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Haunted with Your Favorite Monsters: Remembering Remco’s Mini-Monster Play Case (1980)

Haunted with Your Favorite Monsters: Remembering Remco’s Mini-Monster Play Case (1980)

I can’t let Halloween 2015 pass without re-visiting one of the most awesome Monster-themed toys ...
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The Great Toy Robots, Circa 1978 – 1988

The Great Toy Robots, Circa 1978 – 1988

After Star Wars premiered in 1977, the world fell in love with droids R2-D2 and ...
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Crayola Horrors: A Look at Some Odd and Unsettling Vintage Coloring Books

Crayola Horrors: A Look at Some Odd and Unsettling Vintage Coloring Books

Comic books from decades past were often poorly drawn and hurriedly put together; meant for ...
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I dream of Aurora Monster Kits: Plans for building your own Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolfman

I dream of Aurora Monster Kits: Plans for building your own Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolfman

  There they were. Beckoning me on. Calling my name. Letting me know they were ...
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From Slingshots to Silly String: Celebrating Wham-O

From Slingshots to Silly String: Celebrating Wham-O

Richard P. Knerr and Arthur K. "Spud" Melin were just a couple dudes in Southern ...
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A Merry Mundane Christmas from the 1950s

A Merry Mundane Christmas from the 1950s

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Hilariously Irresponsible 1930s Novelty Items

Hilariously Irresponsible 1930s Novelty Items

Counterfeiting is fun! Here are a bunch of socially irresponsible and politically incorrect products from ...
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Crawling Hands and Venus Flytraps: Monster Stuff for 1960s Kids

Crawling Hands and Venus Flytraps: Monster Stuff for 1960s Kids

The back pages of boys' magazines of the 1950s and 60s were chock full of ...
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1979 Sears Catalog: Miracles in Electronic Entertainment

1979 Sears Catalog: Miracles in Electronic Entertainment

  Prepare to be dazzled by the newest miracles  in electronics 1979 had to offer. ...
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‘Knit One, Purl One, Kill One’: 1970s Emasculating Action Man Knitting Patterns

‘Knit One, Purl One, Kill One’: 1970s Emasculating Action Man Knitting Patterns

In 1960s and 70s Britain there was arguably no toy more masculine than Palitoy’s Action ...
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Abominable Dolls: 13 Superbly Crazy Action Figures

Abominable Dolls: 13 Superbly Crazy Action Figures

A WHILE back, we brought you a list of action figure disappointments which featured the ...
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16 Retro Board Game Curiosities That No Family Played Twice

16 Retro Board Game Curiosities That No Family Played Twice

A while back, we covered some pretty peculiar games; however, there still remain board game ...
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