Retro Toy Fair 1976 Review

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Everything got "super" in 1976, with the popularity of licensing increasing, toys became about the capes or the future with the popularity of Star Trek or then newcomer Space:1999.




A great example of the licensing surge are these Amsco Superbabies, wook at L'il Cap'n Merca with his widdle shield, awwwww!

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[Earth 2 Chris]

Ah, the Super Babies. a personal favorite of my wife's (and me). I think these probably gave DC the idea to license the Super Jrs concept the very next year.

Chris

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Put the GAH sheild on Captain Marvel and you'd get William Katt

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Power Records

Many of us thrilled to comic book and tv/movie adventures in those pre VCR days via Peter Pan record and comic sets. Dig the amazing store display in this article, what a nice thing to find now. For more on Power Records check out this groovy blog

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Pressman Dick Smith Make Up Kit

Toy Fair 1976: The Pressman Dick Smith Make Up kit certainly made an impression on thousands of monster fans.

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[pooper_prez]

I had the Star Trek record pictured in the display. It was a birthday or Christmas present. I listened to it a time or two. I don't remember being terribly impressed with it, even though I was at the height of my trekkiness at the time. I can't remember even a tidbit from the story. Were the actors on the record the actual Star Trek cast? I suspect not. This may have been what turned me off. It just didn't seem like real Star Trek.

[toys2cool]

I really like these,the other day I found one on ebay for $50 buy it now,it was the Batman baby,I thought about it too much and by the time I decided to get it,it had sold

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Amsco World of Marvel and Moonbase Alpha Playsets

Toy Fair 1976: These cool Amsco Playsets must have made many a kid happy, in addition to Moon base Alpha and the Marvel universe, Amsco made sets for Planet of the Apes and the Waltons House(!)

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[Marvelmania]

Always loved the Power records! They kept me busy many a rainy afternoon. Those Amsco playsets sure are hard to come by!

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G.I. Joe Super Adventure Team 1976

Toy Fair 1976: Eagle Eye Joe, Mike Power Atomic Man, Bullet man all teamed up to fight the evil Intruder aliens. This was G.I. Joe's final year of production, Hasbro reps were optomistic about the sales improving but sadly, it didn't work out.
Related Links: 1976 Hasbro G.I. Joe Catalog

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[HardyGirl]

Oooh! I love Power and Peter Pan records! I have that record in the photo too! The stories on it are Passage to Moauv, The Crier In Emptiness and In Vina Veritas (In Wine There's Truth). I have lots more in my collection, includng all of the POTA, GIJoe, Star Trek, SMDM, Gemini Man, and even a Wonderland record of the Bionic Woman and The Hardy Boys!

I've never seen those SuperHero Babies, they're so cute!

[toys2cool]

The intruder looks so out of place in that set,he kind of sucked now Bullet man and Mike Powers were awesome

[HardyGirl]

I always thought that version of the Adventure Team was pretty lame. And the intruder was the "bad guy". He's all hard plastic and not very poseable. Give me the fuzzheads, some vehicles and animal adventure sets, and I'm good to go.

Mike Power looks like he's 12 years old.

[davidb]

Bulletman's a really weird choice. Did they have some sort of deal with DC Comics to bring him in? I'm surprised because if I've got my timeline right, DC already owned the Shazam characters by 1976 and DC had the Mego agreement. Did Fawcett still own Bulletman at this point? Could Spy Smasher have shown up the next year?

[jwyblejr]

I always thought the Invader was suppose to be a caveman. I think that was his main problem. How are you suppose to be afraid of an alien that looks like a caveman?