Time for another voyage to the realm of Knock-Off toys, this week we meet the early 1980s 12-inch series called "Conquerors of the...

Fortune smiled on me last month in the form of managing to pick up a Commander Power action figure.  Known to us kids as Super Joe,...

The idea of Halloween style masks being marketed all year long is a wise one to me. I would have been all over this UK display.

I love it when I get a new catalog and discover something I'd never heard of. Take this Talking R2 D2 by Palitoy of the UK (Same folks...

In 1976, Hasbro Toys had abandoned the G.I. Joe action figure , the following year Joe returned 4 inches shorter and now in the future a...

I was rather excited to reunite with a working Palitoy talking Dalek this past month. This toy was my first "Big boy collector ...

This picture, from the 1977 Palitoy Bradgate Catalog is so much like my childhood (and adult dreams) it's scary. I love a world where ...

I love this neat British Ad for Palitoy UK, who were pretty confident they were going to sell football fields full of Star Wars toys (pss...

A year after Parker Brothers launched ROM in the US, Palitoy their UK distributor, inserted him into their Action Man Space Rangers l...

My passion for Hasbro's Bulletman knows know bounds, the figure in the foreground is the first thing I ever purchased at a toy show...

Meccanno Action Man 1982 Palitoy Action Man wasn't just marketed to children in the UK it also spread to countries such as France...

My pal Dom from Vintage Toyz and Collectibles sent in this new addition to our Palitoy Little Big Man gallery and it's quite a bi...

I'm always perplexed at how much a difference an ocean makes, GI Joe by this time was all about Mike Power and Bullet Man (not complain...

click to see a larger view Star Wars Toy Love knew no borders baby.

Tying in nicely to yesterday's catalog, we have another cool toy store appearance by Action Man, well Action Men really as the regular a...

While G.I. Joe was a fond memory for North American kids, he was living large in the UK under the guise of Action Man . Action Man was not o...

I cannot begin to tell you the good times me and that rifle had...

So let me paint this picture, these kids were winners of the Palitoy "Draw a Droid" competition (which I imagine was exactly what ...

I blogged about my fascination with the G.I. Joe intruder last year. I still don't get why Hasbro thought an outer space cave man was a...

UK kids weren't immune to the awesome, corrupting influence of George Lucas and got Star Wars Mania every bit as bad as we did here in ...