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By Admin 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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By Admin 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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By Admin 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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By Admin 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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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 all three […]
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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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