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5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

Mantooth — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:53:00 +0000

5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Dracula, Dr. Pepper meets the Sweathogs, the Krofft Supershow, Captain America rack toys and Street Hawk baby!

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My friend Courteney sent me this and I dig that Dracula is a swipe of the Aurora model kit. Such things were more common in the pre-style guide Wild West.

Glasslite Street Hawk figure from Brazil (eBay Link) —

I talked about Kenner’s plan for Street Hawk a while back, but Glasslite of Brazil got it done, and it’s pretty awesome! I don’t have the cash for this lot but wow, it’s pretty neat.

Captain America Cosmic Ray Light Gun (affiliate Link) —

Every kid knows that Captain America is nothing without his Cosmic Ray Light Gun with the dodgy AA battery!

Dr. Pepper/Welcome Back Kotter shirt (affiliate link) —-

I’ve never heard of this weird cross promotion between the Sweathogs and Dr. Pepper! I love the art on this. Also Lawrence Hilton Jacobs is an underrated actor IMHO.

Krofft Super Show Chalk Board (Affiliate Link)

I have such a strong bond with the Krofft Supershow especially the season of Wonderbug, Dr. Shrinker and Electra Woman and Dynagirl. I’d really like to own this but I can’t display it.

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Toy-Ventures: A Toy Tribute to Marty Krofft

Mantooth — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 01:54:58 +0000

Toy-Ventures pays tribute to TV legend Marty Krofft with a look at some of his most excellent toys featuring Sleestaks, Wonderbug & Bigfoot and Wildboy!

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Krofft Week: Wonderbug!

Mantooth — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Aw yeah, Wonderbug is definitely in my top five Krofft shows, basically a live action speed buggy with a little Shazam! sprinkled in for good measure, what’s not to love. Above is the Wonderbug toy cars made by Duncan (the yo-yo people).

Here’s a whole display of them. I really need to track down one of these.

This is the Wonderbug pedal car, I wouldn’t know where to put this but I pray i never see one at a flea market…

I am not surprised to see there is a Wonderbug puzzle by HG Toys, I am now convinced they made puzzles of my first communion.

I did not know however that there was a Wonderbug board game, the art work on the box is pretty great.

Lastly we did a Colouring book theatre a few years ago for Wonderbug, my friend Sharry graciously provided the scans. You can check it out here.

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Wonderful Wonderbug

Mantooth — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:55:00 +0000

Steve F sent in this killer scan from a Duncan Catalog that featured something I’ve never seen before, a toy car based on the Sid and Marty Krofft series Wonderbug! Wonderbug was a segment on the Krofft Supershow and I doubt I missed an episode.
I have no idea if these hit stores, I’ve never seen one on the secondary market but that is by no means conclusive evidence, what I don’t know could fill a warehouse.

Did anyone have this? Drop a line! This is the only other Wonderbug toy that I’ve seen, I know it was made:

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Colouring Book Theatre: Krofft Supershow Wonderbug

Mantooth — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:56:00 +0000

Turning over the reins to Sharry again this week (as I still can’t find that Superman Coloring Book) and she’s got a doozy based on the Krofft Supershow it’s WonderBug but it also has an intro by the long forgotten Kaptain Kool and the Kongs.

Whitman also handled the Krofft Supershow comic (which had Bigfoot and Wildboy and Magic Mongo as well) the art in this book is pretty stylised and cartoony, I think it suits the subject matter well.

As I kid, I thought WonderBug was the bomb maybe because it was a live action version of Speed Buggy ( My fave as a kid) combined with a little bit of Shazam!

The book opens as the show did with Kaptain Kool and the Kongs, Sharry pointed out that this book is based on the second season as they are wearing their toned down outfits. In the first season, the group had a more glammed out look. Kaptain Kool BTW went on to direct, most notably a lot of episodes of “Friends”.

The mention of Flatbush was something Sharry also wanted to point out, he was dropped by season 2. So why was he mentioned here?

The single most important colouring book page ever made. Breathtaking isn’t it?

Even though it’s impossible to top the “Turkey eats his lunch” page, we trudge on to the Wonderbug adventure. Wonderbug was the only show to survive season 1 of the Krofft Supershow, both Dr.Shrinker and Electra Woman were dropped.

The gang arrives in Mexico and C.C. gets recruited to help lift some pottery.

Barry and CC soon discover this is part of a smuggling ring (there is always a smuggling ring).

Dun-dun-duuuuun! The magic horn is parped and Schlep Car becomes Wonderbug, why they wouldn’t always drive in a car that can fly is beyond me.

Eventhough it’s a colouring book page it totally serves as a reminder on how fake Wonderbug was. I remember most of the time the car was a puppet in front a blue screen or a really unconvinving model, still, that’s part of the charm isn’t it.

The bad guys are sent to Mexican prison and the gang is off to get all the bootleg star wars figures they can carry. Sharry also mentioned to me that David Levy, Barry from Wonderbug is a psychology professor
at Pepperdine University in CA. If you go on their website, anyone can
easily find him and contact him. She’s living proof as she has his autograph and the news that he still has one of those double zero shirts in his closet.

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Coming Next Week: Superman! (perhaps?)

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