I recently met a fellow named Shannon through facebook and he shared his amazing 70’s toylove body art with me. Above is his tribute to the Kenner Bionic Man doll.The Marx Green Machine was the stuff of legend where I grew up, every kid wanted one.It all ends with this brilliant tribute to Kenner’s Smash […]
Lack of Stretch Monster still haunts me to this day….. Original Stretch Monster Commercial Related Links1978 Stretch Armstong Catalog1976 Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman Catalog
New to the web today is the 1976 Maskatron commercial from Kenner. Every child should know the joy of owning a robot doll that becomes John Saxon. That’s not sarcasm, I really mean it! These are scans from the 1976 Kenner catalog, click on the link for more. Expect more Bionic Man and Woman stuff […]
My pal Eric sent this amazing cool advertisement for costumes in France, this stuff is just killer. I guess Bionic Woman was called “Super Jamie” over there, I wonder if they’ll call the new series that?These Leia and C-3PO costumes are undeniably cool, the Leia looks exactly like the Kenner figure!Mighty Mightor was kind of […]
a little six million dollar love this weekend
Another one from my new DVD this time it’s the awesome Six Million Dollar Man’s boss, Oscar Goldman with his fancy sportcoat and exploding briefcase. I spent hours with that thing!
Another happy memory for me is Mike Power: Atomic Man, rumour has it that Hasbro didn’t want to license the Six Million Dollar Man series so they beat everyone to the market with his G.I. Joe equivilant.Hasbro gave Mike and interesting back story, a cripple who built his own new (clear) bionic limbs to replace […]
Doctor Kromedome was created to fill a void in 1975 for Bionic Villains (Maskatron came in ’76) , the buyer for Wards contacted friends at Mego Corp and this catalog exclusive “Bionic Villain” was born.Kromedome’s weird purple outfit, Cape and Cane kind of give him a bit of Cybernetic “Mack Daddy” vibe. Like he’d be […]
I love Steve’s funky lime green colored jumpsuit in this illustration, ahh the days before style guides……And how incredibly bad ass is this Bionic Man Robe and Pajamas?Coming tomorrow: The Forgotten Bionic Villain
I’m not a 100% on the origins of these images but reader Brendan sent them to me last month, it’s Lee in all his SMDM glory days along with I’m assuming his agent at a Toy Store appearance. I wonder if Farrah was waiting in the car?
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