Sometimes when I was a kid, when I got a new toy there often were all the other toys in the line on the box or on the backing card. They usually looked like the most amazing thing that could possibly exist but when I went to the toy store to find that specific toy …
Continue reading Day II, Halloween Countdown 2016! Mighty Max Grips the Hand playset!
Welcome to the first day of the Halloween countdown 2016! Over the next thirteen days I will be taking a deathly delve into all things Halloweenish, some repulsive retro toys, vicious video games and some creepy candy. But just as a warm up for today, I will be showing off some pound shop pickups of …
Continue reading Day I, Halloween Countdown 2016! Halloween hunting in £1 shops!
1990. What a year it was! I don't remember too much of it as I was busy being a new born baby. But I'm sure it was fantastic. Being a new born baby, I missed out on a lot of the good shit that was on the shelves in toy shops back then. I also …
Continue reading Superhero Saturdays! Marvel Superheroes ‘Quick Change Armor’ Iron Man, 1990!
You know it's getting that time of year when you're in the supermarket and go down the aisle for bread and cakes and discover it has adopted a strange fluorescent orange tint. In actuality, there wasn't that much Halloween stuff in the whole store. There was far more Christmas stuff than Halloween but the bakery …
Continue reading Halloween cakes and biscuits! Spooky stuff finally on the shelves!
It was Christmas '95 or '96 and I was tearing the paper off a present from my great grandmother. Somewhat surprisingly I wasn't overly enthusiastic when I pulled the last bit of wrapping away and I was holding this. Obviously with hindsight I can see that I was a fucking idiot. If I could …
Continue reading Kenner Lava Predator action figure from 1994!
A little while ago my girlfriend went up into the attic to have a rummage around for some documents. She came back down with a bag full of toys which was exciting and unexpected and it made me make a mental note to check my parents attic when I am next in England visiting them, …
Continue reading Attic finds! My Little Pony toys and Littlefoot hand puppet!
Modern toys rarely manage to impress me so I don't tend to buy them often, but sometimes some come across my path that are so cheap that I think 'Meh!' and I buy them anyway. I have had some experience with Jakks Pacific World of Nintendo figures before, with a Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword …
Rainbow Grilled Cheese Toasties! Sometimes the internet throws things at you that look and sound too interesting not to try. It was my girlfriend who found this online, and decided that we should give it a go. The sprinkles on the toast offended me. In my experience, sprinkles are always sweet, and I am not …
After starting to plan for my Halloween countdown that I am doing this year, I got my Mighty Max toys out again. Every time I get 'em out, I realise that being a grown man, how far from being an adult I really I am. I sat for entirely too long playing with Mighty Max …
Continue reading Mighty Max Escapes from Skull Dungeon playset!
I loved and still love Ninja Turtles. It is such a weird combination, get some turtles, make 'em mutated ones that are roughly the size of humans and who can talk. And make 'em ninjas as well. What part of that isn't the best thing ever? I had quite a few Turtles toys as a …
Continue reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Wacky Action Rock ‘N Roll Michaelangelo action figure!
The Forgotten Starship 