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The Maxi, The Wrap and the L & L

Ladies and Gents, meet the Maxi, The Wrap and The L &L, three outfits that I declare, hands down, the winners. I can totally close up shop today because, let’s face it, job done! There is nothing that can touch these incredible outfits, except maybe this: This image was graciously lent to me by the […]

Motor City Comic Con Photos

Last weekend I did the annual pilgramage to Novi Michigan for Motor City Comic Con. The con is one of my favourites as it’s well run and has a nice mix of modern and vintage in the dealer’s room, as opposed to many local conventions. Here is some of what I saw: Gotta love an […]

Mattel Toy Book for 1969

Normally I don’t delve much in 60s toys as I wasn’t made yet but I couldn’t resist this cool catalog put out for kids by Mattel pre Christmas 1969. The main reason for me is that it solves a big mystery for me. In Kindergarton I played with these blue plastic men, never knew what […]

Tarzan by Corgi

As readers of this blog might know, I have a real affection for 70s Tarzan merchandise, mostly because of the wonderful Filmation series that ran on CBS (which sadly, is not available on DVD). One of the best items out of that era has to be this wicked Corgi set which of course features jungle […]

Cyborg VS Muton

Another excuse for me to extoll the virtue of the Denys Fisher Cyborg line, there’s just something so appealing about see through action figures, wish I could elaborate on that further. This is one of those figure lines that never made it to North America, lucky brits… For more drooling, check out the 1977 Denys […]

Spider Man takes on the Knight of Darkness?

Today’s Mall Appearance shot comes from Patrick, who also added a great story of the day he got it, I’ll let him tell it, budding in of course… “It was a beautiful Saturday in Woodbridge Center Mall, Woodbrdge, New Jersey. It was an open area (which exists to this day) in the JC Penney wing. […]

Colouring Book Theatre: Doctor Who

‘Dr Who Colouring Book”If there is one thing that brings me back to being a kid, it’s early seventies Doctor Who especially Jon Pertwee era stuff, he was my Doctor growing up and I both respected and kind of feared him.Later in life I’d get to meet the guy and let me tell you, he […]