Will the Real He-Man Please Stand Up

vintage charles atlas ad

If you ever read a comic book or magazine in the 70′s, you probably saw this smiling guy in his leopard print loin cloth. Charles Atlas was the original He-Man, and he preyed on all our adolescent insecurities to hawk his fitness program. “…make your chest and shoulder muscles swell so big they almost split [...]

Commander Adama Wants His Suit Back

vintage eleganza advertisement

“Things Happen When You Wear Eleganza.” Yeah, things happen. Girls laugh at you, and you get beat up repeatedly. These would be freaking sweet as a cosplay costume, but come on, did we really wear these in the 70′s? “Move out in Eleganza suits and watch the action! Heads turn to look at you. Girls [...]

American Pickers – The Cool & Collected way to do it

advertising icons - vinyl toys and banks from the 1970's

Anyone who reads my blog knows that I’m a huge fan of the History Channel’s “American Pickers.” One thing that always aggravates me about the show is the lack of pop culture finds. Every now and then, Mike and Frank stumble across an antique toy or a vintage movie poster, but for the most part [...]

Batman toy commercial from the 70′s

megobatmancommercial

Wait until you hear Batman’s voice at the end of this commercial. He sounds like Buffalo Bill from the Silence of the Lambs. Mego really knew how to sell some toys!

Mego Super Heroes commercial

Iron Man featured in a vintage Mego TV commercial

Some mega Mego goodness for this fine Friday… Some good stuff here. I especially liked: Spiderman, the weird wall climber…the Falcon, that great BLACK superhero… The Green Goblin, Spiderman’s strange enemy… Those Fantastic Four figures make this commercial even better. The Thing figure is so awful it’s awesome. I’ll be heading to eBay now to [...]