By Admin on September 13, 2013
Kenner released three Star Wars “Three Pack” sets in 1978. This is the Villain set which includes a Stormtrooper, Darth Vader and a Death Squad Commander. It has the long play logo and white price sticker area at the top right corner that the original 12-back cards also have. The card back shows […]
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By Admin on September 12, 2013
This classic action figure is from the now legendary generation one, or G1, series of Transformers from Hasbro back in 1984. The transformer line is easily one of the more successful toy lines of all time. It is also one of the longest running lines. This particular figure is the autobot Bumblebee. He definitely looks […]
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By Admin on September 10, 2013
After the success of Star Wars in 1977 came a movie two years later that would scare movie goers to no end. It was the 1979 release of Alien starring Sigourney Weaver and directed by Ridley Scott. Alien was a blend of horror and sci-fi and with a R rating was a step up from […]
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By Admin on September 7, 2013
In 1974 a new idea blossomed in the action figure arena. From the imaginative mind of a Kenner employee a new type of figure, Stretch Armstrong, was born. He was no ordinary action figure. He was filled with corn syrup and his arms and legs could stretch to almost four times their original size. Children […]
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By Admin on November 13, 2012
Mattel wanted to make some large action figures for the kids in 1976. This one was named Pulsar The Ultimate Man of Adventure. He was a towering thirteen and a half inches tall, which was two inches taller then the competition. He had some interesting aspects to those who liked biology, as his internal organs […]
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By Admin on October 16, 2012
The He Man series grew out of an idea in the early 1980s by Roger Sweet, a designer at Mattel. By 1982 Mattel had brought the toy line to market. Mattel the company then began to make original He Man action figures in 1981 which also spawned later incarnations. There were similarities between He Man […]
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