Toy Geeks!

Join Jay (Geek Dad Life) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) as they revisit the year that fundamentally changed Transformers and toys forever, 1986. Transformers: The Movie got rid of so many favorite characters including Optimus Prime. It was unheard of then for kids watching Saturday morning cartoons and it really hasn’t been done to that level […] The post Transformers: 1986 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek Dad Life) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) along with Special Guest Mike Kaess as they continue their journey through the Transformers Generation 1 toy line, focusing on 1985! They share their thoughts on the G1 Transformers and why it was such an important year for Hasbro. Get ready for some retro Transformers toy […] The post Transformers: 1985 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek Dad Life) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) as they kick off season two with a discussion about classic transformers toys from their first year of release, 1984! They share fun memories of the toys and discuss what made them so special. Get ready for some 80s retro toy talk and nostalgia! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/toy-geeks/id1518473412 […] The post Transformers: 1984 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek Dad Life) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) along with special guest Ryan Doell (First Member of the Toy Geeks 5 Timers Club) as they wrap up their journey through the Kenner Real Ghostbusters toy line with a look at the 1991 toys. They share insights and fond memories of the final year of […] The post The Real Ghostbusters: 1991 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest James Eatock (Cereal Geek) as they dice in to the 1990 releases in the Real Ghostbusters toy line from Kenner! This year saw a big step back as TMNT dominated, with lots of re-use of older toy molds and Ghostbusters II tie ins […] The post The Real Ghostbusters: 1990 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) along with special guest Toyshiz as they continue their discussion on favorite toy lines, this time diving into the 1989 toys in Kenner’s The Real Ghostbusters! They are excited to revisit these Kenner Ghostbusters toys and share what makes them so special. It is interesting to […] The post The Real Ghostbusters: 1989 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) along with special guest Alex Brewer (Mondo, Gotham City Tonight) as they dive into the 1988 Real Ghostbusters toys from Kenner. This was a great 2nd year of toys with iconic vehicles, playsets, action figures and of course role play toys that helped make Kenner’s Real […] The post The Real Ghostbusters: 1988 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with Special guest Craig Goldberg (YHS Podcast, Toy Anxiety) as they kick off a new series covering Kenner’s The Real Ghostbusters toy line! We’ll be diving, into the first year of toys that include our 4 hero’s, Stay Puff, Slimer, Ecto 1 and more! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/toy-geeks/id1518473412 […] The post The Real Ghostbusters: 1987 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) along with special guest Jake Stevens (From 4-LOM to Zuckuss) as they breakdown the LAST 2 years of Power of the Force figures. The overabundance of previously released POFT2 and The Phantom Menace figures meant that the last few figures in Power of the Force 2 […] The post Star Wars Power of the Force 2: 1999-1999 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Griffin Newman (Blank Check w/ Griffin & David, George Lucas Talk Show) as they dive into part 2 of 1998’s Star Wars Power of the Force 2 toys from Kenner (Hasbro)! 1998 was a year before the prequels but that didn’t stop Lucasfilm […] The post Star Wars Power of the Force 2: 1998 Part 2 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay ( Geek. Dad. Life ) and Dan ( Secret Galaxy ) along with Allison Troy ( Retro Toy Princess ) as they kick off 1998’s Power of the Force 2 toys! This year had some all time classic releases that really showed some of the lines BEST figures that still haven’t been matched […] The post Star Wars Power of the Force 2: 1998 Part 1 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) along with special guest Mike Kaess as they dive into the second half of Star Wars toys released in 1997! These figures saw a shift from the overly buff looks and gave us more deep cuts that Star Wars fans always wanted in figure form. Join […] The post Star Wars Power of the Force 2: 1997 Part 2 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) along with special guest Ken Plume as they jump into the first half of figures from 1997’s Power of the Force 2. The special edition releases of the original Star Wars Trilogy were a big deal in 1997 and the toy line was a big deal […] The post Star Wars Power of the Force 2: 1997 Part 1 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) along with special guest Ryan Doell (Gotham City Tonight, Toy Anxiety) as they dive into one of the first NEW additions to the Star Wars mythos in the post Power of the Force 2 Era: Shadows of the Empire. Well before fans had divided responses to […] The post Star Wars Power of the Force 2: 1996 “Shadows of the Empire” appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Jason aka Toy Otter as they explore the genesis of toy collecting, action figure fandom and the return of star wars with the Power of the Force 2 toy line. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/toy-geeks/id1518473412 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5BwtYElPnUpeCnRlMbcM05 iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/176048439/ Android: https://subscribeonandroid.com/geekdadlife.com/category/toy-geeks/feed/ Amazon music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e462ccb8-f4b0-47ac-9727-9293a50ed55a/toy-geeks Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/toy-geeks/PC:1001087853 […] The post Star Wars Power of the Force 2: 1996 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) as they dive into the first year of Kenner’s Power of the Force 2. This marked the triumphant return of Star Wars toys to retail shelves in nearly 10 years. Were the figures a little too buff and lightsabers a little too long? Well yeah, but […] The post Star Wars Power of the Force 2 : 1995 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) as they wrap up LJNs DnD toyline. The last year had some great releases (like Grimsword and Tiamat)but there were some unreleased toys as well, we’ll talk about it all on this special LIVE edition of the Toy Geeks Podcast! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/toy-geeks/id1518473412 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5BwtYElPnUpeCnRlMbcM05 iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/176048439/ […] The post Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: 1984 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) along with special guest Thomas Gwyn (NECA) as they dive into the first year of LJN’s Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. This line had some fantastic figures, beasts and one of the greatest playsets ever, the Fortress of Fangs. We’ll talk about it all on this episode […] The post LJN’s Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: 1983 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) as they talk about the cult classic Remco toy line the Saga of Crystar. Marvel comics wanted to get into the action figure game and came up with their own saga focused on crystalline hero’s fighting lava based bad guys. It never took off, but Remco […] The post The Saga of Crystar: 1982 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..

Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) as they dive into a cult classic toyline that barely hit shelves in 1986 but had a last impact possibly because of just ONE figure… and what a figure it was/is iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/toy-geeks/id1518473412 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5BwtYElPnUpeCnRlMbcM05 iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/176048439/ Android: https://subscribeonandroid.com/geekdadlife.com/category/toy-geeks/feed/ Amazon music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e462ccb8-f4b0-47ac-9727-9293a50ed55a/toy-geeks Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/toy-geeks/PC:1001087853 RSS Feed: […] The post Inhumanoids: 1986 appeared first on Geek. Dad. Life..