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This book offers a number of colorful projects that use the toy’s basic building blocks: rods and spools.

The Repacked Podcast features comprehensive conversations about action figures and the franchises behind these toys and collectibles.

Zap! Ray Gun Classics is a sure-fire nostalgia trip for anyone who grew up in the Space-Age era of Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and Tom Corbett.

The Vintage Computing & Gaming (VC&G) website explores the computer and gaming technologies that inform contemporary life and work.

The Defunctland YouTube channel examines the history of extinct theme parks and themed entertainment experiences.

It’s all robots, all the time, in SERVO Magazine.

If you enjoy the harmless pranksterism of silly things like joy buzzers, whoopie cushions, fake dog poop, or snake nut cans, Cheap Laffs: The Art of the Novelty Item will be right up your alley.

Found Footage Festival spotlights the absurd, funny, and peculiar VHS products of decades past.

The 1964 Johnny Seven toy line of playsets and facsimiles of military equipment from Topper Toys was marketed exclusively to boys.

This book uses the two-year development process of the Dino-Riders action figure line by Tyco Toys as a springboard for discussion on history, advertising strategies, politics, and the sobering economic reality of seasonal sales cycles in the toy industry.

Author Bruce Watson paints an insightful portrait of toy industry legend Albert Carlton (A.C.) Gilbert, the inventor of the Erector Set and founder of the A.C. Gilbert Company.

Animation Magazine is a print publication devoted to topics relating to the animation industry.

Conserve the Sound is an online museum that preserves the sounds of once-common objects.

The RetroBlasting YouTube channel takes viewers back to the 1970s and 1980s through analysis and commentary on popular cartoons and toys of the era.

The Beyond the Brick YouTube channel showcases the work of LEGO creators from around the world.

Digital Comic Museum offers free digital downloads of Golden Age comics.

Comics in the Golden Age Podcast guides listeners through the best years of comics; sharing stories about the writers, illustrators, and characters of the classics.

DOLLS magazine is a print and digital publication written by and for collectors of antique, fashion, baby, fantasy, and porcelain dolls.