vaillant Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 These Flash Gordon pins would appeal a lot to a friend of mine which is an expert on syndicated strips of the 1930s… This is an old blog he used to keep a few years ago: http://annitrenta.blogspot.it/ He is a comics critic and fiction writer and together with other two acquaintances of mine he wrote a book on the history of italian comics publishing during the two decades of fascist government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Wow... truly wonderful space toys, RobotMan!! I'm betting you have some awesome board games stashed away too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 Why yes, I've got a couple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PopKulture Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Bravo, RobotMan! Truly wonderful pieces all. I knew you'd have some killer games, and a great range, too, going all the way back to the Sunday funnies heyday with Harold Teen. Nice. The Superman examples make my mouth water, but I think that Popeye game board is my favorite. It reminds me of an old premium map. Awesome piece! I never find examples like that, even in the wee hours before the markets open. It seems 60's and up are all the toy collector's syndicate allows to make it to market. You can find all the Kreskin's ESP you want! Still, I have a fairly colorful display of games in my outbuilding of childhood classics like Twister, Radio Football, Lie Detector, Mouse Trap, Radar Search, Bash, Green Ghost, and of course Ker-Plunk! I love the assault of color and the rush of memories you get from such arrangements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 I don't really go for the games I had as a kid. I do have a few like Hogan's Heroes, Addams Family and of course the Weird oh's that I posted. I prefer the color and graphics of the older ones that are before my time. The Popeye is also one of my favorites. I recently found another incomplete one and used the parts to complete this one. I will agree, stuff like this is pretty hard to find in the wild any more but it does happen if you work hard enough at it. You mentioned premium maps. I love those too and have quite a few nice ones. Here is a recent one my wife found at an estate sale for me. I have a bunch of the bread stickers that were to be adhered around it but am on the fence if I want to do it or not. So just framed it to the edge of the map for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I don't really go for the games I had as a kid. I do have a few like Hogan's Heroes, Addams Family and of course the Weird oh's that I posted. I prefer the color and graphics of the older ones that are before my time. The Popeye is also one of my favorites. I recently found another incomplete one and used the parts to complete this one. I will agree, stuff like this is pretty hard to find in the wild any more but it does happen if you work hard enough at it. You mentioned premium maps. I love those too and have quite a few nice ones. Here is a recent one my wife found at an estate sale for me. I have a bunch of the bread stickers that were to be adhered around it but am on the fence if I want to do it or not. So just framed it to the edge of the map for now. Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Nice vintage boards! Here's a more recent oddity from 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Nice vintage boards! Here's a more recent oddity from 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Disneyland, as seen by the anti-establishment counterculture in the mid-1960s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterOldMan Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Disneyland, as seen by the anti-establishment counterculture in the mid-1960s. Wally Wood drew the poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 That poster is classic. I remember having one on my wall back in the day. Tinkerbelle doing a strip tease is great. Disney just hated stuff like this and Air Pirates Funnies and went after these people hard. You just don't mess with the mouse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 This 1936 book has the origin of Swee Pea! What a weird-@$$ cover! Alice the Goon as the baby nurse. Strange stuff coming out of the Depression days... (Yes - I'm really snooping around this many posts ago! I can't help it, lured in, as it seems, by the breadth of your eclectic assemblage!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
