Mego Planet of the Apes Display at an Alexander’s Department store in 1976.

If you look closely you’ll see someone has slipped Grandma Walton into the jail cell along with General Urko.

That’s likely because the Mego Walton’s house display is next to it; you can see the Walton’s Truck in this shot.

The Mego Waltons appear to be looking for Grandma, little do they know she’s trapped in the post nightmarish future run by Apes!

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From the fall of 1976 comes this incredible display of Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes at Alexanders Department stores. This article boasts that Alexanders had more displays like this than any competitor.

Above, you can see Mego Planet of the Apes Fortress Playsets.

While a site like this is heaven for a Mego fan, it also showcases something never seen before a glorious Official World’s Greatest Superheroes banner!

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Mego Star Trek Display at Sterns Department Store 1976

I recently found this awesome vintage Toy Store shot from Stern’s Department stores featuring a Mego Star Trek bridge display from 1976. If you look below, you can see stacks upon stacks of Mego World’s Greatest Superhero figures, I spy the boxes for Superman and the Incredible Hulk, but I can’t make out the rest. Oh for a time machine….

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Fisher Price Adventure People

Fisher Price Adventure People End cap from 1976.

The Adventure People toys are nothing but happy memories for me. They are usually my “big” Christmas present for the year; I think I had four of these sets and, honestly, still have them somewhere. They are indestructible!

Fisher Price Adventure People Store Display

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Kenner wins packaging award, Bionic Man

This article from 1976 is in celebration of Kenner winning packaging awards from two different associations for the Steve Scout and Six Million Dollar Man toy lines, respectively. With the Bionic Toylines, the colour pink was traditionally considered taboo in boy’s toys (as was black), but in doing this, Kenner stood apart in the action aisle. I associate pink with two toylines,  Kenner Steve Austin and Mego Batman; it’s been 50 years, and I still think that. Well done, Kenner.

Below is a parade of Bionic Man endcaps, enjoy.

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Photo from Gimbel’s Toy Department in 1976, the caption reads that Mego Batman and Batcycle retailing respectively @ $3.49 and $7, but being promoted as a joint sale of $8.99.

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One of the driving passions behind PlaidStallions is collecting Vintage Toy Store Photos. It’s a beautiful experience to relive those childhood memories, no matter how fleeting they are. I’m very proud of the many images I’ve found over the years, so what better time than December to pick our ten favourites?

Vintage Toy Store Photo- Kenner Star Wars in Macys

Who could resist this impressive shot from 1978 of the “Sci-Fi” section of Macy’s? Filled with not only the hottest Kenner Star Wars items but in the back we have the Ideal STAR TEAM and Mego Micronauts. It truly is a seven-year-old’s dream if you’re me.

Shogun Warriors Store Display

I love everything about this photo; I want to jump into it and buy a complete set of boxed Shogun Warriors and like all the Godzillas. I wanted these badly as a kid, but the folks said no. Now they task me, they task me! *Shakes Fist*

Gimbel’s 1980- Mego Superheroes – Remco Superheroes

Gimbels 1980- Look at all those Minty carded Mego Superheroes, Funstuf Rage Cage Hulks and Remco Energized Spider-Men! I am in heaven.

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Mego Superheroes and Adventure Team GI JO

This shot, which I would love to see in colour, is perhaps my favourite of all the photos I’ve found. It’s the closest I’ll get to the Toy Department of the Eaton’s in the Scarborough Town Center as a kid. I remember being in awe of all the art on the GI Joe packaging. That display box of Mego Superheroes also screams childhood to me!

Fisher Price Adventure People

The Fisher Price Adventure People showed up every Christmas like clockwork, and I always loved them. Such an amazing line of toys, non-violent and you weren’t embarrassed by having girl figures. Bring this back, Fisher Price!

A toy aisle in 1986

I’ll admit I was 15 when this photo was taken, but I still visited the toy aisles A LOT (I’ve never stopped), which brings me back. I especially love the Kenner Power of the Force figures being regulated to the bottom for such new figure lines as the Infaceables, GI Joe, Thundercats and Masters of the Universe. I think most if not all of these lines are available at toy stores now. Well, probably not the Infaceables; history was not kind to them.

Aurora Monster Models

There is something so magical about a whole end cap of Glow-in-the-Dark Aurora monster models. I wonder about the value of that display.

Kenner Bionic Man Store Display

Some sweet Bionic Man goodness on display here. Kenner Steve Austin and friends were a Christmas staple for me from 75-78 and a true highlight of being a kid. Those hot pink boxes really popped!

Mattel Slime Store Display

You know, I know it’s just a byproduct of borax, but dammit, I want a can of slime. Always have.

Heroes World Store in NJ 1982

For a kid growing up in a small farm town outside of Toronto, the New Jersey Heroes World stores might as well have been Narnia. I dreamt of going there every time I saw a comic book ad.

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