Apes by the Truck Load
1974 saw the deluge of Apechandise as evidenced by this great newspaper ad, with the cancellation of the series in 1975 would see this stuff go on clearance.
When I started toy collecting in the early eighties, you could find discounted Apes merchandise in almost every convience store in Toronto, it was a good time to be alive.
I'll take 3 of each, thank you! 🙂
Damn… I was born in time for Star Wars, but born too late for POTA! I too watched the series when City TV would run their Ape marathons, but I was way too young to really understand it. Now, I really get the series, but this stuff is way too pricey in the collector's market! sad face 🙁
I better start working on the time machine and cash in on these deals 🙂
That POTA game makes a cameo (along with some other cool stuff) 33 secondes into the Purple Toupee video by They Might Be Giants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYEdMYJ3alU
I think the series, and the franchise, would have fared MUCH better had the series been a Saturday morning program. 8pm, Fridays was a good time slot, but I just think kids would have swarmed to the show. The movies had already headed in a more kid-oriented directio.
Heck, I don't really remember the series, but I remember wanting Ape stuff well into the 70's. If I had had a Saturday morning promotional pushing me…
I really, really wanted that tree house. Never got one though.
Look at those prices! I would go Ape buying that stuff up!
When I was a kid we couldn't look at the ape movies because my mom was afraid of them.