Hobbies

Photos of Custom Vehicle Team Voltron Action Figures

Here are new photos of custom-made action figures of various characters from the Vehicle Team Voltron episodes of 1980s animated television series Voltron: Defender of the Universe. The figures were made on commission by pock63, whose Facebook page can be found here: (Click each image to view it at full size.) Pilots of the Voltron […]

Build Your Own Sci-Fi Playsets!

Here are some fun links to help imaginative children of all ages to build their own science-fiction playsets. Outer-Space Station (from Woman’s Day magazine, 1978) Hoth and Dagobah Playsets from The Empire Strikes Back (from Woman’s Day magazine, 1980) Build Your Own Space Station Playset! (eBook — costs $4.99)

Reproduction Cardboard Panels for Star Wars Death Star Toys

In the late 1970s, two STAR WARS action figure-oriented Death Star playsets were sold. In the United States, Kenner’s Death Star Space Station was a four-story structure that resembled, from one side, a gun tower near the famous trench from the film. At the other end was a tall cylinder that doubled as both an […]