Rubber vending toys are always great fun to see. These bendy monsters were online and are Japanese Kaiju I think. Alas, I don't know the...

  LP styled rubber aliens and spacemen were staples of old vending machines in the US [not sure about anywhere else]. Here's a rogues ga...

  I was gobsmacked to see ciggy lighters on an old vending machine pack I saw on auction. Or am I misreading this? Are they toys do you thin...

  I think some of these old vending gifts are Kaiju from Japanese films but I'm not sure. What do you think readers? Looks like you coul...

There's some interesting bits n bobs on this old vending card I saw online. Mid-left there's our old mate the coned LP alien with hi...

We're used to seeing the LP aliens on Moonbase. Collectors of Apollo Moon Exploring may even have them in the house. Here's a humoro...

I saw these modern Trash Pack containers online. In fact I think my grandson has some as part of of his Gross-ery Gang pile of toys and figu...

Remember a time when getting a carded set of small plastic charms would have made your day? Have you got any charms?

I like this little gathering of vending goodies on Etsy past. The Batmobile style car is as slick as can be but who is the green ma...

I love these suckers. I saw them on Etsy I think. These are LP style aliens and spacemen all rubberised for a vending machine! ...

Saved from the photo-feast that is Ebay I am always chuffed to see a stray Outer Space Man. Here we have a nice cute rubbery Astro ...

I saw this little unidentified charm online and thought I'd blog it. An iconic shaped vehicle and one I knew straight away. ...

I saw this motley crew on Etsy. Among the spacemen are two small figures I've been eyeing up for years online. The two figu...

The small plastic toys that shot out of this Christmas's crackers reminded me of those wonderful miniature knick knacks we had as a kid....

I've just got home and patted the dog, put on some coffee and checked out the toy company I posted this morning, Grandmother Stover...

I love old gumball vending cards like this. There like pizzas with a toy topping! This is one I saw online this year and its a crac...

I've never seen this particular backing card for LP aliens before. Saw it in Ebay earlier in the year. Looks like a vendin...

This piccy on Etsy of plastic treasures brought back memories. Its the hot water bottle. I remember them so clearly from the Sixtie...

I do love spotting recognisable toys in knockoff sets. Action Man stuff regularly turned up on carded vending toy packs. The one ab...

Its too soon to talk about the Big Day so I won't but the onset of the dark month of November has got me thinking about the promise of ...