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Spider-Man crashes the party

David Smith sent in these rocking shots from his birthday party circa ’77 or ’78ish.David is wearing a very cool Spider-Man T Shirt BTW. Here you see Spider-Man signing autographs, (back when celebrities signed everything for free) note the back of Dave’s awesome shirt.Spidey crouchs down for a shot with David’s 85 year old Grandmother, […]

1981 Azrak Hamway Catalog

The beginning of the end for the Rack Toy giant, while the company would continue and prosper for the rest of the decade, it would also eventually fold it’s toy division completely under the Remco Name. The 1981 AHI catalog almost looks like a lower cost copy of the 1981 Remco offerings, all the licenses […]

Marvel Heroes Hit Maine

Matt submitted these cool black and white shots of Captain America and the Hulk at the opening of the Bangor Mall (in Maine, of course) circa 1978. He also believes he has shots of Spider-Man and Darth Vader from the same event, stay tuned.Send us your Mall Appearance photos!

Paul Meets Spider-Man

Paul Rigsby sent in this picture of him at Spider-Man at the Gateway mall in Jacksonville Florida in 1979. Paul wanted to point out his red plaid outfit is not on purpose, he had no idea Spidey was going to be there, he was, as he puts it “A poster boy for bad 70s fashion”. […]

The 1979 AHI Catalog means more Rack Toys!

Another fabulous voyage into the world of Rack Toys with the 1979 Azrak Hamway International catalog. Gone are the cool Universal Monster and Planet of the Apes toys of a few years eariler but AHI has continued to expand on it’s comic book offerings mostly inspired by the Incredible Hulk and Fantastic Four television series.All […]

Super Selection of Sleeping Bags

I used to collect Sleeping bags, talk about a space killer. This spread has me wondering though, what kid wanted the McDonalds characters over say Spider-Man and Hulk or the cool robots from the Black Hole? I can’t imagine unrolling a McDonaldland sleeping bag at Richard Huer’s sleep over back in the day. I think […]