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Monday, 28 January 2013

Special Man

It's someones special day today so I couldn't resist posting this fantastically naff knockoff. There's just something wrong calling Superman special! I adore knockoffs but they are piracy and it must be a huge problem for the big toy companies. Even Golden Astronaut toys were bootlegged causing the manufacturers Multiple to post a legal notice in the toy press at the time. Wonder if they meant Imperial Toys and Apollo Moon Exploring amongst others? Pictures of knockoffs of any toys, the stranger the better, always welcomed here!
 
 
Anyways, on this special day here's an especial quiz question: which 1970's UK rock song contains the phrase "...became the special man...."?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Paul,
I believe "Ziggy Stardust" "...became the special man...." and all the best to our birthday boy !!!
Best wishes - John Swan

WOODSY said...

Well done John! You got it in record time. Yep, Ziggy, he was the nazz! What a great song!

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