Let’s go shopping!
Did you get cash or coal in your stocking Tuesday morning? Well, if it was cash, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket, then here’s some choice items on eBay right now: Ruby Spears animation cell of the Ninja … Continued
Norris ninja knock-off
This 5″ generic figure, re-cast from something in the Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos scale, is nothing to write home about, however the card it came on… …is absolutely off the chain! Love this illo and the savagely 80’s green star … Continued
80s capsule vending machine trinkets
They line the fronts of department stores, supermarkets and pharmacies to this day. Capsule-dispensing machines can cost upward of $2.00 nowadays for their near-worthless plastic junk, illustrated hologram stickers and granite-like gobstoppers half the size of a kid’s head, but during … Continued
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Collegeville Ninja Costume – 1986
Felt obligated to get a quick Halloween post in this year in the midst of all the book stuff going down at FPU. This Collegeville kids vinyl costume is from 1986, with art based on the classic ninja dart board. … Continued
Things I did not buy on eBay this Summer
For the past few months, I’ve been saving the pennies for a new book project coming in late October over in From Parts Unknown land, so of course a ton of ultra rare and cool shit shows up on eBay. … Continued
MASTER OF NINJA shinobi ‘army guys’
Little toy soldiers. 54mm-scale figurines. Plastic army men. Whatever the formal term of the ubiquitous two-inch-high static soldiers that companies like Marx belched out by the millions, we always called them “army guys” (Actually, being in central Massachusetts as a … Continued
Back-to-school shinobi
More vintage 80s toy crap! These were 5″ solid plastic pencil toppers, made of some truly toxic low-grade junk with paint jobs to match. Awesome! Best/worst thing about these are they’re SOLID and heavy, and there’s no way in hell … Continued
MIGHTY NINJA Figurines
Some choice 80’s toy crap here, folks! These Mighty Ninja 2.5″ figurines were actually knock-offs of the already somewhat knock-off-ish Ninja Warriors: Enemies of Evil line that somehow oozed out of Hasbro late in the craze era. Sadly, the Chinese … Continued
Ninja Yashiki board game
Up on eBay right now from vendor susi-sumo-jpn, this vintage board game is to die for! No year specified, but I’m thinking 80’s from the art and the way it’s colored. Looks like shuriken and ninja figurine tokens. The black box … Continued
Vintage Ninja Wind Chime
This 4″ porcelain windchime came from Japan, the seller not knowing how old but had it in her possession since the early 80s. However the design is old school enough, I have a feeling the same mold was used for … Continued