Friday, January 18, 2019

Buy PowerLords or we'll shoot you


I was too old for the Power Lords when they came out but I remember kind of digging their design, they certainly weren't as child friendly as other action figure lines at the time and that appealed to my newly discovered cynicism.

I don't remember the characters in this ad from Toyfair 1984 and go figure, they seem like they're kind of expensive and probably saw a smaller release. Why are those toys always the prettiest?









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Monday, January 14, 2019

Toy-Ventures 4: Black Hole Cereal Premiums



This week's installment of Toy-Ventures is all about the wonderful relationship between the Movie "The Black Hole", Shreddies cereal and Mego toys. It's one of my favourite childhood memories. Visit us online at www.plaidstallions.com Twitter: @plaidstallions









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Friday, January 11, 2019

Barbie's Friend Ship



After showing Big Jim's Sky Commander earlier in the week, it seems fitting to show the Barbie Equivalent.  During this particular segment, Ken had the fish, so Barbie had to land the plane.








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Tuesday, January 08, 2019

Big Jim, Big Playsets


The smell of that vinyl is forever ingrained into my brain as happiness. Also, I did grow up thinking I'd have my own personal "Kung Fu Studio"









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Friday, January 04, 2019

Toy-Ventures 3- The Sonic Man and Sonic Woman by Tomland



 This week's episode examines the Tomland toys Sonic Man and Sonic, who look suspiciously like a certain Bionic Couple we all know and love. We also delve into Tomland's history of ripping off some of the 1970s most popular tv and movie properties. 

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