I was always fond of the Batman and Superman cake molds from the 70's and always wished my Mom would buy them and make me a Batman cake, darn it. Unfortunately, that never happened. However, I have had tons of Batman themed cakes over the years. So, no complaints there.
My nephew, who will forever be my Robin, posts out of the blue Batman and Star Wars pics, collectibles, toys, etc. regularly on my Facebook page and he always finds the coolest stuff. The latest are these Star Wars Heroes & Villains Pancake Molds. Not exactly toys, but definitely collectibles. These are available from Williams-Sonoma for $19.95 and include molds of Darth Vader, Yoda, and Stormtrooper. I'll do the cooking...just bring the syrup. Yum!
The Star Wars Action Figure Display Arena came with four L shaped cream colored figure stands and four two-sided color picture cards attached in pairs, which gave you eight different backdrops in all. Also included were assembly instructions and toy catalog from Kenner's Empire Strikes Back line.
The Display Arena was offered on Empire Strikes Back 45 back cards for ten proof of purchase seals from the back of the backer cards and $2.00.
Since I was a box hoarder and kept not only my boxes from playsets and such, I also kept the backer cards from the figures. Thus giving me an endless supply of proof of purchase seals. Whenever a free mail in offer came around, I was always ready to go and didn't have to buy five or more new figures to get the exclusive toy or actions figures Kenner would offer. With this offer however, I had neglected to notice that this one was not for free, but actually would cost two bucks. I had mistakenly sent only the proof seals, but shortly after sent the money to follow, but this had caused a lot of back and forth of seals and checks. I must say though, Kenner's customer service was outstanding and eventually everything came together. Thanks to Kenner, I am able to share this toy (if I may be so bold as to call it that)with you today.
The Star Wars Action Figure Display Arena mailer was the Empire Strikes Back follow up to the Star Wars logo Display Stand. This display arena provider kids with ESB backdrops for displaying their figures. Sorry, gang. The original offer expired July 31, 1982. So you'll have to find this one on eBay.
You can see a video how the arena came packaged HERE.
Last month, my friends over at MaximuM Comics sponsored a free movie night with the original Fantastic Four movie that was never released. This movie was a total cheesefest, but was still cool to see.
This month, tonight in fact, they are showing the original 1990 Captain America movie directed by Albert Pyun and starring Matt Salinger as Cap. This film was released in Canada, but not here in the Unites States. Not only are comic book fans going to get to see this piece of comic book history, but those who come out to see tonight's version of Captain America and buy something from the concession stand will get a free ticket to see the first showing of Captain America: The First Avenger on July 22. How cool is that? The thing that blows is that I will be on official Wayne Foundation business and won't be able to attend. I guess the fight against crime comes before...(sigh) everything. You can see the trailer for the original film below.
