Star Trek KO Spaceship Mobile (eBay Link) –

Nothing like the 3 Nacelle Knock-Off Enterprise as room decor. I totally want this, but I’m tall and something of lummox so I would run into it, a great deal.

Wind-Up Commander Koenig (eBay Link) –

Space:1999 was one of the properties that got me into collecting, the other being Planet of the Apes. At one point in the 80s, this was my holy grail. I got over it, it’s actually not my thing at all but it’s super neat.

Sweat Hogs Patch (eBay Link) –

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Gabe Kaplan saw zero point zero dollars from this.

Mayor McCheese clock from 1974 (eBay Link)—

I need this. It’s always Cheeseburger O’Clock in this household. 

Popeye rug hooking (eBay Link) –—

Wow, this sums up the late 70s for me, rug hooking or latch hooking for you puritans and Popeye. I was obsessed with that Robin Williams movie and I do not regret that. It’s a classic and if you disagree, I will see you at the bike racks at bell*

*Bike Rack’s offer is invalid if you are one of the Hadden brothers I went to school with. Also, what the hell? There were 11 of you and you were all 3 months apart. Also, I hate that your mother and my mother are still friends and that she’s super nice.

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Inspired by Superman the movie and “rug hooking fever” (common in 1979) I did attempt to do a rug of Superman’s shield when I was eight. Unfortunately, I had the patience of an eight-year-old boy.

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