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You can’t play that Spider-man Les Paul properly unless you have a Spidey pick. There are so many to choose from! One could easily get into collecting just nothing but guitar picks. Choose wisely, pick carefully, and play double forte’ webheads!

Tags: 2009, Marvel, memorabilia, Musical Instruments, Spider-man, Spiderman

It’s day two, and now we take a look at a much higher price collectible. A 1999 Gibson Spider-man Les Paul for our guitarist for this Spider-Band. There were only 150 of these guitars produced, and were either autographed by Stan Lee, or John Romita Sr.! How cool is that? With [...]

Tags: 1999, Gibson, Guitars, Marvel, memorabilia, Musical Instruments, Spider-man, Spiderman

All this week we’ll be getting that Spider-man band together by looking at all the different music instruments available to Spider-man fans. First off will be the 1979 Straco Slide-a-flute for the first member of our group. How many members of the band will there be? Stay tuned to find out the [...]

Tags: 1979, Marvel, Music, Music Instruments, Seventies, Spider-man, Spiderman, toys, vintage

At the height of the popularity of the sixties Spider-man cartoon, Ben Cooper released a redesigned Spidey costume. The year was 1968, and there was already an existing Ben Cooper Spider-man costume based on the famous Ditko Duds. The problem I always had with Cooper’s costumes as a kid was [...]

Tags: 1968, Ben Cooper, Marvel, Marvelmania, memorabilia, Sixties, Spider-man, Spiderman, Spidey Apparel, toys, TV, vintage

Spider-man, Hulk, Captain America, Dr. Strange, Ghost Rider, Spider-Woman, and Captain Marvel adjustable rings with store display. I said it before, and I’ll say it again “Displays are really hard to find!”. Once the item sold out the employees pitched out the display since there was no more use for it. However, [...]

Tags: 1976, 1977, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Crownmark, Dr. Strange, Ghost Rider, Hulk, Marvel, Rings, Seventies, Spider-man, Spider-Woman, Spiderman, Store Displays, toys, vintage

Hippity Hop was the true name for the “Ball with a Handle” toy that you sit on, and hop around the yard, or house, … that is if your parents weren’t looking. The main makers of these were Corgi, and Sun who put out a flurry of icons from that era. It’s one [...]

Tags: 1978, 1979, Corgi, Hippity Hop, Marvel, memorabilia, Ride-ons, Seventies, Spider-man, Spiderman, Sun, toys, Vehicles, vintage, weird

I recently had the privilege of providing a huge amount of photos to the following project, and it looks to be an outstanding read, and an eye full of memorabilia. You should be able to lay your hands on a copy this summer. Stay tuned for more info here.
The Spider-Man Vault
by Peter A. [...]

Tags: 2010, Books, Marvel, memorabilia, Peter David, Spider-man, Spider-man Collector, Spiderman, Spiderman Vault, Sy Winnie, The Spider-man Vault

In the toy industry there have been many web shooters. The first generations of these toys shot darts only. The current versions can shoot bubbles, webs (silly string), and even have the added bonus of electronic sounds accompanying your shots. For the young webslinger it’s the perfect thing to go along with [...]

Tags: 1989, Eighties, Jotastar, Marvel, memorabilia, Spider-man, Spiderman, toys, vintage

OK, I am going to shut up, and let you guys comment on this item. Got any funny comments? Any serious statements? How about letting me know what you would like to see up on the blog? C’mon outta your cave and give me a holler. Register to the blog, [...]

Tags: 2007, Captain America, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Iron man, Marvel, memorabilia, Modern Toys, Punisher, Spider-man, Spiderman, Thor, toys, weird

Spider-man as Batman?!?! Not quite, but Toybiz decided once again to add a new outfit to a Spider-man action figure, and have him be a baseball player. I still want to know who was the main instigator of this idea. It all started with the toyline called “Spider-man Adventure Hero”, and believe you [...]

Tags: 2001, Adventure Hero, Marvel, memorabilia, Modern Toys, Spider-man, Spiderman, toys, weird