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…
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…
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…
Interviewed on 29th May 2015 Up until now my interviews have been with 80 yr old men who were famous for wearing white suits. Jamie Benning is not 80 yrs old and I’m not sure what colour suits he prefers. Jamie is not a star…
This page from the 1986 Autumn/Winter Argos catalogue is pretty cool. You can see some classic toys such as the Matchbox Streak Racing, the Bigfoot truck, Scalextric, Hornby trains etc. But what really caught my eye were two playsets for the awesome Stompers. These were…
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…
Name: Cobra Made by: Ocean Software Ltd Year: 1986 Country of origin: UK Category: Video Games Tags: Ocean, Cobra Links: World of Spectrum – Cobra Notes: Great film and a great video game to go along with it. Quite a fun game with cartoony graphics…
