Plaid Stallions : Rambling and Reflections on '70s pop culture
Saturday, September 06, 2008

I Met BigFoot

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After a year of accumulating other people's encounters with Spider-Man and Darth Vader , it never dawned upon me that I had anything to...
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Friday, September 05, 2008

1980 Imperial Puffy Sticker Catalog

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What's a more appropriate way to end a week devoted to back to school than by paying tribute to those items that often ended up on our ...
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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Pooh Coordinates

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They most certainly are! Just how are these inspired by Winnie the Pooh? Christopher Robin mostly wore short pants as I recall....
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Desks of Fun

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It's hard to make things like pencil sharpeners and desk sets interesting, I mean they are the gift an Uncle you don't know well gi...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Nursery School Nightmares

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In the 70's, the folks in the jumpsuit industry must have been rolling in it. There is something so weird about that red CB inspired pit...
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Monday, September 01, 2008

Back to School Week

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As summer comes to an end, what better time then to take a look at the Fall/Winter fashions our parents decked us out in to make that trip ...
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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Colouring Book Theatre: The Fantastic Four

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I picked up this 1979 Whitman coloring book at one of my "Wishbook haunts" (a smelly room full of used books at a truck stop where...
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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Wanted: Vintage Halloween Pictures

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As the title suggests, I want your vintage Halloween pictures for an upcoming feature this October. Send me your smock and masks people, I w...
Friday, August 29, 2008

S.T.A.R Team Promotional Comic

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In 1978, Ideal Toys hobbled together a series of space toys using old molds and a generous helping of inspiration from George Lucas.. S.T.A....
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Future Kids

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The kids on the outside kind of look like a young Rusty Venture and a junior version of Ed Straker from UFO. They'll be rocking the McD...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

More Lincoln Monsters

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I'm real jazzed to have some additions to the Lincoln Monsters section of the site, mostly because I never thought I would get more stu...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Lite Writers

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These Lite Writers by Larami are a neat example of how Rack Toys work, when you have a license, just create a unique item you can stick a c...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Fighting Furies ad from 1975

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I really dig this UK ad for the highly underrated Matchbox Fighting Furies figures, mostly because it gives you a drool worthy shot of the ...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Colouring Book Theatre: The Partridge Family

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Today's colouring book is courtesy of Sharry, who has an enviable collection! Unlike probably most 70's kids, I'm not all that w...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Paul Meets Spider-Man

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Paul Rigsby sent in this picture of him at Spider-Man at the Gateway mall in Jacksonville Florida in 1979. Paul wanted to point out his red ...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Team Up With Little Big Man!

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In the 1970's, toy maker extraordinaire Pailtoy brought the popular Spanish toy "MadelMan" to the UK renaming him "Littl...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Overalls

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Just in time for back to school (Also available in Hee Haw )
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Toilet Decisions Part Two

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While I admit this powder blue number is the bomb and would go with the rug I plan to put in my bathroom, bachelor number two offers someth...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The Super 7!

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I was looking through this cool puffy stickers catalog (which I am going to get to in the fall) and my I found this killer box for the Film...
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