Toy-Ventures 1: The Shadow Crime Fighter Detection Belt

This week it's the 1977 Shadow Crime Fighter Detection Belt from Madison Industries. A curious bit of merchandise for a character that kid's weren't probably all that aware of at the time. Still glad it exists though.

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[dongates]

I have a feeling the licensing of The Shadow at that time might have something to do with the brief popularity of old time radio programs on tape in the late 70’s/early 80’s. Also, the DC comic series had run a couple of years before this also, so maybe that had something to do with it as well. I had that plane as a kid (and still might), but I broke it trying to get the Shadow “figure” out of the cockpit... only to discover it was only a torso and head, hah.

[jokerproduction]

I love this stuff
the shadow had a radio show pulp books that got remade in the 70 maybe and a toy line from a movie in the 90s maybe the books were around or a comic

[poetink]

I remember having the plane and the copter back then. Never saw the belt though. I'm happy to say that even then I knew who the shadow was and you and I are basically the same age Brick. (11/20/1970) I knew partially through my father who used to say the lines from the radio show. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men...etc." I would've loved to have had that belt. Too bad I never saw it until now.

[mistersqualis]

Great, Yes, yes, keep it up.Those toys, etc were amazing.Even these days i look for free stuff in the cereal shelves at the supermarket.A few cereals still have something once in a while.

[Bucky]

Was there a shadow comic in the 70’s ?

[ShadeofJeremy]

Looks pretty good. It'll be fun to see this stuff.