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More Superhero Appearances

The Plaidstallions mailbox was rocking this weekend with two new submissions for the Superhero Mall Appearance Gallery, the one above was sent in by James Powell, it’s him and his sister meeting Spider-man in Orlando.Darryl sent in these great shots from the 1984 Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, here Mighty Mouse struts his stuff. Red Kryptonite strikes […]

Men of Plush

Those that know me, know of my fondness for plush superheroes, especially stuff like the mego super softies. I’ve always found these late seventies characters from Knickerbocker to be terrific but I’m perplexed by the exclusion of Batman, Batman always gets picked for the team!

More Spider-Man Encounters

Lou sent me this awesome addition to the Mall Appearances page on the site and he promises more. One of these days I’ll find a kid who saw the Superheroes at the Whitby Woolco whose mother didn’t expose the film…..

Our Ways Studios Catalog

While not an instantly recognizable name, Ourways Studios produced some of the wildest superhero merch in the 70’s, heavily advertised in the comics themselves. Best known for their awesome stickers and decals their product features art by some of the true greats like Neal Adams and John Romita. The catalog not only features their product […]

Viewmaster Gift Sets

My dad used to sell Viewmasters, so I’ve always kind of dug them. My kids can watch anything they want whenever they want, so I guess viewmasters won’t be the big deal they were for me. If you look at some of them today, the amount of care that went into them is pretty noticeable.These […]

70’s Superhero Mall Appearances

Thanks to the generous donation of our blog readers I have some fantastic new images of 70’s mall appearances by Superheroes, Jawas, Micronauts, Apes and even Lee Majors! This is a subject I will admit to being obsessed with so if you have photos like these and want to share please drop us a line, […]

More Rack Toys at Plaidstallions.com

Two killer updates to the rack toys section at plaidstallions.com, the first being this very rare Filmation Space Sentinels Magnetic Figure. This is one of the only pieces of merchandise I have ever seen for this series. I remember reading about this Ghost Rider set in a heroes world comic back in the day, I […]

Holy Soapy Vomit Batman!

This week marks the anniversary of Plaid Stallions, so I’m devoting much of it to things that me happy. One of those items would be Crazy Foam, although I’m not exactly sure why.For those not in the know, Crazy Foam is a bath product, which if I’m not mistaken smelled a lot like shaving cream. […]

Vinyl Playsets Rock my world

I don’t know why I don’t own a Mego Batcave playset but for some reason I’ve never been able to get one. It really is a sweet item and was recycled a couple of times by Mego, it’s even the Planet of the Apes Village!