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Le Big Jim

I truly am in awe of how much cool Big Jim stuff they got in Europe in the late 70s/early 80s. One of these days I’m going to track down all these pirates…. More Big Jim than you can handle!

Godzilla: King of the Monsters by GLJ

Just unearthed this sell sheet for GLJ toy’s Godzilla bendy from the 1970s, there is nothing I don’t like about this toy but the biggest thing is the amazing effort they put into this card art. The connection to the Marvel Comic with the logo, really doesn’t hurt does it?

Electric Company Electronics

I have no idea if this Electric Company merchandise by Vanity Fair ever got released but I loved this show as a kid and would have been all over that Fargo North radio and Jennifer of the Jungle items. Not surprising, Vanity Fair also had the Spider-Man license so even he’s involved. “Send Spidey those […]

Mexican Aquaman

Tracked down a toy I’ve wanted for ages recently and it’s certainly not the Aquaman, let alone a Shogun Warrior you’re probably familiar with but I can explain some of this mystery after the jump.  You see in Japan, Popy created a Jumbo Machinder (which is what Shogun Warriors were based on)  of one of […]

La Maison des Muppets

I found this in a toy catalog from France, Statler and Waldorf didn’t make their way onto a lot of merchandise so it’s nice to see them get so much real estate….