Rack Toys

A love-letter to fun toys that broke real easy, Rack Toys chronicles decades of cheaply made toys found on the rack of discount stores, drug stores and anywhere in-between. What these toys lacked in quality, they made up for in charm and kitsch.

Chock full of 800 pictures and over 75 categories that cover boy and girl toys both, this is the first book in a series that will help to define what 70's playtime was all about. From action figures to general toys to games, this guidebook will give visual examples as well as a checklist on a wide variety of items that were produced during this fantastic decade. Whether you're a collector or someone who wants to walk down memory lane, this is the book series that you've been waiting for. Some of the many toys that are covered within this volume are: Mego Action Jackson , Fisher Price Adventure People , Atari 2600 , Aurora Model Kits , Avon Toys , Barbie , Mattel and Larami Battlestar Galactica toys , Ben Cooper Jigglers , Mattel Big Jim , Marx Big Wheel and Green Machine , Kenner Bionic Woman , Kenner Blythe Dolls , Brady Bunch toys , Buck Rogers toys (By Mego , Larami , Fleetwood , HG Toys , Imperial , and Remco ), Celebrity Dolls , Cereal Toys ( Freakies and Monster Cereals ), Charlie's Angels toys by Hasbro and Fleetwood , Chips ( By Mego , Fleetwood , and HG Toys ), Colorforms , Mego Comic Action Heroes , Corgi Vehicles , Dakin Figures , Denys Fisher Doctor Who , Dolls , Mattel Donny and Marie , Board Games , Electronic Hand-held Games , Emergency by L.J.N. , Evel Knievel by Ideal , Tomland's Famous Monsters of Legend , Matchbox / Lesney Fighting Furies figures , Mego Flash Gordon , Hasbro G.I. Joe , Godzilla , and MANY more!

In 1901, nineteen-year-old Ehmid Alley Awid Amerey moved to London, Ontario, leaving the dissolving Ottoman Empire behind. With conscription on the horizon, he fled in search of safety, adventure, and better economic prospects. So begins Richard Asmet Awid’s historical family biography on the Lebanese diaspora and the Lebanese pioneers in the Canadian prairies. While centered around Richard’s close and extended family, this book also serves as a comprehensive history on the Lebanese migration to North America over the course of 135 years. Told in accessible and engaging prose, this biography gives an intimate look into the under-represented Canadian Lebanese community and their remarkable stories.

A love-letter to fun toys that broke real easy, Rack Toys chronicles decades of cheaply made toys found on the rack of discount stores, drug stores and anywhere in-between. What these toys lacked in quality, they made up for in charm and kitsch.