This week at Flashbak, I remembered the great Letraset Action Transfers of the 1970s (and early 1980s).
Here's a snippet and the url: (http://flashbak.com/create-super-packed-action-scene-remembering-letraset-action-transfers-38519/)
"Another
great line of toys from the 1970s to write about today: the Letraset Action Transfers.
In
booklets of this type, you could “rub
down” two-dimensional paper figures onto a detailed background, creating an
original action scene in the process.
As
the action-transfer booklets promised: “You
can create your own super-action packed scene with rub down transfers on a big
coloured background.”
Though
Letraset Action Transfer sets existed in the 1960s, the disco sets featured
popular science fiction licenses of the day and so remain of great interest to
me.
For
example, the popular Gerry and Sylvia Anderson series Space: 1999 (1975-1977)
had two Action Transfer Sets: “Terror of the Planet Cyborg” (which was set
against a painted background of the Zennite landscape seen in the Year One
episode “Missing Link”), and “Battle on the Planet Insectus.”
The
original Star Trek (1966-1969), popular in syndication in the 1970s, had
its own Letraset Action Transfer Set as well: “Voyage to the Lost Planet.”
Popular
superheroes of the era also had sets “Tarzan vs. The Catmen,” “Batman vs. The
Joker” and “Superman vs. Brainiac and the Reptillians” were just a few of the
choices. Marvel’s Spider-Man had his own
set as well."
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