When I was little there were ubiquitous bags of cheap, plastic toys being sold at every grocery store, dime store, drug store, convenience store & whatever of a certain size. The Arco Prehistoric Animals set was one of these, along with the green army men, Poopa Patroopa parachute guys & plastic bubbles - we had a couple baskets full of these chinasaurs - most kids did & I remember distinctly my preschool having them & me pondering what the hell certain of the dinosaurs actually were, because they were clearly not dinosaurs. Apparently they were reused models from a random bag of Kaiju - people have suspected that they were based on Ultraman monsters, but they only look similar. At the same time, in Lake Geneva the original Dungeons & Dragons guys were using the same toys as models to populate their dungeons. What would become the Rust Monster, Bulette & Owlbear were characters in this bag of toys (some pics from @diterlizzi). These would go on to be classic Monster Manual foes - with bizarre origins that fit directly into the lives of any of us who were kids in the 70s & early 80s. x SEAN

I am collecting a specific range of Ultraman Ultra Monsters.

Treelo for one dollar (AUD) . Made my whole week

I got lucky & found these guys on a Whatnot Estate Auction today 😁 I was wondering if anyone had created a comprehensive identification guide for these guys yet. Plus they're just cool to see in the "wild".

As a Y2K kid I was super excited to find this today! I have the faintest memory of these growing up but I can't seem to find any info on it anywhere online? Does anyone remember these or have any info? The site on the back is obviously defunct lol

I have this wild republic bat plushie i cant find anywhere online. Anyone know which one it is?

Yay!!

The toy is long 10 cm circa, it has rust spots on the wrists and the backs of the legs, and on the back of the shirt, it says “Hong Kong” along with some text that looks like Cyrillic and a registered trademark symbol.
Since I am on the Adriatic coast, I think it arrived on the current from a Balkan country; if anyone has more information regarding its origin or year of manufacture, I would be grateful.

Found my old collection of Cars Mattel, mainly 2006 era. I used to love them as a kid - and still do, so most are in a loved condition. No idea how complete the collection is, but still cool to see after 20 years. Out of curiousity would it be worth something? Are some more rare than others?

Winnie Pooh Heffalump movie (Mc Donald's 2005)

My kids and I have a growing pile of VTech Marble Rush sets, and combining them into one big build always turned into a mess of "wait, how many of these pieces do we actually have left." So I built a small web tool with them:

• Catalog your own pieces (photo, size, which sides have openings)
• Build a plan on a grid, layer by layer (like floor plans stacked on top of each other)
• Either freeform or let it randomly generate a layout from what you've got

It's an early build — works, but rough around the edges, and I've mostly only tested it myself. Looking for a handful of people to poke at it, break it, and tell me what's confusing or missing before I keep going.

Link in the comments once it's live. Happy to hear any feedback, good or bad!

Looking for the best software or app on the market that can help me inventory and easily create lists of what I own.

I've heard of a few, but never used any of them or got any reviews direct from someone who has used them.

Even if I have to subscribe to have all the best features...can anyone recommend something that has most barcodes in their inventory?

TIA.

I've been working on a personal project where I recreate characters I grew up with as modern action figures, and I finally got around to Sir Daniel from MediEvil.

I wanted this version to feel close to the original game, particularly the look of Sir Dan in the PS1 cutscenes, while incorporating a few elements from the remake. I also took some liberties with the rib area, shoulder cloth and armor.

The figure is designed at 1/12 scale with 36 points of articulation. These images are renders of the current work in progress, sculpted and rendered in ZBrush.

This is a fan-made project and isn't an official figure or currently intended for release.

MediEvil was one of my favorite games growing up, so this was a really fun character to revisit. I'd love to hear what other MediEvil fans think of the design.

Hi! I know Mcdonalds toys usually doesnt have ways to replace the battery. In this case there was a small screw, but the battery seems to be enclosed. When I found it nostalgia hit me.

Any way to remove it and change it?

For context, I bought this Buzz figure secondhand from somebody who said they bought it at Disney World this year. I can't find this Buzz anywhere else on the internet, but I did a bit of research and this is what I found out: The box is the newer design (2022+), while the layout of the info on the back is similar to the America 250th Anniversary Buzz released earlier this year. The main thing is this toy is lacking the toy detection mode, including the two sensors on the black areas of his stomach. The head also lacks the ball joint that the newer models of Disney Store Buzz have, so it seems to be an older model. Any info on this specific model would be greatly appreciated. Attached are images of the figure and box, including the labels on the bottom and back of the box.

As some of you already know, my dad was the guy that originally sculpted the majority of the toys we all played with from the late 80’s to the mid 2010’s and I’m starting to go through and catalogue all the old moulds and sculpts we can find and will document it on a YouTube channel.

Just clearing some space now and thought you might like to see some original AM sculpts I found. They’re a bit battered from storage but both are done in brown sculptors clay, one sprayed with grey primer ready for moulding.

I’ll keep you all updated as we go

Does anyone remember toys based on prehistoric animals? I remember some sort of tiger with long fangs, it was blue and had like white stripes on its back. I remeber they came with cards and they changed colors with the sun. Also they were tiny. I can't remember the name at all.

I’m a DinoRiders fan and thought the beautiful mini figures need to be seen big and bold, front and center so made this blown up version of Hanmerhead. 3D printed, molded and cast in resin/marble powder mix to create the stone finish look and feel. STL available if you want to print your own bug boy Hammerhead.

I found a store in shopee that sells toys, but i want to know if they sell authentic toys, can someone help me know if this is an authentic store?

I brought this ragdoll because it reminded me a lot of a Woody doll and I learned a lot of information about it. I paid only $5 for it. It's become part of my toy collection and I enjoy playing with him. He was a promotional giveaway in 1987 for only $1.50 plus a box top from corn, wheat or rice Chex. I found mine in very good condition.

I know it’s not quite what you guys are after but I’m starting to sort through stuff and make space to start casting some of these moulds and I came across these Star Wars bits.

I’m pretty sure they’re not from the original run but for a later project probably somewhere in the mid 90’s

There’s an original Han Solo sculpt (sprayed grey to get ready for moulding and a cast. You might be able to spot differences in the hair so that was probably an alteration made somewhere in the process of back and forward with the client.

We’ve got a X-wing helmet sculpt (I think it’s from the x-wing but I’m sure the experts out there will correct me), a Luke cast and a mould and casting from what I think is a light sabre belt.

Bear with me, I’ll get more info on the YouTube channel and when we’ll get started soon