David Smith sent in these rocking shots from his birthday party circa ’77 or ’78ish.David is wearing a very cool Spider-Man T Shirt BTW. Here you see Spider-Man signing autographs, (back when celebrities signed everything for free) note the back of Dave’s awesome shirt.Spidey crouchs down for a shot with David’s 85 year old Grandmother, […]
HG Toys was one of the bigger producers of licensed products in the 1970s and this great puzzle catalog from 1974 proves this. Almost every popular television show or character from that time is present, including Evel Knievel, Star Trek, the Marvel Superheroes, Planet of the Apes, Happy Days and much more. Check out the […]
Ever wonder what Superheroes would look best splashed on a “Shaggin’ Wagon”? Well wonder no further cause Jesse sent me this funny piece from Maxim today that answers that nagging question once and for all.Check out the 12 Superheroes Who Should be on ’70s VansHere is my personal favourite: Mike Grell’s Warlord, I could so […]
Captain America never gets enough toy love IMO. These RC cars were an uncharacteristicly higher price point item from AHI and while the Spider-Man car was around for a couple of years, I can only find evidence of Cap being offered in 1980 thus far. I’ve never seen a boxed Captain America Car either.
Dammit, even socks weren’t safe. I’m not sure why you need an image of a couple enjoying a romantic “love walk” on your inner thigh but apparently somebody assumed the public was screaming for this. The socks in #2 look like those funky skies in those late 60s Rocket Robin Hood/Spider-man cartoons, totally freaky.
The influence of Star Wars is incredibly obvious in any Christmas Catalog from 1978 to about 1982. Space Toys were pretty much in the minority prior to 1978, then all of a sudden cool, crazy stuff like these helmets and pistols started popping up. “Space Swords” were my favourite, awesome “nudge, nudge, don’t sue us!” […]
The perfect matching outfit if you plan on dancing by Don Cornelius anytime soon….
Card #27 is Milton Bradley’s Star Bird Avenger, this card wasn’t decided by me or the factor of what I had as a kid, to be honest I was never aware of this toy back in ’79. I held a contest at the Mego Museum Trading Card Forum (where you can trade PS cards) and […]
I got a nice email from Tony who works for the Florida memory department about the website he works on called Florida Memory which catalogs photos from the state of Florida. I have a lot of fond childhood memories of visiting Florida so I’ve accrued a few hours surfing through this incredible site. Here are […]
Thanks to some tremendously thoughtful efforts from a good friend, I have a bit of toy history to unveil today. It’s one of those things I’ve always wanted to see but never thought possible. But these rare shots featuring both the massive Big Jim and Barbie displays for that year have finally been unearthed. While […]
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