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We've shown you the newest doodads and geegaws the Toy Fair has to offer, but in the spirit of Toy Fairs past, here's an awesome gallery of 1980s action figure blister pack illustrations. More »
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A month after we ask Hollywood to consider the potential of a movie based on 1970s toyline Micronauts, news comes from an unlikely source that they've heard us, and are talking to JJ Abrams to make it happen. More »
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With Transformers and GI Joe amongst the most successful movies of the summer, it's no surprise that studios are looking for the next big toy thing. But Battleship isn't going to cut it... Not while these playthings are available. More »
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The idea was so simple, and yet it took toymakers until 1976 to come up with a line that mixed the build-em-up concept of Lego, the characterization of action figures and the ability to lose teeny-tiny pieces around the house of, well, any small toy you've ever lost as a kid. I'm talking, of course, about Acroyear, Pharoid ("with time chamber") and Time Traveler: The Micronauts. More »
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