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Lincoln Monsters in the 1976 Galoob Catalog

Mantooth — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:02:00 +0000

It wouldn’t be Halloween without me waxing poetic about my favourite monster toy line of all time, the Lincoln Monsters.

This year I came across one of my absolute grails, in the form of finding the 1976 Galoob toys catalog. Although Galoob was later known for licensed items and things such as Micro Machines, 1976 saw them as more of an importer of Hong Kong novelties including items produced by Lincoln International.

Here they are featured among the Lincoln Action Soldier toys and other Rack Toy merchandise. Galoob was definitely the the company that got the following memorable Montgomery Ward’s catalog spread from 1976:

More Lincoln International Monster Love here:

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Remco Monsters Glow in the Dark Haunted House

Mantooth — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:05:00 +0000

One of the reasons I love October is I get to talk about Monster toys, in my top five are the Remco monsters and their awesome, wonderful haunted house playset. More on these guys next week.

More Remco Monsters on PlaidStallions:

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PodStallions #15: Rod Serling

Mantooth — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 04:00:00 +0000

This month’s show is a celebration of Television icon Rod Serling and is exploration of his career and legacy. Even though he passed away in the mid 1970s, he had an impact on pop culture that is still strongly felt today.

Episode 15 talks about his life, the Twilight Zone and his career after that including Planet of the Apes, the Zero Hour, Night Gallery, Phantom of the Paradise and something called Fantasy Park.

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This website has a demo reel for Fantasy park, the simulated rock concert series hosted by Serling.
The Gold Key Twilight Zone comics Brian discussed ran for 17 years!
Rod Serling’s intro to Phantom of the Paradise is haunting and effective.
Jason’s company Bif Bang Pow! has created an amazing array of Twilight Zone merchandise.
Serling’s contribution to the Planet of the Apes script is possibly one of the most memorable scenes in SF cinema.
Paul Williams is doing quite well these days.
When syndicated, episodes of Night Gallery were mingled with this unrelated series starring Gary Collins to increase the offering to 100 episodes.

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The Ghost who walks (in pharmacy toy aisles)

Mantooth — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000

The Phantom got a lot of cool Rack Toy love in the 70s, which is pretty cool considering he didn’t have a cartoon show to back him up.

I like all of the toys but this set, this one is something I’m actively searching for. Seriously, if you have one of these for sale, I’ve got a Tarzan set that is ever so lonely…….

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