Our continued mission: To research and bring the facts about toy lines from the past to be enjoyed during the preset, and the go boldly when so many kids have played before. Yes we talked about the Star Trek: The Motion Picture line this week. So. buckle up and enjoy…
My Buddy, Kid Sister, My Pet Monster, Glo Worm, Pillow People, and Raggedy Ann & Andy; just a small bundle of lines that fall under the umbrella of 'Buddy Dolls'. These lines have quick histories and we jammed them all into this one episode.
Looking at some of the new Transformers that Michael has picked up latley. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/toyrewindpod
We drifted right into episode 45 with this great history talk about the Original Big Wheel and the Green Machine by Marx Toys. This is where all the little ones learned to love speed and spinning those little trikes in circles.
All the way from Third Earth, the Brothers Newland sit back and talk about the LJN toy line of the ThunderCats. Learn about how this toy line is unique from many of its counterparts and why we only got 3 waves of these toys.
Doo-oo-tye? We took some time to talk about Furbies that came directly out of the late 90's. From a weird language to being banned by the NSA, the Furbies have seen and heard alot! Kah boo Koo-doh
Another Sunbow Entertainment and Marvel tv show comes to life through a toy line released by Hasbro, seems like we have talked about this before.... We talked about the Inhumanoids from 1986 this week and discovered another story line that is prime for a reboot.
Listen and learn all about how these small die-cast started from a small run, to some crazy molds with multiple engines. Multiple toy companies keeping the Johnny Lightning line so many chances to succeed. These little die-cast cars might even be where the 'chase' model started.
Karate movies, action movies, tv shows, and even exercise equipment; the one and only Chuck Norris has done it all. He even started a cartoon that had a Kenner toy line all designed by the Karate master himself. Sit back and learn how this amazing star busted with this toy…
Under the roof of The Justice League, we came together and discussed the amazing toy line released in the mid-80's by Kenner Toys. The Super Powers Collection and all its glory had a sad end, but a glorious ride while it was around. Learn about these figures as we discuss…
Chatting about collecting and owning a store that sells all the collectables.
We sat down with a couple of the most average guests we could find, Jorge (Toys R Us Kid) and Dave (The Dork Knight) to talk about the 1995 toy line released by Playmates. Enjoy as we learn more history than ever with the Ronin Warriors background.
In 1991, we got a slot car track, and we spent a lot of time with that track. We talked about that track and the history behind slot cars from the beginning to the professional tracks that are used today.
We chat with Christina from Deathly Cute Toys and Geek Together about how she got into collecting, custom figures and eventually designer toys.
WE have a lot of things to open and show off since its been a min since we have sone a showcase. And an update on the Brackets!
We travelled to Rainbow Land and learned the origins of Rainbow Brite, Starlight, Twink and the Color Kids this week.
Come and listen to us talk with Clint from The Four Dorksmen Podcast about the video game system that changed our lives. Nintendo did it all for us. Yes we had an #Atari before, but this was the future. We talk about the NES console, the games, the…
This April Fools, we wanted to bing you a whole episode dedicated to fooling people, and no better way to do that than to talk about the toys designed and developed to fool people into thinking they are the real deal!
We look back at the the many Godzilla figures that have been on the shelves over the years and discuss the collectability of each.
A trip to the gardens as we discuss Cabbage Patch Kids and how these dolls became one of the largest toys in the early 80's.
We are talking to Caleb from 2nd Opinion Productions about his collection and all the Cons he is missing over the last year.
The year was 1987, and holograms were everywhere; but they never seemed to work for toys. Tonka spun out the Super Naturals to compete with the Visionaries from Hasbro but they sadly saw the same fate.