In 1978, during the onslaught of products that featured Superman due to the marketing of Superman: The Movie, 7-UP promoted the 7-UP Superman Sweepstakes (labeled as “Sweepstake” on bottle caps). Winners of the sweepstake had a chance to receive cash prizes, travel to many destinations, or a Mazda RX-7.
This vibrant sippy cup was released in the 2000s by the plastics manufacturing company called ColorTech. The cups were manufactured by M.I.I. and features an image of Superman punching his way through a wall on one side and the Superman masthead logo on the other.
Peachtree Playthings, headquartered in Atlanta Georgia, produced this Superman Magic Towel in 2015. This little compressed wafer of cloth, measuring 2-inches by 2-inches, will unfold and expand when placed in water (after taking off the cellophane and front and back labels, of course).
Produced in 2015 by Schleich, the company that brought us the “arms folded” figurine, this Justice League Superman New 52 “ground punch” figurine is wonderfully sculpted. From the base to the flowing cape, it stands at just over 3.5 inches tall. This figurine was made in China for the Schleich GmbH company in Germany.
My parents met in the 1960s and one shared project of theirs combined my father’s interest in Universal Monsters with my mother’s interest in crafts. Aurora model kits were a big deal back then and my parents bought up a number of them to work on together… Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Wolfman, Bride of Frankenstein, and more.
I recently discovered the large box that contained…
This is a box of Limited Edition Superman Crunch cereal. Produced in 2006 by the Quaker Oats Company as part of the marketing for the movie Superman Returns, this cereal was very close to that of the original Cap’n Crunch cereal but with added red ’S’ shield shaped cereal bites that had blue specks in them which were designed to…
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Here is the second Power Records Superman album released in 1975. This 33 1/3 RPM record album contains three Superman adventures: The Best Cop in the World, Tomorrow the World and…
This 1989 Golden Books Superman coloring book features the cover art (and, presumably, the interior art) of Fred Carrill. The story inside briefly covers…
Superman Collector in Hawaii 