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1:00 PM on 03.16.2013

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors' Sawboss is now art

Ask me to name some '80s toy lines that would transition well into the art world and I'm pretty certain Jayce and Wheeled Warriors wouldn't be anywhere on that list. Nothing against Jayce, it just wasn't one of those shows th...

Jeremy Emerje Crocker

9:00 AM on 03.15.2013

Nath's custom Centurions Jake Rockwell is 'Xtreme'

Back in the late '70s and '80s there was an industry wide shift in figure scale as companies moved away from large 'dolls' and smaller action figures dominated. Even so, there were some ambitious figures that just had to be b...

Jeremy Emerje Crocker



The Four Horsemen bring the Power Lords back from the 80s photo
The Four Horsemen bring the Power Lords back from the 80s
by Jeremy Emerje Crocker


10:00 AM on 10.21.2011

Cracked's 8 Most Wildly Irresponsible Vintage Toys

Sometimes all you can do when reading an article is just stop, stare at your screen, and say, 'Wooooowwwww....' Cracked is known for writing lists that make me spend hours reading through them, but this recent post of the 8 M...

Rio McCarthy



Tomocast 24: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles photo
Tomocast 24: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
by Pedro Cortes




Tomocast 24: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles records tomorrow! photo
Tomocast 24: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles records tomorrow!
by Pedro Cortes


7:00 PM on 01.03.2011

Under the Radar: Start with a camera, get the Voltron Starshooter 110

Last week, I laid eyes on the first Transformers product that I thought I might actually buy -- the Perfect Effect camera set, which looks like a DSLR but is transformable into a robot. "That,"I thought to myse...

Colette Bennett

11:30 PM on 12.28.2010

Ghostbusters Retro-Action Peter Venkman by Mattel brings back the good ol' days

"I ain't 'fraid of no ghost!"Like me, you probably grew up with the Ghostbusters movie, and then later, its sequel. You might also recall the various spin-offs and merchandise associated with the franchise, nam...

Crystal White

11:30 PM on 12.15.2010

Star Wars may have had victorian era inspiration

At first glance, these masks look like creepy steampunk customs based on classic Star Wars icons, namely Darth Vader and C-3P0. However, the opposite is true. Instead of being inspired by the film series, they have ...

Crystal White

4:00 PM on 10.31.2010

Michigan man's slot car track is the kind of thing I once dreamed of having

Everyone comes form different backgrounds here on Tomopop as it relates to toys, and I so happen to have a history of growing up with slot cars, thanks to my father. But nothing he put together could ever have topped what Jam...

Brian Szabelski

12:00 PM on 10.14.2010

Steve Miller introduces The Florida Project for Walt Disney World next year

As part of the celebration of 40 years for Florida's beloved Walt Disney World, the parks are going retro! The designers are hard at work making the project look like you've stepped right back into the 70's when the Magi...

Kristina Pino

12:39 PM on 10.03.2010

Discovering the Vintage Toys community

Quite a while ago, I wrote an article for Tomopop about a Flickr community called the Vintage Toy Pool. I was quite inspired by it at the time, and I still go there even once in a while to see what's going on a...

Colette Bennett