New! Lost in Space Robot Bobble Head
Lost in Space Talking B-9 Bobble Head Danger, Danger, Will Robinson! From the classic Irwin Allen science fiction television series, Lost in Space comes the iconic Class M-3 Model B-9 Robot talking bobble head! Robot B-9 stands approximately 6-inches tall atop his name display base. The B-9 Robot bobble head comes in a window box. [...]
Space 1999 Collectibles
In the early seventies in England, Sir Lewis Grade, president of Associated Television , handed Gerry Anderson seven million dollars and the chance to create a brand new television series. At the time Anderson was king of Supermarionation. Stingray, FireBall XL5, and Captain Scarlet were three of his biggest hits acted solely by puppets. But [...]
Cool Swag: Fact or Faked
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files from Syfy – March 2011 This box had a rubber stamp inside with the instructions “Tell Your Co-Workers Where to File It.” The choices are Fact, Faked, WTF, Call FBI, Run Away or Watch Syfy. I only wish I had a bunch of papers I could stamp! Very cool swag.
Trick or Treat in TV Land
The licensed TV costume phenomena really took off in the mid-sixties with two companies monopolizing the licensed costume market. Collegeville and Ben Cooper were both manufacturers of those polyester jumpsuits with the plastic face masks. You remember them, don’t you? The suits were made out of a stiff, scratchy material that had a slit up [...]
Toothpick Spindrift from Land of the Giants
If you’re friend just bought a ‘Toothpick” Spindrift, you probably think he bought a tiny model of the ship from the 1968 series, Land of the Giants. In truth, he bought a box full of cardboard and wooden sticks and he probably spent more than 150 dollars for it to boot! Remco, the sixties manufacturer [...]
New Line of Star Trek T-Shirts Coming Soon
CBS Consumer Products and Hybrid Apparel will launch a new line of Star Trek clothing at the MAGIC Marketplace in Las Vegas. Obviously, they’re going for a retro, worn kind of look. And it’s nice to see they have a sense of humor about them. Chicks really do dig the uniform! The t-shirts should hit [...]
Collectibles from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Dive. Prepare to dive. We are about to take a voyage to the bottom of sea. In 1961, Irwin Allen produced a big screen spectacular about the crew of the futuristic nuclear sub Seaview. The film had Allen’s usual all star cast, Walter Pigeon, Peter Lorre, Frank Avalon and Barbara Eden, just to name a [...]
The Aurora SciFi Models
In 1952, Abe Shikes was peddling hangers. Plastic hangers, real nice for only 15 cents at your local dime store. What a deal, except for the fact that when you hung your coat on the hanger it fell off due to a bad design. As the story goes, a box vendor happened to see one [...]
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