Collegeville Costumes for ’76
Toy Fair 1976: Hmmm, Martin Landau or a shark this halloween?
Toy Fair 1976: Hmmm, Martin Landau or a shark this halloween?
Remco was a division of Azrak Hamway and while AHI made more of the dimestore “Impulse’ items, the Remco brand was used to promote toys of a higher quality. In 1976, the company attempted to infiltrate the action figure category (the McDonalds characters), Games (Magic Hat) along with their usual children’s role play items such […]
Somebody asked me recently if I’d ever seen these and at that point I hadn’t, so I hope he’s reading. Space:1999 was a big influence on me as a kid but I can’t imagine my kids watching a serious one hour long space drama. I guess that’s why you don’t see “Stargate SG1” pajama’s today.Links […]
One of the reasons I began collecting toys was my love for Space:1999 merchandise, so these Mattel Space:1999 toy offerings from 1976 are something I’m really hyped about bringing to the site.
The Space:1999 merchandising explosion was a one year affair but some really cool toys made it out during that period. The pinnacle (for me, besides the Mego figures) is the Mattel Eagle Playset with figures, this was two years before Star Wars, nobody had ever done a space ship with 3 3/4″ figures before. I’ve […]
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