More reminders of my now long gone sleeping bag collection, that supergals one was possibly my favourite of all time, it doesn’t hurt that much of it looks like a giant Mego actionf figure package but how often do you see Wondergirl on merchandising?
Another entry in the Superhero Mall Appearances gallery, this one shows children treating Spidey like he’s the beatles in 1965(!)Got a vintage mall appearance photo from back in the day you’d like to share? Drop me a line!
Toy Fair 1976: These cool Amsco Playsets must have made many a kid happy, in addition to Moon base Alpha and the Marvel universe, Amsco made sets for Planet of the Apes and the Waltons House(!)
Many of us thrilled to comic book and tv/movie adventures in those pre VCR days via Peter Pan record and comic sets. Dig the amazing store display in this article, what a nice thing to find now. For more on Power Records check out this groovy blog
Everything got “super” in 1976, with the popularity of licensing increasing, toys became about the capes or the future with the popularity of Star Trek or then newcomer Space:1999. A great example of the licensing surge are these Amsco Superbabies, wook at L’il Cap’n Merca with his widdle shield, awwwww!
Toy Fair 1974 saw the introduction of the Mego Superfoe figures and my obsession with the Riddler was born. For more Mego action figure goodness check out the Mego Museum (whose members have already seen this, it was too good not recycle).
Today’s colouring book is one I had as a kid, the Super Friends, yep, the “Wendy & Marvin” version of the show.This isn’t just a cover with stock art of the DC comics heroes, this book is completely faithful to the original series. It’s a non violent, positive message adventure from start to finish.Whitman did […]
Lili Ledy was Mexico’s premiere toy manufacturer and because of trade restrictions, all toys they sold had to be manufactured in Mexico. So many of the popular US lines were licensed and then produced by Lili Ledy resulting in wonderful variations that toy collectors hunt for to this day. Alot of favourites like the Mego […]
Most North Americans have probably never heard of UK based Berwick toys before but that should change because they created a lot of fun and inspired licensed items for the English market.Berwick’s main items seem to be role play such as their line of play suits and games, while all the American standards are there […]
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 […]
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