Westerns & Action

A Collectible Emergency!

A Collectible Emergency!

Squad 51, child stuck in a drain pipe. Squad 51, man bitten by hyena. Squad 51, fan-girl with trouble breathing. Sounds like a normal day in the life of a paramedic.  In the tradition of Dragnet and Adam 12, Emergency depicted the day-to-day activities of the firefighters and paramedics of Squad 51 in Los Angeles. [...]

Trick or Treat in TV Land

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 [...]

Zorro Collectibles

Zorro Collectibles

In 1958, kids all over America could be found scribbling Z’s all over the sidewalk, the school yard and the walls of their bedroom, thanks to an unknown 33 year old actor named Guy Williams, and a simple production company known as Disney. With the success of Davey Crockett, the studio decided to try a [...]