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Super 7 Merchandise Part 2

My obsession with Filmation’s short lived (and sadly “damned to never be on DVD”) series “Tarzan and the Super 7” continues with the only known merchandise, all of it lower cost rack toys. Above we have Bubb-a-loons featuring Web Woman (a boyhood crush), Manta and Moray and The Freedom Force (one of the cooler superhero […]

High five from the Hulk

Lynch sent in this awesome promotional shot from 1978 used to promote Pizzaz magazine (which I think I bought every issue). I’ve got more of these and I’ll be sharing them for the next few weeks. This Hulk suit must have been new at the time as it doesn’t jive with the weird one I […]

The Black Hole Breakfast

This should almost be a Nerd Therapy Session but I’m so nostalgic for this time, that I can’t throw it under that bus. You see, when the Disney Sci Fi epic “The Black Hole” came out, I was that kid who thought it better than Star Wars, it just struck a nerve with me. Most likely […]

Toys that fight back

Leave it to the Japanese to improve upon a standard north American toy, the bop bag. Unlike our defenseless versions which teach children nothing, Japanese children threw punches with the knowledge that Ultra-Man might give them five across the eyes for doing so. Well done land of the rising sun!

8pm Cowboy

Ladies this cowpoke is available to satsify your every desire, as long as you don’t own a cat and your desires include ham radio. Please contact his manager Ratso Rizzo for further details.

Well, he is a scientist….

Not sure how many codes Spider-Man has to break in every issue or how exciting that would to read but Gordy seemed to have to get very creative with the Spider-Man license. By the time they got in the game they were sharing the webslinger with AHI, Fleetwood, Durham and Nasta.   Check out our […]

Sleep in the golden age

These awesome bed sheets depicting nothing but classic golden age DC characters were sold in Canada during the early 1970s. It’s one of the things I keep my eyes open for at thrift stores as they are highly collectible. I’ve even found a set of the curtains before, whatever kid had them, he sure liked […]