Canadian Superhero Pepsi Cups

For the last two decades I've been quietly collecting these promotional cups given away by Pepsi in the 1970s in Canada. Similar to the US cup promotions but a much smaller character choice, different design and made in Canada. (update I've just been told they were made available at the restaurants in Zeller's department stores)

My mantra on these was to never buy them online but find them in the wild at the many toy shows, antique malls and flea markets I regularly haunt. I think I've put together a complete set and thought it would be fun to showcase them. More after the jump.

The shop window of Mego Dreams.....

I debated whether to put this here or on the Mego Museum but considering it's a vintage photo of a toy store in Hong Kong (and let's face it, this site has an obsession with such things).

This display of Mego Superhero items and Micronauts is my happy place, I drove my mother crazy looking for the 9.5" Robin on the far left. It looked just like Dick Grayson in the comics, it had to be mine.

Speaking of Mego, the annual convention known as Mego Meet is this June 16-17 in Skokie, Illinois. It's our last year in the Chicago area before we move to a new state, so last call mid west! Strong chance the guy at the front desk will be me, don't let that deter you.

Robin High Flying Hang Glider

This one is new to me, even when I saw it I assumed it was an 80s or 90s piece and the seller had made a mistake but nope, this is 1978 Robin Rack Toy by Jotastar. The boy wonder can't get enough toy love as far as I'm concerned.

Superheroes 3 for $5.99

This page will be my happy place all day.

Vintage Toys I saw this weekend

This past Sunday I set up at Burlington Toy Show, mostly to hang out with friends and eat food that's not good for me but also to hopefully earn some money for next week's Mego Meet toy show.

It was hard being good but I took photos instead of buying, above is easily the rarest toy at the show, a boxed Battlestar Galactica Land Ram. Way, way out of my price league but so nice to see.

Here are a few more highlights.

This bootleg Avengers set wins most "awesome" toy I saw all weekend, in addition to being just weird, there is also a random shot of a woman cos playing as Ms Marvel on the card. Glorious.

There was vintage Mego all around me, which is of course, bad for a guy trying to save money to go to a Mego Convention! Agghhhh!

And of course, I was RIGHT next to door to this, the Shogun Warriors utility belt and it's very easy to work with vendor. I'm happy to say I do some will power.

I'm not the world's biggest Captain Action fan but I have to admit seeing a photo boxed Dr Evil was surprisingly tempting.

Plenty more photos and  coverage of this event at the Plaid Stallions Facebook page.

Also, don't forget that the tenth annual Mego Meet toy show is this weekend, it has a customs contest, exclusive figures and toys, door prizes, a customs auction (featuring original creations spun off from Brick Mantooth) and the most Mego centric dealers room available. For more information visit the official Mego Meet facebook page.

Batman with Robin: live and in person!

One of my favourites from my burgeoning collection of such things. Do you think if I write my address and tomorrow's date on this in magic marker, that they'll show up and spend the day with me?

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Bugs Bunny (and Batman) in Space Poster

My good friend, Jason in San Diego sent in this image for the awesome poster to the sequel to "Bugs Bunny meets the Superheroes" show, "Bugs Bunny in Space". I think i like it even more, especially since it seems to trying to cash in on Star Wars a little bit. I also wonder if they had the same Wonder Woman.

If you saw this show as a kid please let us know and spare no detail, I'd love to know what it was all about.

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Holy Bed Head Batman!

After doing a bit about the Superman Talking Alarm click it seemed fitting to discuss this one, probably the most memorable of all Janex talking clocks. I seem to remember TV commercials for this although I could be wrong. I wanted one as a kid but the more I go through old catalogues, the more I realize, I wanted everything as a kid....

Holy Soapy Vomit Batman!

This week marks the anniversary of Plaid Stallions, so I'm devoting much of it to things that me happy. One of those items would be Crazy Foam, although I'm not exactly sure why.

For those not in the know, Crazy Foam is a bath product, which if I'm not mistaken smelled a lot like shaving cream. The true fun of it in the 70's were the licensed Superhero cans, which allowed your favourite Comic Book Star to throw up on you.

As weird as that sounds, these things bring me right back to childhood which is pretty powerful considering it's not really a toy.

Vinyl Playsets Rock my world

I don't know why I don't own a Mego Batcave playset but for some reason I've never been able to get one. It really is a sweet item and was recycled a couple of times by Mego, it's even the Planet of the Apes Village!