The Superhero Shop

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This ad piece for Licensing Corporation of America, really brings me joy. This photo meant to highlight how good an idea licensing the DC comics heroes is full of 70s eye candy from Mego, Remco and AHI.


It's also the least believable toy store set ever, that's clearly the LCA showroom with some dude from accounting playing the unfriendly clerk.

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[jwyblejr]

It's still cool to see.

[HardyGirl]

Awesome! I'd love to see that today!

[Earth 2 Chris]

I've had dreams about a place like this. The kind that you believe in so much, when you wake up, you are incredibly disappointed they are not real...

That's my Batcycle in front! I'd love to have all of those stickers back on the one I have now.

Seems like I've seen part of this pic somewhere before, but I don't recall where...

Chris

[MIB41]

Nice Corgi Batmobile/Batboat gift set!

[EMCE Hammer]

I always thought the Empire Batcopter would have been cooler in black. I got a ton of play out of that and the Spidey Crime Lab.

[Hedji]

Excuse me, sir. I'll take one of each, please. You may close early today.

[rchatlin]

It's exactly like every toy store I went to as a kid -
where they encouraged you to open stuff up and play it with.

Ah, the good olde days.

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[ScottA]

I don't think I've ever noticed the Megos in that shot before.

[Earth 2 Chris]

What is the carded Superman item next to the boy's knee? Is that one of those bust/squirt guns?

Chris

[Hedji]

You know, it's astonishing to me how many of these items I actually had...

Trik Trak racing set
amsco Baby Batman doll
Mego Robin
Mego Comic Action Heroes Superman, Joker, Penguin
AHI Batcopter
That orange Batman puzzle in the can
AHI parachute batman
AHI Batplane
Mego Batmobile
Corgi Batmobile and Batboat combo
Duncan Batmobile

Good job, Mom and Dad!

The only things that survived are the Corgi set, the Amsco Superbaby Batman, and the can from the jigsaw puzzle.