Things got wicked cool for GI Joe in Europe.
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Monday, March 18, 2019
Toy-Ventures 13- Battle of the Planets action figures from France
Toy-Ventures 13 talks about the awesome series of action figures based on the popular television series "Battle of the Planets". These are the action figures we craved and totally deserved as kids but sadly never got.
I go into my reasons as to why I love Battle of the Planets and showcase my small but well loved collection.
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Monday, February 04, 2019
Toy-Ventures 7: Robot Man with Four Faces
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Friday, August 03, 2018
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
More French Shogun Warriors!
"Invincible defenseur de la Planete Terre" is going on my next business card.
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Friday, March 16, 2018
The Adventures of Steve!
I have a real soft spot for generic knock-off action figures and I find this page from France kind of mind-blowing as I've never seen many of these "Steve the Adventurer" toys.
The Mego like Steve was known as "Demo Man" in other parts of the world and his head is a really blatant copy of Big Jim but unlike a lot of KO figures, there's a higher than normal amount of care in this guy.
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Thursday, March 08, 2018
Bionic People in France
Steve Austin and his crew were truly an international hit as evidenced by this wonderful catalog page from France. I love how Jaimie is now "Super Jaimie" but Maskatron? That's multilingual baby!
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Friday, February 23, 2018
Le Star War
While I'll freely admit that modern Brian is totally "Star Wars'd Out", whenever I see those original 12, I'm totally 7 years old again and I hope that never changes.
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Spider-Man from France
I love exclusives like this 10" action figure that seems to have only been available in Japan and France.
For a more detailed look at this guy, check out this photo review we did a few years ago...
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Les Super Heros!
This catalog page from France is like every other thought i had when i was eight. Nowadays I sadly think a lot about sandwiches more than Shogun Warriors....
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Le Guerre Des Etoiles
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This is a page from the Meccano Toys catalog from France showcasing all the new Star Wars stuff for 1979, I love how Blue Snaggletooth and that prototype troop transporter (which looks cooler IMO) snuck in there.
Wednesday, August 03, 2016
You know what they call "Six Million Dollar Man" in France?
"L'Homme Qui Valait 3 Millards" and Bionic Woman is "Super Jamie" and Maskatron is just...Maskatron
Friday, May 27, 2016
Battle of the Planets Phoenix by Ceji Arbois
Ever see something vintage for the first time and just "Oh I have to have this". That happened to me last month and the Ebay Gods smiled on me that I got it within my budget (that never happens).
This is a vintage Battle of the Planets Phoenix that was produced in France in 1980 and I WOULD HAVE KILLED FOR AS A KID!
More after the jump!
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Captain Harlock Action Figure
In France, they released this amazing Captain Harlock doll using a 12" GI Joe body. These were also sold in Quebec, I had one of these in 1987, paid a whopping ten bucks for it.
One of my toy collecting mentors/friends really wanted it, he was a great guy so I traded it to him thinking "I'll find another one", yeah I'm still waiting.....
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Le Big Jim
I truly am in awe of how much cool Big Jim stuff they got in Europe in the late 70s/early 80s. One of these days I'm going to track down all these pirates....
More Big Jim than you can handle!
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Spider-Man meets Zorro
This children's Spider-Man costume from France is pretty killer and detailed, the ray gun is weird but I bet kids didn't mind.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Poupees des La Guerre Des Etolies
French for Dolls from Star Wars. I love how this vintage catalog used the C3P0 model kit as a proxy for the action figure.
Thursday, March 03, 2016
Battle of the Planets Book and Record Set
While packing up this month, i found this wonderful piece that belongs to my wife. It's a book and record set from France very similar to our Power Records or I guess the Disney book and records. Canada has a large French population so many books, records and toys native to France were available here.
I am told that the French Battle of the Planets storybooks were in high demand at the local library where my wife grew up.
While there is no real novelty to copying the record (at least for me, I only know swears), I did think it would be fun to scan the great art from the accompanying pages, so transmute after the jump.
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
La Maison des Muppets
I found this in a toy catalog from France, Statler and Waldorf didn't make their way onto a lot of merchandise so it's nice to see them get so much real estate....
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Le Micronauts
This ad is from France where then distributor "Pin Pin Toys" had good fortune with the Micronauts line, it truly was an international affair with the line enjoying good sales in Canada, the UK, German, Greece and especially Italy.
This Friday our new podcast is all about the Interchangeable world of the Micronauts.
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