Plaid Stallions : Rambling and Reflections on '70s pop culture
Saturday, December 24, 2011

A Funky Christmas to one and all

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Wishing one and all a joyous holiday season and a happy anad prosperous New Year from the entire PlaidStallions Team. Thank you for reading...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

1977 Hasbro Weebles Catalog

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Time for another trip to Weeble Town! 1977 saw Hasbro aim for action and adventure with the addition of Tarzan (?) and their own port...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

The Garage of Tomorrow

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I cannot wait for the future to begin, first thing I'm grabbing is a jet pack.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

What ever happened to Juan Epstein?

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This catalog page reveals a sad truth, like many highschool dropouts, Juan was lured into the dark world of catalog underwear modeling. His...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

GI Joe's cheaper wheels

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During the 60s and 70s, Irwin Toy made some lower cost blow molded vehicles for lines like G.I. Joe and Action Jackson that were a lot of f...
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Lady Dragon and the Sting Sisters

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If this were a video game these three would be the boss at the end of the final level.
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Cool Collections: Chris's Apes

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Chris sent in this way cool pic of his Planet of the Apes collection, the centerpieces being these original screen worn soldier ape outfits...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Steve Austin Goes Toy Shopping

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Seeing as it's Christmas time I thought it would be fun to bring up this vintage bit of strangeness. These captures from the fourth sea...
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Tomland Famous Monsters of Legend Archive Launches

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It may seem odd to launch a Monster themed page in December but it's Halloween all year round at my place and it's rare these days ...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

My First Car

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This is probably the only Jaguar I'll own in my life, given to me by grandfather. it was an item I treasured. That was until I was abo...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Overall Suit

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Popular in areas without indoor plumbing, the overall suit (worn by model "A") failed to catch on in larger urban areas.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Eagle One Gun

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Here we have the rather odd AHI Eagle one water pistol, it looks kind of  ill advised but you have to remember that AHI probably sold a bo...
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Monday, December 12, 2011

One of Us

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"Today you're a seagull Tommy, life changes now"
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Friday, December 09, 2011

Child World Toy Sale from 30 years ago

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Seeing that it's close to Christmas, let's take a trip back 30 years and see what toys were on special with the 1981 Child World F...
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Thursday, December 08, 2011

Mobile Suport Unit

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As much as I adore all thing Mego, I have to admit that the GI Joe Mobile Support unit may indeed be the finest toy vehicle ever made. It h...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011

If "Super Mario Brothers" was a thing in 1975

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I think we have our plumbers right here...
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Ultra-Men and Monster Maker

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Leave it to the Japanese to make a fun toy more "funner" (it's a word), here we see what I can only imagine is the original v...
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Monday, December 05, 2011

What i wish to be buried in...

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I think it's pretty self explanatory.... Also I'm aware that i will have to buried face down for this to be effective, i'm in...
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Saturday, December 03, 2011

Speaking of home made Star Wars

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After declaring my love for home made Star Wars appearances last week, Kip sent in this awesome mural from his eighth grade graduation wher...
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Friday, December 02, 2011

Popular Kenner Toys as seen on TV

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I got an early Christmas present in my mailbox the other day in the form of these Kenner store display photos, which were likely meant as i...
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