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Damned, Dirty, Apes Gunned Down Thanks To Mattel

September 29, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

I am smitten with this great Planet of the Apes publicity shot, this would not happen today…

Playing House with Doctor Zaius

September 1, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

I love this toy, the two times I’ve run into it on the collector market have been unhappy doses of realitiy for me as I’ll never in my life have a place big enough to keep this set up.

Planet of the Apes by Well Made Toys Inc

June 26, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 3 Comments

Well-Made Toys wasn’t a real household word but they were very well known in 1974 when they landed the Planet of the Apes license and filled toy stores with their cute plush novelties based on the TV series. It burned brightly but not for a long time, leaving lots of cool toys in it’s path. […]

Planet of the Apes Colorforms

June 25, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

I love it when a toy concept I adore is crossed over with a license that rules, in this case it’s the merging of Colorforms with Planet of the Apes. One of the my favourite things about this piece is it seems strongly influenced by the “Return to the Planet of the Apes” cartoon series. […]

Fly a Kite Cornelius

June 24, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

You know you’ve hit monsterous proportions when you’re on a kite and having nothing to do with flying. I’d love to find a display of these or heck, even one. Click on this picture for a bigger view.

Apes by the Truck Load

June 23, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 7 Comments

1974 saw the deluge of Apechandise as evidenced by this great newspaper ad, with the cancellation of the series in 1975 would see this stuff go on clearance. When I started toy collecting in the early eighties, you could find discounted Apes merchandise in almost every convience store in Toronto, it was a good time […]

Playsets of the Apes

June 22, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 3 Comments

More shots from the 1974 Multiple Toys Catalog featuring these awesome Planet of the Apes playsets, I’ve seen the packaging on the set bove before but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t released. I actually had this set at one point, I love how the soldiers are referred to as “earth men”, I guess the folks […]

Planet of the Apes Week

June 21, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 7 Comments

This next week will be devoted to all things simian. Iy you grew up in the 1970s (which I’m guessing much of my readership did) then you couldn’t have avoided “Apes Week” unless you didn’t have a TV or lived in a cave. We’ll spend the next five days looking at the garbage bags of […]

Rack Toys of the Apes

May 22, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 6 Comments

At this past weekend’s Motor City Comic Con, I made the aquaintence of toy dealer Bob Serna, who had the most Planet of the Apes toys I’ve ever seen available for sale in one place. I spent the majority of my cash with Bob and I’ll probably be going back for more shortly, here are […]

Planet of the Apes Mini Play Set

May 4, 2009 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 5 Comments

I get a lot of people asking on the message board who made this set, it’s by Multiple Toys and they made several variations, one including a bunch of army men so you can reenact “Battle for the Planet of the Apes”, it goes a little crazy with the scale but I doubt any kid […]