Captain Action TV Ad
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 by adminHopefully I’ll be able to post more Christmas catalog pages tomorrow.
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‘The Birds’ Barbie
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 by adminI absolutely love it when pop culture spins back in on itself. A great example of that is here:
http://www.barbiecollector.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=L9633
It’s a Barbie-themed, um, well, sort of a little playset - Barbie in a nice Tippi Hedron outfit with avian menaces swooping about her head - in honor of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror film The Birds.
This is perfectly cool and nice and everything, but I’m wondering: why The Birds? Sure, it’s a classic horror film, one that’s creeped me out ever since I was a little kid (especially the scene where the old man’s corpse is discovered with its eyes pecked out). Is it an anniversary of the film or something?
And, one wonders: what’s next? Barbie as Norman Bates’s mom in Psycho? Barbie in The Exorcist, with a button on her back that spins her head around? Barbie as Barbarella - Barbiarella? The mind reels.
Last of the 1975 JCPenney Christmas Catalog
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 by admin
More Christmas 1975
Friday, December 12th, 2008 by admin
More Christmas Catalog Pages from ‘75
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 by admin
More from the 1975 JC Penney Christmas Catalog
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 by admin
Christmas Catalog Toy Pages: JC Penney 1975
Monday, December 8th, 2008 by admin
77 Ward: Captain Fantastic Pinball
Monday, December 8th, 2008 by adminHere’s the final pics from the 1977 Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog: the front cover, and the inside front cover with a full-page ad for the Captain Fantastic pinball machine (for under $700!).
Coming very soon (probably later today): JCPenney 1975 catalog.
