Mall Appearances Archives

Spider-Man is at Port Holiday Mall

December 13, 2008 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 1 Comment

Man, the way this guy got around. If Spider-Man were a real celebrity, I think there would be a lot of fatherless children who could climb walls from coast to coast.

Meet Bruce Jenner

December 6, 2008 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 5 Comments

I had forgotten Bruce Jenner was on “CHiPs”, it must have been weird standing there with Fred Flinstone and Spider-Man. Suckerman for under $3? Mego Star Trek figures for $1.28? They definately do want to be my toy store!

Spider-Man at Big Wheel!

November 29, 2008 By Mantooth In Uncategorized No Comments

I would still go see Spider-Man to this day. Got a vintage Mall Appearance Photo? We want to see it! Drop us a line here.

Meet Darth Vader and “Chewbakka”

November 22, 2008 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

“Characteristic Representation” means that Darth Vader will sound like the stock boy and “Chewbakka” will likely look like this: Oh well, we were kids and didn’t notice things like Chewbakka was a left over Planet of the Apes costume….. More Mall Appearances Submit a Mall Appearance Photo Here (please?)

Have Your Picture taken Free With Spider-Man

November 15, 2008 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 1 Comment

Don’t show up at Dooley’s on the 27th, you’re 34 years late. Were you one of the lucky kids in Long Beach who Spider-Man that day? Send in your photo!

Chaz Meets Spidey

November 8, 2008 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 1 Comment

Many thanks to Chaz Rose for this killer pic, Chaz tells me he brought a Mego Spiderman and asked him “Is this You?” How awesome is that?More Mall Appearances

Carlin meets the Hulk

September 13, 2008 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

Carlin Trammel (of the great blog Nerd Lunch ) sent in this early 80’s Hulk appearance inCharleston, SC for the Super Heroes Mall Appearance Gallery . He kind of looks scared….

I Met BigFoot

September 6, 2008 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 6 Comments

After a year of accumulating other people’s encounters with Spider-Man and Darth Vader, it never dawned upon me that I had anything to add until I found this. This is probably around 1980 and at the Metro Zoo, who used to use 70s super celebrity Bigfoot quite extensively in their marketing (you can still see […]

Paul Meets Spider-Man

August 23, 2008 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 1 Comment

Paul Rigsby sent in this picture of him at Spider-Man at the Gateway mall in Jacksonville Florida in 1979. Paul wanted to point out his red plaid outfit is not on purpose, he had no idea Spidey was going to be there, he was, as he puts it “A poster boy for bad 70s fashion”. […]

Darth Vader wants to put you in a new Chevrolet!

August 16, 2008 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

Thomas Berry sent me this wonderful flashback to add to the Superhero Mall Appearance Gallery. It’s the Lord of the Sith himself at Joe Romania Cherolet Dealership in Eugene, Oregon back in October 1978. Thomas also mentions a Jawa but he seems to be camera shy. Thomas tells me he keeps these photos in a […]