Plaid Stallions : Rambling and Reflections on '70s pop culture
Thursday, July 03, 2008

Everything's Archie!

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I never saw these Marx Archie figures as a kid or else I'd have been all over them, I've always been a big fan. These are prototype...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Jean Street is a tough place

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Just crawling with Hustlers, pimps and players..... Another 70's related article for Topless Robot came up yesterday and i forgot to men...
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

The Future is Fantastic!

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After their runaway success with the Star Trek line of toys, it shouldn't come as a shock that AHI snapped up the rights to this then n...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Mojave!

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No it's not a scene from Space:1999, it's an ad for Mojvae! Carpet. I never seem to discuss one of the most pinnacle things about ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Colouring Book Theatre: The Six Million Dollar Man

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My Pal Sharry sent me this one based on the classic 70's TV series. The book is by Rand McNally. the people best known for Road Atlases ...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Back in Day Goodness

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Some more vintage photos from Wes Booth, this one is rather timely, it's Wes opening up a Sam Cobra from the Marx Johnny west line. Yo...
Friday, June 27, 2008

1975 Marx Johnny West Catalog

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Like G.I. Joe , Johnny West was one of the few hold over action figure lines from the 1960's. This durable (hell, indestructable) cowboy...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

A Room Divided

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I've never been more repulsed and oddly attracted to something at the same time, I must have had a relative with these in their apartmen...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Sunday Best

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You should never be able to blend in with flavours of Cotton Candy. Another piece I wrote for Topless Robot is up today, it's called t...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Wall Crawling Goodies

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With the recent addition of Star Trek and Planet of the Apes and Batman galleries to the Azrak Hamway section of the site, it was importan...
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Monday, June 23, 2008

More Reasons to Like Toddlers

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They'll let you dress them like this and won't put up a fight. Sad News Department: I was bummed to hear of the death of George Ca...
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

TV Comix: Man From Atlantis

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As I try to scramble to get more colouring books to review, I thought I'd go through the various comic books I have based on TV shows fr...
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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Captain America at the Eastgate Mall

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Wes Booth sent in these awesome additions to the Superhero Mall Appearance Gallery . This was at the Eastgate Mall, Indianapolis around 1979...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

Diecast Heroes

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Corgi was a legend in the diecast car industry, certainly because of the quality and it's licensed goods. Corgi was best known to childr...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

It's Go Time!

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An unusual phenomena in the boys wear section of 70’s catalogs is the “fight picture” where they have two boys posed as if they’re about to ...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The Choice is Yours!

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Here you have it gents, 1979 presented you with either the one piece jumpsuit made from lightweight " Poplin " (wasn't that a ...
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