I'm sre you'll agree that Hanna Barbera cartoons peppered our Sixties childhoods like diamonds. They were simply wonderful! One of my favourites was a TV gem, The Impossibles, featuring three mop-topped super heroes with very unusual powers: Fluid Man, Multi Man and Coil Man.
For fans of the show like me the must-have collectable was the Impossibles Annual featuring our heroes along with their Hanna Barbera srtablemate Frankenstein Junior. It was a brilliant annual and despite parting with my childhood copy I was pleased to sind one at a car boot sale about 10 years ago. Friends reunited!
I don't recall seeing any other Impossibles stuff in the shops in the Sixties so I was surprised to see this slide puzzle online the other day. No doubt there are more collectables in the show's homeland of the States that we didn't have access to here in the UK. Collecting Hanna Barbera space and super hero TV shows' merchandise - The Impossibles, Space Ghost, Herculoids, Frankenstein Junior and co - is I'm sure a really rewarding hobby and one which really does appeal to me. Do any of you collect Hanna Barbera toys and collectables readers?
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Now there's a challenge for you;Impossibles action figures with super power features.I could picture Coil Man,but how to make the other two into toys that actually liquefy and duplicate.I would settle for a Stage Playset including instruments and figures that sing"Little Sally Ann".
ReplyDeleteVery cool article! I do love The Impossibles and Frankenstein Jr.
ReplyDeleteLOVE The Impossibles - my fave cartoon ever, never equalled! Multi has always been my favourite. I also remember it being shown in the UK and was also disappointed there was hardly any merchandise here. Copies of the annual shown are available on Amazon - might order one. I have a comic and a couple of posters from Ebay UK sellers, and it seems there was a fair bit of merchandise produced in Japan!
ReplyDeleteSorry - Ebay US sellers!!!!!!!!!!!!
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