Voltron, Defender of the Universe, became a cultural phenomenon in the 1980s thanks to its thrilling animated series and iconic toy line. The classic Voltron toy, originally released by Matchbox ...

Retro Indy: Mile-O-Dimes campaign provided ... rage in the 1950s and the classic Forbidden Plant spawned Robby the Robot toys and metal spaceships. 1960s: Barbie made her debut in 1959, grew ...

a Los Angeles-based collector of vintage toy robots and ray guns. “It was really the beginning of the plastic era.” That’s not to say Robert was some cheap knockoff. Cranking the handle on ...

This is how Furbys — the half-bird, half-blob baby robots that were everywhere in ... named Sugar Cookie and Coffee Bean, in a retro toy shop in Seoul. “As soon as I saw them, I knew I wouldn ...

Beyond the main Transformers toy line, there are several other branded ... heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms ...

then you can give a big thank you to Takara Tomy and Hasbro for bringing these shapeshifting robots to your grubby little kid fingers. Today, these vintage Transformer toys are incredibly valuable ...

The new DC Retro 6-inch figures ... Lord Death Man, and Robot Batman from the ’66 comics. Pre-order details for each of the new figures in McFarlane Toys’ Batman ’66 lineup can be found ...

Mr McDonald said the desire to purchase retro toys comes from a sense of nostalgia for the past. 'You can remember that Christmas when you got your little robot and it was your favourite thing ...

The robots are being sold by an anonymous collector, who began to buy them when he was a child. They date from the early 1960s to the 1990s and form part of a collection of science fiction toys up ...

Devotees of electronic toys may recall the MB Big Trak robot truck. You may well have ... created a fake company history and a collection of retro toys, including model cars powered by whipped ...

But a toy version of the Earth-destroying robot from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" didn't come out until 2008 remake of the original 1951 film. And that version is a vinyl action figure ...