Artsy Phartsy
As kitsch as those owls are, there is something about them that brings me some sort of comfort and as a side bonus, people will think I’m a fancy millionaire who paid a lot of money for them.
Penguin Stunt Cycle
One of the things I noticed working on Rack Toys is how much Batman stuff there is out there, not even just the caped crusader but his rogues gallery got more merchandise than Superman in the 1970s. Case in point this Penguin stunt cycle, which probably sold the slowest of the bunch. There is something […]
The Battle Jacket
His commanding officer is Captain Crunch.
Bionic Doodles
Recently at a toy show I found this fun tube, the dealer said to me “I’ve never seen one of those before, apparently it’s a Canada only thing” Seeing as he didn’t want very much for it, I picked it up and have since, not been able to find much information on it. It is […]
RMcD
My own natural aversion to clowns wrestles with my innate nostalgia in a bitter battle to the death each time I see vintage McDonald’s merchandise like this Hasbro Ronald McDonald doll. It reminds me of a happier time when I honestly wanted to visit the place and enjoyed their food with no worry of consequence. […]
Fuzzy clocks!
Every once in a while you find something that pretty much was a great idea that should never have gone away, this is one of them.
Bat Math
I have known weakness and affection for the superhero school supplies created by Alco in the mid 1970s. So I was overjoyed to find this recently at a toy show, a Batman slide rule that I had no idea existed. Now my mind races if Batman was the only character in the line of slide rules, […]
The Virtue Brothers
Appearing this Saturday night at the rectory, an evening of laughter and total piousness. BYOC (Bring your own chair). Warning: the first three rows will get wet. Show begins at 6pm, ends at 11pm. No one will be admitted during the “Hosanna’s on first” routine.
Italian Shogun Warriors
Mattel marketed their successful “Shogun Warriors” toy line not only in North America but to Europe as well. What’s fun about all international toy lines in the 1970s were the things that were different or at times, additional. And the Italian Shogun Warriors line does not disappoint, while Godzilla is strangely absent, Goldrake a popular […]
Man of Spare Tire
This 1976 Toyfair appearance by “Superman” to promote his upcoming Duncan yo-yo features possibly the most disappointing man of steel I’ve ever seen. That guy looks like Ruben Kincaid, was Norman Fell dressed as Batman somewhere?
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