Toy Rewind Podcast
Toys, toys and more toys. A trio of brothers get together and talk about toy lines that go back as far as the 60s, also refered to as 'their childhoods'.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 143
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Episode 100: A Night With The Brothers
Season 2 come to an end with a retrospective of all the toy lines that we have talked about over the last 2 years. Give you thoughts that we have not shared before and talked about the future of the …
01:11:50 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
Episode 099: 100 Years of Toys
The brothers go over the last 100 years of toys and talk about how we have come from just wooden blocks to some amazing toys including dolls, action figure, video games and building blocks that snap …
01:15:39 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
Episode 098: StarCom: The U.S. Space Force
In 1986 when Coleco wanted to take kids imaginations to space, they did just that with the StarCom: The U.S. Space Force. These smaller figures were over-shadowed by the amazing vehicles and playsets…
00:53:28 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
Episode 097: Giga Pets
More digital pets, but this time from Tiger Electronics. We talk about how Tiger Electronics not only challenged Tamagotchi, but also expanded the digital pet to many other brands like Jurassic Park …
00:40:53 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Episode 096: Tamagotchi
The digital era was upon us, and Bandai wanted to be apart of that. Enter the 90's version of the Pet Rock, but this time you could actually make it do things. Tamagotchi was the start, but not the e…
00:41:01 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Episode 095: Erector
Structural Steel building sets from the early 20th century were an amazing toy set for kids to play with and to grow their imaginations. With one Erector set you could build anything your mind could …
00:45:54 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Episode 094: The Dawn Doll
It was 1970, and Barbie has been dominating the markets, but she was going through a mid-life crisis. Enter the Dawn doll line by Deluxe Reading. These 6-inch figures would only last 3 years, but gav…
00:47:19 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Episode 093: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
This week we talk about the 90s phenomena Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! A quick history of the toys and the show that inspired the figures. And what is with the weird shaped boxes of these figures. W…
01:08:31 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Episode 092: Crystar
A story line created by Marvel, but produced by REMCO, this small line was ahead of the comic book and never made it past 1 series. Do you remember Crystar? Without a cartoon there just wasn't much t…
00:55:29 |
Thu 07 Jul 2022
Episode 091: Bucky O'Hare
While Playmates was riding high on the TMNT line, Hasbro made a quick trip into the anthropomorphism world and brought us Bucky O'Hare. This short lived line was amazing, and the potential was high, …
01:01:59 |
Thu 30 Jun 2022
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Episode 090: Happy Meal Toys [1990-94]
Remember all those Happy Meal Toys you got when you were a kid, but have no idea where they are now? Yep, we talked more about some of the best Happy Meal Toys from the golden age of Happy Meal Toys.…
01:42:49 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Episode 089: Micronauts
In the late 70's MEGO wanted to give us something fun and innovative to play with, what we got was Micronauts. This intersting line only lasted 5 years, but the toys we got from it were ...... weird.…
01:22:20 |
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Episode 088: Willow
From the minds of Lucasfilm and Tonka, in the 80's we got a line of figures that went along with the epic adventure movie of Willow. These figures, non-posable and attached to a base, were probably t…
00:54:34 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Episode 87: Biker Mice from Mars
This week we get to follow a group of mice who ride bikes and defend any planet they land on. Galoob released this line in 1993 and along with a weekly cartoon, we all enjoyed watching and playing wi…
01:07:38 |
Thu 12 May 2022
Episode 086: American Girl Dolls
Learning history was never more fun after Pleasant Company starting releasing American Girl dolls. Each of these dolls had an American background that would allow you to learn and play at the same ti…
00:56:51 |
Thu 05 May 2022
Episode 085: Barnyard Commandos
When farm animals and radioactive materials combine, we get Barnyard Commandos. We are joined by one of the Dorksmen this week to dive into one crazy line from Playmates right at the turn of the deca…
01:08:05 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Episode 084: Police Academy
With the success of the movie and the cartoon, Kenner took the Police Academy characters and created a whole line that embraces the characteristics for each of them. Come and learn about one of the f…
01:07:55 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Episode 083: Sky Commanders
Another line from Kenner, in the time of all toy lines get cartoons, we have the Sky Commanders. This small run on toys had a gimmick, as most of them did, that was different and probably helped to f…
01:01:30 |
Thu 14 Apr 2022
Episode 082: Rock Lords
In 1986 who wanted a Pet Rock when you could have a Rock Lord. Tonka released transforming rocks as a spin-off from the ever popular Go-Bots toy line. Did they flop, or did they rock? Listen up as we…
00:57:15 |
Thu 07 Apr 2022
Episode 081: Power Lords – The Extra-Terrestrial Warriors
From the model boxes to action figures, Revell tried something new and we see that it might not have worked out as well as they expected. This week we looked at the Power Lords and how having 4 thumb…
01:02:19 |
Thu 31 Mar 2022
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