Action Figure & Superhero live appearances

[10incher]

Just came across this article on the Plaid Stallions website, a bunch of pics of action figure and Superhero appearances in malls and such from back in the day. Pretty cool stuff!

www.plaidstallions.com/marvel/marvel.html
www.plaidstallions.com/marvel/
www.plaidstallions.com/marvel/cylonlove.jpg

[clambo]

Those are hilarious.

[skyline]

in the last picture by the silver guys arm is a robot with yellow horns, anyone have a better pic? or is anyone hunting one as I may know where to get one.

[10incher]

He is a Shogun Warriors jumbo Gaiking

[sanfords2]

That costumed Hulk is pretty scary looking.

[toyboxraider]

I want the Crystar Costumes! I need to post my pics of my girls with Heroes from all the Comic Book Days I drag them to every year.

[Grizzlor Adams]

Those are great! I remember seeing Cap, Spidey, & The Hulk on a trip to Magic Mountain as a kid in the early 80's. I was so excited, that I ran in on another kid's kodak moment with the Hulk.
Zero restraint.

[gort]

I love that Acroyear suit

[dannyrand]

That brings back memories, when the world seemed like such a big place, filled with superheroes, robots, and monsters.

thanks for showing that

-Chad

[davidstoybox]

Those pics are great and i agree with Mike the Crystar costumes are awesome.

[bec9681]

Those GI Joe ones are hilarious! I can understand them picking Destro to represent the Cobras, but Tripwire? Seriously? Did kids even know who he was?

[Meatybat]

Man , that Spider-Man couldn't leave that chain in his duffel bag ? Superhero circa 1980 must have been a grimy spot to be if you couldn't trust Ice-Man not to swipe your gold zodiac symbol and chain from your dungarees pocket. It would have been great to own one of these costumes now. I bid on the B.A.T.S. costume years back from the commercial. I remember they had it on a female mannequin with its hand on its hip and one in the air. I wish I saved the pic. Lost by the slimmest of margins , most I ever bid on the bay$1009.00 .

[drbo]

Wow, Spidey, Hulk and Darth Vader I'm pleased to see in such vintage picture but somehow I'm not all that surprised to see those in such marketing stunt since they were big icons (and still are).

But ROM the spaceknight and Crystar are really something! It's almost surreal to have such proof that those had been something other that half-forgotten geek treasures... And that some company once had hope that make them big!



Thanks for the link 10Incher!

[mrjayberry]

Cystar as 1/2 forgotten geek treasure I can see but the Rom comicbook ran for 70 odd issues thats a decent run right there. Somebody had to be buying all those ROM comic books. Also Cystars comic book kind of sucked.

[drbo]

mrjayberry said:

Cystar as 1/2 forgotten geek treasure I can see but the Rom comicbook ran for 70 odd issues thats a decent run right there. Somebody had to be buying all those ROM comic books. Also Cystars comic book kind of sucked.

Indeed you're right, the ROM comic book was a very enjoyable title and outlived the toys it was based on by many years!

[mrjayberry]

I know I love the few issues I have but I'm a big Mantlo fan so it figures.

[therealmogwai]

man i always used to go to the CNE with my parents! I remember one year they had a HE-MAN SHE-RA couple that you could take pictures with.....
ah.... those were the days!

[plaidstallions]

Thanks for the kind words guys, if anybody has any pictures to share I'd love to feature them on the site.

[hatesminion]

hey 10 nice elastic hulk article, hell i got excited myself for you lol congrats

[Centurn]

Aawh... sweet retro nostalgia!!

[spankweasel]

I have a picture from the mid 70's where we went to meet mr. batman adam west and apparently batman broke his arm so he's wearing a cast, I'll have to find it and post it.
it cracks me up
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