When i first saw the commercial for Mattel’s Pulsar, I admit I wanted one but even then, I wondered what exactly was the advantage to having a see through chest. Was it a good for fighting crime, did bank robbers drop their guns in order to vomit? Pulsar’s enemy was named Hypnos and is pictured […]
Ah memories, who didn’t want that Godzilla?
The CB craze was something that taught more than one toy company a valuable lesson, no matter how fast you can turn out a product, sometimes it’s just not fast enough to jump on a fad. CB Mchaul was the Mego attempt to cash in, a series of nine figures, three vehicles (although a fourth […]
By the mid 1970’s, GI Joe, the pioneer of action figures was in a tight spot. Kids were turning their attention to bionic men and Superheroes. Despite trying to emulate this trend (Bulletman anyone?), GI Joe’s sales were slipping and Hasbro needed to revamp the concept. Enter SuperJoe, the 8″ Mego like figure with the […]
The late night screening of Superman Returns had me go back to 1978 and see what kind of Super Merchandise they offered. A far cry from the the 1976 explosion, it still has some old staples still around today (they’re just not as fun) I tried to keep this DC specific. Viewmasters- Take that DVD’s, […]
I remember this toy in Dominion Play World as a kid, as big as a Bert and Ernie fan that i was (My talking Ernie is in my office as we speak) I could not fathom why they would need a car. I honestly thought they weren’t old enough to drive and why is their […]
This one kind of confuses me, was Farrah such an idol that teenaged girls wanted to wear clothing that bore her name? Were teenaged girls in the seventies so dim that they thought this adult equivilant of a Ben Cooper Halloween costume made them look like Farrah? Perhaps I am thinking too hard.Man Doll News: […]
pYet another page in the book of Super Hero sleep wear. Here we find the DC trinity and lookie, the boys get capes! Sorry Wonder Woman, For some reason the producers of this outfit decided to be comics accurate for a change.
I took my kids to see my parents yesterday, my son made a beeline towards the toy box, a strange mixture of my old toys and some from my nephew. One of the toys my son started playing with was the sea explorer from this set, still 100% intact despite having three different owners and […]
And his sidekick Bobby Guccione! I remember going through catalogs with my Mom once and noticed she’d frown at leisure suits, when pressed she said “I hated those things and never let you or your father wear them!” I didn’t think it was possible but I like my mom more. Other Cool Catalog stuff: The […]
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