Crazy Foam adds new faces

If it hasn't already been established, i love the hell out of Crazy Foam and it's back!

 

Web Spinning Toy Love

What's not to love about this 1977 licensing ad for Marvel Comics, it's like Spider-Man is dropping a treasure trove of Mego items on you along with classics like Crazy Foam and Colorforms.

That's a monsterous improvement over  the usual rain and bird poop that normally falls on me from above...

1978 Crazy Foam Catalog

 

  American Aerosol Corporation began selling Crazy Foam in the 1960s but most 70s kids will remember for it the many licenses it had including the DC and Marvel Comics Superheroes. I can honestly remember choosing a tin of Robin Crazy Foam over getting a toy once. You have a pretty powerful product if a kid chooses your soap over a toy.

 

1978 was an interesting year for Crazy Foam as it saw the introduction of Color Crazy Foam, a new innovation and also introduced were two new licenses in the form of Popeye the Sailor man and TV sensation The Incredible Hulk!

Check out the 1978 Crazy Foam Catalog here 

More Superhero Stuff!

Crazy Foam $0.88

$0.88 for Crazy Foam, no wonder most of us threw it out when we were done. I'm positive some of it went into my stocking at least once, most likely a Robin. While most kids wanted to Batman as a kid, I thought the teenaged Dick Grayson was the coolest.

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.