Remco Utility Belts

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[Hedji]

Love these. Fuel for imagination is never a bad thing.

[Brown Bear]

That batman gun and spider belt really brings back some fun memories for me.

[HardyGirl]

But you know the girls got gypped, right? The only accessory was a golden lasso jump rope? Sure they got a tiara and bracelets, but not other cool stuff you could play with!

[Falstaff13]

Was there a Batgirl belt?

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Not that I know of.

The Batman belt represents the first time my fanboy snobbery overruled the kid in me. I couldn't abide Batman's redneck belt buckle. It didn't look Batman's belt from the comics, or TV show.

The Spider-Man belt was close enough to his comic version for me, so I did have that one. I know, I know, splitting hairs...but tell that to five-year old me.

Chris

[Falstaff13]

I totally get the "snobbery." One thing that used to get to me at a young age were the Halloween costumes that depicted the character on the vinyl and didn't have the outfit, as the hero wore. I seem to remember the Spider-man costume was closer to his comic outfit instead of a full-figure illustration of him web-slinging.

[jwyblejr]

But you know the girls got gypped, right? The only accessory was a golden lasso jump rope? Sure they got a tiara and bracelets, but not other cool stuff you could play with!

On the plus side,you could use that jump rope as a whip. Smack whatever kid was annoying you at the time in the head with it.

[Hedji]

Yeah, somehow I never cared that they didn't match the comic look. Didn't have the snobbery. In fact, I always liked Spider-Man's look with an additional belt. Liked it in the Hammond series. Liked it on the Diamond Select figure.

[dumbldor]

I wish I had grown up in your neighborhood!

[PNGwynne]

But you know the girls got gypped, right? The only accessory was a golden lasso jump rope? Sure they got a tiara and bracelets, but not other cool stuff you could play with!

I don't know--looking at it now, it's the best of the lot. Sure, maybe you could add a star-spangled boomerang, but bracelets and a multi-purpose lariat? Pretty sweet.

[PNGwynne]

Weren't there also Hulk, Captain America, and the Shadow belts? I seem to recall the Shadow getting a lot of repurposed Batman merchandise.

Edit: Found the Shadow one--I was mixing up Remco and Ideal belts, I think.

[palitoy]

Yeah it's an honest mistake Scott, the majority of that Madison Shadow merch is repurposed AHI/Remco stuff.

[PNGwynne]

^ Pretty sharp--it's like you're an operative along with Harry Vincent and Margo.

[Falstaff13]

I love the art for the Shadow box.