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Category: World’s Greatest Toys

  • Power Lords Vintage TV Ad! The Coolest Action Figures of the 1980’s?!

    I’ve raved here before about The Power Lords action figures from the 1980’s, they were probably some of the most bizarre action figures of that decade and that’s exactly why I needed them all!! Finally someone thankfully uploaded one of the vintage TV commercials that got me all revved up as a kid and I’m…

  • ‘Realm of the Underworld’ Action Figures are here to Kick He-man’s Ass!!

    I LOVED He-Man and The Masters of the universe action figures as a kid, I just could not get enough of them and all of the cool accessories! The cartoon was a ton of fun, I had almost all of the action figures, mainly the bad guys and  back in the day there were even…

  • Comic Book Cover of the Week: Vintage Snake Eyes!

    Here’s a great blast from the past, GI Joe #53, by none other than Mike Zeck! Duh! You know I am starting to think that he might be the best cover artist of the 1980’s as I’ve seen a trend of consistently posting covers by him during that era. He did a ton of super…

  • Maxx FX: If the Ken Doll was a Bad-Ass FX Artist from the 1980’s!!

    A lot of people may have forgotten about Maxx FX from the eighties, or most likely never heard of the guy at all- and what a shame that is! Maxx Fx was the guy that Barbie would have ditched Ken for if she wasn’t a total lame-o back in 1989! Unfortunately Maxx had a short…

  • Urban Legend Monster Action Figures!

    I stumbled upon this cool new toy line which met it’s Kickstarter goal recently and these action figures look pretty awesome! These monsters are based on urban legends such as The Mothman, The Jersey Devil & Chupacabra. Each set includes a monster, victim, diorama base and eyewitness account. It’s a pretty neat idea and the…

  • Vintage Monster Toys: Gre-Gory The Vampire Bat – He’s FUN!

    Toys back in the 1970’s were pretty fantastic, they had a particular look & feel to them that the toys of today just can’t match! I’m sure there are some pretty bad ass toys out these days, but back in the 70’s it was pretty random. A toy was created pretty much for the hell…

  • The Most Awesome Remote Controlled Robot Spider Ever!

    Wow, talk about cool shit, check out this incredible little video featuring the Robugtix remote controlled Spider! This thing is beyond cool and it better be for $2950.00! Think about how much fun you could have with this thing at night time on a side walk – seriously creeping out any passerby. Someday when I’m…

  • Vintage Elastic Superheroes STILL Rule!!

    Stretch Armstrong and Stretch Monster were all the rage in the 70’s and early 80’s, so natural Marvel & Mego had to get on board with the trend! Sure having Stretch Spider-man and Hulk really didn’t make any sense! To me it would at least make sense to have a Mr. Fantastic stretch figure wouldn’t…

  • Oh How I Miss Super Joe & The Gang!!

    I was having a flashback today of one of my favorite toy lines of all time! Hasbro’s Super Joe!!! Yeah Super Joe Adventure Team was the absolute shit back in the late 1970’s, I owned these as a kid and they still remain some of the most cool toys of time in my opinion. Ok…

  • Hulk Smash Colorforms!

    I loved the hell out of Colorforms as a kid! I had an Incredible Hulk Colorform set and  a Spider-man one too. For being such a simplistic toy it sure kept me busy! I had to post this groovy commercial from the 70’s for a Hulk Colorform set. This was the same one that I…