Mall Appearances of the Apes

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Thought it would be fitting to do a piece on the various Planet of the Apes mall appearances we've collected over the years. The one above came in from the UK circa 1977 (Apes popularity lingered there)





Scott sent me this classic of him and Cornelius at a Long Island Toy Store, dig the Mego Treehouse Playsets behind.



Another great shot from a similiar appearance, these were put together by Mego and 20th Century Fox.



The action figure display behind Cornelius makes my head explode.

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[ScottA]

I wonder how much these appearances increased POTA merchandise sales by.

[Nostalgiabuff]

it's sad the toy companies don't really do things like this anymore. I remmeber going to events like this as a child

[palitoy]

Mall Appearances still happen, I take my kids to them. My daughter met the Barbie crew last year and did the whole "bob the builder" trip back in the day.

Local comic stores have the only cool ones though.

[emeraldknight47]

Thanks for the little trip down memory lane! I do remember a few appearances like this at the old Lionel Playworld [still the BEST toy store EVER] down in Pompano Beach, Florida. It was always great fun!

[Falstaff13]

The local TRU had a re-opening yesterday and had Captain America for an appearance. It was fun to see the kids lining up.

[Jordiway]

I remember as a kid going to the Auto-Rama in Detroit I met the Duke Boys with the general lee and David Hasselhoff with Kit, Lee Majors was there one year for the fall guy very cool indeed