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Posted on September 17, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
After Mattel acquired Tyco in 1998, they also absorbed all of Tyco’s brands. Thus, the Incredible Crash Dummies became a part of Mattel’s catalog. However, they did not rush out to create a new toy line for the crash dummies.
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Posted on September 15, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
In 1991, Tyco joined forces with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to turn their successful PSA campaign into the Incredible Crash Dummies toys.
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Posted on September 13, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
Pop culture icons have appeared from the strangest of sources, as in the case of the Incredible Crash Dummies. Back in the 1980s, no one would have predicted that children would want to play with a group of crash test dummies.
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Posted on September 10, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
Beyond the colorful spandex sets that the Rangers wore, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers made waves with its set of quirky and unusual monsters. In the first three seasons, either Rita Repulsa or Lord Zedd, or both, summoned these creatures into battle.
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Posted on September 08, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
Before 1993, few in the United States knew of the Super Sentai shows that had been going strong in Japan for decades. However, one man made it his mission to bring the team of colorfully spandex-clad martial-arts-based superheroes to America.
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Posted on September 06, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
Believe it or not, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is nearing its 30th anniversary since it debuted on American screens in 1993. However, its main source material and influence, Super Sentai, is even older.
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Posted on September 03, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
Have you been considering sending in your old and vintage toys for grading with the AFA in 2021? We here at Wheeljack’s Lab aim to honestly guide our customers.
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Posted on August 30, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
As collectors of Transformers Toys, we often consider how a service, like AFA-Grading, affects the value of our old and used toys. There are several reasons to consider having toys sent off for professional grading services, such as securing the value.
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Posted on August 27, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
In 1985, Harmony Gold set about to introduce the world to a new franchise with the blended localization of three anime series.
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Posted on August 25, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
Robotech is an action, adventure, science fiction media franchise that started as an 85 episode-long animated series.
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Posted on August 23, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
Robotech is an action, adventure, and science fiction media franchise. Originally, the American production company, Harmony Gold, collaborated with Japan’s Tatsunoko Production collaborated to adapt three different anime into one American series.
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Posted on August 20, 2021 by Chris Ingledue
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light is an action-adventure, science fantasy, and animated television series. Sunbow Productions used Hasbro’s toy line of the same name as the basis for its plot.
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