5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

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AHI Sky Diving Parachuting Penguin- It should come as no shock that i love rack toys and especially ones with parachutes. The Penguin is actually a lot tougher to find than Batman and I really like the way the figure looks.

Planet of the Apes Puzzle- Not much vintage merch features Charlton Heston but come on, that's totally him!

Star Trek The Motion Picture Stickers from Australia- I love stuff that features the aliens and this set has a bunch of weird ones that are barely a glimmer in the film itself.

Knock Off Jaws key chains- I miss seeing stuff like this in shops, these little sharks even saw "JAWS" on them.

He-Man Annual from the UK- I love British hardcover annuals and avidly collect them, this one caught my eye, I'm not a big MOTU guy but this one mainly just features pictures of the toys themselves and it's that early era before the cartoon, it's really funky.

And finally, from my pal David Lockwood, this:

Whistling Dracula Teeth- David pointed out that the Dracula on the card looks like Liberace and well, I can't unsee it now.

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[PNGwynne]

I have a loose Penguin with repro 'chute, but that card is spiffy.

[Werewolf]

Those STTMP cards reminded me how bad those aliens looked. My guess is they were originally intended for brief glimpses in crowd scenes and only from a distance. But they all ended up in big clear photos in story books, trading cards and promo stills. I remember the Topps cards had loads of them and yeah they looked cheap.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I have never seen the AHI Penguin package that close. Now I see they lifted the art from Ideal's Batman and Robin playset, which also influenced Mego in many ways!



Liberace would have made a great Dracula in some skit on Carol Burnett or something. Those teeth aren't exactly fangs either!

Chris

[Hedji]

Love the Penguin. Had him as a very young kid. I vividly remember learning the words "polka dots" because of his parachute.

[EmergencyIan]

I have a loose Penguin with repro 'chute, but that card is spiffy.

What are you parachuting away from, huh pal?

- Ian

[Bruce Banner]

I had that MOTU annual, but I can't remember what happened to it.

[PNGwynne]

What are you parachuting away from, huh pal?

- Ian

Egad, so many, many things.

[TrekStar]

Parachute Penguin is pretty awesome, something I would have liked back in the day, heck I like it now.

[EmergencyIan]

Egad, so many, many things.

As I figured!

- Ian

[B-Lister]

Those STTMP cards reminded me how bad those aliens looked. My guess is they were originally intended for brief glimpses in crowd scenes and only from a distance. But they all ended up in big clear photos in story books, trading cards and promo stills. I remember the Topps cards had loads of them and yeah they looked cheap.

The one with the ventilator looks like a sex toy.