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More Comic 3 Packs

I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I last raved about my mild obsession with Whitman comic poly bagged 3 packs of my youth. I guess that’s because I haven’t across many deals and actually let some awesome ones slip through my fingers. Above is Shogun Warriors, while I never had any of […]

Pod Stallions 13: Trek Kids

Star Trek is the main course in this month’s episode, that is right after Brian brings up My Little Pony for absolutely no good reason. As always, we open with our first memories of Star Trek and our love of the merchandise, particularly the Mego dolls, segwaying into the first two films and our feelings […]

Astro-Spock

While I’m too young to remember Remco’s dabble with Star Trek merchandise, I will admit that these lazy,repurposed toys kind of fascinate me. The toys themselves were from a Remco line called “Hamilton Invaders” which was a (very clever)  line of Army Men VS Giant insects. When they nabbed the Trek license, they just slapped […]

Space: Christmas 1976

Seeing all the Doctor Who merchandise in main stream stores this Christmas makes me nostalgic for the time when all Sci Fi shows were marketed towards kids.  Space:1999 mania was in full swing in 1976 and it produced buckets of memotable merchandise. That big Eagle is still something I plan on reacquiring in 2014.. On the […]

To boldly wear (part 2)

Yet another neato Star Trek shirt I saw at last June’s  MegoMeet, thanks to my pal Corey and his awesome collection of shirt rarities. Oddly enough, just like the last shirt, this one is also a swipe of artwork from another source. This time however, it’s not Amazing Spider-Man annual #1 but from the AMT  Galileo 7 model […]

Dinky Trek

Sometimes you find little gems in odd places, this shot from a German Toy Fair in the 70s shows two Dinky employees relieving boredom by having a Star Trek war. I love the sci fi stuff Dinky made in the 70s and should I ever get that money from my many frivolous lawsuits, I’m recreating the two […]

Preschool Trek

Sarah sent in this 1976 back to school shot of her younger brother marching off to his first day of pre school clad in his Donmoor Star Trek best. Bonus kudos on nailing the “Kirk Smirk”. I cannot think of a better back to school photo for this blog. The Top Ten Coolest 70s Star […]

Pod Stallions Episode 7: Battle Beyond the Star Wars

Originally we were going to do our Empire Strikes Back show but then realized that discussion of all the other Sci Fi properties of the late 1970s would have left us with a four hour show. So, Episode 7 lovingly talks about all those “other” SF movies of the disco era from the feety pajamas […]

The Ultimate Star Trek Shirt

This smiling “autographed” picture of Leonard Nimoy is believed to be from a series of store appearances promoting not toys but what I have deemed the most incredible piece of Star Trek merchandise ever.  What follows after the jump is madness, be warned. First, let’s get the company name out of the way, Huk-A-Poo. Huk-A-Poo […]