What Do You Collect?

[CellarDweller]

Ok,  does anyone have any collections they like to show off?

Memorabilia from a favorite TV show or movie?

Prints of any kind?

Magnets from travels?

Books from a specific author?

Figurines of animals?


Show off what you have!

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When I was a kid, my favorite cartoon was The Super Friends.  There wasn't a lot of memorabilia out at the time for this show, which aired from 1973 through 1986.  However, over the years, on anniversaries of the debut of the cartoon, items were released.  

Of course, by then I had a disposable income, so I began collecting!

For those who don't know, The Super Friends  was a "kid friendly" version of the Justice League of America.  Each week, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Robin & Aquaman battled wrong-doers with as little violence as possible.  (after all, it was 1973, cartoons were supposed to be safe).

Over the years the name of the cartoon changed, but the 5 main heroes remained, with a slew of others joining in the action.

The Super Friends,  The All New Super Friends, Challenge of the Super Friends, The World's Greatest Super Friends,  Super Friends,  Super Friends - Legendary Super Powers Show, and finally, Super Powers Team - Galactic Guardians.


This was the line-up that started it all, the 5 main heroes with their kid sidekicks, Wendy, Marvin & their pet Wonder Dog.  They were like Scooby-Doo rip-offs, with no powers, who somehow were able to hang out with the Super Friends.

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That poster above hangs on my bedroom wall.   I only have one bedroom in my apartment.  My hope is to one day have a townhouse, and I will use a spare room in that house as a "memorabilia room" for all my stuff.

Anyway, on to the next pic.

These are a collection of Super Friends pictures or model cels that were used in the making of the cartoon.



Starting from the top down:   Superman, the center pic is a framed pillowcase, and then Wonder Woman.  The next row down is Batman & Robin.  Below them is Aquaman & the Wonder Twins (Zan & Jayna - they are shape shifters).  Below them is Hawkwoman and Hawkman (they can fly, and are strong hand to hand combatants), below them is Flash (super speed), Atom (can shrink to microscopic size), Rima the Jungle Girl (expert tracking, can communicate with animals), Green Lantern (power ring that responds to his will power) and the bottom row is Black Vulcan (electrical powers), Samurai (wind powers, fire powers, invisibility), Apache Chief (can grow to 50 ft. tall) and El Dorado (teleportation and hologram projection)


Side note on that last row.   The majority of the main heroes were white, so other characters were introduced to make the cartoon more diverse.  The Wonder Twins were aliens from a planet called Exor, but they were given a darker complexion.  Rima is from South America.  The last row of heroes were invented for the cartoon, and they did make the cartoon more diverse.  However, rather than name them after their powers, they were named after their ethnicity, so it was a bit of a fail.

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Super Friends mini lunchbox,  Wonder Twins action figures, and a Justice League glass that changes colors when filed with liquid.

Beneath them are four statues, Robin, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.  I left space on the shelf for the last one, Aquaman.

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along the back of the shelf are 5 books. Three of them are TPBs that collect a number of comic book stories on The Super Friends. The other two are "companion" books that discuss the history of the cartoons, the comic books, and various trivia about the Super Friends in general.

On the bottom of the shelf are a box of post cards, playing cards, cigarette case and lighter (these are not licensed, official items, they were made by a fan), a journal, and a greeting card set.

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Two Super Friends card games,  miniature Wonder Twins figures, Wonder Twins Funko Pops, and a stationary set.

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Super Friends action figures.




Super Friends dolls.








The enemies of the Super Friends, the Legion of Doom dolls.









A carrying case for the above dolls.

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My Super Friends DVDs

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Bedsheet set

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and finally, a bed cover and a sleeping bag.












Whew! That took longer than I thought!