PlaidStallions First Sponsor : Odeon Toys

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I'm very pleased/totally surprised to have my first corporate sponsor here at PlaidStallions, the good people at Odeon Toys. It's an odd story how this came to be and goes to show you how fate works in funny ways.

A couple of months back I won this catalog on Ebay, I'd never heard of Odeon before but the description listed a lot of great mid 1970s licenses like Planet of the Apes so I went ahead and won it.

Immediately after I receieved an email from a man named Victor Machismo Jr, who claimed to not only to be the son of the President of Odeon but the current president of the reformed Odeon toy company that would be putting out product in 2010!



So I urge you all to welcome our awesome new sponsor and visit their new website, where you can read about the rise and fall and eventual rise of this amazing company, see all the amazing products they had in their 1975 catalog and check back this Friday to see their 2010 product offerings.
You can follow the link here:


ODEONTOYS.COMFor more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at Plaid Stallions.com


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[sauce]

Wow! Couldn't have happened to a better toy geek!

[megoscott]

They's good people, those Machismos. Best motto in the business, too.

[rche]

I remember these guys!

They're the ones that would have the late night infomercials with the billions of screaming kids in the stationwagon. The Dad gets a flat in the wagon and it is raining and the Odeon sales rep happens to pass by. He utters that famous line "This'll shut 'em up." and sells the dad some of those games, then drives off. I think the scene ended with the Dad humming the Odeon theme music while he finished changing the tire by himself out in the rain.


edit: I just remembered the theme

Kids got you in a fuss?
Wife tells you you're a wuss?
C'mon be like one of us!
This'll shut 'em up!
ODEON

something like that. I might have got the third line wrong, but it has been awhile.

[Surfsup]

Congrats Bri! With all the cool work you've done on it over the years, it was just a matter of time before the site gained a sponsor

[Brown Bear]

I think you have too much time on your hands, dude.

[Wee67]

I think I had that POTA bottle cutter. I used to threaten my sister with the sharp edges when she wanted to watch General Hospital instead of the Monkees.

[Godzilla]

Seriously there was a Double Agent 73 doll? I have to have one!

[megoscott]

I remember these guys!

They're the ones that would have the late night infomercials with the billions of screaming kids in the stationwagon. The Dad gets a flat in the wagon and it is raining and the Odeon sales rep happens to pass by. He utters that famous line "This'll shut 'em up." and sells the dad some of those games, then drives off. I think the scene ended with the Dad humming the Odeon theme music while he finished changing the tire by himself out in the rain.


edit: I just remembered the theme

Kids got you in a fuss?
Wife tells you you're a wuss?
C'mon be like one of us!
This'll shut 'em up!
ODEON

something like that. I might have got the third line wrong, but it has been awhile.

Wow. Classic! I wish I could see that on youtube.

[Wee67]

Gosh, I really hope Vic, Jr. can score the license for "Jersey Shore." The figures can all come with hair care product accessories.

[Mikey]

That is really cool !!!!!!!

"Toys That Shut Kids Up"

[Mikey]

NBC Mystery movie parachute figures !!!!!!!!!! ??????????



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[Remco Monster]

lol, if only that Columbo parachutist existed.

[Werewolf]

I think the Chesty Morgan doll would probably be a good seller now.

[Marvelmania]

Who in their right mind wouldn't want a Banarby Jones figure?!