Some excellent progress this morning on the toys Mattel made for Harvey! First off, I embedded a television commercial for the Casper Music Box on its exhibit page under External links. Now you can hear that it plays the theme song to Matty’s Funday Funnies. Take a moment to go watch, then come back here for today’s exhibit!
Continue reading →First three Wonder Books as Jigidi puzzles
Being stuck inside is a great excuse for solving Jigidi puzzles! Today we start the Wonder Books contributed by Rick Beckham, enjoy!
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Gloria mini-maquette guest exhibit
I frequently say how it is better to see museum exhibits in person, but with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) going around, virtual museums are having their moment! I am going to use this time in the spotlight to share the other exhibit Richie Rich Yahoo Group member Duff recently submitted. It is another of the wonderful “mini-maquettes” made by Electric Tiki. It seems like just yesterday I posted the Richie Rich Artist Proof, but it was over a year ago! Today we have his girlfriend, Gloria:
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Richie Rich iron-on patch guest exhibit
Today we have a new exhibit from an old friend of the Harvey Mercheum! Our first guest contributor, Richie Rich Yahoo Group member Duff, recently got back in touch with me, and submitted photos of two more items from his collection to share with you, my readers! Long-time readers of the Mercheum Blog may recall the first guest exhibit, the Richie Rich Video Set by JA-RU. Today we have an embroidered iron-on patch of Richie Rich by Kalan LP, which is still in business making novelties:
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Harvey merchandise ads part 3: the 1970’s
Continued from part 2:
Harvey merchandise ads part 2: the 1960’s
Today we conclude Rick Beckham’s scans of advertisements for Harvey merchandise with a total of thirteen from the 1970’s. We start with two from 1972:
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Harvey merchandise ads part 2: the 1960’s
Continued from part 1:
Harvey merchandise ads part 1: the 1950’s
Today we continue Rick Beckham’s scans of advertisements for Harvey merchandise with a total of nine from the 1960’s. We start with two from February of 1960:
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Harvey merchandise ads part 1: the 1950’s
After submitting so many wonderful guest exhibits, Rick Beckham then started going through his comic book collection, looking for advertisements for Harvey merchandise. Starting in 1956, he worked forward until he found these three from February of 1959:
Continue reading →Casper story record guest exhibit posted
Today we have the last of the guest exhibits from Rick Beckham. Long before they worked with PolyGram’s Parachute label, Harvey Comics used Peter Pan Records to make a number of story records. Today we have “Where Do You Hide In A Haunted House?” backed with “Good Luck Isn’t Bad”:
