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Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Jonathan (Nostalgia Unboxed) as they dive into all of the toys released in Playmates’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toyline! This year, Playmates found its formula for success by bringing in so many different animals and genres with a touch of that gross out […] The post Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 1989 appeared fi...

Join Jay and Dan as they revisit the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy line from 1988, exploring the figures and vehicles. We are looking back at the history of these popular collectibles, from the Good Guys and Bad Guys to vehicles like the Cheapskate and the Turtle Blimp. It is a nostalgic trip through […] The post Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 1988 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life....

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Kate in Chat (Secret Galaxy) as they dive into the short lived but beloved Animated series and toyline “The Pirates of Dark Water” Hanna-Barbera spent 500k per episode and Hasbro brought a ton of unique tooling and paint apps to bring this incredible […] The post Pirates of Dark Water: 1991 appeared first on G...

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Andrew (Gayties Toys) as they dive into the second year of Kenner’s Super Powers toy line. Year one gave SO MANY top tier DC characters, Kenner went into the opposite direction in year two featuring C and D tier heroes paired with Jack […] The post Kenner’s Super Powers: 1985 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life....

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Ryan Doell (Gotham City Tonight) as they dive into one of the greatest super hero toy lines of ALL TIME: Kenner’s Super Powers. With an iconic first wave that featured a TON of DC Comics heavyweights like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and more, […] The post Kenner’s Super Powers: 1984 appeared first on Geek....

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) along with special guest Griffin Newman (Blank Check Podcast, George Lucas Talk Show) as they dive into the last year of the MYP Masters of the Universe Toyline! The Snakemen story line may have gotten more time for the property, but it wasn’t enough to keep […] The post Masters of the Universe: 2004 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life....

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) as they dive into the second year of the 200X Masters of the Universe toy line with special guest Emiliano SantaLucia (MOTU, Transformers, Formo Toys). We get to look at never before seen concepts and sculpts for some of the iconic figures from this year and […] The post Masters of the Universe: 2003 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life. .