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Shortly before Kenner was swallowed completely by Hasbro in the year 2000, they released a couple Batman lines aimed at...
Throwback Thursday
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In the old days -- you know, the 1980's -- there was an interesting mix of licensed toys and more...
The '80s was a magical time, with action figure lines that covered an incredible range of variety and imagination -- there...
Today, we'll take look at one of the most iconic vehicles of all time, the G.I. Joe Mercury Capsule. (more…)
Someday, G.I. Joe will be awarded a Purple Heart. For all the beatings he's taken in reboots. (more…)
In what we now recognize as the twilight of the original 3.75-inch G.I. Joe era, there was an odd little...
When I was a kid, toys and comics were equally important. One informed the other, with pop-culture mythology, consumerism, and...
I don’t toss around the word “grail” very often when it comes to action figure collecting. Sure, I am always...
Everyone knows that the golden age for kid’s toys and action figures was the 1980s. Sure, we are recreating that...
The 1990s were a fascinating time when talking about toys and comic books. And whenever talking about when the twain...
I talked about these figures a little bit in my DST Retro Wolverine review, but I forgot how goofy fun...
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Okay, confession time. I used to mix other action figures in with my Star Wars toys. It's heresy, I know, but...
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A few weeks back I brought up the classic 1986 Bandai/Tonka toyline Spiral Zone: a briefly popular but often overlooked line...
