Spider-Man at Big Wheel!
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Play-Doh + Bert and Ernie = Goodness
I must have missed a meeting in the seventies, I had no idea there was a Sesame Street Play Doh set. This is all kinds of awesome and I’d like to send a set back in time to the four year old me. Right after I sent myself back in time for some shopping that […]
Hugo: Man of a Thousand Faces
In 1975, Kenner produced a doll that was the brain child of special effects artist/director/writer Alan Ormsby who directed the film “Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things” and authored the classic scolastic book Movie Monsters which probably spawned a legion of Monster kids by itself. Hugo was a great concept, a puppet version of Lon […]
Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh THE BAT?
As I recall in 1975, I brought my mother my Mego Batman doll, a needle and some thread and asked her to make me the exact outfit for Halloween. My mom, prudent at darning socks and replacing buttons was not exactly a dress maker, so she did the next thing and took me to Woolco. […]
Holy Tooth Decay Batman!
I’m abundantly aware of how hacky and shameful that blog title is but it’s unavoidable, I assure you. As much as I begged for a Batman and Steve Austin electric toothbrush as a child (because commercials told me I needed one) it was the one luxury my parents refused to provide me with. Somehow, I […]
Monster Rap
One of the bigger explosions in the seventies was the rise of the homemade craft kit, which no doubt was brought about by the hippie movement of the 60’s.. Children across America were making macrame (guilty!), rug hooking (guilty!) and happily making Christmas tree Candles (My father must have worried about me). One of the […]
Saalfield’s Colouring Books for 1975!
I’m working this weekend (Boooo!) so I can’t do CBT, what I can do is show this cool article from the toy industry for Saalfield who had some killer licenses in 1975. I’ve already reviewed the Speed Buggy book here. For some reason, I’d love to get my hands on the Korg and Valley of […]
Plaid Sesame
A match made in heaven… I am so digging that orange Ernie sweater, it never ends with Sesame Street clothing. Today’s sole DVD release that I feel like blabbing about is this Rodan/War of the Gargantuas double feature. Both of these movies were part of “Monster Week” growing up and are somewhat responsible for my […]
Sesame Street Week On PlaidStallions
I’ve been meaning to get to this for a long time now but the discovery of this photo of my fifth birthday cake (which was coconut died blue BTW) provided me some motivation. Like many of us, I was Sesame street obsessed as a kid, even my dog’s name was Grover.Christmas 1975 provided me with […]
Fighting Furies ad from 1975
I really dig this UK ad for the highly underrated Matchbox Fighting Furies figures, mostly because it gives you a drool worthy shot of the display box. In the US, for some reason the spokesperson for this line was Mason Reese (no fooling, check it out here) Matchbox also released a killer playset for this […]
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