Some more vintage photos from Wes Booth, this one is rather timely, it’s Wes opening up a Sam Cobra from the Marx Johnny west line. You’ll also notice a Superfriends Colouring Book that we reviewed here at the bottom right. Not only did Wes get a Best of the West Horse but I see the […]
Like G.I. Joe, Johnny West was one of the few hold over action figure lines from the 1960’s. This durable (hell, indestructable) cowboy figure line was looking a little strange on a shelf now populated by superheroes, aliens and talking apes but he managed to kick around for at least one more year. The line […]
I’ve never been more repulsed and oddly attracted to something at the same time, I must have had a relative with these in their apartment because they give me deja vu. It’s like having a shower door right in your living room!
You should never be able to blend in with flavours of Cotton Candy. Another piece I wrote for Topless Robot is up today, it’s called the Top Ten Greatest Playsets of all Time. Three guesses as to what it’s about.While I try to be objective, it’s one of those articles that’ll never make everyone happy, […]
With the recent addition of Star Trek and Planet of the Apes and Batman galleries to the Azrak Hamway section of the site, it was important to get this guy involved. Next to Batman, Spider-Man was AHI’s most popular characters and he recieved an incredible amount of merchandise. Which is weird considering that Peter Parker […]
They’ll let you dress them like this and won’t put up a fight. Sad News Department: I was bummed to hear of the death of George Carlin this past weekend. As a kid I found an old lp of “Take Offs and Put Ons” and played it to death. So much so, that when it […]
As I try to scramble to get more colouring books to review, I thought I’d go through the various comic books I have based on TV shows from the seventies. It’s a little side obsession of mine that I didn’t even realize that I had. I’ve decided to open with one of the shorter lived […]
Wes Booth sent in these awesome additions to the Superhero Mall Appearance Gallery. This was at the Eastgate Mall, Indianapolis around 1979. Wes makes a great observation that he didn’t normally roll around in a jacket and turtleneck and slacks, his mother made him dress up to meet America’s greatest hero.Here’s the shot that makes […]
Corgi was a legend in the diecast car industry, certainly because of the quality and it’s licensed goods. Corgi was best known to children of the Seventies as the maker of “that batmobile” we all owned. By 1978, Corgi was grabbing every TV movie license it could and producing some of the finest diescast toy […]
An unusual phenomena in the boys wear section of 70’s catalogs is the “fight picture” where they have two boys posed as if they’re about to throw down. The example above is a good one, I used to feel such things were happenstance, just two models who didn’t get along but now, I’m beginning to […]
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