This week's installment of Toy Ventures is all about the cool licensed School Supplies created by a company called Alco. Over a perio...

Man, do we have something wonderful this Friday, an original Child World Toy Flyer straight from November 1976. If you're a fan...

I spent last evening loading up all the images for Mego's grand launch back to Target stores (You can see it all at the MegoMuseum...

Here are a few random pages from the 1980 Pedigree Toys catalog from the UK, being 9 at the time I can honestly say I WANTED ALL OF THIS! ...

This weekend marks the annual Mego Meet convention in Skokie, IL. I'll be heading there to help out at the door, see old fri...

My mom bought me a Sesame Street rain slicker this year (1978), I remember being a little embarrassed wearing it as many of my peers we...

For the last two decades I've been quietly collecting these promotional cups given away by Pepsi in the 1970s in Canada. Similar to...

I was elated to find this ad full of Ourway Studios Superhero and Planet of the Apes merch in a Japanese issue of StarLog. Especially ...

I debated whether to put this here or on the Mego Museum but considering it's a vintage photo of a toy store in Hong Kong (and let...

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 ...

It makes sense, Superheroes are great role models what  child didn't want to have a "Kirby Esque" physique when they grew ...

From that time when Superhero T Shirts were hard to get.....

I found this catalog from Croner, an Australian toy distributor that carried alot of US items by companies like MPC and Azrak-Hamway Inte...

It's been a while since I've found a Rack Toy that excites me (that sounds weird) but this week I totally have. These toys come ...

I'm really happy vinyl is back in what few record stores I can find these days, that's why I love this 1978 catalog from Dejay fe...

Pretty commonplace now but back in '76 some Shazam! socks would have really brightened my day. Especially 65% Orlon Shazam socks.

As one of the premiere rack toy manufacturers of the 1970s, Azrak Hamway International (most commonly referred to as AHI by collecto...

This month sees us discussing the days of slapping paint everywhere and getting a l'il high off glue. Model kits has us discu...

Larami did these SuperHero skates for years and as weird as they are, they must have sold. Like every toyline from the mid seventies, ...

I found this little oddity in a local flea market, produced in 1978 by a Canadian company called "Friendly Photos" it feature...