Baskin Robbins Pink Bubblegum sign (eBay Link) –

Talk about stumbling onto something. I found this looking for toy stuff, and it immediately transported me to my local Baskin and Robbins, which was luckily in the “bike ride” vicinity. I occasionally got this flavour (I was pretty committed to chocolate chip though), but it represents childhood and my abuse of the tasting spoon policy in general. The seller has a stack of these, and trust me, I want to paper my walls with them. The irony? Ice Cream causes me great pain.

Bootleg Buck Rogers Star Fighter (eBay link)

Sometimes, a bootleg version is actually really well-made and cool. I present exhibit A, I’d love to see if this could house a figure. I may need it if that’s the case….

Glasslite CHiPs set (eBay Link)–

Okay, so this auction ended early, but I kept this in because, for the life of me, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before. That’s saying a lot, I’ve obsessed over Mego for most of my life. So when I see something like this foreign wonder, I must salute it. It always makes me wonder, “What else haven’t I seen?”

Astro Apes Inflatables (eBay Link) –

Astro Apes are a ridiculous series of Mego Planet of the Apes Knock-Offs. These weird little inflatables are also part of the series, I don’t know what kids were supposed to do with them but by the same token, I would have bought these as a kid.

Incredible Superhero shirt from the 70s (eBay Link)—

This is gorgeous, I always liked these comic strip-type shirts as a kid. The art on this is really interesting as well. One of these days I’d like to catalog all of these into one glorious post. Someday…

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This week’s toy-ventures is all about Planet of the Apes, well not officially licensed mind you, nope we’re talking about the weird knock offs called the Astro Apes.

Astro Apes are cheap, blatant and totally charming rip-offs of our favourite Ape characters. So come meet Artemus, Myra and Dr. Zorma!

Collection pics courtesy of William, really grateful for his help.

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I’ve blogged about the bootleg Planet of the Apes knock off action figure line “The Astro Apes” before but I never thought I’d run into more merchandising for such a fly by night line.


Then I run into these insane dime store rarities, let us have a looksie this box inside after the jump.

The box itself utilizes some of the artwork from the Astro Apes header card and keeps the same characters as well. The box lists an importer “Dan Brechner & Co” which is something the action figures do not, heck there isn’t a manufacturer, probably because 20th Century Fox and Mego were on the warpath for knock off apes.


I’ve since discovered the Astro Apes came from “United Manufacturing Company“


So, what is in this box?

Weird little inflatable figures of the characters, they look exactly like the action figures, that’s a staggering amount of continuity and care for what essentially was a series of cheap Planet of the Apes rip off figures.


If I saw these on a counter as a kid, I think the money would have left my hands before I knew it.

Here is Warrior Ape, Dr Zorma and Myra posing with their namesakes. I wonder if there is any other cheap-o Astro Apes merchandise still out there? Hopefully we find out!

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