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I'm trying to guess where else an outfit like this would fly, it's either an assistant to a magician or a regional Romper Room host. If I had to guess though, I think there's play-doh and balloons in those pockets.... 
Christmas in the 70s Update!
This playset from Child Guidance seems like a good idea but trust me, having grown up down the street from an actual cannery I assure you, it was the last place on earth you wanted to play.
The final card I did this go round, Bullet Man was one I really wanted to do because I have a lot of happy memories playing with him. I struggled finding the right image but eventually chose this one so I could shoe horn in my other favourite Joe toy of that era, the Capture Copter.
While action figure giant Mego was busy swooping up all the comic book and science fiction properties it could for their 8" action figure lines, rival toy maker LJN was going after a different sort of hero. In the seventies, LJN pursued the men in uniform namely the TV shows Emergency and The Rookies, both dramas about real life heroes, namely firefighters and policemen. The gambit paid off as LJN had a successful run with these well made action figures.
Check out the (1974?) LJN TV Superstars Catalog here
One of the reasons I think Weebles remained popular for so long was their choice of subject matter. I mean, Weebles had horror and Superheroes, things Fisher Price never touched and pretty much all I think about during the day, save for sandwiches and well, you know...
While I never had the luxury of talking Viewmaster or a projector ($50 could be used to purchase more action figures than I'd ever need) I did have the "Mr. Spock's Time Trek" reel set displayed and I loved it dearly. IMO, Filmation did no wrong in the 1970s IMO. 
Chris Curley sent in these great shots of then 57 year old Adam West still looking pretty darn good in his Batman gear. This is from a car show in Chicago, West must have been on a tour that year. Batman was being heavily syndicated and I remember him popping up in my own city around the same time.
The awesome TV Batmobile.
In about 3 years, West would no longer be allowed to wear the costume in public appearances.
Check out the 1981 Duncan Catalog here
As weird as this set seems, my kids have a modern version if this that's almost entirely the same except Elmo is now crowbarred in there. Bert looks totally at home on a chopper, I should have known he was an outlaw biker.
Yeah, I did another batch of trading cards that I'll slowly reveal on slow news days. The first being my favourite catalog spread of all time, so it's surprising it didn't come out earlier.I'll be having another card contest in the not too distant future...
