The relevance of toys transcends different ages and times. Toys are effective tools used to ease creative thinking and imagination in young minds. While playing with your favorite toy, you tend to create your storyline to support every battle or alliance you create. These battles might not even have any similarity to the original goal […]
Wheeljack’s Lab – Vintage Toy Blog
Follow this blog for the new, the unusual, the rare and cool Generation 1 G1 Transformers toys. Reviews, news, toy resources, galleries, unboxing, opinions and personal reflections on vintage toys.
The 10 Greatest Comic Book Series of All Time
No literary media engages more with its audience than comic books. Its unique visual format encourages young learners to improve their reading abilities and lengthen their attention span. Research published by Professor Dale Jacobs of the University of Windsor observed that comics in the classrooms could help students develop as critical and engaged readers of […]
The Top 10 Toys Based on Wrestlers from the 1980s to 1990s
There was so much to wrestling in the 1990s. Beyond the colorful scenes and the innovations, the era also featured amazing characters that found a way into children and adults’ memories. Popular wrestlers were often associated with sounds, celebrations, and favorite smackdown moves. Then, toys and video games later conserved the memories of these expressions. […]
The Top 10 Wrestling Moments from the 1990s
Indeed, the 1980s were evolutionary, but the 1990s saw a landscape change in wrestling. Popular characters like Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Iron Sheik, Muraco, and a lengthy list of others were now on a decline, while some retired. One thing that did not change was that there were very few entertaining activities other than watching […]
The Top 10 Wrestling Moments from the 1980s
You may scoff at it as an unreal sport, but you cannot deny its vibrant and magnetic characters associated with different unique moves that beautify your wrestling memory. More than any other sport, the unpredictability of wrestling stirs up the excitement. The good guys appear bad, and the bad ones do some heroic things that […]
The Top 10 Toys Based on Sci-Fi Movies
Given many reasons, the 1900s was a unique century of entertainment. Although the world has experienced a glorious revolution centuries before, the introduction of technology into the movie industry was an accomplishment of the 20th century. The emergence of movie producers and directors who were highly innovative and willing to broaden the scope of movie […]
The Top 10 Toy Commercials from the 1970s to the 1990s
Retro flashbacks are good to tell how far along we have come. The toy commercial industry has had its fair share of change over the years. Now, looking back to the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s era, some keen memories are worth reliving. The 1970s decade saw some of the most excruciating wars against the toy […]
The Top 10 Movies of the 1970s to the 1990s
There are very few activities capable of releasing stress more than watching movies. The tragic ones can make you appreciate your life and choices, while the comic ones enhance your mood and health. Medical research has shown that comic movies tend to lower your blood pressure, reduce your stress hormones, decrease anxiety, and strengthen your […]
The 10 Most Striking Toy Commercials from the 1990s
When you are watching your favorite show, commercials cutting in after every second or third episode would seem disturbing. Now, in an era where there were mind-blowing technology advances, you would not mind the interruption. Why is that? The reason is that the commercial is a classic innovation of what you had wanted. The ’80s […]
The 10 Most Amazing Toy Commercials from the 1980s
The first commercial on television was for a Bulova Watch Company. That was in the ’40s, 1941, to be specific. A lot of improvement took place between then and the 3 decades in between. Back then, the advertisement industry had a cultural status. As the ’50s came along with the Cold War and prosperity began […]