What??? A boy playing with a doll??? Are you insane? These weren’t dolls, they were ‘Action Figures’. There’s a big difference . . . Dolls are for girls, action figures are for boys, okay?
Big Jim Big Jim was a poor cousin of GI Joe, so kids could still afford him on a newspaper delivery boy's salary. The…
Six Million Dollar Man Action Figure If there was ever a television series that demanded a toy line for its merchandise, it was The Six Million…
Video Pinball Despite some industry fears, video didn’t kill the pinball star. Flipper-fuelled action had been an arcade mainstay since long before…
Billy Blastoff He may not have looked as space-ready as Major Matt Mason, but don't let Billy Blastoff's cherubic little face fool…
Evel Knievel toys Ideal Toys, the major manufacturer of Evel Knievel toys, got their start in the Knievel business in 1972 when they…
Action Man The 1/6th scale Action Man was another product imported to the UK from America, where he was launched under the…
Zaxxon 1982 gamers had never seen anything like Sega/Gremlin’s Zaxxon. Players had flown spaceships into strafing raids and interstellar dogfights before,…
Bionic Woman The Bionic Woman was a spin-off of another bionic-themed prime time hit, The Six Million Dollar Man. In the dramatic…
