Toy-Ventures 18: Parachuting Planet of the Apes

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This week, we talk about one of my favorite subjects, cheap rack toys but even better, they're planet of the apes rack toys.

We get into the history of licensed parachute toys, which are some of the most fun but also bizarre toys we could buy for under a buck. So we talk about RipCord, Star Trek, Batman, Space:1999, Sgt. Rock and the Mighty Crusaders as well. It's the most fun you ever had before you lost it in a tree.

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[palitoy]

All 18 episodes are on youtube and avaiable here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Y8qhZtGdGEoqxu544ENnkiWa0w_NBNQ

[Confessional]

I think they sold gazillions of them and transitioned from the early/existing reaching arm design to the guns to keep the Ape coin flowing!

[Wee67]

As much as I loved the Funstuf Spidey Web Shooter, you couldn't beat the the fun-for-the-price value of parachute toys. AND the Web Shooters used to break pretty easily. The parachutes' gloriously simple design was incredibly reliable.

I only had the AHI Batman, but I had a bunch other parachute toys, including some pooper troopers. I have a lot of fond memories of throwing them out of George Rafferty's third-story window, watching where they landed and then tearing down the stairs to fetch 'em.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Great episode! I have that early Batman parachutist! I had no idea that company pioneered this particular toy.

Chris

[newlyknighted]

Fun video and customs Brian! If these were made today, I wonder if we would see dinosaurs, Simpsons, modern horror, and animated Toy Story or SpongeBob Squarepants characters?