Category Archives: Toon Adjacent

Toon Adjacent: Wacky Races Get Real!

♦ November 27, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

Hey! Let’s talk about Hanna Barbera/Heater-Quigley’s animated series Wacky Races. You know it, you love it (assuming that you grew up in the era when the show was airing on TV). But did you know that some people made real life the Wacky Races customized cars? Yes, you heard right. Some people made actual replicas of …

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Toon Adjacent: The Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera

♦ October 3, 2017 ♦ 5 Comments

Today Toon Adjacent visits a theme park attraction filled with rides and shows, populated by famous cartoon mascots. No, not that one. Today’s Toon Adjacent is all about the now defunct Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera, which was located in Kings Island amusement park, formerly Kings Dominion, in Virginia. -Did you know that the Happy Land …

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Toon Adjacent: X-Men Infinity??

♦ July 13, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

OK, I know we’re both currently taking a break from superhero themed posts, but I recently came across something which I found kind of interesting. Namely, this: What appears to be a set of X-Men figurines a la Disney Infinity. I don’t know what these were actually made for; it’s doubtful these are/were specifically made …

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Toon Adjacent: Funny Company SWAG

♦ June 12, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

As you know, we’re fans of 1963’s The Funny Company. While the show only ran for a single season, it was nonetheless popular enough to release some pretty sweet merchandise. Today Toon Adjacent showcases some cool Funny Company SWAG. First, this storybook entitled Super Chief in the Big City. In it, the gang goes out …

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Toon Adjacent: Looney Tunes Racers

♦ June 11, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

Two things that I loved growing up were… Looney Tunes and cars. So wouldn’t it be great if someone were to make some toys of Looney Tunes characters in customized cars? Thankfully someone did. A toy company known as ERTL made a set of die cast toy cars featuring the classic Looney Tunes characters. I …

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