Plaid Stallions : Rambling and Reflections on '70s pop culture
Saturday, February 16, 2008

Colouring Book Theatre: The Superfriends

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Today's colouring book is one I had as a kid, the Super Friends, yep, the "Wendy & Marvin" version of the show. This isn...
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Friday, February 15, 2008

1975 Lili Ledy Catalog from Mexico

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Lili Ledy was Mexico's premiere toy manufacturer and because of trade restrictions, all toys they sold had to be manufactured in Mexico....
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Holy Statues Batman!

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I've never noticed these cool Batman and Lone Ranger Shaker Maker sets before, I wonder why they chose to make the characters with such ...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Aurora Karate Men!

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I loved this toy as a kid, when I wasn't playing the game I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get the figures off the stan...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Hey, you guys wanna party?

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Please, it's so obvious they're cops......
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Monday, February 11, 2008

By Your Command

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I like classic Battlestar Galactica more as an adult than I ever did as a kid, making me wonder why I ever had to have these figures so bad....
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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Coming Attractions: Retro Toyfair

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We'll leave the new Toyfair news to other sites (like AFI ) and focus on news coverage of Toyfairs past, staring with 1974 next Sunday a...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

Colouring Book Theatre : Action Jackson

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Today's colouring book is a personal favourite of mine, Mego Action Jackson . For those not in the know, Action Jackson was Mego's ...
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Friday, February 08, 2008

Barbie for 1973

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I don't do enough girl's related things here, so I thought it be fun to highlight some of the things that were new for Barbie in Sp...
Thursday, February 07, 2008

The Ork Look

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Seriously, in 1978 JC Penney was encouraging young woman to dress like Mork, it's right in the ad copy! Attempts to revive this concept ...
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

The Bed Spins

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The one on the left gives me motion sickness....
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

A double shot of generic Star Wars goodness

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I can't get enough Star Wars rip offs and the page above has one of the best, Starroid Raiders action figures by Tomland. The Space Case...
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Monday, February 04, 2008

Quick Everyone, back to the Spacepod!

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Family fashion or the latest Irwin Allen pilot? You decide!
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Saturday, February 02, 2008

Colouring Book Theatre : Big JIm and the P.A.C.K

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When I can on Saturdays, I am going to provide an overview of what's inside of some of the cooler colouring books from the 1970's. ...
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Friday, February 01, 2008

1977 Berwick Toys Catalog

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Most North Americans have probably never heard of UK based Berwick toys before but that should change because they created a lot of fun and ...
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Friday, January 25, 2008

Hi-Yo Silver Away!

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In the mid 1970's Gabriel toys released some of the highest quality action figures of the decade with their Lone Ranger line. Not know...
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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Super Selection of Sleeping Bags

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I used to collect Sleeping bags, talk about a space killer. This spread has me wondering though, what kid wanted the McDonalds characters ov...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Pajama Unity = Family Unity

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If you look closely I swear the kid in "J" is mouthing "Help Me"
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

To Boldy Sit

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I dig bean bag chairs, I dig Star Trek: The Motion Picture, so imagine my surprise to find two styles of Star Trek: TMP Bean Bag Chairs. It...
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Monday, January 21, 2008

Poorly Named Jeans

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When I look at the outfit on the left, the word "rough house" doesn't really pop to mind. Words like "Pixie" or ...
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