Originally made from solid wood, Trolls were developed by Thomas Dam and produced by Dam Things before crazy copyright and patent laws allowed almost any company in the world to make a version. We learned a lot in this episode, so listen up and learn with us.

Established in 1860, Milton Bradley gets started with a new board game called 'The Game of Life' to give people the chance to play through their lives. So many games would follow and make Milton Bradley the company we know today.

The year was 1982 and the boys and girls of the world were in need of small military special force action figures. Enter MEGO who releases Eagle Force and RIOT to solve those needs of the children of America. Learn how this line could have saved MEGO, but was just too late to the game.

The year was 1986 and Those Characters From Cleveland (TCFC) were at it again, creating a new stuffed animal so cute that you would want to just roll it up and turn it into a ball. That's right we talked about Popples this week and found out about all the crazy P names along with some outrageous prices.

Remember those foam-ish balls that had ugly faces on them from the mid-80's? Yeah we do too, so we talked about the story behind Madballs and how AmToy crated and put them on the market for all us amazing kids to enjoy.

We did a live and talked all about die-cast collecting with special guest David (championdjk from YouTube fame) and got to see how he got started and some of his best collection. Spoiler, he really likes vans!

Remember those green little dudes that everybody had a handful of growing up? Did you ever wonder what their origin story was? We did, so we found out and we share it this week. Also, a bit of pop culture with these little guys and how the keep making a comeback.

Did you know Teddy isn't a bear? Learn more about what Teddy Ruxpin is and his origin story on this weeks episode of Toy Rewind as we dive into how he is connected to Chuck E. Cheese, Disney and the Nintendo Entertainment System.

In 1967, Louis Marx and Company combined a group of figures and made the move to build on their western action figure toy line up. Officially called the Best of the West Collection, these large figures helped all the kids go out west!

In 1984, with the success of the Kenner DC Powers Collection, Marvel teams up is Mattel to release their own collection of action figures and play-sets based from the Marvel Universe. The rest is toy history.