As I live in Rome, Italy I couldn't have been more surprised to find this action figure of American pro football player William Perry aka The Refrigerator the other day.  He was right at the bottom of a bargain toy bin in a local second-hand...

I recently picked up an old X-Men Marvel comic in a second hand store - in fact, it wasn't just any old issue, but #1 from October 1991, when they were relaunched as simply "X-Men" (rather than "Uncanny X-Men") with pencilling and story by the much...

October 31st will soon be upon us so here's a timely look at some spooky vintage action figures and a few of the best horror movie icons to have been immortalized as toys over the years. Happy Halloween! Hannibal Lecter NECA have to be hands down one...

When in the spring of 1987 Matt Groening created a series of short animated sketches for The Tracey Ullman Show - The Simpsons - who could have imagined that those early incarnations of Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart would eventually become...

Today, 9th October, would have been John Lennon's 69th birthday. Whilst many news blogs remember the day he was shot dead in New York on 8th December, 1980, Yoko Ono continues to celebrate his birthday with tribute events and the Imagine Peace...