A look at 2007’s top holiday toys is like a trip back in time. Nestled between the newest gizmos and video games are a few familiar faces. While many toys of the 1980’s have made a comeback, including Littlest Pet Shop, Pound Puppies, Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake, He-Man and, most recently, thanks to their big screen push, Transformers, none have been more successful than Care Bears and My Little Pony. Both of these toy lines are not only enjoying continued popularity this year, both are also celebrating their 25th Anniversary.

But while Care Bears have changed very little (aside from Funshine’s gender change and a few color alterations), My Little Pony could rival Madonna for how many times they have reinvented themselves. In addition to the three, very different looking generations of MLP, there have also been ponies that can dance, talk, glow in the dark, ride scooters, re-grow hair, roller skate and even give birth!

If someone on your Christmas list loves vintage MLP from the 1980s, take a look at our just over 100 My Little Pony items some ending as early as tomorrow and many with Buy It Now’s so you can grab these items now and have them right away. As long as your payment clears before December 20th, you WILL get any order shipped with Priority Mail in time for the holidays and ponies make great stocking stuffers for adults and kids alike. In addition to ponies, we also have up several very hard to find items including Paradise Estate and other Playsets, Party Pack and Baby Accessories, Newborn and Teeny Tiny Twins sets and more!

As always, we will combine shipping on all our MLP items so the more you buy, the more you save so take a look at what we have to offer.

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Vintage Hess Truck Commercial

The Hess Truck is one of the most beloved holiday traditions not to mention a favorite of collectors for several decades. In celebration of the holiday season, Priced Nostalgia provides the following festive Hess Truck trivia that you can use to amuse your friends and best your enemies!

1. The classic “The Hess Truck’s back and it’s better than ever!” jingle from the commercials is to the tune of My Boyfriend’s Back, the 1963 hit for The Angels
2. The first Hess Truck came out in 1964 cost just $1.29 and included a battery
3. The 2007 Hess Truck cost $21.99
4. Hess Trucks still come with a battery to this day. In modern times, it is always an Energizer battery.
5. Hess operates out of New Jersey
6. Over the years, the Hess Truck has been a space shuttle, planes, jeeps, vans, police patrol cars and other non-standard trucks
7.  Many of the Hess Trucks are also coin banks
8. For some years, Hess released special edition gold grill models only to shareholders and other VIPs that are very sought after by collectors
9. Leon Hess created the Hess Truck to give back to his customers by offering a well made toy for the holidays that was a great value
10. Some Hess Trucks are very collectible with the original Hess truck often fetching between $1,000 to $2,000 when sold

Priced Nostalgia is please to offer one Hess Truck collector’s entire collection up for auction this week. As always, we will combine shipping whenever possible so the more you buy, the more you save! Take a look at all of our Hess Truck listings.

Want to purchase one of our Hess Trucks as a holiday gift? No problem! As long as payment clears before December 19th, your item will arrive by December 24th!

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