Summer Pimps
These two playas be mackin da yacht club yo. You best step aside when you see Josh and Orville coming. If it meant summer would get here sooner, I would promise to dress like this every Saturday for a month…
1974 Children’s Palace Toy Circular
Children’s Palace is a well known Toy chain to anyone who grew up on the East Coast, these castle themed stores were eventually bought up by Child World in 1977 and ran until 1992 when they finally closed their doors, leaving many a 70s kid in mourning.This 1974 Toy circular shows a retailer in it’s […]
Take your cute paws off me, you adorable widdle ape!
You know, if 20th Century Fox had have gone with these puppets instead of actors in costume, Planet of the Apes would have been a very different movie…
Meet Snoopy at Child World
No offense to Charles Schulz but I’d knock both Snoopy and Woodstock down to get those Mego figures…. Mall Appearance Gallery
The LJN TV Superstars Catalog
While action figure giant Mego was busy swooping up all the comic book and science fiction properties it could for their 8″ action figure lines, rival toy maker LJN was going after a different sort of hero. In the seventies, LJN pursued the men in uniform namely the TV shows Emergency and The Rookies, both […]
The Most Logical Superhero Toys Ever
This Aquaman Sled from the 1974 HG Toys catalog is something you just don’t see anymore, a product that actually suits the Superhero. Nowadays if somebody got the DC comics license for pool toys, it’d feature Batman or Spider-Man but here the sea king gets his due. But wait, there’s more…. Wonder Woman Magic Lasso […]
For the Go Getting Drunk
Wow, what can I say about this except does anybody still use these? It’s pretty funny that the ad centers on men here, no dames allowed. My dad was a travelling salesman, he must have known guys with these. It’s weird but when I look at what a generation before me considered essential travel equipment, […]
Dress Alike Obsessed
Is it just me or does anyone else get the creep vibe from these pictures? I think it’s combination of the dressing alike, the complete lack of personal space, that unflinching stare and the fact that the gentleman looks like every bad guy ever. Maybe I just have a problem with moustaches…..
Blood on the Dance Floor
It’s always important to ask a gentleman if you would like to join the “love train” before casually placing your hand on or anywhere near his buttocks. It’s an inportant life lesson “Mr. H” is going to learn in a quick and largely unforgettable manner.
Have Your Picture taken Free With Spider-Man
Don’t show up at Dooley’s on the 27th, you’re 34 years late. Were you one of the lucky kids in Long Beach who Spider-Man that day? Send in your photo!
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