The Toy Department crew presented a panel at Planet Comicon Kansas City back in 2016, and took attendees on a whirlwind tour of the history of action figures. From ancient times to the modern day, we tried to cover it all in just 50 minutes. Of

Episode 3: Stretch Armstrong and Friends

Dec 27th, 2017

It’s been a while, but we’re finally back! We continue to be amazed at the variety of toys that we’re seeing in this department store beyond time. Being stuck here before the internet age, our bandwidth is severely limited and we’re forced to u

Episode 2: The Micronauts

Dec 27th, 2017

We’re back–and still stuck somewhere in time at a department store. It still appears to be the mid to late 70s, but the years are always a little fluid. We don’t mind so much, however, since there are so many cool toys to check out in this toy

Episode 1: The Adventure People

Dec 27th, 2017

Welcome to the first episode of the Toy Department! Your intrepid hosts Rob, Andrew and Dave will be here to guide you through a (hopefully) monthly tour of toy aisles past. You may remember us from the Flag Points podcast–that’s sort of how we

Audio Interview: Kindle Worlds GI Joe Author Jim Beard

May 25th, 2015

Rob here–and I’m back (by myself) with a special feature podcast. I’m a GI Joe collector, and recently I’ve been delving more deeply into the 1970s era of America’s first action figure line. I spent some time interviewing Jim Beard, who is the