Part of the clear-out here are my old toy business cards.
Here's one I remember from New York in 2002, Mid-Town Comics on Times Square.
Have you ever been to this shop?
Me and the Missus bobbed in and I picked up a tin Green Hornet lunch box and tin thermos, a tin Land of the Giants lunch box, a Green Hornet Captain Action carded outfit, a speed racer key ring and maybe some other bits. They were all modern re-issues and eventually came out of storage and graced my toy stall in 2005.
Here's my mate Mark manning it back then at Doncaster Racecourse with the 3 tin items on offer. Those were the days!
'Midtown Comics' still exist in at least three locations. I use the one near Grand Central Station on occasion. They and the British 'Forbidden Planet' have survived where many others have failed.
ReplyDeleteGlad its still around Terran. I really enjoyed my trip there. I went to another NYC shop that sold vintage toys, the name of which I forget now. Alpha City? I think you've been too?
DeleteI've been to the Midtown Comics that Terranova's been to, near Grand Central Station.
ReplyDeleteI bought a 'Metaluna Mutant' (from 'This Island Earth') figurine in the 'Universal Monsters' series by a company I can't remember the name of.
It came with a free, bonus, 'Interositor'!
Mish.
Have you installed the Interositor in your front room Mish? ha ha. Was the company Billiken?
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