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1980 J.C. Penney Christmas Catalog: Galactic Attack Dome, Buck Rogers Toys,...
First things first. On the bottom left of the first page you’ll see a caption, CONSUMER INFORMATION ABOUT ADVENTURE TOYS. The text underneath reads: The active, imaginative play that adventure toys...
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Miner Industries: Star Base Command Tower (1979)
Via John Kenneth Muir’s Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic Television. Muir says the Tower was released in ’79 by Minor Industries, but I can’t find anything about the company on the Intertubes....
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Beyond Tomorrow Lunar Space Station and the Story of Multiple Toymakers
Look familiar? Remember the Star Base Command Tower and the Galactic Attack Dome? Well, I’ve been trying to figure out who made all these similar looking space sets in the late ’70s and early ’80s,...
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Multiple Toymakers: 2005 and Beyond Space Playset (1976)
I have been to 2005 and beyond, and I’m sorry to say that we still don’t have a Command Base on the Moon. We’ve got an International Space Station, though. And Mars rovers. That’s not so bad.
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Miner Industries: Dragon Crest (1983) and Mysterious Castle (1982) Playsets
I ran across the Dragon Crest playset at toyranch’s Flickr. I found nearly the same set, renamed Mysterious Castle, in the 1982 Sears Christmas Catalog. The date on the Dragon Crest set is a guess. At...
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Kung Fu Playset (Multiple Toymakers, 1975)
Multiple is going after Mattel’s Big Jim Kung Fu Studio (1974), seen below via Mrs Hoffy/Flickr. Both packages get an A+ in eye appeal. Who doesn’t love orange, yellow, fuchsia, and red?
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Christmas Morning, 1969: Milton Bradley’s Barnabas Collins: Dark Shadows Game
Kid also appears to be dressed up as Barnabas Collins. Wrong holiday, kid! The first goth? You can also see MPC’s Carry Case Castle on the bottom right. I’m not sure what the other box is. UPDATE...
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