Vintage Toy of the Month! Granny Gross!

I’m on time this month! Can you believe it? It is time for an all new Vintage Toy of the Month, and this month we are going to check out one gross toy. This was a toy that fulfilled every child’s need of wanting an elderly woman as part of their action figure collection as well as a gross-out haunted human. Let’s check out Granny Gross!

The question was simple enough, “Who you gonna call?” There were many toy lines that dominated store shelves in the 80’s but The Real Ghostbusters gave everything else …

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For the first time in the current lineup of WWE items, fans have finally gotten the chance to own the beloved Miss Elizabeth in action figure form. One of the most popular characters in WWE history ever, Miss Elizabeth has been a fan demanded choice for quite some time. Well Mattel listened and included her in a poll for fans to vote. You all remember this, over a year ago Mattel offered up a voting experience on Mattycollector.com for fans to vote for their ideal lineup for the exclusive online WWE Elite Collection Flashback Series. Miss Elizabeth clearly won many votes …

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Picking out an all new Vintage Toy of the Month is always a thought provoking task. I sit around in my archival room and debate with all my vintage items to find out who will take the coveted spot for each new month. It gets challenging! However, there can only be one winner, and this month we are going to take a look back at a toy line that was going to revolutionize how we played with our toys: Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future!

Captain Power was a live action show aimed at kids but it contained many …

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This all new Vintage Toy of the Month is in honor of a recent surprise at this past weekend’s New York Toy Fair. Castaspella is getting an all new release in the Masters of the Universe Classics line, and what better way to celebrate than by checking out her vintage counterpart? Back in the day the Princess of Power toy line could be found everywhere. I remember finding POP toys for sale at the grocery store, corner drugstore, even the crafts store. Toy stores were not the only place to find She-Ra and her friends. This is how I would come …

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The 15th of every month marks an all new Vintage Toy of the Month on NERD Society, and today we will be looking at Glimmer, the guide who lights the way for the awesome members of the Great Rebellion. All of this hails from the vintage Princess of Power toy line by Mattel.

So before we get started, let’s have some toy talk. For those who have been living under a rock (or maybe weren’t born yet) the Princess of Power toy line was a highly successful line that was aimed at girls who wanted in on the Masters of the …

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Ready for a mega sized Vintage Toy of the Month? After much work, the Crystal Falls is ready for its debut on NerdSociety! After all, nothing says play set like a water wonderland for She-Ra and her friends. So let’s begin this truly epic look back on one fun vintage toy.

The box art for She-Ra play sets was always the best. The artwork looked amazing and featured various characters from the Princess of Power Universe. Perfuma and Mermista got their images plastered on the box as well as She-Ra and Swiftwind. And who doesn’t love that jealous Catra sneaking around …

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Hello fellow toy lovers! It is time for another fun edition of Vintage Toy of the Month! In the spirit of Halloween this month, today we will be looking at Mysteria from Filmation’s Ghostbusters! Now there is some history with this Schaper toy. For those not in the know, Filmation was a studio that made some amazing cartoons in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. Does He-Man or She-Ra mean anything to you? (It should.)

Anyways pay attention because what I am about to tell you is going to be more convoluted than a soap opera. Back in the ’70s Filmation …

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