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Friday, August 24, 2007

Old Mego Superheroes Ad



Ok, several points of interest:

1) Showing each action figure in a "natural environment" -- Aquaman on the beach, Spiderman on a wall, Superman in a field "holding" a boulder, etc.

2) The interminable circus march music

3) The Falcon called "that new BLACK superhero"

4) Both Mr. Fantastic & the Invisible Girl can apparently turn invisible

Aside: when I was a little girl, I really wanted a Barbie doll but I received a Mego Conan instead. So I used to style his hair. I'd comb his hair and make little rollers for it and use hairspray. But he was still one ugly muther.

7 comments:

  1. It's SO awesome hearing some middle-aged dude describing these happening new super-heroes. It's a real time capsule to the days when Spider-Man was "weird" instead of "omnipopular," giving insight into brainpans of the era. I think he's calling Falcon a "great BLACK super-hero," and you really do need all caps and some bold itallics to really sell his enthusiasm for the advancement of colored people. Them "super-gals," plus the consistently erroneneous character names and powers are swell!

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  2. ...It must've been very easy to be entertained back in the 70s.

    Oh and I love how most of the superheroes get something attached to them like "weird wall crawler" or "that great black superhero," but all the women just get a name.

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  3. Yes, it was a lot easier to be entertained in the 1970's.

    I found it interesting that Catwoman didn't get relegated to the Supervillain *group*, but was, rather, instead, part of the super gals set.

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  4. And Green Arrow is the superhero "from the forest!" OK, that's not as bad as Falcon and Mr. Fantastic, but still pretty dumb.

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  5. You got a Conan instead of a Barbie? What were your family like?

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  6. I just like how Captain Marvel's super power is apparently to summon the command of all the great pasta noodles of the world.

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  7. Conan had a 'sword of justice'? Is that what the serving girls called it?

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