Manglors Manglord Action Figure Toy by Neato Coolville Poe’s note: Man, I loved these toys as a kid. Well, toy, I should say, since I never had any of them except for the Manglord here. As you can see, they had some great, creepy box art, too. There was a certain tragic aspect to these [...]
PVC Characters by Ottoman Polisher
Back in the late 1980s, the California Raisins were huge. Like so many pop culture characters of the decade, they began as a marketing gimmick. Within a year or two they had toys, albums, TV specials, and they were even awarded that epitome of 1980s pop culture adoration, a (short-lived) Saturday morning cartoon. They even [...]
Playmates’ run of Simpsons action figures back in the early years of the decade is the gold standard for toys of the show. They produced (almost) every major character from the show, and a whole heck of a lot of minor ones too. More recently, McFarlane Toys offered a different take on the license with [...]
gumby by Morgan Poe’s note: I’ve always loved Gumby. One of my favorite MST3K episodes features the guys mocking a Gumby short before the movie. “Thank goodness for the internal genitalia!” (On a side note, people who take photos of Gumby seem disproportionately protective of their images on Flickr. I had to go through almost [...]
When I encounter something cool–a TV show, a movie, a book–I often end up wanting action figures from it. That’s not an unusual trait among toy collectors, but it’s something I’ve been doing ever since I was a wee tyke. Here’s a list of ten things a young Poe always hoped to get action figures [...]
Warduke close-up by Poe Ghostal
A running tally of my vintage toy reviews.
old tomy clockwork robot by ninio gusano Poe’s note: I had one of these as a kid, I think.
A look at the unproduced Dinosaucers toy line from 1987, based on the cartoon of the same name. Includes images of prototype figures.