Talking Toys With Taylor and Jeff
Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff discusses vintage toys from our childhood
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 425
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2023
Talking Toys: Action Figure Exclusive #32 – Walrus Man
Yes!!! Jeff is VERY excited this week, folks. He and Taylor are talking about everyone’s favorite amputee, Walrus Man! Anyone who listens to this show regularly knows the story of Jeff’s fondness for…
00:33:12 |
Sun 27 Sep 2015
Minisode 19 – The Great Gary Unboxing
We have the greatest listeners on the planet, as evidenced by this episode. Taylor & Jeff received a care package from our listener (and friend) Gary, and we decided to unbox it live via Periscope! F…
00:22:02 |
Mon 21 Sep 2015
Talking Toys: Action Figure Exclusive #31 – Clawful
Jeff loves a good pun. Taylor loves a good pun even more than Jeff. So, as you may expect, they both had a good time this week discussing a PUNderful action figure: Clawful, from Mattel’s Masters of …
00:29:25 |
Mon 14 Sep 2015
Episode 40 – Police Academy
Once again, we’re knee-deep in the 1980s. It was a time when a raunchy R-rated comedy could rebrand itself into a family-friendly film franchise, which would then spawn a cartoon, which would then, o…
01:07:57 |
Mon 07 Sep 2015
Talking Toys: Action Figure Exclusive #30 – Snaggletooth
It’s one of the greatest “gambled and lost” stories in the history of the toy biz. Kenner make a guess about what Snaggletooth looked like below the neck, and got it wrong. But then, they got it righ…
00:24:03 |
Mon 31 Aug 2015
Minisode 18 – Mint-On-Card Resealing!?!??!!?!
On the latest minisode we tackle a disturbing trend: Resealing action figures. Can you believe someone would take a figure and put it BACK on the card, then try to sell it like it was Mint-on-card?!?…
00:22:21 |
Sun 23 Aug 2015
Talking Toys: Action Figure Exclusive #29 – Buzz Off
Jeff hates bees. Of course, Taylor loves bees. Taylor also loves Masters of the Universe. So, by extension, if a Masters figure was part-bee, Taylor would LOVE it right? You’d think so. And you’d be …
00:27:47 |
Mon 17 Aug 2015
Episode 39 – War Planets
So…you just came up with a toy line about a bunch of PLANETS that are at WAR with one another. What does your ultra-creative mind come up with as a name for the line? What would be not only descripti…
01:04:48 |
Mon 10 Aug 2015
Talking Toys: Action Figure Exclusive #28 – Hammerhead
Another week, another action figure in a onesie. Hammerhead was the most alien looking figure released thus far when it came out. Not JUST because he was wearing a blue onesie, but because he DID loo…
00:34:24 |
Sun 02 Aug 2015
Minisode 17 – Gentle Giant Minis and A Lymbery Mini
In a semi-timely edition of Talking Toys, Taylor and Jeff discuss the latest offering from from Gentle Giant. Far from giant, they’re presenting us with minifigures. First up: Rock ‘n Roll and Snake …
00:33:20 |
Sun 26 Jul 2015
Action Figure Exclusive #27 – Tri-Klops
What has 3 eyes but still only 1? Come on, TRI to guess….Give up? Ok, I’ll tell you. It’s Tri-Klops! 3 eyes but only uses 1 at a time, but that’s ok, he’s still intimidating and awesome. Taylor and J…
00:31:53 |
Mon 20 Jul 2015
Episode 38 – Computer Warriors
Have you ever wondered “Just how nerdy can this show get?” Well, we may have reached a new level this time. Taylor and Jeff discuss a toy line about toys based on computers. Of course, it was the 80’…
01:14:42 |
Sun 12 Jul 2015
Talking Toys: Action Figure Exclusive #26 – Greedo
Who shot first? It doesn’t matter THIS time, because Taylor and Jeff are just focusing on Greedo, the first bounty hunter introduced in both the Star Wars movies AND Kenner’s toy line. Sure, he doesn…
00:23:31 |
Mon 06 Jul 2015
Minisode 16 – Jumping Off The Train
There comes a time in every collector’s life when one has to look at one’s collection and decide “Do I really NEED them ALL?” That time has come for Jeff. Due to several factors, he has been forced t…
00:27:20 |
Mon 29 Jun 2015
Talking Toys: Action Figure Exclusive #25 – Trap Jaw
He’s blue, he’s a cyborg, he’s……got a hoop on his helmet? That’s right, kids, Taylor and Jeff are talking about Trap Jaw on the latest Talking Toys! The fact that he’s named Trap Jaw and we didn’t ev…
00:33:20 |
Mon 22 Jun 2015
Episode 37 – The Dukes of Hazzard
Yeeeeeeeeeehaw!!!!! Anyone who knows Jeff knows he LOVES The Dukes of Hazzard. And toys. Dukes of Hazzard toys? What do YOU think? Well, you might be slightly mistaken. This time out, Taylor and Jeff…
01:25:37 |
Sun 14 Jun 2015
Talking Toys: Action Figure Exclusive #24 – Tusken Raider (Sand People)
Has it really been a year?!??! It has! Today marks the end of the 12-back version of the Action Figure Star Wars Exclusives! Taylor and Jeff discuss the Tusken Raider/Sand People/Sandpeople figure. K…
00:27:45 |
Mon 08 Jun 2015
Talking Toys Special Edition – The TIM BARON Interview
As you know, Talking Toys sometimes takes a detour into some not QUITE toy-related topics. Today is one of those times. Sort of. Tim Baron is a friend of the show, and a terrific artist, so we wanted…
00:54:51 |
Sun 31 May 2015
Minisode 15 – ReAction Reactions
Funko has been releasing some figures for the last year or so that have toy collectors on cloud 9. The ReAction figures have been a hit with just about everyone. The retro card designs and the minima…
00:36:59 |
Sun 24 May 2015
Talking Toys: Action Figure Exclusive #23 – Ram Man
The scene: Mattel pitch meeting, circa 1981 The dramatis personae: Cliff and Earl, Toy Designers and Max, Mattel Executive Cliff: So for our next figure, we have something a little different Earl: Ye…
00:27:40 |
Sun 17 May 2015
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