A year before Spider-man became animated for the very first time, the popular model makers Aurora immortalized him in plastic. Not only did they do our friendly neighborhood webslinger, they also included an unconscious Kraven the Hunter. Back in 1966 the model included a plastic plaque with Spidey’s name, a plastic gun, and can. However, [...]
Check out this old 1977 Hampshire advertisement for Spider-man and friends pool products. Vintage Marvel airheads, … for fun just add water. Is that a young Gilbert Gottfried? If so, wheres the AFLAC duck?
The 80s and glitter go together like bees and honey. Spider-man and things that “stick”…well,…thats a no brainer. Even Mephisto (pre-OMD), the Red Skull, Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Doctor Doom, and Loki make an appearance. Check out the sticky eye candy below!
Here’s a great MMMS (Merry Marvel Marching Society) vending machine display from 1966 featuring a rubber charm version of Thor. With Spider-man prominently displayed on the card, and the toy only being 10 cents these probably went pretty quick. I know that I have only seen this, and one other example that survives today, so [...]
This 1978 Viewmaster featuring Spider-man graphics on the box is a decade to late. It is clearly based on the 1967 Spider-man cartoon series from Grantray-Lawrence. There wasn’t alot of merchandise during the late sixties based on that cartoon. Oddly enough, once the series was syndicated overseas, we did begin to see foreign merchandise based [...]
The top Spider-man action figure of the seventies was definately the Mego Spider-man. I often wonder just how many of these were produced during that decade. While it was not the first action figure to don a Spider-man costume (Captain Action owns that title during the 60s), it was the most popular. There were plenty [...]
When UFOs have been sighted in the past, most have been accompanied by those mysterious black helicopters. I guess it can now be explained away as the black alien costumed Spider-man commandeering a copter. This 1984 Jet Copter toy by Buddy-L took advantage of the Secret Wars saga, and featured Spidey in his black alien [...]
I think someone might want to tell Spider-man that shooting table tennis balls is only going to make Hulk angry. The “pop” “pop” on the package is only going to refer to Spidey’s bones being popped out of joint by the Hulk if he catches him. Yep, it definately looks like Hulk is not happy [...]
The Thomas Salter people came out with a nice little collection in a neatly designed box. This came out just before the Secret Wars event the year after. This set stands out as it offers up a real camera to take your own pictures, and items that Peter Parker might actually have used in the [...]
Even back in the early seventies there was package, and toy variations. Here is Durham’s 1973 Spider-man squirt gun in all of it’s different variants. The hardest one of these collectibles to find is the small size squirt gun featured in the upper right corner of the photo. The main difference between the two larger [...]
The Spider-man Sponge Boat! Just what I want to cruise down the river in, a boat that absorbs water. Makes no sense, but if you’re trying to get your kid to bath, … it just might. The box says its “safety tested”, I wonder what criteria they used to get it to pass. I can [...]
Larami, the makers of many a rack-toy came out with yet another Spider-man offering in 78 called the Jet Mobile. The mobiles were based on a boat, and the other was in the shape of a plane. While with most of these rack based toys, the only thing it has with Spidey on it is [...]
Super rare piece of early Marvel memorabilia! The 1966 Macman Spider-man Ring Charm in its original packaging. Also pictured below is the original company mailing envelope it came in. Great early Ditko Spidey graphic, and with Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man all in tow. More rare vending items from the sixties coming soon to [...]
A talking Spider-man car was made in 1978 by Nasta, and it needed no batteries. Yes, no batteries! Ah, those were the days! Of course it only said a total of 6 phrases, and nowadays with the multiple Gigabyte storage available,…it probably could recite the Bible, or the entire Spider-man comic series. What were the [...]
At least this is a “blaster”, and not a “buster”. I’ve been married *insert rimshot here*, but I digress. To get back on subject, this basic ping pong ball shooter was produced in 1978. The toy company Gordy made various rack toys based on Marvel characters, and Spider-man was probably the most popular besides the [...]
