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Popeye merchandise is a sea (i’m hilarious) of weird, re purposed stuff that has nothing to do with the character. It’s always nice to see something that while absolutely re purposed, kinda, sorta relates to the character.
The electric housecoat test
I did housecoat once in college, I’d rather not discuss it.
The 1984 Fleetwood Toy Catalog
Fleetwood Toys was a Rack Toy manufacturer famous for nabbing the hottest licenses from TV and pop culture. For their 1984 catalog, there were a lot of new faces replacing previous characters “CHiPs” was now replaced with “TJ Hooker”, instead of “The Fall Guy” we’ve got the antics of the “A Team”, the Marvel Comics […]
L’il Huggy Bear
“Word on the playground is, Sally is about to drop the dime on Jimmy after recess in retribution for the “paste incident” but you didn’t hear that from me, dig?”
Who loves me baby?
I’ve postulated on the oddness of Kojak toys to the point where I’m tired of it. I will say that this set by Harmony is one of the more logical sets, except for the whistle, but I’ll forgive that because the mental image of Telly Savalas running after a perp with a whistle in his […]
Greatest store display ever
Jodi sent in the wonderful store display that she spied in an antique mall. It’s sadly not for sale, which is too bad because i’d be tempted to get it despite the marital strife it would (understandably) cause. Can’t explain why magically being whisked to the Sears Men’s department in 1974 gives me goose bumps […]
Rack Toy Memories Contest
The month of Halloween combined with getting the book to press has really done a number on me creatively. So, instead of a catalog update this Friday, I’m just going to run a contest and lay down on this love seat for a while. It’s a fun one and anybody can join, so check it […]
Astrological Love
If I wore that shirt in my twenties, I think every male friend I knew (and likely a few female ones) would just be unable to see it as anything but a target for a gut punch.
Podcast Alert!
I sat in with “Tank” from the Underscoop Fire podcast last week as we gave some running commentary to the 1979 Collegeville Costumes catalog. The conversation ranges from KISS to Marie Osmond and as always, I slip in some “A Man Called Sloane” references (somebody has to!). It was a lot of fun to do […]
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