Surveying the Gen X landscape and the origins of geek
Kid also appears to be dressed up as Barnabas Collins. Wrong holiday, kid! The first goth?
You can also see MPC’s Carry Case Castle on the bottom right. I’m not sure what the other box is.
UPDATE (12/21/15): I’m pretty sure the other box is MPC’s Space Control Center, seen below.
(Top photo via TimeWarp Toys)
Nice up-close look at a big toy store with some nice displays in New York City. The report itself is an interesting peek at the rise of technology in the toy industry: both Lazer Tag and Photon make an appearance. At 2:16 you’ll see the Masters of the Universe and Thundercats aisle representing the old guard.
Stills from the movie Big Business (1988), which I haven’t seen. Is Body Count a Rambo parody made specifically for the film? I can’t find anything on it. The toy store is New York City’s FAO Schwartz, once the oldest toy store in the U.S. and the scene of the famous Hanks-Loggia piano dance in Big. Owner Toys “R” Us closed the store in July 2015 “to save money.”
That’s 14-year-old Seth Green in the shots above, by the way.
There’s more toy aisle goodness in 1984’s Silent Night, Deadly Night.
The first two are from 1985, and the last one is from 1986. I talk about Photon here. Some close-ups of the Karate Kid action figures are here.
I never had any of LJN’s Thundercats toys, but they look really good.
(Images via tOkKie-Pokie)
Listen to the whole thing at Power Records. I thought it was fun.
(Images via My Little Underground)
That’s Mattel’s Cathy Quick Curl Doll on the right. Mikey Walters has a number of Kenner’s Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman catalogs, boxes, and instruction manuals on display here.
If My Pet Monster was your bag, you have to check out Warpo’s Don’t Cuddle the Krampus, “the first retro collectible toy line based on Santa’s wicked counterpart, reimagined as an iconic monster toy of 1986.” See some pics below. Jim Groman, who worked on My Pet Monster and Madballs in the ’80s, among many other popular toy lines, designed, illustrated, and sculpted the Krampus and the Naughty Kids. Donna Miranda, who also worked on the original My Pet Monster, handled the plush duties.
Check out the Kickstarter for all the details and extras. Only 43 hours left to pledge!
The kid is Matt on Fire, and he is also wearing Lazer Tag pajamas, a version of which can be seen below via Kitschy Kitschy Coo.
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