While taping our upcoming Podcast about Apocalypse movies, I couldn’t help but bring up one of the weirder but fonder memories of my childhood. Behold the Forbidden Zone Trap, my favourite Mego play set of all time. I wanted this so bad as a kid it hurt, which is weird because it’s basically a city […]
I’ve never heard of Pied Piper Stores, not surprising, as I didn’t grow up in California in the 1970s. No doubt they were one of the many “Mom and Pop” toy store chains that at one magical time dotted our landscape. One thing i do know is that Pied Piper stores had a pretty grasp […]
Been really under pressure to put the final touch on Rack Toys this month so i was coming up short with a Friday feature. Enter Kip and his amazing, newly displayed Ape collection to the rescue! I’ve seen plenty of Planet of the Apes and King Kong collections in my time but Kip seems to […]
My pal Corey, a purveyor of amazing treats and the guy who gets a majority of my pay cheque (Seriously check out his Ebay auctions) sent me this photo of a Planet of the Apes store display from 1974. As a lover of all things POTA, it was a joy to see but the name […]
My pal Mike sent this into me and honestly, it’s new to me, a wonderful throw away rack item that some smart soul preserved and we’re better for it. I had plenty of magic slates as a kid but never one this cool… Ewww! There’s Ape centric art on the back too, that’s awesome. Yeah, […]
Chris sent in this way cool pic of his Planet of the Apes collection, the centerpieces being these original screen worn soldier ape outfits. The one with the stripe was used in the TV episode “The Horse Race”, guess what that was about. Thanks Chris for sharing, as always I am filled with a nice […]
Behold, the closest thing we ever got to a toy version of the Alpha Omega bomb that wiped out the Planet of the Apes in Beneath. So this gives you the option of either thinking it’s another dumb rack toy or a surprisingly canon item. Either way, that’s some killer packaging…. More Larami goodness
Thought it would be fitting to do a piece on the various Planet of the Apes mall appearances we’ve collected over the years. The one above came in from the UK circa 1977 (Apes popularity lingered there) Scott sent me this classic of him and Cornelius at a Long Island Toy Store, dig the Mego […]
Like a lot of kids in the 1970s, I had a healthy dose of “Apemania” and there was no cure. One of my favourites in the film franchise is the dystopian future of “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes”. That’s why I was so excited to find this rare promotional newspaper promoting the film, […]
Now that I’ve introduced you to AHI‘s Action Apeman line, it seems only fitting to get you acquainted with Warrior, Artemus, Myra and Dr Zorma, otherwise known as the Astro Apes. If the Action Apemen were blatant ripoffs (and they were) then the Astro Apes would need to go down as the “Most Blantantest Rippyoffiest Ever”. […]
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