The Department of Miniature Marvels
Posted: February 2, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Animals, Archie McPhee, ceramics, Miniature, Novelties, Photography, toys, Whimsy Leave a commentChristmas Ornaments: Santa Pigeon Tree Topper, Bibo, a Crazy Cat Lady, and More
Posted: December 18, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Humor | Tags: Archie McPhee, Christmas Decoration, Christmas Ornament, design, Novelties, novelty, toys, Whimsy Leave a commentSource: Archie McPhee
Tin Toy Museum ブリキのおもちゃ博物館
Posted: December 13, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Japan, Mediasphere | Tags: 1960s, Novelties, toys, vintage Leave a commentBadges and Decoder Rings for the Buck Rogers Clubs (the Solar Scouts) from the 1930s
Posted: December 2, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Badges, Buck Rogers, Memorabilia, Novelties, Solar Scouts, toys, vintage Leave a comment[VIDEO] Watch Hillary Clinton and Her Staff Do the ‘Mannequin Challenge’
Posted: November 8, 2016 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere, Politics, Robotics | Tags: 2016 Presidential Campaign, Clowns, Democrats, Dolls, Fortune (magazine), Hillary Clinton, Mannequins, media, news, toys, video Leave a comment
Valley of the Dolls
Posted: September 13, 2016 Filed under: Entertainment, Politics, White House | Tags: DNC, Dolls, Donald Trump, GOP, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Election 2016, Royal Bobbles, Supermarket, toys Leave a commentVintage Toy: ‘My Beetle is Huge, and It Walks As If It’s Real’, Japan, 1970
Posted: August 14, 2016 Filed under: Asia, Entertainment, Japan | Tags: Advertising, Bugs, Japan, novelty, toys, vintage Leave a comment[PHOTO] Sailors Playing Pinball
Posted: August 5, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Amusements, novelty, Photography, Pinball, Pinball Machine, Recreation, Sailor, toys, U.S. Navy Leave a commentThe Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab
Posted: July 16, 2016 Filed under: Entertainment, Guns and Gadgets, Science & Technology | Tags: 1950s, toys, vintage Leave a commentThe Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was a toy produced between 1950 and 1951. The toy allowed the user to conduct simple experiments with radioactive materials. Kit included;
- A Geiger counter
- An electroscope
- A Wilson cloud chamber
- A spinthariscope
- Four samples of uranium ore
- Pb-210 lead isotope
- Polonium
- Ruthenium
- Zinc
- various other accessories
After only a year of production, the toy was pulled from the market for obvious reasons.
Source: peashooter85
[TOYS] Pocket Transistor Radios Manufactured During the 1950’s & 1960’s
Posted: July 3, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, History | Tags: 1960s, Audio, Crystal Radio, LP record, novelty, rockets, toys, Transistor radio Leave a commentGreat website focusing on the design and history of pocket transistor radios manufactured between 1954 and 1965.
Source: ROCKET RADIO MG-306
OH YES: Alfred Hitchcock Action Figure
Posted: May 29, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Action figure, Alfred Hitchcock, Art, Cannes Film Festival, Cinema, Dolls, Movies, novelty, Psycho (film), toys Leave a commentMondo collaborated with artists Trevor Grove and Michael Norman to create this 1/6 scale collectible figure of filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. The action figure includes:
Director’s Chair
2 Cigars (1 lit & 1 unlit)
Raven
Clapboard
Butcher Knife
4 Interchangeable Hands…(read more)
Source: Dangerous Minds
Mr. Mercury Box Art, 1950s
Posted: May 10, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Robotics | Tags: 1950s, design, Illustration, novelty, toys, typography, vintage Leave a commentSource: humungus
Mighty Thor Scooter Wind-Up Toy, 1967
Posted: April 17, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1960s, Comic Books, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Mighty Thor, Novelties, scooter, toys, vintage Leave a commentLEGO Enthusiast Builds Minifig Characters Based on All 3 Original Star Wars Films, Attack of the Clones, and The Force Awakens
Posted: December 29, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Archie McPhee, Archie McPhee's, Band-Aid, Japan, Lego, Novelties, Star Wars, toys Leave a commentSource: Archie McPhee’s
‘Happy Fatties’ Attract Shoppers in East China
Posted: December 19, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Asia, China, Entertainment | Tags: Advertising, Ji’nan, novelty, Quancheng Road, Sculpture, Shandong Province, Shopping, toys Leave a commentVintage Toy: Kennedy Space Center Astronaut
Posted: December 3, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Space & Aviation | Tags: 1960s, Astronaut, Dolls, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, toys, vintage Leave a commentSpace Age Toy: ‘Atomic Disintegrator’
Posted: November 2, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Cap Pistol, Games, Novelties, Sci-fi, Space Age, Space Race, Toy Gun, toys, vintage 2 CommentsVintage Toys: Space Helmet
Posted: November 1, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Space & Aviation | Tags: 1950s, 1960s, Astronaut, Space Exploration, Space Helmet, Space Race, toys, vintage Leave a commentBoy Defends Mars (Somebody Has To!)
Posted: October 29, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Global, Humor, Space & Aviation | Tags: Illustration, novelty, Sci-fi, Science fiction, toys, vintage Leave a commentHere’s Your Head What’s Your Hurry?
Posted: October 22, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Dolls, Halloween, novelty, Photography, toys, vintage Leave a comment‘Smoke A Dick’ Bubble Gum Cigars
Posted: October 19, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, History, White House | Tags: Americana, Bubble Gum, Candy, Cigars, Dick Nixon, novelty, President, Presidential Cigars, Richard Nixon, toys, vintage Leave a commentYou Be The Electronic Man!
Posted: October 11, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Robotics | Tags: 1950s, Advertising, Comics, Dan DeCarlo, design, Illustration, Robots, The Brain #6, The latest brainstorm of the brain, toys, vintage Leave a commentYou Be The Electronic Man – ‘The latest brainstorm of the Brain!’ Advertisement featured in the Dan DeCarlo comic, The Brain! #6, January 1958. (via Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine)
Planet Robot Key Wound Motor Sparky
Posted: October 8, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Japan, Robotics, Space & Aviation | Tags: Comics, design, Illustration, novelty, Planet Robot, Robots, Science fiction, toys, typography, vintage Leave a commentBilliken Godzilla: Model Kit Box Art
Posted: January 28, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Japan | Tags: Godzilla, graphics, Models, toys, vintage Leave a commentBilliken Godzilla, 1954 (Model Kit Box Art)
Vintage Nintendo Ad: ‘UltraHands’
Posted: December 28, 2014 Filed under: Asia, Entertainment, Japan | Tags: 1960s, Advertising, Gaming, Nintendo, toys, vintage 1 CommentCragstan Astronaut: Vintage Japanese Toy
Posted: November 26, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Japan, Mediasphere, Robotics | Tags: Cragstan Astronaut, Space Age, toys, vintage 1 CommentJapan: ‘Boys Magazine’ 1960s
Posted: November 18, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Japan, Mediasphere | Tags: King Kong, Magazines, Manga, pulp fiction, Tabloid, Tokyo, toys, vintage 1 Comment‘Special Edition for Summer Vacation’
Vintage Japanese Pulp: ‘The Practical Science for Boys & Girls’, November 1949
Posted: October 12, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Asia, Comics, Economics, Japan, Mediasphere | Tags: 1949, Magazines, Manga, media, Practical Science for Boys and Girls, Robots, Science fiction, toys, vintage Leave a commenttransparentoctopus – superretro.com