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This 1984 Toymaster Christmas catalogue is jam packed with awesomeness

This 1984 Toymaster Christmas catalogue is jam packed with awesomeness

Anyone who knows me, knows that I love a good catalogue. Particularly a toy catalogue and especially a Christmas toy catalogue. I’ve got possibly the biggest online collection, and one of the biggest physical collections, of Argos catalogues. I just love them. I think old…

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What Retro Event Would I Get A Gold Medal In

What Retro Event Would I Get A Gold Medal In

This week’s blog post theme from the Pop Culture League is asking ‘If_____ was an Olympic sport, I’d have a gold medal round my neck.’ Having obviously just watched the Olympics, if I had to choose a sport that I was most aligned to in…

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Pop Culture League – Shelfie

Pop Culture League – Shelfie

The League of Extraordinary Bloggers is back. I had just missed out on becoming a regular contributor to the series back when Brian at Cool & Collected stopped the previous incarnation. But now it’s back and it’s called the Pop Culture League. You can find…

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What I Would Want in my Retro Man Crate

What I Would Want in my Retro Man Crate

I was recently asked by Man Crates to write a post about what I would want in my retro man crate. They’ve got some pretty cool gift ideas on their site and a retro one obviously caught my imagination. So here goes with my Top…

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This Matchbox catalogue from 1984 cost 5p and is filled with absolute awesome

This Matchbox catalogue from 1984 cost 5p and is filled with absolute awesome

When I got this Matchbox catalogue off eBay, I just kept turning the pages and my “wow”s just kept getting louder. So many awesome products in this one little catalogue. And it only cost 5p back in the day! Feast your eyes on what is…

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David Hasselhoff as Captain Hook in panto in Southend

David Hasselhoff as Captain Hook in panto in Southend

Yesterday I was pretty excited to take our kids to go see David Hasselhoff playing Captain Hook in the Peter Pan pantomime at my local theatre. But, let’s just backtrack for a minute for my American friends… Just what exactly is a pantomime? A pantomime…

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Burnin’ Key Cars

Name: Burnin’ Key Cars Manufacturer: Kidco, Matchbox Year: 1980 Country of origin: USA Category: Toys & Games Tags: Kidco, Matchbox, A-Team Notes: These things were great. You put the key in the back, squeezed it and watched the car absolutely fly. I mean these things…

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Pow-R-Trons

Name: Pow-R-Trons Manufacturer: ERTL Year: 1985 Country of origin: USA Category: Toys & Games Tags: Knight Rider Notes: Fun little Transformers-esque toys from ERTL. The car drives along and then when it hits a wall it transforms into a robot and starts going back the…

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Rough Riders

Name: Rough Riders Year: 1982 Seasons: LJN Country of origin: USA Category: Toys & Games Tags: A-Team, Knight Rider, K.I.T.T Notes: Rough Riders are one of those toys that just ooze nostalgia. They were extremely cool battery operated 4×4 vehicles that could drive over anything…

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Toys & Games

Toys & Games

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