A Collection a Day #18 – Vintage Lunch Boxes

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A collection a Day #18 – Lunch Boxes, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Want to know what my favorite shows were when I was a kid? Just take a look at my lunch boxes. I kicked these things down the street, threw them in the air, and sometimes even caught them. I never brown [...]

Masters of the Universe: the rise and fall of a toy line

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I stumbled across this great article about the Masters of the Universe toys that I grew up with. The author has fond memories as well … Growing up in the early 1980’s, I feel privileged to have been a child during a golden age of toys.  Specifically, action toys and figures aimed directly at young [...]

He-Man Figure Re-Released

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Just in time for Christmas, Mattel is re-releasing the greatest hero of the Masters of the Universe Classics series. He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe, was a huge success last year, so Mattel reworked him a bit and will re-release him on November 18, but only on the MattyCollector.com web site. The new [...]

Mattel… WTF?

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Mattel is having some issues with fulfilling orders for the new Masters of the Universe line of action figures. After quite a bit of fan uproar on the Mattel Facebook page, Mattel realized they better own up to the problem. From the mattycollector.com site: Look, what I really want to say is that we want [...]