Kenner Super Powers: Robin!

July 13, 2010
Kenner Super Powers - Robin action figure

Scrolling back through recent posts I realised that this website is a little light on Batman, so let’s fix that right away with a look at his erstwhile sidekick Robin as he appeared in the first series of Kenner’s wonderful Super Powers action figures from 1984. This 4-inch figure was a superb version of The [...]

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Raiders of the Lost Ark: Toht

July 5, 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark by Kenner - Toht

One of the secrets of the success of many movie spin-off toy lines is surely not only the popularity of the hero, but also that of the nemesis. Kenner’s wonderful 1982  series of 3 ¾ inch action figures – Adventures of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark – is a case in point, [...]

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Vintage-style Mattel Classics logo T-shirts!

July 5, 2010
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Summer has well and truly arrived for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, so here’s another vintage action figure themed t-shirt! The classic Mattel toys logo, which is still emblazoned on action figure blister packaging to this day, has been reproduced as a vintage-style T-shirt design…and can now be emblazoned across our chests!

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It’s Showtime with Kenner and Beetlejuice!

June 24, 2010
Beetlejuice by Kenner - 1989 action figure

There are some action figures that seem to divide collectors straight down the middle – you either love them or hate them – and the 5 inch Kenner Beetlejuice action figures from 1989 seem to fall into that group. I personally adore these figures and have no idea why some collectors gripe about them, as [...]

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Mutatin’ Donatello

June 21, 2010
Mutatin' Donatello from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

When the animated series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was relaunched in 2003 by Mirage Studios, the new cartoon kept more closely to the original Eastman and Laird comic books and whilst being kid friendly, had a decidedly darker edge. A new series, of course, in the new marketing-savvy millennium meant a bodacious number of [...]

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Jurassic Park by Kenner: Alan Grant

June 14, 2010
Alan Grant Jurassic Park action figure by Kenner

One of the things that becomes patently clear when one looks at action figures of as recently ago as the mid 1990s, is that kids were clearly far less demanding about having their spin-off toys actually look like the actor in the film. This 5 inch Jurassic Park action figure with the standard five points [...]

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Mego’s Mr. Spock from Star Trek: The Motion Picture

June 7, 2010
Mego's Mr. Spock from Star Trek movie

Mego’s original 8-inch Star Trek action figures hit stores in 1974 and are arguably some of the most well known and indeed well loved figures the toy company ever produced. The Mego figures were tied to the 1960s TV series which continued to have repeat showings all over the world throughout the next decade and [...]

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