{"id":6007,"date":"2015-05-19T14:03:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/?page_id=6007"},"modified":"2016-04-14T13:57:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:57:45","slug":"spider-car","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/spider-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Word has it from Neal Kublan that the Spider Car was Stan Lee’s idea, Kublan rejected it. As he recalled, “when you tell Stan Lee you don’t want to make a Spider Car, he takes it personally.”<\/p>\n

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Lucky for us Mego relented and the Spider Car sold quite well, Marvel gave it a cameo in the comics (and mentioned Peter Parker couldn’t drive) and history is born.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to the folks at susamy.com for the nice photos of the loose car! Box photos are courtesy of me.<\/p>\n

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Mark Schmidt sent in these shots of a rare Parkdale Novelty Canadian edition of the Spider Car. While there have been reported sighting of a US version with a Parkdale sticker, this is the first bi lingual box reported.<\/p>\n

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“Avec Toile Araignee Spidey” just doesn’t sound the same….<\/p>\n

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Parkdale Novelty never put a logo on Mego toys, merely their name…<\/p>\n

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Here is yet another Canadian Variant of the Spider-Car, this time it’s the US box with a French sticker thrown on it.<\/p>\n

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Mego Spider-Car Canadian box variation<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mego Spider-Car Canadian box variation<\/p><\/div>\n

A close up of the sticker, these kinds of things were common in Canada in the 1970s, Parkdale did get their own bilingual box printed so this was either a fill in or a replacement for an order. Either way, they are very tough to find.<\/p>\n\n

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Word has it from Neal Kublan that the Spider Car was Stan Lee’s idea, Kublan rejected it. As he recalled, “when you tell Stan Lee you don’t want to make a Spider Car, he takes it personally.” Lucky for us…<\/p>\n

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