New Gallery: 1978 Palitoy Catalog

[palitoy]

New Vintage Mego Catalog! Thanks to Jens, we have some beautiful scans of the 1978 Palitoy Catalog including Starsky & Hutch, Superheroes, Battle Brigade, Star Trek and Zorro!

http://www.megomuseum.com/galleries/catalog-library/palitoy-1978-catalog/

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, that is nice! My friend and fellow podcaster Andrew Leyland often talks of how incredibly popular Starsky & Hutch were in the UK, so it's not surprising that Palitoy included them in their Mego offerings.

Chris

[palitoy]

You can kind of tell how popular that show was, weekly comic magazine, several hardcover annuals and a bunch of toys.

Planet of the Apes was a total smash there too, even though it was half a season, the comics and other merchandise ran for years.

[PNGwynne]

Ah, Zorro--such a lovely doll. Also, interesting that the heroes were in sold in full cases per character, with the villains' case divided. That's a lot more of each than in the US. The Palitoy cards are terrific.

[daz71]

i was crazy about planet of the apes and everyone loved starsky and hutch it was always a talking point at school the day after it had been on.there were always rumours going round that tonight they get killed and we were all gutted but it never happened and we all breathed a sigh of relief.

[MIB41]

That is so freaking cool. To this day I still LOVE the Palitoy packaging for Starsky & Hutch. Why Mego didn't go that same way in the states is just beyond me.

[TrekStar]

That's a great find, thanks for sharing. I really like the Battle Brigade ad, and nice walking poses for Starsky and Hutch.

[scoth70]

these catalogs look great i notice zorros outfit matarial seems to have a leather look to it rather than the silky look or maybe its just how the picture looks?

[starsky]

LOVE starsky and hutch!!!