I had forgotten Bruce Jenner was on "CHiPs", it must have been weird standing there with Fred Flinstone and Spider-Man. Suckerman...

By 1980, Stretch Armstrong's popularity had begun to decline, his roster of characters had dwindled down to two Gone were favorites such...

It's always important to ask a gentleman if you would like to join the "love train" before casually placing your hand on or an...

In the early eighties, Marvel Comics teamed up with Remco (a division of Azrak Hamway ) to create the Saga of Crystar. After years of succes...

" I'm Bob and this is Tom, your principle wanted us to come and rap with you about the dangers of "Maryhuwanah""

10% off! I'd fill my bags with Star Wars and Shogun Warriors and ride a skateboard out of the store. OK, a Big Wheel......

In digging around I found this cool homegrown ad for Ideal's Captain Action line and while it's not really the focus here it was k...

I would still go see Spider-Man to this day. Got a vintage Mall Appearance Photo? We want to see it! Drop us a line here.

Larami was one of the better known Rack Toy companies in the seventies and early eighties . The company had a merchandising system known a...

[ In my quest to find images from vintage toy stores, I sometimes find articles about the many colorful characters that operated these regi...

Man, this is taking togetherness too far even the Brady's would pass on this. Was anyone who is reading forced to dress in uniform like ...

I recently got a copy of a catalog from a Dolgin's department store (I've never heard of them either) and I loved the little images ...

It sounds rather odd that after 3 years of blogging about 1970's toys, I've never once mentioned Nerf products of any kind. It seem...

Kyall sent me this wonderful (I'm sorry about that) Wonder Woman collection today, the world could use more Lynda Carter, that's wh...

"Characteristic Representation" means that Darth Vader will sound like the stock boy and "Chewbakka" will likely look li...

Chances are at one point in your childhood, you became somewhat interested in Magic, especially tricks that you could perform yourself. This...

I must have missed a meeting in the seventies, I had no idea there was a Sesame Street Play Doh set. This is all kinds of awesome and I...

One of the things that bother me about Barbie is the fact that her hands can't hold anything, not that I'd go on a shopping spree i...

No matter how you mix and match these hot styles, they'll see you comin' and remember you. That expression of manly confidence, I c...

August 5 1977 - Slime is not a B film playing second bill to "Sheba, the Slug Queen" at the local drive-in. It is, rather, a moist...