKHGrDcJI/AAAAAAAAdjw/BBbfFMBFWfwRtT5Xu4CdhLZ94qKOXrzUACNcBGAsYHQ/s640/trekmeal2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These Happy Meals seem to represent a good time for me as a kid, where everything was going great and somehow that feeling of overwhelming optimism I had as a kid is now connected to this piece of cardboard. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Honestly, I felt a swirl of emotion, things were going great at school, I had tons of friends, I had discovered Judy Bloom and Crestwood Monster books, I was really quite pleased with my fourth-grade existence. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tMlRxZ6FcxE/XzvKHNNSF4I/AAAAAAAAdjs/kCeaqrnG82spd8Z9OCGdsJogvOAcoh7DACNcBGAsYHQ/s1761/trekmeal3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="1374" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tMlRxZ6FcxE/XzvKHNNSF4I/AAAAAAAAdjs/kCeaqrnG82spd8Z9OCGdsJogvOAcoh7DACNcBGAsYHQ/s640/trekmeal3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't want to get all "woo-woo" but you go through a lot of self-doubts when you start something like a new publication and before I got to the Toy Society, my head, already woozy from the fumes of printer's ink was also filled with the worry that I was suffering from the "Dunning Kruger" effect.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6UvECEKIfwg/XzvKHoMHGbI/AAAAAAAAdj4/7WJ4jLKpbYEdBKACxN6_J7NN8090H4nzACNcBGAsYHQ/s1584/trekmeal4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6UvECEKIfwg/XzvKHoMHGbI/AAAAAAAAdj4/7WJ4jLKpbYEdBKACxN6_J7NN8090H4nzACNcBGAsYHQ/s640/trekmeal4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And that is why I was so excited to see what is essentially a food wrapper from a restaurant I only now eat at begrudgingly (breakfast excepted), for that minute it was a reminder of positive times and it had to be mine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also, it reminds me how EXCITED I was to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture, that movie's gonna rock!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XFE5DvjAo4E" width="320" youtube-src-id="XFE5DvjAo4E"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the last couple of years, I've been buying a collection of Knock-Offs and this month, I get to explore strange new worlds with the cast of "Space Trek" but this band of interstellar explorers sure are wearing some familiar cloths and actually some familiar heads too.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes Space Trek is another in a series of a toyline inspired by the left overs of another, much more well known one and in this case it's the Mego Star Trek line and The Ideal toys Star Team series. It's Knock-Off-A-Rific! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also, there is a major update about Toy-Ventures magazine, it's a good one.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-44290885179615272502020-08-14T16:42:00.008-04:002020-08-14T17:00:47.477-04:00Life Size Fisher Price Adventure People Sleeping Bag<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u3az-5p7WyY/XzbzAfNEYfI/AAAAAAAAdcE/mZCom9VqvZwKfiRQokYkl2L4YxCGLN1wACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/EfO7B-SXgAA5cHR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u3az-5p7WyY/XzbzAfNEYfI/AAAAAAAAdcE/mZCom9VqvZwKfiRQokYkl2L4YxCGLN1wACNcBGAsYHQ/s640/EfO7B-SXgAA5cHR.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This came up on a twitter conversation with a fellow named <a href="https://twitter.com/sycamoreskid" target="_blank">Dave Skidmore</a>, who received this life-size fisher price adventure people sleeping bag as a gift from a friend's mother.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />If they sold these in stores, this would be in my car so fast.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's just such a mind-blowing thing to see such a beloved classic toy accessory life-sized, I'm completely in awe of this wonderful item and I hope it makes you smile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zdQS6vg5ewg/XzbzE8dAGMI/AAAAAAAAdcI/HMAJNOlcYJgiN5AmoNPe91zVhTOQV16PgCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/EfO7B-TWoAY_0R7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zdQS6vg5ewg/XzbzE8dAGMI/AAAAAAAAdcI/HMAJNOlcYJgiN5AmoNPe91zVhTOQV16PgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/EfO7B-TWoAY_0R7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ChOx3E5c1A" width="320" youtube-src-id="3ChOx3E5c1A"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/">Mego Knock-Offs</a>? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate group that focuses just on vintage toys: </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1RGmpZbcTQ/Xp9BzPw9UfI/AAAAAAAAaJc/r4BVrmBxr-0U3RibEABB8GBe_ziq09oawCPcBGAYYCw/s320/newKOheader.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/" target="_blank">The First issue of Toy-Ventures magazine is almost here</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://c1.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_limit,w_695/v1592571239/ce11iemdms9zkbwbhkom.jpg" width="294" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-58071379713608759742020-08-13T07:43:00.002-04:002020-08-13T07:43:26.065-04:00Oh, Behave<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VadpqrgQZpU/XzUlr5F_H3I/AAAAAAAAdaw/BI_DOsW2vnQ76sxzqdr3nERie9v7KIgugCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/ohbehave.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1159" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VadpqrgQZpU/XzUlr5F_H3I/AAAAAAAAdaw/BI_DOsW2vnQ76sxzqdr3nERie9v7KIgugCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/ohbehave.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Groupies for Paul Revere and the Raiders weren't large in number but they made up for it by taking it very seriously...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div> <p></p>
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Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate group that focuses just on vintage toys: </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1RGmpZbcTQ/Xp9BzPw9UfI/AAAAAAAAaJc/r4BVrmBxr-0U3RibEABB8GBe_ziq09oawCPcBGAYYCw/s320/newKOheader.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/" target="_blank">The First issue of Toy-Ventures magazine is almost here</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://c1.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_limit,w_695/v1592571239/ce11iemdms9zkbwbhkom.jpg" width="294" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-14181628689870198202020-08-12T12:28:00.003-04:002020-08-12T12:28:16.146-04:00Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 1 is on the Press!<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fTuegxGuen0/XzQUTHJCV-I/AAAAAAAAdZk/dtZ3qn3j6DsULN46LJHvzhhhbq90VJYewCNcBGAsYHQ/s1002/TVheader.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1002" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fTuegxGuen0/XzQUTHJCV-I/AAAAAAAAdZk/dtZ3qn3j6DsULN46LJHvzhhhbq90VJYewCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/TVheader.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;">So happy to share these photos sent to me by my friends at</span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"> </span><span face="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e51075; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="http://www.thompsonprint.com/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e51075; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Thompson Printing</a>.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Toy-Ventures magazine is almost here!</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a07GUxWp9jQ/XzQUd1NyaDI/AAAAAAAAdZo/4Yt3Fme0HkkatoV0ccGqrWM4HDA9liZfwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/cover%2B1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a07GUxWp9jQ/XzQUd1NyaDI/AAAAAAAAdZo/4Yt3Fme0HkkatoV0ccGqrWM4HDA9liZfwCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/cover%2B1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;">Some updates, Shipping will likely begin next week, I will post an update when I have confirmation.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><b>US Contributors</b>- Your copies will be shipping from within in the US itself vis USPS.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><b>Canadian and European Orders</b>- I'll be shipping your orders from here but I'm prepped and ready to go.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><b>Digital Orders</b>- Expect an email with a link in the next week or so.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;">Extra copies will be available for sale on my website, ebay, etsy and more. I'll post links when they're live.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;">The main page for <a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/" target="_blank">Toy-Ventures Magazine is right here.</a></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;">Thanks, everyone for your support, it means a great deal.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;" />Brian</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-amCo22junKs/XzQXdnh5crI/AAAAAAAAdZ4/l-hdGB22sJ4KDXtEhZk7cPcl33XbpRbqgCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/text%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1847" data-original-width="2048" height="289" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-amCo22junKs/XzQXdnh5crI/AAAAAAAAdZ4/l-hdGB22sJ4KDXtEhZk7cPcl33XbpRbqgCNcBGAsYHQ/w320-h289/text%2B2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WBbHt_U-UMo/XzQXlQj16NI/AAAAAAAAdZ8/x5BSFthrMEA0Vixpd1_PMB6D5qH4MsJIgCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/text%2B1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WBbHt_U-UMo/XzQXlQj16NI/AAAAAAAAdZ8/x5BSFthrMEA0Vixpd1_PMB6D5qH4MsJIgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/text%2B1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><br /></p></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-1635228865265658302020-08-12T08:05:00.005-04:002020-08-12T08:05:48.905-04:00Fisher Price Adventure People 1978
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GyJeByURe34/XzPaepGvIFI/AAAAAAAAdZU/lvv319sDAFM57D1nBHRsO6bPGjLdmQJugCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/FPAP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1181" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GyJeByURe34/XzPaepGvIFI/AAAAAAAAdZU/lvv319sDAFM57D1nBHRsO6bPGjLdmQJugCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/FPAP.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had set 4,5,6,7 thanks to four rather prosperous Christmas times, If I had to pick an absolute favourite from this page, I'd say "Wilderness Patrol", which ones did you have?</span></div><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/">Mego Knock-Offs</a>? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate group that focuses just on vintage toys: </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1RGmpZbcTQ/Xp9BzPw9UfI/AAAAAAAAaJc/r4BVrmBxr-0U3RibEABB8GBe_ziq09oawCPcBGAYYCw/s320/newKOheader.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/" target="_blank">The First issue of Toy-Ventures magazine is almost here</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://c1.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_limit,w_695/v1592571239/ce11iemdms9zkbwbhkom.jpg" width="294" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-13864549590952447582020-08-11T08:08:00.007-04:002020-08-11T08:08:37.542-04:00Sleeping Bag O Rama<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u6JelqgIYXQ/XzKJKFj-3XI/AAAAAAAAdYA/E2HXrBJJI180V1Vwr2yAU4jjPhL-BKI-gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/sleepingbags2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1160" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u6JelqgIYXQ/XzKJKFj-3XI/AAAAAAAAdYA/E2HXrBJJI180V1Vwr2yAU4jjPhL-BKI-gCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/sleepingbags2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This selection of sleeping bags from 1979 really taps into the pop culture at the time, it's a mish-mosh of TV Properties and popular brands. I'd have gone for the Black Hole at the time, you?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FD-FKIWLAag/XzKJJ-uHrUI/AAAAAAAAdX8/jKNUKFAFPjgf47Qum5kQDSExsQ3Up_knwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/sleepingbags1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1163" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FD-FKIWLAag/XzKJJ-uHrUI/AAAAAAAAdX8/jKNUKFAFPjgf47Qum5kQDSExsQ3Up_knwCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/sleepingbags1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/">Mego Knock-Offs</a>? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate group that focuses just on vintage toys: </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1RGmpZbcTQ/Xp9BzPw9UfI/AAAAAAAAaJc/r4BVrmBxr-0U3RibEABB8GBe_ziq09oawCPcBGAYYCw/s320/newKOheader.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/" target="_blank">The First issue of Toy-Ventures magazine is almost here</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://c1.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_limit,w_695/v1592571239/ce11iemdms9zkbwbhkom.jpg" width="294" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-26287101326928265212020-08-10T07:25:00.004-04:002020-08-10T07:25:27.542-04:00The Christmas Place for Boys
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vaxrFUg8pp8/XzEttBz9PHI/AAAAAAAAdWI/xBeZfapHDY0AjAeHIIFAKrkKA1Golu_pwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/dorks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1158" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vaxrFUg8pp8/XzEttBz9PHI/AAAAAAAAdWI/xBeZfapHDY0AjAeHIIFAKrkKA1Golu_pwCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/dorks.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I couldn't decide whether to call this page "Dorkton Abbey" or the "Virgin Academy" so I'll let you choose.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/">Mego Knock-Offs</a>? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate group that focuses just on vintage toys: </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1RGmpZbcTQ/Xp9BzPw9UfI/AAAAAAAAaJc/r4BVrmBxr-0U3RibEABB8GBe_ziq09oawCPcBGAYYCw/s320/newKOheader.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/" target="_blank">The First issue of Toy-Ventures magazine is almost here</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://c1.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_limit,w_695/v1592571239/ce11iemdms9zkbwbhkom.jpg" width="294" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-80978102071228796622020-08-08T14:22:00.000-04:002020-08-08T14:22:57.398-04:00Toy-Ventures: Maskatron (Kenner Six Million Dollar Man)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHd_zhifqLY" width="320" youtube-src-id="LHd_zhifqLY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Toy-Ventures this week looks at what we believe to be the greatest villain action figure of the 1970s and perhaps the best action figure of the decade as well.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kenner's Maskatron, the robotic face changing robot from Kenner's Six Million Dollar Man toy line is a wonderful bit of toy magic when some licenses a property but takes artistic license (anticipate a callback joke) and sets out to also make a toy with tremendous play value.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bionic Jump over to our facebook group PodStallions:</span></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/podstallions"><span style="font-family: verdana;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/podstallions</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Toy-Ventures Magazine is coming this month:</span></p><p><a href="https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/"><span style="font-family: verdana;">https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/</span></a></p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-11073741194429128972020-08-06T00:00:00.001-04:002020-08-06T00:00:05.369-04:00Welcome to a psychedelic happening<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KjcOB2LhOZA/XytWyiEBNbI/AAAAAAAAdQw/rTg0ZXGmtSw1l_XzaZfePmozuM_QeUV7ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/happening.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1153" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KjcOB2LhOZA/XytWyiEBNbI/AAAAAAAAdQw/rTg0ZXGmtSw1l_XzaZfePmozuM_QeUV7ACNcBGAsYHQ/s640/happening.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*psychedelic happenings are in my parent's basement, no shoes in the happening, happening ends at 10pm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/">Mego Knock-Offs</a>? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate group that focuses just on vintage toys: </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1RGmpZbcTQ/Xp9BzPw9UfI/AAAAAAAAaJc/r4BVrmBxr-0U3RibEABB8GBe_ziq09oawCPcBGAYYCw/s320/newKOheader.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/" target="_blank">The First issue of Toy-Ventures magazine is almost here</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://c1.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_limit,w_695/v1592571239/ce11iemdms9zkbwbhkom.jpg" width="294" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-2843962114939778782020-08-05T00:00:00.002-04:002020-08-05T21:14:57.986-04:00Terry! Terry! Terry!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5tT2UQjYsYc/Xyn7xiTAl5I/AAAAAAAAdQg/42Zk6-ud7hwWFMFpmEsnSYszotAlNf9cQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/terryterryterry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1155" h="" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5tT2UQjYsYc/Xyn7xiTAl5I/AAAAAAAAdQg/42Zk6-ud7hwWFMFpmEsnSYszotAlNf9cQCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/terryterryterry.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><font face="verdana">I think this is from the rare Star Trek episode they only play after 11pm.</font></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Like Mego Knock-Offs? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate group that focuses just on vintage toys: </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1RGmpZbcTQ/Xp9BzPw9UfI/AAAAAAAAaJc/r4BVrmBxr-0U3RibEABB8GBe_ziq09oawCPcBGAYYCw/s320/newKOheader.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/" target="_blank">The First issue of Toy-Ventures magazine is almost here</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://c1.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_limit,w_695/v1592571239/ce11iemdms9zkbwbhkom.jpg" width="294" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-58276104926009874732020-08-04T09:28:00.002-04:002020-08-04T09:28:12.193-04:00Star Wars Masks!
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KvML71L0rnc/Xylh5lbhlbI/AAAAAAAAdQU/SpWuLcg3ID4JNnWv0SKEjg_uGg0AZ47RACNcBGAsYHQ/s1786/SW-Masks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1747" data-original-width="1786" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KvML71L0rnc/Xylh5lbhlbI/AAAAAAAAdQU/SpWuLcg3ID4JNnWv0SKEjg_uGg0AZ47RACNcBGAsYHQ/s640/SW-Masks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">There was no way I was getting $40 for a mask in 1978 but I envied those who did.</font></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Like Mego Knock-Offs? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate group that focuses just on vintage toys: </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Megoknockoff/"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1RGmpZbcTQ/Xp9BzPw9UfI/AAAAAAAAaJc/r4BVrmBxr-0U3RibEABB8GBe_ziq09oawCPcBGAYYCw/s320/newKOheader.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/" target="_blank">The First issue of Toy-Ventures magazine is almost here</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://c1.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_limit,w_695/v1592571239/ce11iemdms9zkbwbhkom.jpg" width="294" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26874882.post-28684577040645035252020-08-01T14:28:00.000-04:002020-08-01T14:28:06.426-04:00Toy-Ventures Magazine Update!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/umKYnvgVIjs" width="320" youtube-src-id="umKYnvgVIjs"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><font size="5">Good news! The press proof for Toy-Ventures Issue one arrived, this video gives you a sneak peek into issue 1. I also want to use this time to answer some questions I'm getting, announce a second issue and of course, thank all the wonderful folks who supported this dream.</font><div><font size="5"><br />What would you like to see covered in Toy-Ventures Issue 2?<br /></font><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Toy-Ventures Magazine Web Page:</font></div><div><a href="https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/"><font size="5">https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/magazine/</font></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at <a href="http://www.plaidstallions.com"> Plaid Stallions.com</a></div>Plaidstallionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.com2