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Electric Football: The Buzzing Gridiron of Our Childhoods

Ever since enterprising toymakers hit on the gimmick of combining electricity and sports, many a fan has whiled his rainy-day hours away over miniaturized electric versions of his favorite outdoor games. Few U.S. sports are

New Star Wars Darth Vader Tamagotchi Lets You Lead Darth Vader To the Dark Side

Walter King

With the new Star Wars Darth Vader Tamagotchi, you can raise Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader through fun mini-games. Have your Jedi do lightsaber training, go on the Death Star trench run, and battle Obi-Wan

LEGO Has Announced a Gameboy Set Coming in October

Walter King

LEGO and Nintendo have unexpectedly announced a special new set on social media! Although there is not a lot of information, or any images, they revealed in a short teaser video that a model of the 1989

Super7 is Adding Silverhawks To It’s Reaction Figures Line

Walter King

Super7’s ’80s-inspired line of ReAction Figures expands with the SilverHawks team. SilverHawks Wave 1 includes Bluegrass with Hot Licks, Mon*Star (Pre-Transformation), Quicksilver with Tally Hawk, and Steelheart with Rayzor. Standing at 3.75 inches tall, these

Looking Back at Creepy Crawlers

Mickey Yarber

Before flowers from the neighbor’s yard and boxes of melty chocolate, little boys were known to give Creepy Crawlers to the girls they had crushes on. Oh, don’t wrinkle your nose…nothing says “maybe we can

Toy Collector’s Wishlist: Ultimate Figures I Yearn For

Brian Cave

In the last few years, my collecting has shifted from Transformers (specifically Megatron) to collecting up-scaled villain figures from all my favorite cartoons of the 80s and 90s. Along with the Masterpiece Megatrons I previously

Nickelodeon’s Super Toy Run

Jeff Sheldon

Like a lot of kids who grew up before the creation of the internet, I spent a lot of my free time daydreaming. One of my recurring daydreams involved myself, a shopping cart, and 5

LEGO Launches The Nightmare Before Christmas Set

Walter King

The LEGO Ideas Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas set is 2,193 pieces and features three models of different locations found in the film: Spiral Hill, Jack Skellington’s house, and the Halloween Town Hall. The set

Battle Beasts: Small Figures and Big Battles

Mickey Yarber

“Fire burns Wood! Wood floats on Water! Water puts out Fire!” Battle Beasts finally gave us the answer to a question that has plagued mankind since the dawn of time: If animals were bred into

Shrinky Dinks: The Oven‑Baked Toy We’ll Never Forget

Mickey Yarber

Gather ye ‘round, gather ye ‘round! Shoulder yourself in amongst the crowd that’s growing around the oven and take a gander through that glass…magic baked goods are transforming before your very eyes! We’re not talking

View‑Master: How a Simple Viewer Became a Window to the World

Mickey Yarber

If you took any pride at all in your toy chest—and we hope you did—it surely contained a View-Master. When the action figure war simulation wound down and you needed a short intermission before you

The Big Fun That Came From the Little GUTS Action Figures

Mickey Yarber

Toy soldiers have allowed kids all over the world to be the generals of their own armies for many decades. These enduringly popular toys have seen many variations from the basic green plastic soldiers that

M.U.S.C.L.E: The Pink Wrestler Army That Took Over the 80s

Mickey Yarber

You thought the WWF had some bizarre characters? Please. Anybody who wanted to see some real oddball wrestling action in the mid-80s took a visit down to the M.U.S.C.L.E. arena. Those brawny battlers on television may have

Super Looney Tunes Return!

Adam Pope

In 1991, I was 9 years old and the novelty of Happy Meal toys at McDonald’s was starting to wear thin. We had gone from Changeables and Super Mario Bros to Barbie, Hot Wheels and

10 Best Vintage Masters of the Universe Action Figures

Adam Pope

Vintage Masters of the Universe figures weren’t just toys. They were bold, colorful heroes that turned bedroom floors into battlefields and gave an entire generation its first taste of epic, imagination‑powered adventure.

A Brief History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Brian Cave

I cannot think of a better example of the quintessential Saturday morning cartoon than He-man and the Masters of the Universe. It had everything a kid could ask for as part of their weekend plans: