Technological advancement in the 70’s made it easy for companies to market once expensive walkie talkies to us kids and wow, they were cool. While I longed for the Mego Star Trek communicators my sister and I ended up with some generic looking ones on the end. My best friend and I spent hours annoying […]
Denim never really goes bad but this ad issuggesting that dressing alike is good for your relationship, that notion seems to have happily evaporated. It just seems like a cheat if you are going to wear matching denim outfits to not include the vest. Gonna plug myself again, an article I wrote for pop culture […]
I awoke to sad news this morning that one of the biggest icons from my youth, Charlton Heston had passed away. If you’re a child of the 70’s you couldn’t escape Charlton Heston’s influence, he was Taylor, The Omega Man, Ben Hur. He was the reason this past Easter my wife and I channel surfed […]
Today’s colouring book comes from Sharry aka Hardygirl and it’s one I’m excited to have here.Star Trek was always on when I was growing up thanks to my sister’s obsession with William Shatner, I was convinced as a kid that it was a filmation saturday morning series like Ark 2. In the 70’s most Star […]
Today’s Superhero appearance is courtesy of Greg and he his brother met Spidey when he visited Acton, Massachusetts in 1978. Look at that line up of kids! Remember when everyone looked like Adam Rich from Eight is Enough?Wanna See More? Check out our Mall Appearance Gallery and the Marvel Comics: Live and In Person Gallery.Got […]
I’m surprised I’m doing this update because these figures kind of gave me the creeps as a kid. The Sunshine Family were devised by Mattel as grown up hippies now starting their families in the middle of the “Me Decade”. These extremely large eyed figures had a real folk art scene going on and remained […]
It’s movie day today! Surfing YouTube last night and I found this great block 70’s Toy Commercials that weren’t really marked as such, this series features Shogun Warriors, Micronauts and Suckerman! This second block of commercials features the Mattel Battlestar Galactica Action Figures, Viper Launch Station, More Micronauts and Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes. I get […]
Not that he ever really goes out of style but Spider-Man seems to have seen a real resurgance of merchandising, probably due to the CBS live action series which I loved as a kid and now doze to as an adult.The Spider-Man drawing machine is an especially terrific toy, a friend of mine left one […]
Whether you’re going to follow McCloud around for the day or just rough up Banacek, the luxurious Dupont fibers of Thug Wear will keep you cool and confident. I’m going to talk about Mego today and share a few links, first off I’ll toot my own horn and mention that I posted a fun 1979 […]
I recently met a fellow named Shannon through facebook and he shared his amazing 70’s toylove body art with me. Above is his tribute to the Kenner Bionic Man doll.The Marx Green Machine was the stuff of legend where I grew up, every kid wanted one.It all ends with this brilliant tribute to Kenner’s Smash […]
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