I remember the Bee Gees were popular but wow, I don't remember this much (or frankly any) merchandise out there as a kid. Then again, ...

Just the thing to attend this year's cookie jar collecting symposium together, hopefully you'll have time to catch the doll house sh...

I have a fond memory of these kits, there was a "Bionic Bust-Out" in my local variety store from the day they came out up until I...

It's been a while since I had a cool collection to feature and along comes this excellent collection of Aurora Prehistoric Scenes models...

JD sent in this classic shot from Lord Vaders visit to the Parmatown Mall in July of 1980, at the time Vader was looking to open an Ohio bra...

Few things say "Back to School" more than a shiny new lunch box, especially one from Aladin who made really striking items over th...

This little bit of "Fonzie Mania" made a lot of sense, considering the show was set in the 1950s. It's amazing how much Fonz...

They should have named this ensemble the "credibility burglar".

I love this toy, the two times I've run into it on the collector market have been unhappy doses of realitiy for me as I'll never in ...

The Doiley Poncho, perfect that person who wants a poncho that does absolutely nothing to your body temperature and is completely ineffectiv...

Zachary sent in this cool shot that has to be from 1977, seeing as it was the height of "Kong Mania". He tells me he's not sur...

The beginning of the end for the Rack Toy giant, while the company would continue and prosper for the rest of the decade, it would also even...

Oh how the unlicensed Gorilla stuff just came pouring out of everywhere in 1977. I'm pretty sure I didn't own one piece of licensed ...

Damn I miss the Turtle neck/sport coat combination but I'm just not the right guy to bring it back...

I'm loving this 1976 press release about Bozo and Mattel, a lot of the things being given away are really collectible right now. Of cour...

When Mr Zaroff brought out the rifle and began mumbling about a head start, Lonny and Pete realised that the slumber party had all been an ...

David T sent in a big pile of goodies recently and I think my favourite of all is this cool pic of Captain America shaking hands at Six Flag...

NERF stands for Non-Expanding Recreational Foam (thanks wikipedia!) and was first introduced to households in 1969 as the the first indoor ...

In an outfit!

Truly one of the more WTF? toys of the 1970s, Milky was based on the assumption that children would want to play with a cow's teets end...