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Bikini Wednesday

Kind of phoning it in today, I’m working some trade show some where and I’m absolutely brain dead. One has to wonder about the swim suit on the left, it looks like left over wardrobe from “Space:1999” and seems to be made of the same fabric as an oven mit or an ironing board cover. […]

Pick a Couch, Any Couch!

I’m gonna go with the day bed, it reminds me of the dress my date wore to my sister’s wedding, we made out a little bit before she threw up in my living room. Oh, I’ve said far too much…

Barbie-Lution

One of the things that bother me about Barbie is the fact that her hands can’t hold anything, not that I’d go on a shopping spree if she did mind you. I was surprised to find out that in 1973, an opposable thumb was actually a selling feature on both her and Ken. I’m surprised […]

What time is it?

Why, it’s half past hideous! I think the stand out, greatest pieces are those cats, if I could find a case of those I’d give them to every friend and family member I knew, just to see who loved me enough to actually display it. I’m thinking even my Gramma would pitch this the moment […]

Prehistoric RC

My pal George at the Mego Forum turned me onto these cool toys from 1973, these two dinoaurs seem to be exclusive to Sears. What a no brainer, light up remote controlled dinosaurs. Like probably every boy (and likely a bunch of girls), I went through a dinosaur phase in my life and these would […]

Castle Films Home Movie Catalog

Before the VCR was affordable, the super 8 film craze was sweeping the nation. Here you take wonderful, colour, silent home movies of the family to keep forver.But seeing as millions of families already had a projector, why not use it to show some highlights of Hollywood’s finer and schlockier moments?Castle Films was one of […]

Rainy Day on the Street

True Story, my mother bought me this rain coat, although it was blue. I was eight and the one time I wore it home I kept thinking “My mom is having problems with me getting older”. I’m lucky none of my buddies who were busy with grown up things such as KISS records saw me. […]

Barbie for 1973

I don’t do enough girl’s related things here, so I thought it be fun to highlight some of the things that were new for Barbie in Spring of 1973. Barbie got curlier, Ken started looking like Ron Burgundy and everybody got a just a little bit mod.