Too Much Awesome

We here at Toy-TMA do a lot of writing. Sometimes we do more writing than usual, but we’ve been very good about creating content every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at a consistent pace. Thankfully, a lot of our favorite articles have been viewed over and over again, and even have comments in staggering numbers for [...]

“Long ago, when the pyramids were still young, Egyptian kings played a game of great and terrible power. But these ‘Shadow Games’ erupted into a war that threatened to destroy the entire world, until a brave and powerful pharaoh locked the magic away, imprisoning it within the mystical Millennium Items. Now, 5,000 years later, a [...]

Today, we talk about one my greatest guilty pleasures growing up. The Pokemon Trading Card Game, and some of the stratigies I found most appealing.

As a product of the 90’s, I loved action figures growing up. They were always my go-to toy of choice whenever it was fun time and my creative juices were flowing. In fact I think it was all those years crafting and simulating fast paced action packed scenarios with my heroic plastic relics that would [...]

It all started so simply. I was browsing the board game isle of my local Fred Meyers last week when I stumbled on a blast from my past. Just seeing it immediately got my mind to start moving, which is odd because as a kid, it barely made me think at all. Milton Bradley pioneered [...]

I just rewatched Toy Story 3, so I’m in an extremely nostalgic mood today. Going with the feeling, I decided to pay a visit to my parents’ home and snag my bins of action figures from The Long, Long Ago. Yes, I have a Buzz Lightyear, and a Woody, but neither of those are my [...]

Halloween is important to kids because it encourages a special form of play: role-playing. On October 31, everyone can be anybody they want. An added bonus, however, is the idea of keeping that costume or prop to play with. I had a great alien costume when I was 10. Big rubber mask, cult-like emerald robes, [...]

Computers were nothing more than an advanced video game system when I was a young boy. My brother had his sports games (“NBA Jam” mostly) and I had “Star Wars: Tie Fighter.” Released in 1994, “Tie Fighter” was the sequel to “Star Wars: X-Wing” and was the first Star Wars game that put you in [...]

We’ve hit our Friday of the week, and at the moment, Kyle and I are rather busy with some big things (we’re recording a separate, legit podcast with a very special guest). That means I’m going to keep today light and nostalgic, which lends itself to a Forget-Me-Nots, the segment Kyle came up with but [...]

We don’t usually do movie reviews here at Toy-TMA, but the Toy Story series is different; these movies explain why a website like this one exists in the first place. We, as complicated beings, hold so much affection for our playthings, and these movies are big salutes to our reliable, inanimate friends. So, how does [...]