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Those Wonderful Toys returns with a lively conversation between Chris and Plaid Stallions maven Brian Heiler! Brian discusses his new Toy Ventures magazine and the return of his long out-of-print book, Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings! Tangents along the way include !mpact Comics, Shazam!, The Monster Squad (not that one), Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and A Man Called Sloane!

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Clip credits:

“Royalty-Free 80s Music” by Dar Golan

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It’s the Most Wonderful Toys Time of the Year! Chris takes a look back at some of his favorite Christmas toys, Remco’s Energized Super Heroes, featuring battery-powered versions of Marvel and DC’s greatest heroes!

Special thanks to David “Ace” Gutierrez for the suggestion!

 Be sure to check out the Energized Super Heroes coverage at Plaid Stallions!

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Clips and music from The Amazing Spider-Man TV series, The Incredible Hulk TV series, Batman theme from Power Records, Superman The Movie, the Captain America tele-films, and Spider-Man 2

Audio clip from Spaceballs

“Toyland” by Doris Day

"Christmas All Over Again" by Tom Petty

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FW Presents a Halloween Treat! Chris takes a look at Remco’s line of Universal Mini-Monsters action figures from the 80s!

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Clip credits:

“Toyland” by Doris Day

Audio clips from Spaceballs, Dracula (1931), Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man (1941), Creature from the Black Lagoon, Mad Monster Party

“The Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett

“Frankenstein” by Edgar Winter

“Zombie Zoo” by Tom Petty

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This episode, Chris and Cindy begin a new recurring feature, Tales from the Toy Chest! This new series will cover a comic character’s history in plastic, from the first licensed products through today. With Captain America: Civil War only a week away, what better hero to start with than the Star Spangled Avenger himself, Captain America!

From Captain Action to Mego, Secret Wars to Toy Biz and beyond, the Super Mates dig deep into Chris’ collection to find the best (and worst) Cap toys of the past 50 years!

For more on Captain America toys, visit these awesome sites!

www.megomuseum.com

www.marvellegends.net

www.plaidstallions.com

www.marveltoys.net

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Clip credits:

“Wedding March” from Flash Gordon by Queen

Clips from Captain America: The First Avenger, directed by Joe Johnston

“Marvel Super Heroes” and “Captain America” themes by Jacques Urbont from The Marvel Super Heroes cartoon series, 1966

Captain America (1979) TV Movie theme by Mike Post

"Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses

“Home of the Brave” from Captain America (1990) by Ivan Neville

Ultimate Avengers end credits theme by Guy Michelmore

Tracks from Captain America: The First Avenger soundtrack: "Captain America" and "Captain America March" by Alan Silvestri, and "Star Spangled Man" by the Star Spangled Singers

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Ho-ho-ho! In this festive Yuletide episode, Chris reminisces about Christmas toys he received as a boy. From The Six Million Dollar Man, Evel Kneivel, and Mego, to He-Man, Super Powers, M.A.S.K., G.I. Joe and Transformers, it’s a visit from the Toys of Christmas Past!

In between the ramblings on plastic baubles, Cindy discusses her Top 5 Favorite TV Christmas Specials! Which holiday favorites make her list? Listen on and find out!

Merry Christmas!

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What did you get for Christmas as kids? What were your favorite Christmas specials? We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at supermatespodcast@gmail.com. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook!

Chris and Cindy shared their Star Wars Memories on Disney, Indiana Episode #194! Check it out here.

Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Next time: Our first episode of the New Year features a first-time guest, and a subject that has to do with “The First”!

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