Major Matt Mason The Man In Space

Major Matt Mason The Man In Space

By on July 14, 2014

The Major Matt Mason toy line is a fascinating set of well-crafted and artistically-rich novel items. While not nearly as popular as GI Joe or Archie comics at the time, it’s place in American culture is a fascinating view of mankind’s idea of life in the space. This concept lives on and has even influenced […]

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Krusher The Gruesome Growing Reptile

Krusher The Gruesome Growing Reptile

By on September 8, 2013

The monster that will grow on you! That was one of Mattel’s marketing lines for Krusher their new toy of 1979. Krusher stands 14 inches tall and his special feature is that he has a valve on the back of his red belt that, when opened, allows air to escape and you can “crush” him […]

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Star Wars Early Bird Certificate Package 1977

Star Wars Early Bird Certificate Package 1977

By on June 4, 2013

Kenner toy company had scored big time when they won the rights to produce Star Wars related toys. Unfortunately, at the time, they didn’t realize it. It wasn’t until after the contract was signed and the movie came out that everyone realized how big a hit Star Wars going to be. Kenner may not have […]

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Castle Grayskull Masters of the Universe

Castle Grayskull Masters of the Universe

By on October 22, 2012

The Castle Grayskull was the place where He Man got his powers. It was considered the home base for the good guys and was located on the imaginary planet Eternia. It is the place that all the bad guys in the “Masters Of The Universe” ( MOTU ) series wanted destroyed. Hordak, Skeletor and the […]

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Stretch Serpent The Holy Grail Of Stretch Toys

Stretch Serpent The Holy Grail Of Stretch Toys

By on October 10, 2012

The “Stretch” series of action figures from Kenner includes what is now one of the rarest toys around. It is the Stretch Serpent. Not too many were made and far far less have survived over the years, making them extremely rare and difficult for collectors to find. The Stretch Serpent goes by more than one […]

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Captain Kirk Star Trek Mego

Captain Kirk Star Trek Mego

By on October 5, 2012

Everyone remembers Captain Kirk and his adventures in outer space on the spaceship Enterprise. His popularity is reflected in the Mego Captain Kirk Star Trek Action Figure. Mego produced the Star Trek series in 1974 just as a new wave of Star Trek popularity was starting up. The Mego Star Trek figures are 8″ figures […]

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Electroman

Electroman

By on October 2, 2012

The action figure Elektroman from Ideal is a fairly rare action figure with a red and yellow uniform. His only enemy was named Zogg the Terrible. The Ideal Elektroman was released in 1977 and was bigger than many action figures of the day. He was 16 inches tall while most were just eight inches tall. […]

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Luke skywalker 12 Back A Double Telescoping Light Saber Sells for $13,000!

Luke skywalker 12 Back A Double Telescoping Light Saber Sells for $13,000!

By on April 14, 2012

You don’t see this action figure come up for auction too often but when it does it brings big dollars!  Star Wars action figure aficionados will recognize this figure as Kenner’s 1978 Luke Skywalker. Not just any Luke Skywalker but a 12 Back A double telescoping lightsaber Luke Skywalker. It sold in March of 2012 […]

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The Lord of The Rings - Knickerbocker

The Lord of The Rings – Knickerbocker

By on July 23, 2018

“Come to Middle-earth, A world beyond the furthest reaches of your imagination” In 1978, Ralph Bakshi released The Lord of the Rings, an animated film that covered books one and two of the legendary J.R.R. Tolkein trilogy.  While the story and characters were well developed the quality of the animation was poor. Toy maker Knickerbocker […]

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Princess of Power

Princess of Power

By on July 21, 2018

With the success of He-Man, and the associated cartoon and action figures, Mattel decided in 1985 to introduce a new line of action figures based on Filmation’s animated series Princess of Power. It was a strategic decision to try and lure more young females into the action figure market and thereby increase Mattel’s action figure […]

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A Journey That Begins Where Everything Ends

A Journey That Begins Where Everything Ends

By on October 31, 2017

A Journey That Begins Where Everything Ends. That was the tag line for Disney’s 1979 production of The Black Hole. The movie itself wasn’t bad but it was nowhere near the success that Star Wars was. That didn’t stop Mego from jumping at the chance to license the action figures for the movie though. They’d […]

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From The Planet Zero Come The Zeroids

From The Planet Zero Come The Zeroids

By on September 29, 2014

The Zeroid robot action figure line was introduced by Ideal in 1967 and remained in production for nearly a decade.  They were touted as Moving across the landscape, overrunning all obstacles as inexorably as the Future itself, these amazing, efficient and powerful automatons have but one purpose – to serve their masters at work and […]

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Clash Of The Titans

Clash Of The Titans

By on July 15, 2014

The Clash of the Titans was a pretty good commercial success when it was released in 1981. It was Ray Harryhausen’s, the master of stop motion effects, last special effects gig and he didn’t let his audience down. While the character development and storyline perhaps left a little to be desired the creature special effects […]

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