So, after 14 years, we've decided to upgrade PlaidStallions and move both the site and the blog here . I plan to convert the entire site to WordPress, that's 15 years of work to re-do, so y...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, pants achieved their purest form in 1973, it's wearers ascended to their heavens to begin anew as a non-carbon-based form of life. We've been in a state of "slack d...
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I'm migrating PlaidStallions to it's new home, eventually all the content will move there. Let's try this week's Five Awesome Things in the (under construction) version of the site. For...
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This is our follow up to our 70s peg warmers list. The 1980s were an incredible time for action figures, an era we'll never see again but like anything, some items didn't really sell. Let's count...
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These GI Joe Wishbook spreads are some of my earliest memories, my mother even tells me that an overnight hospital stay once was made less traumatic by handing me a Christmas wishbook tha...
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1982 gave you your choice of Lucasfilm action figures, Spielberg action figures, or if you were feeling particularly adventurous Lucasfilm/Spielberg action figures. Such variety! Toy-Ventur...
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This is long overdue and I apologize for getting to this sooner but wow, the launch of the magazine had a few challenges. The Guideto the World Famous Super Monsters in the first issue o...
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Just a quick one this week (I have magazines to ship) about the various AHI monster knock offs I've picked up this year, I'd like to introduce you to the Midnight Monsters and hey another Krazy...
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Over the years I've had a lot of people tell the Aurora Ready Ranger Mobile Field Pack lived up to the hype and was a really fun toy. Did you have it as a kid, what was your experienc...
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FROM THE PLANET CUL-DE-SAC, THE ULTRA-DADS ARE THE SWORN PROTECTORS OF THE COSMIC THERMOSTAT! Toy-Ventures Magazine Can be Ordered Right here! Like Mego Knock-Offs ? Join our Fa...
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Like a lot of you, my summer plans kinda fell apart in 2020, so I've been doing small day trips with my wife hitting some familiar antique and flea haunts. It's been slim pickings but it's ...
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Attn: Daniel H. Schulman President of PayPal Dear Mr. Schulman, My name is Brian Heiler, I am writing to you today as the owner of a small start-up business who is in need of your hel...
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On my way home from the printers picking up samples of Toy-Ventures (coming this week) I stopped into The Toy Society , a retro shop on my way home. When I saw this on the shelf, it had to...
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For the last couple of years, I've been buying a collection of Knock-Offs and this month, I get to explore strange new worlds with the cast of "Space Trek" but this band of interstellar expl...
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This came up on a twitter conversation with a fellow named Dave Skidmore , who received this life-size fisher price adventure people sleeping bag as a gift from a friend's mother. If they s...
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Groupies for Paul Revere and the Raiders weren't large in number but they made up for it by taking it very seriously... Like Mego Knock-Offs ? Join our Facebook group dedicated today,...
So happy to share these photos sent to me by my friends at Thompson Printing . Toy-Ventures magazine is almost here! Some updates, Shipping will likely begin next week, I will p...
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I had set 4,5,6,7 thanks to four rather prosperous Christmas times, If I had to pick an absolute favourite from this page, I'd say "Wilderness Patrol", which ones did you have? Like Mego K...
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This selection of sleeping bags from 1979 really taps into the pop culture at the time, it's a mish-mosh of TV Properties and popular brands. I'd have gone for the Black Hole at the time,...
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I couldn't decide whether to call this page "Dorkton Abbey" or the "Virgin Academy" so I'll let you choose. Like Mego Knock-Offs ? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate...
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Toy-Ventures this week looks at what we believe to be the greatest villain action figure of the 1970s and perhaps the best action figure of the decade as well. Kenner's Maskatron, the robotic...
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*psychedelic happenings are in my parent's basement, no shoes in the happening, happening ends at 10pm. Like Mego Knock-Offs ? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate g...
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I think this is from the rare Star Trek episode they only play after 11pm. Like Mego Knock-Offs? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate group that focuses just on vintag...
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There was no way I was getting $40 for a mask in 1978 but I envied those who did. Like Mego Knock-Offs? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it's an intimate group that focuses just on...
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Good news! The press proof for Toy-Ventures Issue one arrived, this video gives you a sneak peek into issue 1. I also want to use this time to answer some questions I'm getting, announce a second...
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