I was waffling back and forth about whether to pop open the plastic and take out the poster book. The back cover clinched it for two reasons: 1. There was apparently a story to go along with the posters... and 2. There was an advertisement for the poster book on it's own back. a "Look for this other title we sell" sort of add, but it showed the exact book that was on the front cover...
This seemed too odd to simply be a print error on what was surely a pretty cheap piece of obscure early 90's merchandising. Then looking closer at the spine of the book I let out a gasp of the kind of astonishment that the Wright Brothers must have felt when their first airplane actually swept up into the air instead of crashing to earth.
So I shucked that puppy like an ear of corn and found:
(find out more after the jump!)
So this:
Is actually the front cover of this:
And this:
Is actually the back cover to this:
"Killemoff Strikes Back!"
What a glorious day for Goodwill Geeks everywhere!
Ha thats a pretty cool discovery! 2 for the price of 1. I have a bunch of Toxic crusaders stuff but not those poster books. I see them sell from 5 to 10 bucks so no harm in opening them up.
ReplyDeleteLoved Toxie and the crew, and had a whole set of the toys when I was younger. It was really a bizarre find, to be honest.
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