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A Contest For Tots: Win Prizes for Helping KidsToy Bender - 10 hours ago You know what’s great? Helping others. This time of the year is the perfect time to help the less fortunate, because there are a lot of kids out there that might not be able to have a good *insert religious or secular … Tagged: charity, win, announcements, christmas, star wars, holiday, contest, contests, t shirt, action figure, 80s, prize, hasbro, g i joe, toys for tots, sideshow toys, toy collecting, toy collector |
Toy Bender - Nov 30, 2008
Super Powers was one of the greatest toy lines of the 80s that doesn’t get as much play as the big lines like Transformers and G.I. Joe. One aspect of the line that jogged a strange sort of memory was these Burger King …
Tagged: videos, dc, commercial, superman, batman, superheroes, 80s, comic book, wonderwoman, super powers, kenner, toy ads that time forgot
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Booty Babes: Junk in the Vinyl TrunkToy Bender - Nov 29, 2008 Sometimes I believe the Japanese have completely cornered the market on nude toys and then some good old American entrepreneur pulls through and shows them what for with some really great naked toys. While scanning … Tagged: art, opinion, black, vinyl, doll, african american, booty, toy collecting |
Toy Bender - Nov 29, 2008
According to CNN (how often does that phrase appear here?), three people were killed during yesterday’s Black Friday retail events. One death occured at a Wal-Mart where an employee was trampled to death when he was …
Tagged: news, videos, death, black friday, toys r us, toy store, toy stores
Toy Bender - Nov 28, 2008
Well not a whole lot has happened in the toy world to write about… so I suppose it’s time for one of these things. Item: I’m curious to find out if any of you folks have dared to venture out into the shopping …
Tagged: sale, videos, toys, rant, saving, toy collecting, toy collector
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Happy Thanksgiving ‘08 From ToyBender!Toy Bender - Nov 27, 2008 In the United States it is Thanksgiving today, the day where we eat lots of food and hear myths about how the pilgrims and the native Americans were the best of friends. I figured that today would be the perfect day to … Tagged: announcements, thanksgiving, opinion, toy, toy collecting, toy collector |
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This Month in ToyFare: Issue 137Toy Bender - Nov 26, 2008 Holy crap, it’s been a long time since I did one of these. I guess a case of laziness combined with the fact I’m not sure how many people read these posts caused there to be a large skippage. However, I picked up a … Tagged: magazine, this month in toyfare, toyfare, toy collecting, toy collector |
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Coming Soon! A Super Sweet Contest…Toy Bender - Nov 25, 2008 Not to toot my own horn (in public at least), but the final pieces are being put into place for having a seriously epic contest this December. I’ve been very pleased from the responses I’ve gotten for possible sponsors … Tagged: announcements, contest, toy, contests, toy collecting |
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Slinky Lady DiesToy Bender - Nov 25, 2008 The co-founder of Slinky, Betty James, has passed away at the age of 90. Slinky, of course, is the spring that isn’t so good at being a spring, but definitly is intriguing enough to kids to have become a super famous … Tagged: news, toy, obit, slinky, betty james |
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Twilight Ruins Toys Like It Does Vampire Books and FlicksToy Bender - Nov 24, 2008 All right, I admit that I’m being a little over dramatic with the headline up there. Seriously though, what’s with this Twilight stuff? It’s like there hasn’t ever been a vampire movie before. And the lead actor? Is … Tagged: news, film, rant, movie, toy, vampire, action figure, twilight, toy collecting |