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.

Zorro Retrospective

Posted on January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 by Chris Ingledue
1980s Toys, 2000s Toys, Uncategorized, action figures, comic books, Movies, novels, television series, toys, Video Games, Zorro

Join us in a Retrospective of Zorro. The franchise begins in 1919 when Johnston McCulley created this incredible superhero western character. Zorro first appeared in All-Story Weekly in August of 1919. This masked, swordsman vigilante in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California appears in many stories across practically every form of media for […]

The Difference Between Zorro and The Lone Ranger

Posted on August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 by Chris Ingledue
1970s Toys, 1980s Toys, Uncategorized, difference, Movies, television series, The 1900s, The 2000s, The Lone Ranger, toys, Zorro

In 1919, the superhero western character, Zorro, made an appearance. First, in a folktale and later in many movies, series, toys, and comics. Then, in 1933, The Lone Ranger first aired as a radio program but is most widely known for the television series with the same name. The Lone Ranger also told the story […]