| Posted: 17 February 2012 at 9:55pm | IP Logged | 8
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As much as I was heartsick when Mom picked out the WRONG Six Million Dollar Man costume (One with the character on the chest rather than the one that simply looked like his tracksuit) and as upset as I was at having to wear a Devil costume three years running (The mask one year did have a real fur moustache and beard!), these days I have such a strong nostalgia for the whole wacky Ben Cooper/ Collegeville aesthetic! One day I hope to fake an adult sized version of the Motion Picture era Spock costume and wear it to a convention... Whether I'll ever get around to that project, I don't know, but I think it could be fun in the midst of all of those other painstakingly rendered costumes to show up in something so completely bizarre and off-model... If that works out, the next year I may go dressed as a Colorforms Spock... By the way, that's not Superbaby on page 2. That's Super-Kid from the heavily merchandized "Super Jrs." line-up of characters. The Super Jrs. only appeared in one published comic, a digest-sized Holiday Special from 1984. The characters were orphans in a nursery school ("Holy Muppet Babies, Bat-Guy!" as Kid-Robin might say... Or not. He was kinda young...) who were given super-powers to rescue Santa Claus. The Super Jrs. are not to be confused with the Super-Babies line of dolls from Amsco which freely mixed DC and Marvel characters. The ads for the Super-Babies featured the memorable tag-line, "If you don't buy us, we'll cry!!" By the way, speaking of Ben Cooper and Collegeville, if anyone has any idea where I can lay hands on this gem of a mask from the Star Wars era, I would be most grateful! I wore this in sixth grade to a costume parade at school. I routinely scan eBay for them, and only saw it once. I unfortunately did not win that auction, and so the search continues... 
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