Bee Gees Fever ---Catch It!

I remember the Bee Gees were popular but wow, I don't remember this much (or frankly any) merchandise out there as a kid. Then again, I doubt I ventured from the Star Wars aisle at all past 1978.

The Perfect Outfits

Just the thing to attend this year's cookie jar collecting symposium together, hopefully you'll have time to catch the doll house show at the airport.

Six Million Dollar Man Models

I have a fond memory of these kits, there was a "Bionic Bust-Out" in my local variety store from the day they came out up until I graduated high school. I always planned on buying it but never did, I still sometimes go there to see if it's accidently buried on a shelf....



Here's Lee Majors at the FunDimensions Toy Fair booth in 1976, I can't believe how many pictures I have of Lee Majors doing this sort of thing....

Cool Collections: Ray Miller

It's been a while since I had a cool collection to feature and along comes this excellent collection of Aurora Prehistoric Scenes models from Ray Miller.

Ray's staggering collection doesn't just include regular items, there are true pieces of toy history in there including the original hard resin copy of the prehistoric bird kit and some concept art. Click on the image for a larger view or head on over to flickr to see more of Ray's collection.

Previous Cool Collection Features

Got a Cool Collection of 70s related items? Drop me a line, I'd love to feature it, especially Monster stuff this October.

Darth Vader Wants You!

JD sent in this classic shot from Lord Vaders visit to the Parmatown Mall in July of 1980, at the time Vader was looking to open an Ohio branch of the Empire.

Thanks JD!

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1980 Aladin Lunchbox Catalog

Few things say "Back to School" more than a shiny new lunch box, especially one from Aladin who made really striking items over the decades.

This catalog is the best of what the fall of 1980 had to offer, classic monsters, oodles of Superheroes, Good Robots, Bad Robots, Muppets and Men from the 25th Century!

Click the Thumbnails to visit or click here to see the 1980 Aladin Lunch Box Catalog.

The Fonz Pinball

This little bit of "Fonzie Mania" made a lot of sense, considering the show was set in the 1950s. It's amazing how much Fonz merchandise there really was, I still have my pillow case.

It's all about the hat

They should have named this ensemble the "credibility burglar".

Playing House with Doctor Zaius

I love this toy, the two times I've run into it on the collector market have been unhappy doses of realitiy for me as I'll never in my life have a place big enough to keep this set up.

The Doiley Poncho

The Doiley Poncho, perfect that person who wants a poncho that does absolutely nothing to your body temperature and is completely ineffective against the elements. When not in use, simply store on top of your great grandmother's piano.

King Kong Needs Directions

Zachary sent in this cool shot that has to be from 1977, seeing as it was the height of "Kong Mania". He tells me he's not sure why he's giving Kong directions in downtown Manhattan but it sure makes for a terrific photo. Hey, "The Song Remains The Same" is playing!

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1981 Azrak Hamway Catalog

The beginning of the end for the Rack Toy giant, while the company would continue and prosper for the rest of the decade, it would also eventually fold it's toy division completely under the Remco Name.

The 1981 AHI catalog almost looks like a lower cost copy of the 1981 Remco offerings, all the licenses Crayola, Superheroes and Mickey Mouse are present. Even the Universal Monsters were back with some new offerings (no action figures as Remco was offering those).

Many thanks to Mike Jimenez for these great scans, click on any of thumbnails to check out the 1981 AHI Toy Catalog:

Other AHI/Remco Catalogs

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AHI Toy Galleries

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Imitation Kong Radio

Oh how the unlicensed Gorilla stuff just came pouring out of everywhere in 1977. I'm pretty sure I didn't own one piece of licensed Kong Merchandise (most of which was made by Mego) but had plenty of this generic stuff.

Those beer can radios are another thing that children today will never know of...

Uncashable Checks

Damn I miss the Turtle neck/sport coat combination but I'm just not the right guy to bring it back...

Bozo gives away Mattel Toys

I'm loving this 1976 press release about Bozo and Mattel, a lot of the things being given away are really collectible right now. Of course my favourite of the shot is the Big Jim P.A.C.K Beast that is front and center.

Look at that sweet Jack Kirby Goodness, all toy companies should have had the king do at least one package for them...

Release the Hounds!

When Mr Zaroff brought out the rifle and began mumbling about a head start, Lonny and Pete realised that the slumber party had all been an elaborate ruse...

Captain America Greets his public

David T sent in a big pile of goodies recently and I think my favourite of all is this cool pic of Captain America shaking hands at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson NJ in 1976. That shield is awesome.

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1976 NERF Catalog

NERF stands for Non-Expanding Recreational Foam (thanks wikipedia!) and was first introduced to households in 1969 as the the first indoor ball, With it's success, saw many other application for this fun and safe material. 40 years after it's introduction, NERF is still widely available which is a testament to how timeless an idea it really is.

1976 was a good year for NERF, we've go planes, cars and missiles as well as NERF's own Superhero in NERF MAN! This catalog is kind of special to me as it belonged to my dad and you can see some of his pricing notes on some of the pages. Click on the pages for a better view.

THE 1976 NERF CATALOG

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Your Daily Dose of Vitamin C

In an outfit!

Milky The Marvelous Milking Cow

Truly one of the more WTF? toys of the 1970s, Milky was based on the assumption that children would want to play with a cow's teets endlessly. You see, Milky drinks water and then you're encouraged to milk her. That's it, that's all! Theres a tarp so you don't make a mess.

Is anybody else more than a little creeped out by this toy? I'm going to go out on a limb and say that 1977 was probably a busy year at Kenner, they had Six Million Dollar Man money and their latest license, Star Wars was exploding at the box office and the demand for product was insane. Somehow Milky just slipped by, either that or it was the result of martini lunch dare.