I was unaware of this custom but according to this catalog, it’s some sort of tradition. I love anything Disco in catalogs, they always have somebody looking goofy, like the gentleman at the bottom right…
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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Hey, isn’t that guy at the top “Beau” from the last couple of seasons of “Welcome Back Kotter?”
Is that Fabio (pre-Romance novel cover fame) on the bottom left?
By the way, Fabio looks like he escaped from a Renaissance Faire. Either that or he should be shouting "Avar and avast, ye mateys! Full sail ahead!"