Plaid Stallions : Rambling and Reflections on '70s pop culture
Monday, November 28, 2011

Scream'n Demons

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Another toy that I'm too young to remember (I was pretty busy staring at fuzzy wall paper for the majority of 1971) but Hasbro's Sc...
Saturday, November 26, 2011

Help me R2 D2, you're my only hope

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Simon of The Art Hustle sent in this glorious shot of his wife circa 1978 in Jackson, Mississippi at a movie theatre event with "R2 D...
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Friday, November 25, 2011

1978 Fisher Price Muppet Show Catalog

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The Muppet Show was as much an ingrediant to a happy 70s childhood as were orange kitchens and pop rocks were. The UK Produced syndicate...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Lazy Dazy

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Coincidentally, should they ever make a doll of me, it would also come with it's own pillow.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Kung Fu and the Dice Brothers

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Now playing at Cinema 6- It's a soul food chop socky explosion!
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Streetwise

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Bert is clearly flashing gang signs here...
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Monday, November 21, 2011

Bee Bold in a Shirt Suit

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Also, be sure to bring along your tiny clone.
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Friday, November 18, 2011

1978 Mattel Electronic Games Catalog

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Electronic games have come an incredible way since 1978 but it's hard not to fondly remember the simple pleasure of these awesome hand h...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Career Opportunities

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Ladies, Any one of these fine, fine gentlemen is your ticket to a high paying career in (tasteful) nude modelling and cocaine. A whole hou...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Wedding Jitters

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Note to toy manufacturers, when producing "Beautiful Bride" type dolls, try not to make their faces so "Twilight Zone creepy...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Tragic Kingdom

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Ummm, Ì`m not going to Disneyland...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Billy Blast Off

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I'm a couple of years too young to have enjoyed the adventures of this Japanese import (created by Tomy, Billy was brought to the Weste...
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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Odeon Toys Returns with Project: Mantooth

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I've updated the site for my semi-fictional toy company Odeon Toys adding some new sections to help chronicle some of the happenings of...
Friday, November 11, 2011

1976 Marx Playset Catalog

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Marx was always known for their playsets and action figures but in 1976 they were poised to be one of the early entries into the world of 3...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Right On!

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Hat satisifaction is a natural high...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Strange visitor from the planet frisbee

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It's amazing to think that the folks at LCA (who handled all of the DC comics characters at the time) approved weird artwork like this....
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Disco Dynamite

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Explosive on the dance floor
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Monday, November 07, 2011

A green and insignificant planet, is now dead.

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Behold, the closest thing we ever got to a toy version of the Alpha Omega bomb that wiped out the Planet of the Apes in Beneath. So this  g...
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Sunday, November 06, 2011

Big Announcement Sunday

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It's finally time to reveal what I've been planning for three years and that is, I'm writing a book! The project is called ...
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Friday, November 04, 2011

Vintage Toystores Volume 11

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It's time once again to be whisked back to a simpler time, one that was dominated by "Mom and Pop" toy chains and the wonderfu...
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