One of the things I noticed working on Rack Toys is how much Batman stuff there is out there, not even just the caped crusader but his rogues gallery got more merchandise than Superman in the 1970s. Case in point this Penguin stunt cycle, which probably sold the slowest of the bunch. There is something […]
His commanding officer is Captain Crunch.
Recently at a toy show I found this fun tube, the dealer said to me “I’ve never seen one of those before, apparently it’s a Canada only thing” Seeing as he didn’t want very much for it, I picked it up and have since, not been able to find much information on it. It is […]
My own natural aversion to clowns wrestles with my innate nostalgia in a bitter battle to the death each time I see vintage McDonald’s merchandise like this Hasbro Ronald McDonald doll. It reminds me of a happier time when I honestly wanted to visit the place and enjoyed their food with no worry of consequence. […]
Every once in a while you find something that pretty much was a great idea that should never have gone away, this is one of them.
I have known weakness and affection for the superhero school supplies created by Alco in the mid 1970s. So I was overjoyed to find this recently at a toy show, a Batman slide rule that I had no idea existed. Now my mind races if Batman was the only character in the line of slide rules, […]
Appearing this Saturday night at the rectory, an evening of laughter and total piousness. BYOC (Bring your own chair). Warning: the first three rows will get wet. Show begins at 6pm, ends at 11pm. No one will be admitted during the “Hosanna’s on first” routine.
Mattel marketed their successful “Shogun Warriors” toy line not only in North America but to Europe as well. What’s fun about all international toy lines in the 1970s were the things that were different or at times, additional. And the Italian Shogun Warriors line does not disappoint, while Godzilla is strangely absent, Goldrake a popular […]
This 1976 Toyfair appearance by “Superman” to promote his upcoming Duncan yo-yo features possibly the most disappointing man of steel I’ve ever seen. That guy looks like Ruben Kincaid, was Norman Fell dressed as Batman somewhere?
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