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A Wonderful Appearance

I absolutely love these shots of Wonder Woman, who was making the rounds in Austin Texas circa 1975. I get plenty of Spider-Man here, not that I’m complaining (keep ’em coming!) but it’s especially nice to see DC’s first lady holding court. Send me your mall appearance photos!

More Vintage Lingerie

Seeing as Valentines Day is coming up and although it’s been nearly three years since I did a Lingerie piece it’s still one of the top reasons people ever visit PlaidStallions ( Sex sells, I must remember to write that down) I thought it was high time to take another look at what I call “Eww-la-la” […]

Justice Weague of Amewica

The super babies may be the first clue in my young life that I was something of a nerd. Upon first sight of them as a child,  I was just a little bothered by Superman’s blonde curly locks.

Dine in style

TV trays will forever remind me of my grandparents, who despite having a dining room table that faced the television chose to sit in comfort while they dined and watched “CHiPs” reruns. All the time, the police scanner blared away….

Jiggling Monsters terrorize my wallet

New to the AHI Monster Gallery is this awesome display box of Super Monster Jigglers. I’m not very observant because someone smarter than me had to point out that there are two sizes of Monster Jigglers, the larger ones that came in this box that have tags and the slightly shorter ones that came on […]

Funk meets future

That’s the unmistakable futuristic looking buildings of Ontario Place in the background of this picture. Which now seem somewhat retro but in a cool way. I know it’s hard to stop staring at those jeans…

Evel Knievel for 1974

Another glorious look at one of the decade’s greatest successes and possibly one of the biggest hits in toy history. When Ideal toys licensed the likeness of Robert “Evel” Knievel known for his wild (and painful) stunts and combined it with one of the grooviest toy concepts known, it was gold! During these years, the EK […]