Episodes
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Needless Things Podcast 392: Star Trek Universe
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Mike Gordon returns to discuss Playmates Toys' all-new Star Trek Universe line!
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“Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
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Friday Jan 21, 2022
Needless Things Podcast 391: Star Trek Toys
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Mike Gordon returns to the show to discuss the past, present, and future of Star Trek toys!
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“Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
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Friday Nov 19, 2021
Needless Things Podcast 384: Eternian Roulette
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Dave and Mr. Beau Brown sit down with Pixel Dan’s The Toys of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe for a game of Eternian Roulette!
Using this massive tone and a random number generator, Dave and Beau discuss a wide variety of men, monsters, and machines from the history of the Masters toy line!
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“Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
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Friday Jun 25, 2021
Needless Things Podcast 368: Forgotten Toys of Yesteryear
Friday Jun 25, 2021
Friday Jun 25, 2021
On this week’s episode Needless Things is teaming up with The Clown is Down to talk about some of the forgotten toy lines of the past!
Everyone knows about Star Wars, GI Joe, and Transformers. But what about Supernaturals, Popples, or Mighty Crusaders? It’s time those unsung heroes got some love, too!
Listen in as Dave talks to Keith and Pete – the hosts of The Clown is Down podcast – about the little toy lines that could have, but didn’t, on the newest episode of the Needless Things Podcast!
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“Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
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Friday May 28, 2021
Needless Things Podcast 364: Masters of the Universe Origins
Friday May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
Our resident He-Manologist Mr. Beau Brown and Masters of the Universe historian Joe Shoes join Dave for a review of Mattel's Masters of the Universe Origins line thus far!
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Friday Apr 30, 2021
Needless Things Podcast 361: Star Wars – The 1995 Relaunch
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!
In a few days.
On this week's episode Dave and Head of Research Ryan Schweck look back at the line of Star Wars toys that a younger generation calls their first – Kenner's 1995 Power of the Force 2!
Listen in as Dave and Ryan share their memories of collecting this red-carded phenomenon on the newest episode of the Needless Things Podcast!
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Friday Apr 23, 2021
Needless Things Podcast 360: Toy News Roundup
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Dave and Head of Research Ryan Schweck run down a ton of toy news and thoughts about toy collecting in general. To Detolf or not to Detolf? Tune in and find out!
Listen in as Dave and Ryan talk toys on the newest episode of the Needless Things Podcast!
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Friday Mar 12, 2021
Needless Things Podcast 355: Toy Gimmicks
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Sounds, lights, action features, glow-in-the-dark plastic, vacuum metalizing, light piping, and more are all features made to enhance the appeal of toys and action figures.
On this week’s episode Glowmania World Champion Bob Burke and Ricky Zero and Bambi Lynn from Radio Cult join the show to talk about the greatest and best toy gimmicks of all time!
Listen in as the crew determines what makes for a great toy feature and what might ruin an otherwise perfectly good toy on the newest episode of the Needless Things Podcast!
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“I Just Wanna Play with the Bad Bays” by Radio Cult
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Friday Feb 26, 2021
Needless Things Podcast 354: Super 7
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Since 2001 toy company and retailer Super 7 has been making their dreams come true in plastic form.
Starting as a magazine about vintage Japanese toys and evolving over two decades into one of the most respected toy companies in the world, Super 7 has stayed true to its independent, punk-rock roots.
On this week’s episode of the Needless Things Podcast Super 7 super-fans Dave and Kristian discuss the history of the company and its offerings from the renowned ReAction line to the current collector darlings, the Ultimates.
Listen in as Dave and Kristian dive deep into a modern toy phenomenon on the newest episode of the Needless Things Podcast!
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Friday Nov 06, 2020
Needless Things Podcast 342: Tim Clarke - Return of the Boglins!
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Boglins and Sectaurs creator Tim Clarke returns to the Needless Things Podcast to talk about the return of one of his greatest creations – 80s gross-out toy staple, BOGLINS!
One of the greatest toy concepts of the 80s is returning in a huge way via Kickstarter – go check out Boglins® World Domination right now for what is truly one of the best Kickstarters Needless Things has seen!
On this episode their co-creator, Tim Clarke, will discuss how those outrageous creatures that come alive in your hands have returned and what the future holds. Be sure to check out our past episodes with Tim – Needless Things 25, Needless Things 179, and Needless Things 189!
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“Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
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