The Predator media franchise is a renowned franchise based on the sci-fi horror movie titled The Predator. Jim and John Thomas wrote the movie while John McTiernan directed it. The Predator movie spawned three other sequels and what later became a media franchise. The Predator franchise consists of some of the most popular movie sequels […]
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 Top 10 Movies Created to Market and Sell Toys
Companies have modeled toys and dolls after children’s favorite movie characters, wrestling characters, comic superheroes, and even villains sometimes. Studies show that people will pay more for a toy linked to an entertainment property like movies, TV shows, cartoons, and even comics than they will pay for a non-entertainment-associated toy. The statistics show that they […]
Tonka: Rock Lords Prototypes
We recently received a collection of vintage Tonka Rock Lords prototypes, pre-production toys, and memorabilia from a former Tonka Executive! The collection included some Rock Lords – this is just a sample, not all are shown. The collection included pre-production mock-ups, hardcopies, first shots, test shots, engineering pilots, unproduced & unreleased prototype toys & MORE! […]
Vintage Toy Buys for 02-18-2020
For this week’s vintage toy buys report, we have a whole lot of vintage plastic toy gold that came into the store this past week. These items range from sealed in the box, boxed and loose. Virtually every major toy line having at least 1 collection arriving from vintage toy sellers. Let’s take a look […]