Remember Colorforms Shrinky Dinks? You color them, stick them in the over to shrink ’em, and have decorated pieces of plastic that look like they were colored by a professional because your mistakes are so much smaller? Yeah, they were awesome. You can still get them, but you probably can’t get Pee-wee ones!
I’ve watched a lot of Rocky and Bullwinkle in my time, but I always sorta liked Boris and Natasha better and kept rooting for them to win. Same thing with Dudley and Snidely (and for my money, there is no greater villain name than Snidely Whiplash.)
When I ran across these “non-toxic” Fun-Flex toys from Wham-O I was immediately enchanted. Not usually a big fan of bendy toys, but these I dig.
I have a strange attraction to Ugly Dolls. They are pretty simplistic stuffed animals, and they are widely ripped off, but i like the way the creator developed unique character templates that get reused. Last year there were the Universal Monster ones, which I loved. This year, DC Comics ones. The DC versions seemed a little weak to me, but this one, the Joker, just disturbed me. The idea of such a malevolent creature transformed into a cuddly kid stuffie it’s seems so, so wrong.
Hasbro showed everybody’s favorite Space Knight some some love at SDCC with a show exclusive Rom the Space Knight…thing.
I’ve never understood the fat bodied toy designs. Why make a cool toy into something squat and round? I’m glad Rom is getting some new action (and boy would I love a new comic!) but this item really didn’t do much for me. The He-Man stuff is way cooler.
Space 1999 is one of my favorite TV series. The premise is ludicrous – the moon forced out of orbit then zooming through the galaxy – but the ships are just so damn cool. And the writing was pretty good too.
What better way to get around like Pee-wee than on a Pee-wee scooter? Wait a second, I thought he had a bike…
