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We’ve got an incredible treat this Friday before Halloween in the form of this incredible Aurora Monster Scenes store display, courtesy of my pal Matt, who will take over from here with the editorial.

This was actually assembled and painted at the Aurora factory, and then shipped built up to hobby stores.

Frankenstein doesn’t come with the set. He is a vintage one from my childhood

There is little I can say about the Monster Scenes that hasn’t already been said except that, in my opinion, they are the single greatest monster toy line to come out of the 1970s. 


They surpass even the Ahi monsters, as far as I’m concerned. If ever a toy line typified the early 1970s, this was it. 

Only in that decade could you get a model kit that was an action figure with a diorama that you built in order to reenact scenes of torture. 


No other decade would dare market a toy to kids rated “X” as a double-entendre. No other toy was made in that decade that so simply and directly tapped into that pre-adolescent boy mindset– that transitory period where one is on the verge of transitioning away from loving “kids stuff” like monsters, and starting to think about girls… 


No one else has ever released a toy with that same cheerful mix of innocence and sadism. One would consider such a feat to be near impossible. But Aurora did. And it was the rock upon which they sank.

 
Here is the set with a random assortment of boxed Monster Scenes– including the rare package variant “Victim” renamed as “Dr Deadly’s Daughter” for Canadian markets. 

Thanks to Matt for being so awesome and sharing this piece of 1970s gold. Happy Halloween Everyone!

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I got an early Christmas present in my mailbox the other day in the form of these Kenner store display photos, which were likely meant as internal documents showcasing their hottest toys for 1978.

Visit the 1978 Kenner Store Displays Gallery

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I still have a few of these Little People vehicles kicking around, this display is more awesome because it’s filled.

And of course, FP was all about the Muppet Show for a good long while, I do remember this header card from department stores back in the day.
FP’s Muppet show action figures are just killer, I had the Gonzo but I honestly never used the little puppet stick it came with.
I vaguely remember these, not something I was into mind you.

Brian has a lot more store displays up for grabs today including later Little People and Disney’s Gummi Bears line. So check out his Ebay Store sometime today for all of the listings.

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I’m currently working on the 1978 Fisher Price Catalog, it’s large so it’s taking a some time. One of the things I love about any old toy catalog are the occasional shot of a store display, they’re usually pretty biased to one thing but they give a little look of what was. I thought I’d share these today and give a taste of what’s to come.Above is a display of individual Adventure Team figures, I don’t think I ever got individual figures as a kid but I remember flicking through this rack to see all of the characters.

An entire display of Daredevil Sky Divers, a skydiver that really worked. I got one for Easter 1979, and bought one for my son last year.

The aisle of adventure, I don’t think I ever saw a store this well stocked with Adventure People, I think I’d remember that.

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Update: Another article I wrote for Topless Robot is up today, it’s called the Top Ten Most Needless Action Figures and it’s a little bit of nonsense about generic add on action figures, hope you enjoy.

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