Man-O-War parts

A curious thing happened to me the other day. I had bought several Man-O-War lots off ebay in the last month or so and I hadn’t taken as close a look as I thought. Two separate lots came in and both had two very different colored guns. See below: There’s obvious a noticeable difference between……

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……

An Interview With Product Designer Dan Price, Part Two

Continuing the interview from this post. Airlandia: Did you have the same team working on the second series or did any designers move on to other toylines? Price: I think it was basically the same team of designers, but it wasn’t uncommon for one designer to work on multiple lines. Airlandia: A fellow fan discovered……

An Interview With Product Designer Dan Price, Part One

Dan Price was a designer for Hasbro starting back in the ’80s. He worked on several lines besides Air Raiders including Tonka and WWF wrestling figures. He went from a Product Designer all the way up to Vice President of Design during his time at Hasbro. I’m very grateful to him for sitting down to……