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Philip Reed October 21, 2016

Last week, while on the train from Casablanca to Marrakech, I took time to watch more episodes of the classic...

Philip Reed February 11, 2016

Every single time that there's an outrage over action figures and female characters I sit back and try to explain...

Philip Reed February 4, 2016

The Playmates ExoSquad toys from the early nineties (find at Amazon.com*) are not all that difficult to find these days,...

Philip Reed October 31, 2015

This October 28, 1994 newspaper article caught my eye for one very good reason: The Playmates Skeleton Warriors toys get...

Philip Reed April 14, 2015

Image Comics changed the comic landscape in the nineties, but one area where the venture never quite came together was...

Philip Reed March 30, 2015

The August, 1997 issue of Tomart's included this full-page ad for the Playmates Star Trek Strike Force toyline (Amazon.com search*)....

Philip Reed January 9, 2015

Can you believe that Playmates' Exosquad series (Amazon.com search*) is now over two decades old? Wow, where does the time...

Philip Reed July 21, 2014

Named by Mental Floss as one of their Eleven Awesome Vintage Playsets, the late eighties Technodrome playset from Playmates' Teenage...

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