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Mickey Mouse Light Up Drawing Desk

I still totally have my Mickey Mouse light up drawing desk and you can still see where I drew on the actual surface in pen (I was never classified as “gifted” as a child). Despite losing the majority of the sheets (I may still have the Robin Hood ones) this set was of great value […]

70s Captain America Merchandise Tribute Gallery

Growing up, one of my favourite Superheroes of all time was Marvel Comic’s Sentinel of Lberty, Captain America! Which is totally weird because I’m Canadian, but I digress. As a child, the good Captain adorned a ton of merchandise that I do not own. Fortunately, I know one of Cap’s biggest fans Tim A (Marvelmania on the […]

Nightmare Decor

One look at this thing brought back about a 1,000 different nightmares of being alone in a relatives dark basement and discovering one of these on the wall. Seriously, why were these made?

Car Soup

Not only an ugly shirt, it’s an appetite suppressant. Also available in “Moldy oranges found in your fridge that cause you to dry heave” green.

Plush Obscurity

OK Benji I’ve heard of but I’m surprised to see merchandising for Joe Camp’s other funny animal film “Hawmps!” which I’ve never seen but probably should since it contains both Denver Pyle and Slim Pickens. That’s an powerhouse combination of Southern Stereotypes for one movie.

1978 Mattel Tarzan and Friends Catalog

Big Jim may have been long gone but his body got a lot work in 1978 when Mattel launched a series of action figures based on TV properties like Tarzan, How the West was Won and Grizzly Adams. Many of these items were made utilitzing items from the European Big Jim offerings at the time […]