Phantasmic plastic: Ghost mini figures!
The other day I decided to round up a bunch of different ghost mini figures I own to make a ghostly group shot. How many different toy lines can you identify in this photo?
View ArticleMono Minis of the Day: 7/5/16 to 7/20/16
Here are the latest batches of Mono Minis of the Day--as posted daily on the Little Weirdos Instagram, Twitter and Flickr. The lineup in the photo is as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:1....
View ArticleSkeleton paratrooper party favors
Here are some awesome parachuting skeletons that I probably got sometime in the early '00s. They're a unique twist on the Imperial Poopatroopers that have been sold in one form or another for decades.I...
View ArticleGiant Co. micro space aliens
Some of the coolest space/sci-fi toys came out during the 1960s, and these little guys are a perfect example. They are tiny (under one inch tall) space aliens made by an old company called Giant, which...
View ArticleMono Minis of the Day: 7/21/16 to 8/5/16
Here are the latest batches of Mono Minis of the Day--as posted daily on the Little Weirdos Instagram, Twitter and Flickr. The lineup in the photo is as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:1....
View ArticleThe bone brigade: plastic skeleton warriors galore
In the past I've posted about the excellent Polotoy skeleton warrior fantasy figures, but there's so many other toy solider-style skeletons out there that I figured it was time for another entry...
View ArticleIt came from the arcade: Zoids bootleg keshi
If you grew up in the '90s and spent any time in your local arcade, you might remember these. They're tiny bootlegs of Japanese Zoids keshi that you could commonly find available behind prize counters...
View ArticleMono Minis of the Day: 8/6/16 to 8/21/16
Here are the latest batches of Mono Minis of the Day--as posted daily on the Little Weirdos Instagram, Twitter and Flickr. The lineup in the photo is as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:1....
View ArticleDino Toys with Candy Eggs (Topps, 1988)
In the late 1980s, Topps released monochromatic mini figures in blind bags with along with packs of cheap, chalky candy. Nope, I'm not talking about Garbage Pail Kids Cheap Toys. I'm talking about the...
View ArticleMasters of the Universe MUSCLE: Series 2
About a year after debuting the first series of Masters of the Universe MUSCLE ("MOTUSCLE") figures, Super7 unleashed Series 2 earlier this summer at San Diego Comic Con. The second set consists of 12...
View ArticleMono Minis of the Day: 8/22/16 to 9/6/16
Here are the latest batches of Mono Minis of the Day--as posted daily on the Little Weirdos Instagram, Twitter and Flickr. The lineup in the photo is as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:1....
View ArticleMono Minis of the Day: 9/7/16 to 9/22/16
Here are the latest batches of Mono Minis of the Day--as posted daily on the Little Weirdos Instagram, Twitter and Flickr. The lineup in the photo is as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:1....
View ArticleGorelords: new MUSCLE-style monster minis from Violence Toy
Gorelords is a new line of factory-produced mini figures from indie toy makers Violence Toy--a company that until now seems to have focused on larger, pricier vinyl figures. These things totally crept...
View ArticleMono Minis of the Day: 9/23/16 to 10/8/16
Here are the latest batches of Mono Minis of the Day--as posted daily on the Little Weirdos Instagram, Twitter and Flickr. The lineup in the photo is as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:1....
View ArticleMonster in My Pocket: Series 4 (Super Scary)
Super Scary pamphlet showing all 24 monstersIn 1992, Matchbox released the 4th series of Monster in My Pocket, the "Super Scary" set. To most kids who collected MIMP back in the day, it would have...
View ArticleMono Minis of the Day: 10/9/16 to 10/24/16
Here are the latest batches of Mono Minis of the Day--as posted daily on the Little Weirdos Instagram, Twitter and Flickr. The lineup in the photo is as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:1....
View ArticleMusclemania: pre-MUSCLE weirdo wrestler minis (revisited)
When most collectors think of weird little wrestling mini figures from the '80s, they think of MUSCLE. But there's actually a similarly-themed toy line with a copyright year that predates the release...
View ArticleMono Minis of the Day: 10/25/16 to 11/10/16
Here are the latest batches of Mono Minis of the Day--as posted daily on the Little Weirdos Instagram, Twitter and Flickr. The lineup in the photo is as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:1....
View ArticleConfectionary Creeps: weirdo candy containers & wrappers
Remember when candy often came in all sorts of fun novelty containers and wrappers? The kind that you'd be more likely to buy to get the toy container than you would to eat the candy? I don't know...
View ArticleMono Minis of the Day: 11/11/16 to 11/26/16
Here are the latest batches of Mono Minis of the Day--as posted daily on the Little Weirdos Instagram, Twitter and Flickr. The lineup in the photo is as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:1....
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