David after getting chomped on by Cookie Monster also sent in this fun shot of him shaking hands with the dark lord of the Sith in '77.
We have another reader submission to the "Christmas in the 1970s" contest we're running all December. Adam has sent in tale from 1978 which deals with the important things, I called it "At least we had Underoos", dig it!
Send us your vintage Christmas pics! You could win a prize or be involved in our upcoming book "Christmas in the 1970s"!
Click on any of the images to explore the 1980 Gabriel Zorro Catalog.
More Western Action Figures:
Memorable in the context of "Remember when mom got dressed up like a gigantic red ornament and drank an entire box of wine?"
Speaking of the Holidays we have the first reader submission to the "Christmas in the 1970s" contest we're running all December. Derek from the UK has sent us in a vintage picture from 1970 of a boy, Christmas and a Space Hopper, dig it!
Send us your vintage Christmas pics! You could win a prize or be involved in our upcoming book "Christmas in the 1970s"!
William Dozier should have gotten royalties for all the "holy" gags used in toy catalogs over the years. These 3-d Walkie Talkies are neat to display but I can't imagine that they were much fun to use, I could see myself dropping them.
I had an epic day last Wednesday, what I thought would be a boring trip to a storage unit turned out to be an amazing discovery! When I found the records and remnants of my father's 1970s toy distribution business including these funky signs he used to use. I have been looking for one of these for years.
My dad's company provided toys and novelties to smaller chain stores (especially Mac's Milk locations) across Ontario and provided them with mostly rack toys and closeouts. While I haven't unearthed any physical toys (yet), I sure have some groovy artifacts in the many invoices and pay ables he had, VPS dealt with all the big names and carried all the Brands, Mego, AHI, Larami, Barton, Aurora, Parker Brothers, it's pretty extensive, here are a couple of examples:
This cool invoice from Grand Toys (distributor for Azrak Hamway and later Mego) shows an order of 576 Batman parachute figure figures, I'm salivating, I don't own one now! Looking at how much AHI Superhero stuff VPS carried, it's not surprising I'm totally obsessed with it now.
This invoice from Aurora shows a big order for the classic comic scenes kits, these are really happy memories for me. I remember putting every single one of these together as a kid and playing with them as if they were action figures.
I've got tons of this stuff and I've never been happier to go through a pile of boring old company records before!
The amazing thing about this is they're stocked with figures! A really rare and impressive sight.
This action Play Sets one is calling to me, I wonder if my family would mind if I got this instead of paying my gas and grocery bill. Hmmmmmmmm, there must be a way to sell that concept to them...
David sent in this vintage bit of awesome, at a car show in 1977 Cookie Monster decided to chow down on David, the stuff of schoolyard legend. This is our first (but hopefully not last) Sesame Street submission, great stuff!
The "Ball Blaster" would indeed be an effective crime deterrent even Lex Luthor himself would think twice.
The primary licenses used here are Spider-Man and Hulk (that TV Series paid off) but the DC staples of Batman and Superman are along for the ride as well.
Gordy was also one of the few companies to license merchandise based on "Battle of the Planets" back in the day.
More Rack Toy Links
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"You've come to the right place if you want to get your ass kicked!" Sweater Jerks don't mince words.
Night IS Romantic and what better way suck all hope of sexual activity out of the room than with these matching unisex MuMus? Slip these unattractive puppies on and you'll both see those last, lousy 30 minutes of "Saturday Night Live". Guaranteed to work better than a teething 18 month old.
I don't even really mind Godzooky all that much, I'd take four of him over one Scrappy Do anytime.
Previously reviewed Colouring Books
If you have a colouring book you'd like to guest review, I'd like to hear from you!
As cool as homemade Darth Vader's and mall Spider-Men are, you gotta love a vintage picture of a star signing in costume. That's why I pretty much exploded when Derek (the man responsible for this awesomeness) sent me this pic of 1975 era Tom Baker in full timelord regalia in Debenhams, Plymouth. I'm soooo jealous of that kid right now and I adore the home made Tardis behind him.
