Though I hadn’t seen the movie yet, I desperately wanted an Indiana Jones figure when I was 11, simply because he looked like a badass. via GIPHY The leather jacket. The bullwhip. The satchel. (Okay, it's a murse.) I was too afraid to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark because I had seen one of … Continue reading Toy Stories: Indiana Jones 12″ Action Figure by Kenner
“Up from the depths, 30 stories high…” Remember the theme song to the Godzilla cartoon from 1978? It was hokey and barely seemed connected to the movie Godzilla. (Godzooky didn’t help.) Still, I ate it all up because I just couldn’t get enough of the fire-breathing behemoth. The Godzilla movies from Japan’s Toho studios would … Continue reading Toy Stories: Vintage Godzilla
Batman was my favorite superhero when I was a kid. This was in the 70s, before Batman was black-clad, brooding, and cool. The old-school TV Batman from 1966 was a dad-bod Adam West in blue and grey tights who talked and danced like a dweeb. Despite the cheese factor, I loved the show. Everything about … Continue reading Toy Stories: Toy Biz Batman and Batmobile from 1989
I was six when a Star Destroyer opened Star Wars and changed cinema history. I'd only seen about two movies at theaters before: One was The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. The other was Jaws. (I don't know what my dad was thinking when he took a four-year-old kid to see that. I was … Continue reading Toy Stories: Kenner Diecast Star Destroyer AKA “Imperial Cruiser”