Tanooki Joe

@tanookijoe.bsky.social

Marketing guy from NYC that loves all aspects of pop-culture. I love doing high-res scans of old ads and other fun stuff. Collector of all things Super Mario. Creator of @vgartandtidbits.bsky.social

It’s pretty well known that in the US, the Dragon Ball manga is split into Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. But there's an early ad that suggests the DBZ portion might’ve almost been called Dragon Ball Z: The Super Saiyans

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Supergirl comes out in 4 days and I feel like there’s absolutely no marketing for this movie. Even me, who still has live TV hasn’t seen commercials or anything. There’s a few tie-ins like at KFC, but you wouldn’t know that unless you were actually in the restaurant. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Here’s a high-res scan of a DragonBall Z VHS ad from 1997. Notably… “Zardon”. Was it a typo? Was it Zarbon’s original dub name and Saban thought it was too close to Zordon? We’ll never know.

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During my move I found a storage bin of just Bloomingdales X Mario merch from a collab years ago. Here’s some of my favs. • A huge inflatable tube • Vinyl Brown Bag with Mario sprites • Metal Princess Peach water bottle * A Mario Kart ping pong set

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I’m pretty known for being a Mario collector, but I also have one storage bin of Mega Man stuff. While not nearly as impressive as the Mario bins, here’s some Mega Man things I have that I think are kinda neat…

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Masters of the Universe (movie) action figure TV commercial. Say what you will about the plot, but those character designs are spot on. They didn't try to "modernize" much, they kept a lot of the costumes close to the 80's designs which makes for some pretty cool figures.

My small VHS collection ~ For VHS, it's not about collectability with me (even though most are sealed). It was about nostalgia. Each one means something to me and reminds me of a time and place from my childhood for better or worse.

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Here’s four things I came across while moving that my family will find when I die and wonder wtf was wrong with me ~ Grimace’s Birthday Chicken McNugget box. 2016 Ghostbuster’s marshmallows. Unopened box of Monster Mash cereal. And Grinch Salt. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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