5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

Mantooth — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 03:49:32 +0000

5 Awesome things on eBay this week- Star Wars Ape mashups, CB radio wear, ultraman, spock decor and Frankenstein wants a Pepsi!

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Darth Vader/General Urko Bootleg Mashup (sponsored link) –

There is just such magic to cheap bootleg items that do mash-ups before we even knew what that was. I want this crappy thing more than air but I fall in love every week with something.

CB Lingo Jewellery- 5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

CB Lingo Jewellery (sponsored link) —

I vividly remember the CB fad, and it’s one of those things I’m amazed by. The plethora of merchandise likely landed just as the fad lost momentum had to be insane. However, this would have been killer irony wear for me in the 1990s. The ladies at the Orange Snail would have been all over me.

Ultraman water pistol (sponsored link) —

I featured this in Rack Toys because it’s such a fun piece, and I love Ultra-Man like a sibling. However, I’ve since lost the arms. It’s also so weird to add articulation to a water pistol….

Mr. Spock Carnival Mirror (sponsored link)

I’ve been able to resist carnival mirrors in my collecting but dang this one is slick as hell. Also, if you ever want a cheap laugh, type in “Mirror” in Facebook Marketplace and enjoy the photos of people’s messy homes.

Inflatable Pepsi Frankenstein (sponsored) —

All he wanted a Pepsi and Doctor Frankenstein wouldn’t give it to him. Did I post this to make that Suicidal Tendencies joke? No, I just chose that over the obvious Nick Cage joke. You can’t unsee it, you are very welcome.

The Blood-A-Rama Shock Festival Pack

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Canadian Superhero Pepsi Cups

Mantooth — Fri, 05 May 2017 13:58:00 +0000

For the last two decades I’ve been quietly collecting these promotional cups given away by Pepsi in the 1970s in Canada. Similar to the US cup promotions but a much smaller character choice, different design and made in Canada. (update I’ve just been told they were made available at the restaurants in Zeller’s department stores)

My mantra on these was to never buy them online but find them in the wild at the many toy shows, antique malls and flea markets I regularly haunt. I think I’ve put together a complete set and thought it would be fun to showcase them. More after the jump.

Batman and Robin are favourites of mine, mainly because Batman has the same art as the Mego box and they were definitely faves as a kid. Batman was hard to find.

Superman and Wonder Woman were also tough for me to track down. I think this set took me ten years or so to piece together but i doubt i ever paid more than $5 for any of these and it sometimes was the only thing I came home with.

I rarely ever run into either of these two in the wild.

Aquaman and Flash round out a complete set (I think?), they are also the most common ones. My local flea market had like 50 of the Flash in the 1990s for some unknown reason and I’ve seen so many Aquamen in my travels.

I keep looking hoping to find more characters in this series but I’m pretty certain it stopped at these six. Hopefully I’m wrong and there is more to hunt because that’s the fun part.

Have a great weekend!

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