As a young teenager I was obsessed with Samurai weapons. One of my faves were the Karimata or braid cutting arrows.  Recent I saw this set ...

 I remember these from the Seventies. I saw them in bookshops back then. My memory was jogged by a modern monotone reprint of Skinhead I saw...

I bought this American key fob for my old UK vintage toy fair stall. An interesting item was my logic. I got the keyfob on eBay about twenty...

I have just discovered that the ever useful Internet Archive site has a sizable collection of the classic movie monster magazine Famous Mons...

We end our Gorgo week with the most Famous of all Gorgo portraits, the one and only 1961 Famous Monsters of Filmland cover by the mega-talen...

We're chucking out some old kids' party books. This one's from 1980! Good old St.Michael! Looks like great dancing fun on the co...

After the glory of our childhood toys came the fizz and gleam of modern music. It did for me and I guess for many as the crazes of infancy g...

As a monster nut in the Sixties I adored the monster art around at the time, which in my mind was at the heart of the craze. Two artists sta...

With my furlough continuing I think I'm getting a taste of what retirement might be like and how I'll fill my time. Since being a ...

Count Dante was the bearded guy in the small ads at the back of comics who promised the Dim Mak during the Kung Fu craze. Appearing nex...

Hi Woodsy,  Dunno if you've caught this on the tube?  https://youtu.be/4Er6MdUJVvM Incredibly Dangerous Toys From the Past You’ll Be Lef...

Hello Woodsy, Further to the Unicorn post yesterday here are some NZ examples. All over South Island we saw roadside signs for Ho...

Seeing this box art from Ideal's Mera the Super Queen I was immediately struck by a memory of another illustration of underwater family...

As I enjoy a monster bender of Universal monster films this week a few thoughts have surfaced in the swill of grue. I was recently talk...

Hello Woodsy Attached is 'Bluey' my daughter's favourite Troll which she gave to my wife who keeps it on her desk.  ...

I've been flickin' through my old Classic Plastic book by Rick Polizzi. I got it Xmas 1997. Its stuffed with magnificent mo...

Reader Mark J of Southcoast Base asks readers if they remember one of his fave shows from the 90's, the Saturday morning children's...

Did you have these where you lived? What were they called? Here they are. These are my Missus'. She still loves 'em! ...

I've always been fascinated by the Boy Racer phenomenon. Not so much the teens themselves but rather their cars. I suppose it began...

There's some Silly Putty in this old movie! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e2JmtQkkRHE Mark J South Coast Base England ...