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5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

Mantooth — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 02:50:55 +0000

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Willo the Wisp, Inhumanoids, Art Cloaky, Golden Age Superman & Martin Landau vs Sybill Danning!

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I have a real love for this UK cartoon. Mainly because TVO aired it before Doctor Who, but also because it was a weird show. The Wisp was voiced by Kenneth Williams from the “Carry On” films, and you always feel like there’s an adult joke buried somewhere. Also, I can do a mean Kenneth Williams impersonation. I’m no longer invited to parties BECAUSE MY FRIENDS ARE ALL JEALOUS OF MY TALENT!

Superman Puzzle (sponsored link)

As an unwritten rule, I tend to gravitate towards 60s-90s pop culture on these posts, but Superman is one of the GOATs of licensing. I love this wonderful depiction of Superman taking a pair of insurance salesmen out for a toot.

Moody Rudy (sponsored link) —

I’ve never heard of this toy nor the company itself but I sure know it’s creator. Art Cloaky created “Gumby and Pokey” and “Davey and Golaith” both shows I watched on “The Commander Tom Show” as a kid. I love that the package says tongue and teeth included, that’s great value. I’m going to assume the estate of Clarke Gable burned this company to the ground.

Hasbro Inhumanoids Store Display (sponsored link)

I don’t collect this toy line, but I was a teenager when it came out, and I did kind of love it, especially the cartoon, which was so bonkers at the time. I wondered if anyone was paying attention.

Looking back now, I can see what appealed to me: they’re Shogun Warrior-sized Kaiju and that, my friends, spells fun. Not literally, of course but GaiKing would have kicked their asses.

Martin Landau’s collection of Sybil Danning Space:1999 VHS movies (sponsored link)

Ok, this is going to be a long story, but it’s a good one.

In the mid-1980s, two of the ITC Super Space Theatre “films” (which were old TV series repackaged as ersatz movies) were distributed under the banner of Sybil Danning’s Adventure Video. These tapes mainly featured forgotten genre movies, with host segments by Danning herself, clad in sexy outfits, and dialogue that included a bit of innuendo.

This was essentially in response to the Elvira-hosted tapes, which were selling like hotcakes. Well, Martin Landau heard about it and summoned his lawyer, who requested samples and then sued. The Landau/Bain camp felt that the whole thing disrespected Space: 1999. I have to admit, the prints aren’t great. The tapes were yanked from distribution, making copies harder to find (trust me, I know).

This is not only the set Landau received, but it also includes a letter to his lawyer. So it’s quite a piece of history.

It also contains the CBS FOX release of Destination Moonbase Alpha, which I don’t think was subject to any legal action. It was a well done release, I still have my copy!

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Pod Stallions 94: Video Store Memories

Mantooth — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:39:31 +0000

Two for Tuesdays. New Release Wednesdays. Three-Day Rentals. Skinemax listings? Or familiar terminology from the video store days? As it happens, it’s both! But this episode of Pod Stallions we’re focusing on the latter, the glory days of the 80s-90s video revolution.

Rentals changed the world, some movies never got to theaters, we had access to movies we’d only ever read about, and best of all we saw the day that we could OWN copies of the films we loved. It truly was a great era to live thru, and we’re celebrating all of it in the new Pod Stallions, from video store employee chums (and working at one ourselves) to building home libraries, it’s an all-new copy of Pod Stallions about our Videocassette Pasts. (Please rewind after listening!).

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