Welcome to our retro-website! Here you'll find a number of vintage photos, brochures, booklets on model kits, vintage toys, classic animation, the golden age of advertising and more. These are all taken from items in my personal collection. Have fun browsing (there's more to come)!

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Government Issue Joseph -- Click here to see GI Joe and his friend Hamish -- as they give you the straight dope on what it's like being the hippest, grooviest and most dangerous toys alive!
Grauman's Chinese Theater -- Historical photos of Master Showman Sid Grauman's Hollywood cinema masterpiece: The World Famous Chinese Theatre.
1976 Aurora Model Catalog -- Movie Monsters, Sci-Fi Kits, Military Models from Aurora, the premiere fantasy model maker of the 60s & 70s (& America's Bicentennial!)
1971 Mattel Hot Wheels Catalog -- Wheels and Wings International Collector's catalog. Sizzlers, Rumblers motorcyles, Earthshakers construction vehicles, Hotline Trains -- 1971 was a banner year for the Mattel Hot Wheels line!
Original Hasbro GI Joe Space Capsule 45RPM record -- From the exclusive Sears Space Capsule set! GI Joe's venture into space included real NASA launch recordings.
Hai Karate After Shave! Remember the commercials? "Be careful how you use it!" Perhaps a bit dated for these enlightened times, but still a lot of fun...
Jay Ward Studios -- Catalog and Flyer from the animation studio of the creators Rocky & BullWinkle, Dudley Do-Right and Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
Aurora "Seaview" Model Kit instructions 1966 and 1975 from Irwin Allen's classic television series, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."
Sinclair Dinoland -- Booklet for Sinclair's 1964 World's Fair traveling dinosaur exhibit. This exhibit of giant dinosaur statues traveled across the USA in the sixties.
Clete the Cop -- Two brothers & a Harley Davidson Motorcycle
MGM Super 8 Catalog -- Home movies in the age before DVD. These "digest" versions were usually highlights of the films strung together to make a story. You could get them in color or black & white, with sound or subtitles. The best thing was the "Tom & Jerry" cartoons were complete, UNCUT & UNCENSORED! A rare find....
Misc. images -- Sorry, Charlie...UNDER CONSTRUCTION