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Aurora Comic Scene Models are a really happy part of my childhood seeing as my Dad sold them for a while and as a result, I had a good supply. I sucked at model building (still kinda do) and used them more as action figures, which I think a lot kids did. The Apes kits […]

More Parachuting Superheroes and Apes

My pal Bill sent these images on a few weeks ago and I forgot all about them, here is a parachuting Planet of the Apes Doctor Zaius and notice he’s packing heat. Zaius is dropping and this time it’s personal…. Parachuting Robin from the Batman series of toys is logical but damn, he’s a tough […]

Encounters with Batman, Robin, Apes and Flash Gordon

Fantastic new images for the Superhero Mall Appearance Gallery this week starting with Lou’s contribution. This is from a “Meet the Superheroes” review show like the one featured here. Lou promises more photos soon, I personally cannot wait. Jason from BifBangPow! who provided last week’s cool Darth Vader Signing at B Dalton feature is back […]

Official Planet of the Apes Merchandise

More additions to the Azrak Hamway toy galleriesthis time it’s all about the Planet of the Apes merchandise made by AHI. Thanks to Bill Frost for the great pictures! Sky Diving, rifle touting Galen sure didn’t make oodles of sense but it just didn’t matter when you were five. These super deformed Wind Up “Little […]

Planet of the Apes: From Logical to Nonsense

Logical Toy: Planet of the Apes Remote Control Horse, apes all rode horses and this makes perfect sense. Nonsense Toy: Planet of the Apes Zoom Cycle, the Ape civilization never had anything motorized and this looks an awful lot like a repackaged Batman toy. Please don’t send me comments about the Animated show having cars, […]

Colouring Book Theatre : Giant Apes

Three guesses as to what inspired this book. I’ll give you a hint, it was a movie starring Jeff Bridges and King Kong.This is by Treasure Books and has art by Dell Comics alumni Tony Tallarico (when have you ever seen credit in a colouring book?) This is another from my childhood, I guess never […]

Colouring Book Theatre : Planet of the Apes

Today’s colouring book is courtesy of Sharry AKA Hardygirl on the megomuseum boards, a real kindred spirit when it comes to colouring books.This is an Artcraft/Saalfield colouring book on one of my favourite subjects of all time, Planet of the Apes. Even though the first movie deals with a lot of adult themes, we as […]

Power Records

Many of us thrilled to comic book and tv/movie adventures in those pre VCR days via Peter Pan record and comic sets. Dig the amazing store display in this article, what a nice thing to find now. For more on Power Records check out this groovy blog