I found this image in an early 70s Kenner catalog, at one point they were trying to market Charlie Chaplin to kids. I was aware of silent ...

Take all the mystery out of the "Are you two together?" question, make sure everyone in the room knows she's got your sti...

Whalloping websnappers, ol' Doc Ock is in for rough time tonight. It's amazing to think that artwork of Spider-Man brandishing ...

Another addition to my ever growing obsession of Whitman poly bagged three pack comics, this pack from Star Wars is something I definitel...

It's been entirely too long since I did an entry for Colouring Book Theater (coincidentally, if anybody wants to send in a Superhero Mal...

As much as I enjoyed my childhood, it sometimes pains me to think of the stuff we didn't get, for whatever boring grown up decision. ...

I'm very proud to announce that the latest issue of Mad Magazine features a l'il blurb about my book Rack Toys . I w...

Funk meets Country all this week at the airport Ramada Inn ...

This is a piece I wanted to add to Rack Toys but it got a little wordy and too insider, so I saved it for here. Most Space:1999 fans a...

True Confession time: As much as I go on and on about vintage Space Lego sets, I a) never had any as a kid (save for one small set I bo...

Christopher Elam of the great blog OWARI  submitted this great bit of 1981, this being his ninth birthday he has received the Mattel Kr...

I was thumbing through the 1979 Southbend catalog the other night (click on it to enlarge) and correct me if I'm wrong, but I don...

Hey, if you woke up this morning and thought it was a normal Thursday, don't panic, I've got you covered. You can thank me later...

"Six more weeks of winter? I believe that groundhog might have a change of mind......"

The Phantom got a lot of cool Rack Toy love in the 70s, which is pretty cool considering he didn't have a cartoon show to back him ...

Just because a playa is iced out, doesn't mean he has to be cold, dig?

Described by Kenner in 1979 as "Combat vehicles of the future....half insect, half machine" Megabug Gladiators were perhaps...

Back when I collected comics "seriously" (AKA when I was 11) the most dreaded thing to own was a "reprint". That Wh...

Years of working on this blog have likely obscured my judgement but I would totally rock this.

I've been been pretty much under the assumption that I'd seen it all when it came to Lincoln Monsters . Well, that fell apart t...