I decided to go to what I think is the grossest flea market in the world yesterday, it's a very short drive from my home yet, I never go...

I pretty much dig any action figures from the 1970's but even I can't see the play value of Lassie. Oh boy, it comes with Timmy! He ...

Does anyone remember these? I had both of them, they were Star Wars knock offs that somehow transcended their source material. I'm not s...

I've never been terribly obsessed with being thought of as Macho but even I can't fathom the guy that would wear His "n" ...

MegoSteve sent me this painfully funny picture this morning based on my comments in my original " Amish Lingerie " post. Looks li...

At San Diego Comic Con this weekend, a woman handed me a Filmation Flash Gordon Tattoo, I quickly told her that i was a fan. She replied ...

Wow, I think I see a little foot there, whew! Getting hot in here. Not that I expect women to wear pvc cat suits to bed but this is the nort...

Simpsons-Sears thought so much of Brick Mantooth here that they gave him a double page spread. Imagine the arouma of Hai Karate and Cognac ...

When I was last researching at the library, I came across this cool old newspaper circular for Woolco Catalog stores. Which I don't even...

The amazing Iggy and Sandy made it onto my Christmas 1976 wishlist, they are a cone and a box that shape snow/sand. The people in the comme...

Kenner's Six Milllion Dollar Man line rocked my world as a kid. I think it was incredibly popular, my mother said she nearly got killed ...

Big Jim was always there when I was a kid, he first burst on the scene as a Sports outdoor type guy in 1972, every kid I know was issued tha...

A couple of disclaimers, I was five for the majority of 1976 but that doesn't make for an interesting title. Secondly, I was a boy, girl...

Anyone who grew up in the 70's (in a part of North America that experienced snow) would remember these fashionable numbers on the playgr...

Men don't need excuses to dress poorly. To this day, I have friends who wear their pajama bottoms out in public, I feel uncomfortable fo...

When i first saw the commercial for Mattel's Pulsar, I admit I wanted one but even then, I wondered what exactly was the advantage to ha...

Ah memories, who didn't want that Godzilla?

The CB craze was something that taught more than one toy company a valuable lesson, no matter how fast you can turn out a product, sometimes...

By the mid 1970's, GI Joe, the pioneer of action figures was in a tight spot. Kids were turning their attention to bionic men and Superh...

The late night screening of Superman Returns had me go back to 1978 and see what kind of Super Merchandise they offered. A far cry from the...