A nother year has passed and it feels strange I’m already typing another entry in my fake awards show. Happily, we have a lot of grou...

The passing of legendary TV producer Gerry Anderson yesterday, put me into a real funk. Anderson created two of my favourite science fic...

2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, the longest-running science fiction series in the world; the first episode was broadcast ...

I know I said I was done posting and on holiday but then Tom (who sent in this above bit of awesomeness a few years ago) sent me an ea...

I can think of no better way of wishing you Season's greetings than this wonderful Christmas card created by my MegoMuseum partner...

After almost three years in the making, the finished inventory of our first book " Rack Toys, Cheap, Crazed Playthings " have...

I've never heard of Pied Piper Stores, not surprising, as I didn't grow up in California in the 1970s. No doubt they were one...

And don't you *&%^ing forget it! Nothing in this life, did I loathe more than that prerequisite itchy V neck sweater from a...

Ever wonder what makes Santa tick? Wonder no more, rip ol' Saint Nick apart and spend hours playing with his magical (possibly deli...

Any Christmas catalog worth it's ilk has a stocking stuffers section, a glossary of lower priced and unrelated items that are "j...

Hey, even Santa has a budget and shoving a cheap-o rack toy into your stocking is a time honoured, fun tradition. There's nothing p...

Let's kick the week off right with a sampling of  Santa suits and other bric a brac from the era when I knew he was real. I will say...

Seeing as this blog is pretty much a celebration of 70s Christmas catalogues, it seems only fitting to make the entirety of next week a...

I gave up writing a weekly list for Topless Robot , in order to finish writing Rack Toys . I will admit to missing it from time to time,...

How ABC didn't see how a Dolly Parton/Wonder Woman team up wasn't ratings gold I'll never know.

I'm court ordered to mention that captain sleazy here most likely got laid all over town.  I know, it's just not fair....

At first glance the Larami L.E.M lander looks more logical, almost in synch with the series. I mean these guys packaged EVERYTHING unde...

A lesser known Bond Villian, Dr Fabulous ran SPECTRE from his Plastic Surgery clinic, his plan to give everyone breast implants was one...

Big Jim was an international sensation in 1979, he just wasn't available in the country of his birth. By 1979, Big Jim was still enjo...