Creator of the award-winning web series, Abnormal Fixation. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
Trading Cards of the Week: Planet of the Apes (Topps)
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I love this series of posts, John. A great reminder of the pre-Star Wars days when Apes was the big SF franchise and I couldn't get enough of it. A lot of these products were not available here in the UK (as far as I know) , which has made these posts especially fascinating. I had the board game though, and the treehouse set -- remember that one?
ReplyDeleteFantastic. I use to collect these when they were in the convenience stores at the time. Like you, I was a fan of the series.
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