5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

Bigfoot and Wildboy Puzzle (eBay Link) –
I am very predilected with the Krofft shows; this one is one of their more bizarre concepts. I guess Bigfoot adopted a lost kid and now they stop alien invasions in the woods. Also Bigfoot is clearly meant to be Bionic. I can see why I dug it as a kid and honestly, I totally do now but it really raises a ton of questions.

Battlestar Galactica Lasermatic Pistol (eBay Link) –

This toy gun REALLY got around and it spanned several licenses (and bootlegs) among different companies. Mattel reused to for Flash Gordon, Mego tried to sell it for the Buck Rogers line. Essentially, it was the product of Taiwan factory that everyone label slapped.

1972 NBC Fall Lineup Towel–

Dry myself off with Sanford and Son and Night Gallery? Where do I sign off?

Derek Wyldstar figure from Star Blazers (eBay Link) —

I haven’t looked up the Nomura Yamato figures in a long while but there are actually a lot of options for them now. If you’re like me, Star Blazers was one of those shows I would have killed for action figures from. The runner up being Battle of the Planets.

Seriously, there are a few promising listings for not only the figures but the playset as well.

Frankencycle Scare Cycle (eBay Link) –

Scare Cycles was Ideal toys attempt to get back the revenue from the Evel Knievel toy line after the “Incident.” The concept was bad-ass, Dracula, the Grim Reaper and Frankie here had a bike gang. Sadly the tires melt on these pretty easy. This was not a hit and Ideal rebranded with Team America,

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