It was over four years ago that I posted about the Forever 21 x Alec Monopoly Collection. I mentioned in that post how I had tried to order a canvas tote bag from the collection, but was unable to. While going through the photos that Keith Manegre sent me, I found photos of that tote bag, and many other Alec Monopoly items. Today, I will start posting these items with the tote bag, enjoy!
Forever 21 x Alec Monopoly Collection Richie Rich canvas tote bag
It’s almost time for back to school, and here at the Harvey Mercheum, that means pencil cases! Back in July, I posted Keith Manegre‘s Richie Rich pencil case in red with the lunch money pocket. Going through the photos he sent me, I found the pencil case in red without the lunch money pocket, and in yellow with the lunch money pocket. My feeling is that this completes the set of what was made with the Richie Rich and Dollar the Dog image: blue, yellow and red, with and without the lunch money pocket. Time will tell!
The Parachute label of PolyGram Records got really good use out of their license agreement with Harvey Comics. They made vinyl records and cassette tapes of the few stories recorded, and packaged them alone or with a book that you could read along with the story. Today, we pluck another great guest exhibit from the vast collection of photos Keith Manegre sent me, the “The Great Pretender”, “Sky-Jack” and “Double Trouble!” stories on cassette without a read-along book:
Last week, we had Christmas in July, so how about this week we go back to school! It was way back in March of 2015 when I posted my “deluxe” pencil case with a lunch money pocket. While mine is blue, Keith Manegre has it in red:
Happy Fourth of July to my fellow Americans! It’s hard to believe that is was back in May of 2016 that we looked at some of the wonderful pins produced by Pop Culture Pin Trading Co. Inc. Keith Manegre sent me photos of several of their pins, and I thought it would be fun to celebrate Christmas in July with this one, depicting Richie Rich with a stocking full of gold coins, enjoy!
Pop Culture Pin Trading Co. Richie Rich with Christmas stocking pin
I am back after a much-needed week off. I almost passed today’s exhibit photo by. It is LJN‘s Fun Laces that we saw back in March of 2018, but on a generic backing card. Why would Keith Manegre send me this photo? Then I looked closer, and saw that the laces have the Richie Rich logo and images! My first thought was that LJN had run out of backing cards before they ran out of laces, but then I noticed that the two sets had different product numbers. The Richie Rich backing card was 2104, and the generic backing card is 2102. Does this mean they sold both versions simultaneously? If I travel back to 1981, I will try to find out. In the meantime, here’s today’s exhibit:
Today we have another Larami rack toy that I do not have in the permanent collection, helpfully photographed by Keith Manegre. When I first saw the it, I assumed it was this set. It is actually the next product number up, 1783-0 instead of 1782-0, and it is for a 6 1/2 x 7 slot instead of 6 1/2 x 9. This is why the photographic record provided by this website is so important!
Last week’s exhibit was an item I did not know existed until I purchased it. This week, we resume our wonderful guest exhibits from Keith Manegre with another item I did not know existed, and now that I know, I want one!
Continue reading →I am interrupting our guest exhibits contributed by Keith Manegre to share an exciting find with you all! Back in December of 2017, when I took an in-depth look at the JA-RU rack toys, I mentioned that the gaps in the product numbers I had were interesting. I wondered if other toys existed, using the missing numbers. Well, I was recently able to acquire a JA-RU rack toy I had never seen before, a Doctor Set, and it is numbered 2717, one of the missing numbers! This means that I am probably missing at least six Richie Rich JA-RU rack toys, numbered 2707, 2708, 2709, 2713, 2714 and 2715. I have tried to get a 1988 JA-RU catalog to assist in identifying these toys, but have not had any luck. If any of you, my readers, have any information about these toys, please leave a comment below, or use the Contact the Curator form, thank you!
Continue reading →Last week, we looked at an activity book published by Modern Promotions featuring our friend Richie Rich. Modern Promotions must have had extra inventory of this book, because they decided to box it with a couple of generic coloring books and promote it as a “SUPER VALUE!” One point of interest I would like to note is that the copyright holder is listed as “Harvey Features” on the front of the box, but “Harvey Cartoons” on the side like it is on the activity book. I am not sure Harvey approved this mixing of their licensed properties with filler material anyway. My thanks again to Keith Manegre for contributing these photos.
