When I started out doing trading card #9, I wanted to do something for the ladies. The Fembot seemed like a great start, sure she’s a girl but also a robot whose face comes off, total win/win. For card #10, I felt the need to do something that wasn’t action figure based, the Green Machine […]
This week’s book comes courtesy of Sharry, who tells me the book is filled with several goofy mini stories.As a kid I never much dug the Bionic Woman, mostly because I was forced to sit through it thanks to an older. bigger sister. This 1976 opus is by a company called Treasure Books, I like […]
I think this may be my favorite image of all time, not only is it 95% Brick Mantooth based but it’s wonderfully absurd. I love how the smaller Bricks seem to be admiring the larger poppa bear sized Mantooth. Also, what’s the deal with the other guy? It’s Saturday, I got nothing…
Lots of new faces (well, in the form of Masks) could be found in the 1983 Collegeville Catalog, while the company was still selling various knock offs such as the Spider (a very healthy run since I wore that same suit in the mid seventies) there was also a staggering amount of licensed goods available. […]
With October 31st a day away, it’s prime time to launch another Top Ten List, this time it’s (in my humble opinion of course) the top ten coolest Monster Toys of the 1970s. Being undead seems to be a big boon in the toy world. Even though the seventies were a far cry from the […]
Although before my time, I kind of dig these early seventies play suits which I’m sure doubled as Halloween costumes. I love how boys can be Batman, Superman and the Lone Ranger but the girl’s choices are more grounded in reality. Dig the ears on the bat suit, looks like the 40’s movie serial version. […]
It’s refreshing to see this many monster toys on a Christmas catalog page, usually they get kind of dismissed or marginalized as being “seasonal”. The only thing missing is some slime. While I’ve blogged about Gre-Gory being the one that got away for me as a kid and my obsession with the Remco Monsters is […]
I know it’s Halloween week and all but I wanted to mention that there is a new entry on the Christmas in the ’70s Book Blog. This week Betsy shares a very memorable encounter with a mall Santa. Please read “The Flood” here. If you’d like to share a memorable photo — and a story […]
With Halloween appraoching, it seemed like a great time to showcase all the little additions I have for the various Rack Toy pages on the site. It’s all about the Monsters this week. Above is a carded Azrak Hamway Frankenstein, later issue than the one previously featured on the site, the card now includes Dracula […]
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