Potpourri of Coolness

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Just a few random things I've forgotten to show off before hand. Firstly, I am elated to announce the DVD release of the Monster Squad television series this June 23rd. Not to be confused with the 1980s movie of the same name, this Monster Squad was a Saturday morning series reminscent of the Adam West Batman series. I can't be alone in my admiration for this series can I?


While many of us remember Mall Appearances through our child sized eyes, Stephen remembers them through his Spidey Mask. Heroes in my Closet is a fun blog recollecting the experiences of a man who played Spiderman for almost a decade.



And rounding out the Monster theme started is this rare commercial for the Maxx Fx line (from Max's creator Mel Birnkrant) even though it's an 80s toy, I've always been disappointed that Matchbox foolishly chose to launch the line with Freddy Kruger, thus dooming it. Try to ignore the 80s white guy rap and just take a look at the toys, we wuz robbed! For more Maxx check out our gallery:

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


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[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, lots of coolness today. I want to try out the Monster Squad. I have a feeling my kid will dig it. He's into the Universal Monsters pretty heavy, thanks to his annual month-long playfest with my Burger King Kids Meal set of figures.

That Spidey blog is great! The guy knows his stuff, which is so refreshing. He seemed to take the role very seriously. I'll have to read the whole thing when I have time.

Maxx Fx. Oh man. I remember reading about this in Model and Toy Collector. How it was coming, and then it wasn't. Flash forward a few months later, and a kid in speech class shows me his Freddy Kruger head. "Where'd you get that?" I begged. "Big Lots" he replied. I couldn't believe it. These WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO EXIST!!! I had to con my mother in to taking my 14 year old butt to Big Lots right after school. Sure enough, there he was, Maxx and his Freddy gear, in all their closeout glory. I searched and searched the store in hopes to finding the others, but to no avail, of course.

Chris

[toys2cool]

Never seen the series

[jwyblejr]

Looks like Frankenstein gets his hair done at the same place Gene Simmons gets his.

[palitoy]

Yeah, Frank has a crazy lid, making a custom hasn't been fun.

[60'schild]

Wow, haven't thought about that TV show for years....

As far as the comparison between MS and the Adam West Batman goes ... well, let's just say I'm a bit saddened that of the two, MS came out on DVD first and we are STILL waiting for the 60's Batman!!

[vulcan2074]

I've never seen it but I want to watch it. It looks Groovy and if it's anything like Batman I'm in
Sammy

[cjefferys]

I never even heard of the Monster Squad TV series. Was it on during the 70's?

[60'schild]

Yup, 76-77

It even has its own wiki entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Squad

[mego73]

Never heard of this show, have to check it out!

[samurainoir]

It's the MAXX FX Alien Costume that I want.

Caveman seems a bit out of place. Now did they license the Universal Monsters given the film clips they used? If they did, you would think they would get a better Wolfman and Dracula likeness.

[Meule]

Never heard of this show either, but I definitely would like to check it out

[60'schild]

It's definitely in a class by itself!! Very tongue 'n cheek!

[palitoy]

I actually prefer Monster Squad coming out to the West Batman show mostly because it hasn't been rebroadcast since the mid seventies and I've been watching sub par quality VHS dupes of the same 4 episodes ever since.

It's too bad that greed had quashed the West Batmans though.

[yokaijohn]