Listen to the whole thing at Power Records. I thought it was fun.
(Images via My Little Underground)
Archive Page 14
Six Million Dollar Man Christmas Adventures (Peter Pan, 1978)
Published December 10, 2015 Christmas , Records (LPs) and Cassettes , Six Million Dollar Man, The Leave a CommentChristmas Morning, Circa 1975: Kenner’s Six Million Dollar Man
Published December 10, 2015 '70s Decor/Design/Fashion , Christmas , Christmas Morning , Kenner Toys , Six Million Dollar Man, The 3 Comments
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.
Christmas Morning, Circa 1986: Nintendo Entertainment System
Published December 9, 2015 '80s Movies/TV , Christmas , Christmas Morning , Home Consoles , Nintendo , Video Games 3 Comments
Christmas Morning, 1987: My Pet Monster
Published December 8, 2015 Christmas , Christmas Morning , New Toys That Don't Suck Leave a Comment
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!
Christmas Morning, 1986: Coleco’s Wisecracking Alf Doll
Published December 8, 2015 '80s Decor/Design/Fashion , '80s Movies/TV , Christmas , Christmas Morning , Lazer Tag/Photon Leave a Comment
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.
Christmas Morning, 1985: Tyco’s Transformers Electric Train and Battle Set
Published December 7, 2015 Christmas , Christmas Morning , Slot Car Racing , Transformers 1 Comment
Tyco also released a glow-in-the-dark slot car set for the Transformers, shown below. There was also a slot car set for the GoBots (Space Chase, by LJN) and Voltron (Spinout in Space, by LJN). Such was the transforming robot craze of ’84 to ’86.
Christmas Morning, 1984: GoBots Command Center
Published December 7, 2015 Christmas , Christmas Morning , G.I. Joe , GoBots , Robots Leave a Comment
You can also see a Cobra Rattler in the background. There’s another G.I. Joe box on the left. Can’t make it out.
All I wanted for Christmas in 1984 were Transformers, and I got GoBots instead. My bitterness has faded with time. The truth is, both Hasbro and Tonka made imaginative toys based on superior Japanese productions.
The Command Center commercial is great (“Your parents put it together”), and the toy is actually pretty neat.
(Photo via Miles Smith)
‘Space Toys’ Ads (1978)
Published December 4, 2015 Ads , Battlestar Galactica , Christmas , Kenner Toys , Mattel Toys , Micronauts , Shogun Warriors , Star Wars (Original Trilogy) 1 Comment
The ads are via Roboplastic Apocalypse, the most comprehensive robot toy site on the internet. Notice that Santa is riding the Viper in the first ad, followed by his other outer space reindeer. Very clever.
The last ad features Combatra, the priciest item on the Shogun Warriors menu, selling mostly at high end department stores for $49.99 or more. There’s a great entry on the toy at CollectionDX, where I got the pictures below. Click on the link to see all five vehicles combine into a giant robot, long before Matchbox’s Voltron entered the fray.
Heather Toupin says she dictated the list to her grandfather. The “Kitten????” is priceless. I was stoked to see the Star Rider, a cool toy that was made only for a couple of years. Glow in the dark Shrinky Dinks were a thing.
Mattel’s Unproduced Battlestar Galactica Toys (1979)
Published December 3, 2015 Battlestar Galactica , Mattel Toys 1 Comment
I did not know about either of these. Per the Starlog #27 blurb below, Mattel “scrapped” the Command Ship because production cost was too high, specifically the chip required to emulate the Star Bird-like acceleration and laser sounds.
The helmet was supposed to transform a kid’s voice into the voice of a Cylon! Just think: we could have all been talking like Cylons.
Top images are courtesy of By Your Command.
2 Warps to Neptune 