Who wins? The battle of the couch… seat cushions become mountains from which the Apes make a surprise attack on GI Joe! Continue reading Joe vs. The Apes

As a kid, the land speeder was my favorite toy vehicle. The design is visually appealing and the right size for other action figures like the Micronauts… Of course in my imagination the ship was also a space cruiser, traveling from planet to planet in search of adventures! Continue reading Star Wars Land Speeder

Why somebody would want a rocket of RD-D2? I remember the X-Wing rocket being cool with only slight modifications to make it fly. Download this 68 page PDF today! https://www.mediafire.com/file/j9bmc5h0ymqmeus/EstesModelRocketryCatalog1978.pdf/file Continue reading Download 1978 Estes Rocketry Catalog Featuring Star Wars

I wonder what it would have been like if they kept the original book title and working TV movie name: Cyborg. Chances are the show would still have been popular, and probably make “Cyborg” a much more common word back then. The word was first used in 1960 by a scientist, 12 years before the novel was published. The word does seem more adult, mysterious, … Continue reading Six Million Dollar Man or Cyborg?

I wish I could speak Spanish! A friend of the site gave me this. Over 120 pages of Six Million Dollar Man comics- which seems to be an origin story? I always loved looking at foreign versions of our pop culture… Download: https://www.mediafire.com/file/v1swky5tvr0n8ym/El+hombre+Nuclear_Optimized.pdf/file Continue reading Download a 1976 Spanish Language Bionic Man Comic

Warren Publishing put out this magazine when the movie premiered. I’ve read that George Lucas was a big fan of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine growing up, maybe that led to this special edition? The articles are a fantastic look into the blossoming Star Wars fandom. As a kid I remember reading this over and over… https://www.mediafire.com/file/e8peec23umsn79h/WARRENstarwarsmagazine1977.pdf/file Continue reading Download a 1977 Star Wars Magazine!

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The Mego Batman is in my top 10 of favorite toys, maybe number 1… Here’s a look at one I acquired decades ago… back when they were just starting to become popular among collectors and the prices were really affordable! Continue reading 1972 Mego Batman

From 1983 we have a Dynamite Magazine by Scholastic as well as the first issue of Enter magazine, published until 1985 by the Children’s Television Workshop. That computer magazine was filled with computer news and entertainment aimed towards school aged kids, even had Basic computer language programs kids could type into their computers to draw or play games! https://www.mediafire.com/file/9si5xmezf92rl8d/Enter+Issue+1+(October+1983).pdf/file https://www.mediafire.com/file/t7zf27qhcmmzntt/DynamiteMagazine+-1983-05.pdf/file Continue reading Download 80s Magazines

I was a little bummed when I discovered this game wasn’t really “digital” or “electronic”. At 10 years old I took it apart only to discover the batteries were only to power the light. And you could play the game in bright sunlight permitting you to see through the dark plastic cover and the “ball” in this tennis-type game. Continue reading 1977 Tomy’s Blip

A big year for the GI Joe line after it’s 1982 relaunch into the 3 3/4″ scale made popular by the huge success of the Star Wars toys. Always fun to see the dioramas and sometimes the toys were just prototypes made for marketing before actual manufacturing began. Continue reading Catalog Close-Ups: 1983

A fantastic magazine! It was filled with everything we could want in a gamer magazine… https://www.mediafire.com/file/ot0owagt2aspuq8/nintendo_power_issue1.pdf/file Continue reading Download Nintendo Power #1

Any love for these blackjack games from the 70s? I can remember getting one for my birthday- although I had no interest in gambling as a kid, this game was fun and had a “sci-fi computer” vibe… with just a little fantasy I could feel like I’m interacting with a machine from Star Trek. Continue reading Unisonic 21

I remember when this game came out in 1978- it was a huge hit and stood out amid the handheld game craze that had just started. Awarded top-selling game in 1980. I fondly recall the sensation of pressing the pad/buttons and hearing the beep, so satisfying… Continue reading Toy Files: 1978 Merlin

Eating cereal and just staring at the box of cereal while doing so. Loved it when the raisins got a little soggy… Continue reading 1980 Raisin Bran

A great summer for HBO! So many soon-to-be classic 80s movies. Plus long forgotten comedy specials and series like Philip Marlowe, Private Eye starring Powers Boothe! https://www.mediafire.com/file/djiw9x524we8q3z/1985-08+-+HBO+Movie+Guide+-+All+Star+Summer.pdf/file Continue reading August 1985 HBO Guide

More highlights from the 1986 Sears Wish Book. Did anybody have one of those $500 robots? I’ve never met anyone who owned one… Continue reading Catalog Close-Ups 1986

A couple of files for your reading pleasure, one of which being a 70s Star Trek Fotonovel! These Trek Fotonovels were so important to us fans- before VCRs these books were the only way we could study sets and props without taking an actual photograph of your TV screen. As a bonus you did get “thought balloons”, which worked well in this comic book type … Continue reading Vintage 70s Downloads

Many a bored afternoon I spent turning the thin, crispy pages of the Sears Christmas catalog (AKA The Wish Book) and dreaming of the possibilities if I could own just a few of those toys! The 1986 Sears Wish Book was chock full of so many toy lines that are today still fondly remembered. From GI Joe to the DC Comics Super Powers collection and … Continue reading Catalog Memories: 1986

As a kid I had the King Kong version of Avalon’s Paint ‘n Wear series of iron-ons. These were black and white designs which, once transferred to shirt, would be painted by you using supplied paint and color guide. I don’t remember how successful I was as a kid on this craft project. But recently, during coloring myself, I was a bit bummed to discover … Continue reading Download Vintage Tarzan Iron-On Designs from 1976

Many of us fondly remember these as we were hungry for anything sci-fi related after Star Wars in ’77. The scale was perfect to play alongside R2-D2 and Luke and all the Kenner 3 3/4″ figures and other lines of similar size. I can remember watching Jason of Star Command with his little robot named W1K1 (“wiki” for short) and imagining my own adventures with … Continue reading Tomy’s Rascal Robots

One of my favorites I had as a kid! I often wonder why these bendy figures are still so popular among collectors? Continue reading Toy Files: Mego Bend’nFlex Spider-Man