This commercial is predictably from the DVD I made last month and is possibly one of my favourites. I don't remember Stretch X Ray as ...

You have to find something positive about dressing up like a K-Mart Cafeteria worker....

These bring me back, I can remember watching "Charlie Chan and the Chan Clan" on my neighbour's wall back in 1977. They had pl...

While I never had this great set, I ogled it dozens of times in the amazing GI Joe Adventure Team Viewmaster set . So much to love in this ...

That title sounds like the coolest cartoon we never got but it's just the contents of the 1979 Mattel catalog, this time focusing on all...

I just heard the sad news that Bobby Ash aka Uncle Bobby passed away on May 20th. For nearly twenty years he was the host of the "Uncle...

I'm a little young to have experienced the Partridge Family when they originally aired but they ruled Channel 29 with their many reruns ...

There will be more sequels in this series than Planet of the Apes

Another one from my new DVD this time it's the awesome Six Million Dollar Man's boss, Oscar Goldman with his fancy sportcoat and ex...

Here we have a small snippet of my childhood, if asked which bedspread I wanted there is no doubt in my mind that the six year old me would ...

Here's the perfect solution if your teenage daughter starts dressing alike with her boyfriend too soon, simply use a Robert Reed style c...

ACTION FIGURES, CLASSIC 70'S by ~ dusty-abell on deviant ART I got sent a link to this amazing piece by Dusty Abell last night and ju...

I had no idea Mattel was so watch friendly, not only can you get Big Jim, Barbie and Hot Wheels watches as well. The Big Jim He-Man watch is...

From 70's toy explosion , is that Dick Cavett narrating? More commercials on the way....

It's hard to believe that Star Wars is now thirty years ago, thanks to polyester pal the Intergalactic Pimp , we have cool scans of thos...

Try waking up to these! Actually the woman on the right looks pretty good even today, the one on the left looks like my aunt after a clown t...

I don't collect it now but man the Big Jim Camper pictured on this page just rocked my world back in '74. I remember drooling over t...

It's amazing how our perceptions of computers have changed in one generation, although this is still what I think of when I hear the wor...

That is the greatest catalogue copy ever, let your light shine? Having worn a jumpsuit once (It was Halloween) I think a better tagline woul...

Although Battlestar Galactica is a hit show nowadays, the series that had the better toys was the original. So take a journey back to when C...