Started a blog www.retrotoyinfo.co.uk

[retrotoyinfo]

Hi All,

I love Star Wars, the history of Kenner and other toys from the 1970s and 1980s. I recently started a new blog www.retrotoyinfo.co.uk

The pictures used in the blog were all taken by me from toys in my personal collection.

I have collected Star wars and other vintage toys for over 20 years and created the blog simply because I am so interested in all retro toys.

Be interested to hear any comments. I have made a start and posted 6 posts on it in the last couple of weeks. I will add new posts regularly on specific toys, toy lines and history of toys

Happy new year

Alex

[figurecollector]

Welcome! Looks like some interesting reading.

You will have to share some collection photos with us.

[greenpointbootlegs]

That Sears catalog is amazing to see again. My grandmother had us make our Christmas lists from it - I agonized for days about what to circle - the ones I really had to have I’d put a star next to. My grubby hands probably smudged all the ink on the page.

[Thor Laserpunch]

Good stuff, you really do your homework. I like that you're featuring some stuff that hasn't already been talked about ad nauseum on tons of other sites.

I had seen those generic light cycles on intergalacticspacebunny's ebay store I think but didn't realize they might have been legit merchandise from another manufacturer who bought the molds. Interesting. Those tabletop arcade games are dope too.

[retrotoyinfo]

Appreciate your comments. I want to take a fresh look at vintage toys. I write everything from scratch. The Tron post link is retrotoyinfo.co.uk/index.php/2018/01/21/a-collectors-guide-to-the-1982-tomy-tron-toys/

I will add more to the Tron post,