Among many fantasy films, The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the series that automatically comes to mind for people all around the world. This iconic story first began as a novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien, published in July 1954. The book series from the mid 1900s proved to be one of the best-selling book […]
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.
Dukes of Hazzard Retrospective
In January 1979, the popular American action comedy series, The Dukes of Hazzard, first aired. This series, consistently among top-rated television shows from the late 70s to the mid 80s, drew in millions of fans. This series quickly became a big hit which spiked the launch of toys (1980), video games (1984-2004), movies (1997-2007), and […]
The Top 10 1970s to 1990s Horror Movies
You probably already know that the three decades under consideration here were phenomenal. Let’s start with the ’70s, which bore some rarity for horror movies. The decade brought about the industry’s rebirth. It was marked with mixed creativity and emotional sensitivity. All this helped to produce vividly descriptive and excruciating horror that mirrored what the […]
The Top 10 1970s Horror Movies
The ’70s was part of America’s reawakening of New Hollywood. The industry’s rebirth came with descriptive imagery of the excruciating horror the world was going through. The industry was able to mix the creative side of big-studio filmmaking with the emotional sensitivity of art-house cinematography. The ’70s saw the growth of films into new levels, […]
The Top 10 1970s Sci-Fi Movies
The ’70s was the decade that announced monumental changes in the filmmaking business. That is because this decade was popular for taking bold risks in their storytelling and their executions. At this time, Hollywood went through a transitional phase, moving from traditional movies to more innovative projects. The ’70s gave resources to imaginative, visionary, and […]
The Top 10 1970s Video Games
The 1970s undoubtedly marked the first prominent decade of the video game industry’s history. This decade practically saw the development of most of the earliest video games, mostly in arcade versions. As far as video games were concerned in the early ‘70s, you would have to go to the arcade for the good old games. […]
The Top 10 1970s TV Shows
Did you know the ‘70s was a remarkable period in Television History? A decade that came with notable change on the small screen as TVs began to spread. In no time, televisions came to be friends with films. There were quite a lot of people who were getting accustomed to tuning in to see their […]
Top 10 1970s Movies
There is just so much to love about movies made in the 1970s, so as to be expected, this top 10 1970s movies list was hard to make and rank each individual fantastic movie that came out in this decade. Since motion picture came into view, every decade has had at least a few great […]
The Top 10 Cartoons from the 70s to the 90s
In the animation industry, outmatching the remarkable feats of the ‘60s was not going to be an easy task. The ‘60s were the breakout years for cartoons and animation series. The succeeding decades, however, did not disappoint in producing blockbusting animation TV series. Even at the height of the cold war, these series proved to […]
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 […]