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Five Iconic Custom Cars of 60s TV!

Chris Walker — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 19:58:12 +0000

The 1960s were a Golden Age for custom car culture! As such, creating one-of-a-kind vehicles for TV heroes was a brief fad. It’s not hard to see why: a cool car goes a long way to establishing your character’s identity AND the burgeoning markets for diecast toy cars or plastic model kits made it an…

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Why 80s Cartoons Were Based On Toys

Chris Walker — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:00:10 +0000

Prior to the 1980s, the connection between TVs and toy stores really only ran one way. There could be toys based on TV shows, but they were by-and-large a much smaller part of the toy market than toys that were just, y’know, toys. Then, seemingly over night, the top cartoons of the day were based…

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What Can Add Value To Modern Toys?

Chris Walker — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:00:19 +0000

Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where we here at Back to the Past share some of the signs and portents that need to be read to find the best value in a collection. Last week, we covered how the surprise success of an indie darling can make a modern comic worth good money. Today, we’re…

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Me Fail English? That Unpossible! (or “Finding The Right Keywords”)

Chris Walker — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000

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Atomic Batteries to Power

Chris Walker — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000

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