Toy links tagged "retro"
This school, tis old.
Derek Tait’s photo of a S.H. Horikawa tin robot. (See also.)
On G.I. Joe.
“… though the basic doll costs only $4, he comes with enough extra equipment to make a quartermaster’s head swim … A complete arsenal, in theory, would cost around $200, and many a family has found itself getting almost as far ahead of its original spending estimates as, say, Defense Secretary McNamara.” A Time article from 1966.
Booming sales in toyland.
“There’s a robot market now, but will there be one in a few years?” A Time article from 1984.
Louis Marx: the toy king.
“In 1928 Marx got the greatest idea in toydom’s history. Rounding a corner in Los Angeles one day, he stopped to watch a Filipino whittle away at a circular block of wood, attach it to a string and then bounce the block up and down the string, as his fellow-countrymen had been doing for as long as anyone could remember.” A Time article from 1955.
Vintage toys for profit and passion.
“… a £1,000 investment in a collection of Matchbox cars 50 years ago which were kept away from light, dust and grubby fingers, would now be worth at least £100,000. … ‘You do it for the passion, not profit. Toys bring back happy memories – and you can’t put a price on that.'”
Mazinger Lego.
An MOC seen at the Italian LUG Fest at Ballabio.
The Night Elf Mohawk’s new mount.
Well, maybe Mr. T hacked the game and created a new mount. Maybe Mr. T is pretty handy with computers. Had that occurred to you, condescending reader?