Air Raiders Relaunch, Part Two – To Theme or Not to Theme?

A continuation of fan ideas for relaunching the Air Raiders. Airlandia: Next up is balok (from baloksblog), who has a treasure trove of cool toys, many in the Air Raiders scale or smaller and he takes a lot of pictures with interesting  poses, perspectives and cool background sets. balok: Rather than reinvent the Air Raiders,……

Tecco Toys

This is not Air Raiders news but I’m posting it for two reasons. One, these toys are in the same scale as Air Raiders so they would be a fun addition to your collection, and two, it is interesting to see how far toy production has come, especially now that 3D printers are here. Introducing……

Air Raiders Ebay Watch

Ugh, I hate when something slips by me on ebay. I’ve been on the lookout for an Air Raiders coloring book that I’ve seen posted on Pinterest. It’s titled “Inside Airlandia” and has a drawing of the Thunderhammer on the cover. I get a kick out of the fact it’s launching a missile from the……

Air Raiders Relaunch, Part One

Airlandia: Here’s the first in a series of posts where Air Raiders fans, with knowledge and passion for the toys, write what they would do with the Air Raiders brand if they were in charge and launching it today. First up is Replicant01 (from LittleRubberGuys.com board), who may have the biggest collection of Air Raider toys,……

Air Raiders Trademark

Here’s a bit of interesting trivia that I discovered: the Air Raiders do not appear to be currently trademarked by Hasbro. According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Hasbro originally filed to trademark the brand back in June 1987 (which seems damn late for something that launched a few months later). The trademark……

Relaunch the Air Raiders!

Hey folks! So I’ve wanted to increase the online Air Raider community and get people talking again about our favorite toy line again. To that end I asked several Air Raiders fan with knowledge and passion for the toys to write up a post that would essentially sum up what they would do with the……

Air Raider Sketch

A big thanks to Product Designer Dan Price for sharing this (please read his interview here). “A daydream thumbnail sketch page for possible line extensions. I was thinking there might be a third group, a little more primitive and organic. {I was} looking at bird-like features as a design influence for the flying vehicles. It……