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17 Aug 2012

Back-to-school shinobi

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 0

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

Generic toys
30 Jul 2012

MIGHTY NINJA Figurines

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 1

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

Generic toys, Hasbro, Mighty Ninja, Ninja Warriors: Enemies of Evil
18 Mar 2012

More generics…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 0

These showed up on eBay recently. LOVE that knock-0ff illo of karate champ Joe Lewis (Jaguar Lives, Force Five) on the package. Oh for the days of He-Man recast bodies on figures so vaguely and poorly designed they could be … Continued

Generic toys
12 Nov 2011

80s punching puppet

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 0

During the 80s craze, there were tons of generic ninja toys positively INFESTING grocery stores, souvenir shacks, flea markets, blanket vendors outside subway stations, etc. You had to rake the stuff off your lawn in the Fall it was so … Continued

Generic toys, punching puppets
11 Nov 2010

Another generic 80’s ninja

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 1

Manufacturer: UNKNOWN Date of Production: UNKNOWN Lone Marking: “CHINA” Gotta think he came with a few gold-colored plastic weapons of ludicrous design and scale, and possibly a cloth cape, plastic parachute or some other type of trendy 80’s mode of … Continued

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