Bee Gees Fever —Catch It!

September 9, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 10 Comments

I remember the Bee Gees were popular but wow, I don’t remember this much (or frankly any) merchandise out there as a kid. Then again, I doubt I ventured from the Star Wars aisle at all past 1978.

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Mantooth

AKA Brian Heiler author of "Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings" and co-editor of "Toy-Ventures Magazine". Co-Host of the "Pod Stallions" podcast. Host of the Brick Mantooth Youtube channel, painter, designer, writer, mental health advocate, toy collector, Mego, and Mego Knock-Off enthusiast. I have large feet, ADHD and I live in Canada. Talk toys, not others.

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Scott on September 9, 2009

The Bee Gees are a good example of the fickleness of society. They were HUGE – I don't think you could explain to a teenager today how big they were in the late 70s. Then there was a huge backlash against them and they were ridiculed. I guess that's what happens when you are overexposed – Susan Boyle take note.

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wee67 on September 9, 2009

Wasn't there also a Bee Gees lunchbox? Not a 'Saturday Night Live' box, mind you, an actual Brothers Gibb version.

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rob! on September 9, 2009

I like the portable AM/FM radio that looks like it weighs approximately fifteen pounds.

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Anonymous on September 9, 2009

I also don't remember that much Bee Gees stuff being out there, except for the lunchbox. I think I need to add the box to my collection some day. Although the record player looks cool too. I wonder what that goes for these days? I know the KISS record player sells for some big bucks. In some ways, these were kind of like artist-specific i-pods we have today (like U2, etc). Although much cooler.

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Retro Hound on September 9, 2009

I don't remember all this stuff and I was a huge Bee Gees fan.

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I'm Just a Girl on September 9, 2009

I preferred the poor girl's Bee Gees…The Hudson Brothers! Okay, I confess that I only remember the Hudson Brothers because we saw them perform in the Sacramento Music Circus production of "The Wizard of Oz" one summer. AND I saw them live once at the California State Fair…good times, good times…

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John III on September 9, 2009

My babysitters (sisters) had their entire loft bedroom covered in Bee-Gees posters. Kind of freaked me out actually.

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Laura Moncur on September 25, 2009

I had a Bee-Gees record player with microphone, but it didn't look like the ones here. I used to pretend I was a DJ. I would play a record, then announce the name of the song and some radio patter and then play another record.

I was a weird kid. Who pretends they're a radio DJ when they're little?

Funny thing is, I had NO idea who the Bee Gees were. I didn't have any of their albums. I loved the microphone, though.

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Pamela Parrish on November 19, 2011

Does anyone know what kind of needles the Bee Gees Record Player Uses??? I won one the other day and It needs a new needle….

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ChaplinsSmile on June 15, 2012

There were three Bee Gees Lunchboxes, one for each brother.

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