Many comic-based superheroes of the ’80s and '70s served as inspiration and encouragement to a lot of children at the time. To most children, the fact that they could see a real-life superhero at their local mall might’ve been mind-blowing as kids idolized the comic-based American heroes heavily. All the figurines, comics, and even TV shows never prepared them for the day they would meet their idols... in their local shopping center, but maybe meeting them at the local mall wasn’t the worst part, considering the funny and awkward type of pictures they got to bring home after all of the “excitement” was let out.
Those kinds of hilariously amazing photographs can be found on the website called Plaid Stallions. The website is themed heavily after the 1970s and 1980s and serves as an online platform where folks across the internet decided to share their pictures of childhood mall appearances alongside their favorite superheroes.
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Although there is much more to the website than just hilarious pictures from the past, we decided to let the creator of the website Brian Heiler (otherwise known as Brick Mantooth on social media) explain more to Bored Panda about the platform he created.
"I started the PlaidStallions blog to cover my obsessions about growing up in the '70s and '80s. Things like department store catalogs, vintage toys, fashion, obscure TV, and movies, all of it done with a dose of humor. I was blown away by the positivity and support that I was shown from all over the world. That led me to publish my first book 'Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings' and now I'm working on a second book called 'Mall of Justice' and launched a quarterly magazine called 'Toy-Ventures' devoted to toys from the 1960s-'80s which is now on its third issue. Starting this site changed my life for the better and I have never regretted it.
By the way, the name 'Plaid Stallions' came from me putting photos of '70s leisure suit models in my locker in high school back in the late 1980s."
Brian also mentioned that since he is working on his second book now, he is also actively seeking more submissions from people that feature candid photographs of superheroes posing with their young fans at malls in the 1970s and 1980s. Despite that, if you’d like to see more pictures like this, then we suggest checking out Brian’s "Toy-Ventures" magazine, which includes more photos of these mall appearances with each new issue.
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