Season 2

Episode 076: Starriors
March 3, 2022

Episode 076: Starriors

Starriors from TOMY, another robot toy line form the early 80's to compete with GoBots and the almighty Transformers, but these had a gimmick! Didn't they all? This week we learn about the gimmick behind Starriors and why their rise to fame ..... just never really happened.
Episode 075: Super Soakers
Feb. 24, 2022

Episode 075: Super Soakers

Remember when those annoying kids around the block would get their water guns out and chase you down the street, then one day you got a SUPER SOAKER and you started chasing them! Yeah! We talked about the Super Soakers this week and how they got started with some help from NASA!
Episode 074: Ty Beanie Babies
Feb. 3, 2022

Episode 074: Ty Beanie Babies

The year was 1993 and the world didn't have enough stuffed animals, so enter Ty Warner and Ty Inc to save the day. The world caught on to this fad and everybody you know had one, if not a whole collection of them. This is their story.
Episode 073: MEGO Dukes of Hazzard
Jan. 27, 2022

Episode 073: MEGO Dukes of Hazzard

In 1981, MEGO releases a small line of action figures based on one of the biggest shows of the past couple of years. With some plastic and orange paint, they would release what would be one of their last toy lines for The Dukes of Hazzard.
Episode 072: Army Ants
Jan. 20, 2022

Episode 072: Army Ants

The year was 1987 and General Mc-Anther's Army Ant Forces were waging war against the forces of General Patant. Who wins? Well thats your choice with this line. Hasbro developed and released this micro line much like the M.U.S.C.L.E. and Monster in My Pocket lines. Simple and small, that was the na…
Episode 071: GoBots
Jan. 14, 2022

Episode 071: GoBots

Released the year before Hasbro's Transformers, the GoBots were the FIRST transforming car/robots to hit the shelves. Listen as we discuss the robots that came from Japan and tried to get a leg ahead of the Transformers, but it just wouldn't work.
Episode 070: Treasure Trolls
Jan. 6, 2022

Episode 070: Treasure Trolls

Originally made from solid wood, Trolls were developed by Thomas Dam and produced by Dam Things before crazy copyright and patent laws allowed almost any company in the world to make a version. We learned a lot in this episode, so listen up and learn with us.
Episode 069: Board Games [Milton Bradley]
Dec. 30, 2021

Episode 069: Board Games [Milton Bradley]

Established in 1860, Milton Bradley gets started with a new board game called 'The Game of Life' to give people the chance to play through their lives. So many games would follow and make Milton Bradley the company we know today.
Episode 068: MEGO Eagle Force
Dec. 23, 2021

Episode 068: MEGO Eagle Force

The year was 1982 and the boys and girls of the world were in need of small military special force action figures. Enter MEGO who releases Eagle Force and RIOT to solve those needs of the children of America. Learn how this line could have saved MEGO, but was just too late to the game.
Episode 067: Popples
Dec. 16, 2021

Episode 067: Popples

The year was 1986 and Those Characters From Cleveland (TCFC) were at it again, creating a new stuffed animal so cute that you would want to just roll it up and turn it into a ball. That's right we talked about Popples this week and found out about all the crazy P names along with some outrageous pr…
Episode 066: Madballs
Dec. 9, 2021

Episode 066: Madballs

Remember those foam-ish balls that had ugly faces on them from the mid-80's? Yeah we do too, so we talked about the story behind Madballs and how AmToy crated and put them on the market for all us amazing kids to enjoy.
Collector Showcase: Die-cast Collecting
Dec. 2, 2021

Collector Showcase: Die-cast Collecting

We did a live and talked all about die-cast collecting with special guest David (championdjk from YouTube fame) and got to see how he got started and some of his best collection. Spoiler, he really likes vans!
Episode 065: Army Men
Nov. 25, 2021

Episode 065: Army Men

Remember those green little dudes that everybody had a handful of growing up? Did you ever wonder what their origin story was? We did, so we found out and we share it this week. Also, a bit of pop culture with these little guys and how the keep making a comeback.
Episode 064: Teddy Ruxpin
Nov. 18, 2021

Episode 064: Teddy Ruxpin

Did you know Teddy isn't a bear? Learn more about what Teddy Ruxpin is and his origin story on this weeks episode of Toy Rewind as we dive into how he is connected to Chuck E. Cheese, Disney and the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Episode 064: Teddy Ruxpin
Nov. 18, 2021

Episode 064: Teddy Ruxpin

Did you know Teddy isn't a bear? Learn more about what Teddy Ruxpin is and his origin story on this weeks episode of Toy Rewind as we dive into how he is connected to Chuck E. Cheese, Disney and the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Episode 062: Best of the West Collection
Nov. 11, 2021

Episode 062: Best of the West Collection

In 1967, Louis Marx and Company combined a group of figures and made the move to build on their western action figure toy line up. Officially called the Best of the West Collection, these large figures helped all the kids go out west!
Episode 062: Marvel Secret Wars
Nov. 4, 2021

Episode 062: Marvel Secret Wars

In 1984, with the success of the Kenner DC Powers Collection, Marvel teams up is Mattel to release their own collection of action figures and play-sets based from the Marvel Universe. The rest is toy history.
Episode 061: Filmation's Ghostbusters
Oct. 28, 2021

Episode 061: Filmation's Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters, but not the Ghostbusters you're thinking of. We're talking about Filmation's Ghostbusters. The hit toy line from Schaper (TYCO) that suffered from a discombobulated cartoon. Listen up and get the history on this amazing toy line!
Episode 060: Monster in My Pocket
Oct. 21, 2021

Episode 060: Monster in My Pocket

A quick rewind 31 years back to 1990 when Matchbox releases a fun collectable toy like called Monster in My Pocket. Spanning from the figures all the way to a NES video game, these were a hot commodity.
Episode 059: Lincoln International Monsters
Oct. 14, 2021

Episode 059: Lincoln International Monsters

More and more monsters. Another spooky episode to talk about more Monsters. This week we rewind back to the mid-1970's and discuss the Lincoln International Monster line of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolfman, Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Girl Victim.⁠ ⁠
Episode 058: REMCO Universal Monsters
Oct. 7, 2021

Episode 058: REMCO Universal Monsters

The year was 1980 and REMCO releases the first line of the Universal Movie Monsters. These guys made it from the movies to the toy shelves in many different sizes including rubber masks and many more over the years. This is how it happened.
Episode 057: C.O.P.S. 'n Crooks
Sept. 30, 2021

Episode 057: C.O.P.S. 'n Crooks

Hasbro has done it again with a toy line that would be the basis of a 2 season cartoon in the late 1980's. With the C.O.P.S. team based in 2020, its nice to see what Hasbro thought the future might look like, sadly it just would never happen.
Episode 056: Battle Beasts
Sept. 23, 2021

Episode 056: Battle Beasts

Remember when playing Rock, Paper, Scissors was just done with your hands and didn't have a whole story line behind it? Enter Battle Beasts in 1987, when you could let the little guys decide if you were Fire, Wood or Water!
Episode 055: Shogun Warriors
Sept. 16, 2021

Episode 055: Shogun Warriors

When Mattel decides to import robots from Japan and put them all under one main toy line, you get Shogun Warriors. This week we learn how the Shogun Warriors line formed and evolved from die-cast to plastic and made it into the American homes.