Got any coke?

One can only assume that Disco became uncool after appearing in this catalog

Have a great weekend!

Lego Kingdoms

Pretty primitive compared to the Harry Potter Horwart's castle my nephew has but easily as charming, early lego castles are kind of expensive nowadays. Another "Christmas wishlist" toy that I never got, not that I noticed at the time.

Cher meets Farrah

Mego gunned hard for the girls aisle and put a real dent in Barbie's sales with their celebrity based fashion dolls. Cher was a huge hit and Farrah was also a best seller (Hasbro was no doubt ticked because of competition with their Charlies Angels line).

While Mego had a lot of success with these two, other celebrity licenses such as Captain & Tenneil and Suzzane Somers, were flops.

Mego also made a Sonny and some rather weird outfits for him, more on that in the future......

The Magic Shirt

How can this guy miss? I think that shirt locks anyone within reach into deep hynoptic state, look away I tell you! Lest you fall under this guys spell of polyester!

Fisher Price Adventure People Safari!

I loved this set so much as a kid that it makes me a little emotional. Such durable toys that 75% of this stuff is still intact including my beloved Gorilla. What bargain at under $12.

Love is......

Wearing matching puke pattern shirts. I think I see some corn in there......

Space:1999

The Space:1999 merchandising explosion was a one year affair but some really cool toys made it out during that period. The pinnacle (for me, besides the Mego figures) is the Mattel Eagle Playset with figures, this was two years before Star Wars, nobody had ever done a space ship with 3 3/4" figures before.

I've owned this piece several times in my life, it's HUGE and doesn't really fit in with my collection, I always end up selling it and losing money. I saw one last month at a toyshow and came close to a "re buy" until i had a premonition of what my wife would say. Common sense sometimes doesn't apply in toy collecting.

I'm freaking out man!

This page reminds me of how much I've always wanted a color organ, not because it would go great next to my hookah or anything, like many small animals, pretty colors fascinate me.

These things will forever remind me of older brothers.

1974 Saturday Morning Schedule

This brings back memories as to how much channel flipping I did back in the day and why I never saw certain shows.

We'd start the day with "Speed Buggy", then segway into "Scooby Doo", flipping over to "Hong Kong Phooey" for 9 then my sister would overpower me and watch "Run, Joe, Run" at 9:30 because it had a dog in it. I hated "Run, Joe, Run" with a passion but she was bigger than me.

That would run into "Land of the Lost" and then we'd hop to "Shazam". If we'd already seen "The Superfriends" we'd watch Harlem Globetrotters and Hudson Brothers. I used to actually like "These are the days" but I havem't seen it in years, we rarely got to see "Fat Albert" because by that time ,our parents would boot us out of the house.

I tried explaining Saturday Morning to my four year old, he didn't seem to grasp the concept that only having one day of cartoons (and Sunday reruns) was somehow better than his current "on Demand" channel of Cartoons and DVDs. Dammit, they were special!

Space Lego Envy

I never had any Space Lego as a kid, it was the one that got away but I'd hang out with the nerdiest kid on the block for hours just to look at his collection. What wasn't to love? the ships with the little cars inside, the happy little spacemen, agh what bliss.

Nowadays, my wife collects this stuff, it's great to live vicariously through her....

Super Happy Flea Market Score

I ventured to the stinky flea market today with both kids (our coats are now outside) and scored this awesome Micronauts three pack of Whitman comics. I used to love these poly bags of reprints but this one is especially cool thanks to the screen printing and the BI-Way price tag on it. Bi-Way was a Canadian chain of "Bargain" stores that had some pretty killer toys in the 70's, they died around 1999.

I'm going to try and find the Star Wars and Charlton versions of these poly bags, I needed another obsession.....

My "O" Face

I really love the woman on the right, through out the entire Simpsons 76 catalog, she's making weird faces like this, she's a catalog model with a super model complex.

Da-nah-nah-nah-nah

Some more fun with Steve Austin before they added other characters. I love the Bionic Man big screen television, watch Steve while he watches TV! Get him some chips! The inflatable play set looks like it was fun and I love how they crow barred in that Empire Helicopter. Empire made Helicopters and Vans for what seemed like every character in the 1970's including logical ones like the cops from CHiPs and nonsensical characters like Mego Hulk.

Hey! Why isn't the Six Million Dollar Man on DVD?

More Pajama's of the Future!

After the little war, all the people of the city of domes will wear these snappy unisex numbers.

Bachlor Squad!

Lame catalog shoot or press photos from a failed pilot for a follow up series to Charlies Angels? You decide? The guy in the middle is my favorite, he's dreamy.

Barbie and Super Hero Hot Wheels

Finishing off the 1980 Mattel Catalog with the Barbie selection from that time as well as the cool ass Marvel Superhero Hotwheels. The Mattel catalog now will be a permanent feature at Plaidstallions.com

Mattel Shogun Warriors

Our coverage of the 1980 Mattel catalog resumes with one of the coolest toy lines ever, The Shogun Warriors featuring a couple of Toho classic Monsters. What kid didn't want these?

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Flash Gordon meets Mork and Mindy

A two for one today, the uber cool Flash Gordon toy line based on the Filmation cartoon and the Mork and Mindy toy line which is made of 100% recycled ideas!

Mattel 1980 Catalog : Monster Toys

This week is going to focus on the 1980 Mattel catalog, which has a great deal of hold over products from the 1970's. I even am working a Barbie section, seriously!

Today's feature are some of the cool and creative Monster toys produced by Mattel, including Slime, Gre-Gory, Suckerman and the ever popular Creepy Crawlers thingmaker.

Dressing Alike kills Puppies

Well Maybe not but please next time, don't chintz out on the patches.

Next Week: We take an indepth look at the 1980 Mattel Catalog.