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Girls of a certain age may remember playing with Blythe, a big-headed doll introduced by American toy company Kenner in 1972. A generation later, Blythe has taken on a new life in far-off Japan. Blythe's most devoted Japanese fans hold her in such deep esteem, one might liken it to mania! Technorati Tags: Art and Design Boomers International Shopping Toys Websites Women
The Summer heat got me to thinking of the wonderful tradition of Sno-Cone toys. Shown above is a commercial for the Frosty the Sno-Man Sno-Cone maker which Hasbro first debuted in the 60s. Later in the 70s Kenner introduced...
NEW YORK - It's a homecoming for Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake! American Greetings Properties (AGP), the intellectual property and outbound licensing division of American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM), today announced Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) as the new master toy
In the Hutong Listening to Gordon England talk Export Controls 1734 hrs. As an illustration of the possibilities open to Chinese companies who want to buy a brand when they move into the US market rather than build their own, this is a partial list of some of the brands that sit, unused, in the inventories of American companies: (Mind you, I'm not suggesting any or all of these as good potential choices...
Well, I never had geeky old Meccano as a kid, but cripes did I have Lego® aplenty! It was a quantum improvement over Kenner’s formulaic girder and panel building sets (which were still pretty awesome) that allowed me to build a clunky little town in the basement that my hordes of plastic Airfix soldiers could wage protracted battles over. Doubtless, Ole Kirk Christiansen probably wouldn’t have been...
This is the first installment of "The Collector's Corner", a special weekly installment of Officially Cool written by guest author Jason Dorough of www.Mechazilla.com. Jason is an avid collector of cool geeky gear and one of the internet's authorities on things that are "Officially Cool". Be sure to check back ...
Plaid Stallions is one of my favorite stops on the Internets for Gen X nostalgia. While Propelling this morning, I came across their scans of Kenner's 1978 Star Wars toy catalog. If you've read The Trade from Just a Geek...
In 1959, the Kenner Toy Company of Cincinnati, Ohio introduced its Give-A-Show Projector. What this basically was was a flashlight that looked a little like a projector and which came with little six-frame filmstrips that told stories, mainly featuring...
Following Twistbox Entertainment's reverse merger with Los Angeles-based Mandalay Media in January, the company said it has appointed Bruce Stein to the position of CEO. The merger allowed Twistbox , which develops mobile games and TV for carrier decks and WAP sites, to go public on the OTC. In today's announcement, Mandalay called Twistbox Entertainment "a foundational component," of the company,...
I have an incredible fondness for all things Alien , even though it is probably not cool to like Alien any longer. But when have I EVER been about liking things that are cool? Regardless, there is no denying the coolness that is the Xenomorph, if for no other reason than the thought given to the life cycle of the thing . In the Nerdery, there are many things devoted to the Alien. Here are but a handful....
2008 is the 45th Anniversary of one of our toy favorites, the Easy Bake Oven. For a time they took away a lot of the classic appeal, including the light bulb, but the parents of children were not pleased and didn't want to purchase it, because it was becoming less of its former self. The light bulb [...]
