5 Awesome Things on eBay this week
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Tarzan’s ladder, bag o’ bones, Bicentennial merchandise, the Superfriends and the Hamburglar watches you sleep!
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Irwin Toys Tarzan Jungle Ladder (sponsored link)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this toy before, it reminds me of the “rope ladder” I tried to buy from one those “Ninja” magazines in the early 80s. My treehouse ladder was a fence when I was a kid…
Superfriends VS Super Villains Towel (sponsored link) —
I love this, although I don’t remember Green Lantern appearing on the Super Friends, nor any of those villains at the time. If I saw this as a kid, I’d need to know all those villains’ names right away, that would have bugged me.
Men of ’76 Playset (sponsored link) —
My memories of America’s bicentennial are mainly based on the Toy Industry magazines my dad subscribed to in the 1970s. I had just started reading. There were numerous articles about how risky it was to create merchandise based on it, as it would date so quickly. I think that’s why so many lower-cost rack toys like this seemed to be the order of the day.
I also bought the Bicentennial DC treasury edition with Superman on the cover, which had nothing to do with Superman inside. As a Canadian, I felt quite hosed.
Arco Bag of Bones (sponsored link)
Another winning Rack Toy from Arco, it does what it says on the card and it glows in the dark. What more do you require?
McDonaldland Sleeping Bag (sponsored link) —
Golly, I love this thing, the original Hamburglar design and the overall weirdness of Ronald tucked in your bed are magical…
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Ugh. I hate to be that guy, but here we go: Green Lantern was on the later Super Powers: Galactic Guardians series. So, he never shared screen time with Wendy and such. I can’t remember if Flash made a cameo beforehand, like Plastic Man or Green Arrow.
It’s hard to tell, but all the Super Villains are either Batman villains or from Flash’s Rogues Gallery. I think Joker is the only one who made an appearance. I remember Penguin maybe being there, but I may be mixing it up from when he was on the New Scooby Doo Movies.
I agree. You were “hard done by”, aka cheated, by the makers of the comic book- Bicentennial DC treasury edition [tm], with Superman on the cover.
That’s not fair at all.
The blaggards.
I had some of those ’76 soldiers but they were originally made at least 4 or 5 years before the Bicentenial because by the time ’76 rolled around I would’ve been well entrenched in Mego, Big Jim and the Lone Ranger and I would have paid no attention to something like this. I don’t ever remember carded sets, though, I got mine from Woolworth and they were packed in baggies. The company also made wild west figures in the same style. Most of what I had were the western figures but a few of those Revolutionary War figures made their way into that little collection.