You know what they call a Stretch Armstrong in France?

A Royal with Ch....no wait, it's Elastic Man. There, you learned something today.

More Stretch Armstrong:

Battlestar Galactica Stamp Set

It's impossible to know just how many children this set inspired to become notaries/astronauts.

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A wide variety of hats

Our hat department has something for everybody, whether you're a pimp, loan shark or a guy who gives information to Starsky and Hutch; we have the right head fashions  for you....

Colouring Book Theatre: The Black Hole Sticker Activity Book

The Black Hole: Sticker Activity Book (1979), Whitman.

        This book is very dear to me, as a kid I got sick, "Miss a whole month of school" sick and my parents bought me a pack containing every Whitman Black Hole tie in to help pass the time.

          
Even though I'd never seen the movie, I became an uber fan that year as a result of the many comics and coloring books in that pack. 

This fun item was one of them and it's better than I remember.

Grab your crayons  and join me after the jump

Pod Stallions Episode 30: Model Kits

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

Model kits has us discussing Aurora, Addar, MPC, fundimensions and many other kit manufacturers long gone.

Subjects include Sweathogs, the Fonz, Planet of the Apes, Jaws, Doctor Who, Gerry Anderson, Universal Monsters, Dark Shadows, Star Trek and much more.

As always we get sidetracked into talking about Jason's singing voice, Cosplay and star wars sneakers.

Please note I am working on raising my volume level, thought I had it licked this show but it's a work in progress.


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Contrasting Patch Pockets: The Future is Now!

Someday our Children's children will look down at us and our silly non contrasting pockets as if we were cave people.

Spider-Man Ricochet Racers

Ricochet racers were a cool concept on their own, it's a neat looking laser gun looking rifle that shot cars!

Sprinkle in Spider-Man and Captain America and few kids could resist them.

Space Sword!

Nine years after first posting a want ad on here, I am finally reunited with my beloved Space Sword. This is all thanks to Mark from the soon to be open Dr Tongues I Had that shop in Portland Oregon. 

Mark saw my plea and sold me his childhood space sword. The quest is over and I couldn't be happier.



I honestly got days worth of play out of this thing and it's glow in the dark feature was hugely important to me.



Every time I walk into my office, this is the first thing that greets me. There are rarer and definitely more expensive toys in this work but honestly, this is in my top five.

Party in my Pants

I was never invited to these kinds of parties....

Star Trek: Battle on the planet Klingon puzzle by HG Toys

This was a yard sale find I gave my son many moons ago, it was enjoyed and all that remains appears to be this box lid.

At one time, the off model green Mr Spock would have annoyed me, now I like it better than most merchandise produced today.

PlaidStallions Turns Nine Contest!

 

It took me by complete surprise this week that it has been nine years to this day that I decided to start this blog. 

Many thanks to my then infant daughter for taking a long nap on April 26, 2006  (she doesn't take so many these days) and giving me the time to begin this journey.

I really have to thank all of you for making this experience a dream, for commenting here and on the facebook page, for writing in, listening to the podcast and for making my book a success.

I am eternally grateful for the friends I've made and experiences I've had through this site.


To show that gratitude I'm having another contest:

Create a Rack Toy Contest!

I've done contests here before but this one was cooked up by my pal and podcast partner Jason Lenzi and it's brilliant.

Concept: Pick the most inane 1970s TV, comic or movie property you can think of and marry it with the most inappropriate rack toy you can think of.

Here's an example I drafted up but you don't have to do anything fancy, just send me the idea:

 

Email your best idea (no design work needed) to kid70s *at*  gmail.com (replace the *at* with an @) I'll pick the winners in Mid May and I'll even try to mock up the three best in photoshop like I have done above.

Prizes:

3rd Place: A copy of my book Rack Toys: Cheap Crazed Playthings

2nd Place: A Brick Mantooth action figure on a limited edition "Woolco" card

1st Prize: An Official Brick Mantooth Sky Diving Parachutist Figure Mint on Card.

Thanks again to everybody for reading, listening, supporting and joining in on the fun, it's made my life better.

I look forward to your entries!

The "Keyhole" shirt

Please tell me you all see it too....

John Travolta by ChemToy

Whatever happened to this guy?

Jet Discs for the Tracer Gun

I kind of got giddy finding this ammo pack for the Star Trek tracer gun.

I didn't even notice that there is no mention of Trek on the package.

These guns showed up at Canadian retail until the mid 80s, I wish i had kept one....

Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings is a limited edition 144 page book from the creator of Plaid Stallions. Order from us and get three free promotional post cards.

Great Two Tone Pants!

Finally, an end to the Hitler-esque oppression of Mono-Tone pants.

1979 Craftmaster Poster Art Catalog

Poster and marker sets were one of my favourite ways to spend an afternoon as a kid (cause that's about how long the markers would last). I also recently have become invested in tracking down all the ones I had as a kid.

Craftmaster had all the best licenses in the late 70s which included Star Wars and arch rival Battlestar Galactica, Super hunk John Travolta, Fantasy Island and Love Boat.

Check out the 1979 Craftmaster Catalog.

I'd also like to add if you have the Fantasy Island set for sale, CONTACT ME!!!!!

It's good to be king

I'll be honest, I've never looked this cool in my whole life.

Krofft Supershow Iron On Transfer Book

This past Sunday the first thing I saw when I entered GTA Comic Con was my pal Dana wearing a Magic Mongo T Shirt, which is a sentence I never thought I'd ever type in my life. 

Turns out Dana had found this amazing book of Krofft T Shirt transfers that I never knew existed but now, cannot live without. Thankfully, he shared his careful scans with us (give him a follow on twitter folks!)

Nice scans after the jump:

Star Wars Vans by FunDimensions

Is there anything more 1970s than the mixing of Star Wars with vans? It was my dream as a kid to grow up and get my own groovy van. 

PLEASE tell me somebody has made real life versions of these....

Come over to the Open Side

Laugh all you want but as a sweaty oaf, this could be the solution I've been searching for.....