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5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

Mantooth — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:00:16 +0000

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week: Shazam school supplies , Kung Fu AND Karate, Rip Tide and Inflatable Jaws sharks!

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1970s Shazam Pencil Case (sponsored link)

I have this strange predilection for Superhero pencil sharpeners (see the video below), but I don’t own a single pencil case for some reason. Even as a kid I knew that material wouldn’t last a lunch hour, I guess. Shazam! merch always puts me in a good mood, tho.

Inflatable Jaws shark by Imperial Toys (sponsored link) —

It’s amazing to see Imperial still making JAWS merch in the mid-1980s; that movie had staying power. This merch was likely sponsored by “Jaws the Revenge” but they chose the right poster for the box.

Bruce Lee KO Bendies (sponsored link) —

I have one of these guys loose but I don’t think I’ve ever seen the card. It’s a “Not even trying” KO meant to look like Bruce Lee, it succeeds!

70s Karate T-Shirt (sponsored link) –

Wearing this as a kid would have invoked too many challenges for my own health.

Rip Tide Puffy Stickers (sponsored link)

I think this might be the perfect gift if you have a friend who has forgotten Rip Tide exists. I used to watch this but all I remember is the nerdy guy said “Boss” a lot.

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I Love Action Figures in Karate Outfits

Mantooth — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 01:12:00 +0000

(Many thanks to my friend Eddie for this awesome image above)

The Martial Arts explosion of the early 1970s was not lost on action figures, growing up in this time, it gave me a lifelong obsession with the culture.

It also turned out to be a real positive influence in my life, so I’ve decided to start collecting all the various 70s action figures I can find in Karate Gis and compiled a list of ones that i have and would like to have after the jump:

I recently just bought this Adventure Team Karate outfit and it made me realize that i’ve always been buying this stuff in one form or another. GI Joe was always the trendsetter, I love the art on this package.

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The Hong Kong based BARTER produced a series of action figures that went through different names around the world, in the US it was called Mr. Action, in Italy it was “Don-Bill-Jac” and as you can see Bill has deadly hands.

Of course, Big Jim always had a Karate GI in his arsenal, for almost his entire run too. He even got a Kung Fu Studio (we call it a Dojo) to practice his deadly board breaking skills.

Mego‘s Action Jackson is an old friend of mine and of course, he’s got every belt. The sticker on this box was done in Canada due to overstock of outfits, they tried to sell it as outfits for the Superheroes, Monsters and Apes bless them.

Mego also made a series of lower cost outfits for AJ that included tennis, golf and you guessed it, more Karate.

The Adventurer was a lower cost rip off AJ that copied a lot of the same themes, Some of the time his outfits appear to be Mego overstock.

Action Jose the Kung Fu Man had many “dresses” (their words, not mine) and thanks to my buddy Kevin, here are a couple.

I want to point out that I have never seen the actual Action Jose doll, if you have one please, please, please send me a photo.

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Karate Robots

Mantooth — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:09:00 +0000

Because “Gymnast Robots” tested poorly…

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Aurora Karate Men!

Mantooth — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:30:00 +0000

I loved this toy as a kid, when I wasn’t playing the game I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get the figures off the stand. They were like really muscular G.I. Joes complete with flocked hair.

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