Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness: Tuesdays From The Toybox Image Blizzard

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Tuesdays From The Toybox Image Blizzard

5 comments:

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...: Alien Target Practice? I know "Star Wars" set the movie merchandise movement on fire, but was it common for every sci-fi movie to have tie-in toys? I can't imagine the collector market existed in the '70s the way it did now and given the reactions to the Django action figures last year, I can only imagine up in arm parents from over thirty years ago.; November 5, 2013 at 6:24 PM
DrGoat said...: I was twenty-nine when Alien came out and had a bunch of merchandise in the stores and I don't remember any parents thinking much of it. The Kenner Alien toy is still a prized item in anyone's collection. People seemed less twisted up about stuff back then. I would like to have a Screaming Mee Mee pistol, whatever that is.; November 6, 2013 at 7:09 AM
profsafety said...: As a lad, that G.I. Joe aircraft carrier was the ultimate prize. I had the planes and a lot of the action figures, but that ship was huge. I wanted it and still want it.; November 6, 2013 at 8:33 AM
Kal said...: People back then were more concerned with getting lawn darts off the shelves than monster toys.; November 6, 2013 at 9:06 AM
Kal said...: I don't even collect GI JOE figures that size and I want that aircraft carrier. That would fill an entire playroom.; November 6, 2013 at 9:06 AM

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