#planetoftheapescollector

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Name: Lobby Card: Zira and Cornelius hearing scene, signed by Kim Hunter Film: Escape from the Planet of the Apes Studio: 20th Century Fox Year: 1971 Size: 14" x 11" Type: autographed lobby card

The fateful hearing scene on present-day earth (in Escape from the Planet of the Apes) when Zira lets slip that apes will be superior to humans in her future. It was all downhill from there. 

Signed by Zira herself—Kim Hunter! A highlight of my ape room wall.

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Name: Dr. Zaius & Dr. Cornelius Itty Bittys, Limited Edition License: Planet of the Apes Manufacturer: Hallmark Year: 2018 Material: plush Height: 4.5” Type: stylized plush

Hallmark Itty Bittys for the 50th anniversary of Planet of the Apes. The backing card features 2 scenic backdrops: Ape City and the Statue of Liberty finale.

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Name: Astro-Apes: Warrior Ape, Artemus, Myra and Dr Zorma License: Knock-Off of Planet of the Apes  Manufacturer: United Manufacturing Company, HK (inflatables: Dan Brechner, Taiwan) Year: 1970s Material: plastic, fabric clothing (inflatables: vinyl) Height: 8” (inflatables: 3”) Type: action figures, mini inflatables

Astro-Apes! I wish this had been an animated series! It took a long time to assemble this family of rare British PotA knock-off characters—now my set is complete. Artemus and the Warrior Ape came as disintegrated shards of plastic inside dry-rotted clothes. I replaced the bodies and cleaned and resewed their outfits. The face sculpts are kinda great—cartoony, but detailed. 

The Warrior Ape has a Flash Gordon helmet and jumbo ray gun. Artemis totes a mysterious tiny briefcase. Myra wears a yellowish space flower in her hair. Dr Zorma sports professorial glasses. And they’re all rocking their brown galactic pleather.  

The header card features character art with an 8th-grade notebook feel and lets you know their names (collect them all!).

The Astro-Apes are probably the only knock-off toy line to have spin-off licensed mini inflatable versions. Assorted colors, full-body illustrations. You can often find these (and other great stuff) at I Had That Toy.

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Name: Cornelius/Darwin Artist: ? Manufacturer: ? Year: ? Material: resin? polystone? acrylic paint Height: 6 3/4" Type: painted sculpture

Cornelius contemplates a human skull In a parody of Hugo Rheinhold's classic Darwin parody sculpture. Beautiful sculpted and painted detail. Even includes the talking human doll the find in the cave. Very rare. Amazed I found one.

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Name: Cher and Soldier Apes Show: The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Year: 1972 Size: 8" x 10" Type: photo print

A focal point of my guest bathroom! An image from a Planet of the Apes parody on the second season of The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour on CBS. Here’s the clip, featuring special guest, Jim Nabors, as the astronaut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU0kgD6O-XI

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Name: Gorilla Soldier Wind-Up License: knockoff of Planet of the Apes Manufacturer: ? Year: 1990s Material: plastic, metal mechanism Height: 3” Type: wind-up toy

From a series of great knockoff windups of many licenses I used to see at the old Toy Tokyo location in the 90s. I bought a brown Yoda back them but wish now I got all the ape variations they had too. The sculpt is similar to the official AHI 70s wind-ups, but more refined. This one popped up on ebay.