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Sesame Sheets

OK, I’m convinced that catalog photographers just used refridgerator boxes as a substitute for kids’ beds, the corners on that thing would cut children. That being said, there is nothing cooler than old school Sesame Street merchandising art, I miss it.

The Boy Wonder’s Bedroom

The red phone is of course, a direct link to Commissioner Gordon. I really believe that killer graphics like these bed sheets are the thing that brainwashed me into the deranged superhero junky i remain today. Damn you Licensing Corporation of America! Frightenstein Contest Winner! Congrats to James Powell for winning our “Save Frightenstein” contest […]

Dreams of Glory

Ok, I would so totally use a set of these on my bed today. This picture also features one of my favourite things, the use of toys in the child’s bedroom set. For some reason, I really like that extra detail, I probably need to get out more. That’s the Dinky Toys Enterprise by the […]

Super Sheets

Sesame Street or the Superfriends? No contest for me as I had that Superfriends pillow case (and still do), I honestly remember those smiling heroes making me happy when that would show up in it’s regular rotation amidst snoopy and the fonz.You see these sets a great deal at Toy Shows (although I think it […]

Bed Spread Senses Tingling!

Star Wars or Spider-Man? These are the decisions children with normal bads got to make, I didn’t have that choice as I slept in my parents old bed, much too large for kid’s sheets. Well, I didn’t do much sleeping after I realised they likely made me in that bed, but that’s a story for […]

Sleep Tight Tony Manero Jr…..

Saturday Night Fever didn’t garner a ton of merchandise save for the soundtrack, some gumcards (which I will admit I bought) and this bedding set. I realize the power of Travolta but this movie with it’s adult themes and language seems like a strange kid’s bed set.

Bedspread Fantasy and Reality

Here we have a small snippet of my childhood, if asked which bedspread I wanted there is no doubt in my mind that the six year old me would have chosen Star Trek. I was forced to watch it every Saturday morning when my sister had a fleeting crush on William Shatner (she now shivers […]