While I never had the luxury of talking Viewmaster or a projector ($50 could be used to purchase more action figures than I’d ever need) I did have the “Mr. Spock’s Time Trek” reel set displayed and I loved it dearly. IMO, Filmation did no wrong in the 1970s IMO.
Most people know Duncan from their Yo-Yo products which they still sell to this day but their 1981 catalog shows a company branching out into different things, mostly toy vehicles (such as 70s style vans) but also licensed items like the Batmobile. Check out the 1981 Duncan Catalog here
Imagine how different a movie the Dark Knight might have been if Christian Bale had emerged from the Batmobile riding this. I wonder if he’d put on the batsuit and ride this for me?
As weird as this set seems, my kids have a modern version if this that’s almost entirely the same except Elmo is now crowbarred in there. Bert looks totally at home on a chopper, I should have known he was an outlaw biker.
With great hopping comes great nausea.Toyfair 1979 Coverage continues….
I’ve been tempted by the Superman Velcro puppet on more than one occasion. More 1979 Toy Fair Coverage all day
“Hey a clowns head is exploding, let’s play!” Toyfair 1979 coverage continues….
I still have that Chewbacca book, if I’m not mistaken, there were recipes in there!
Anyone whose main villain is the “Eggomeany” is ok in my book. Retro Toy fair 1979 continues all day….
It’s that time of year again when we leave the 2009 Toy Fair coverage to sites like Action Figure Insider and we go back in time with toy fair articles from the 70s. This year will be a little different however, rather than try to tackle four years in four days (which nearly killed me) […]
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