1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog
The “Smock and Mask” costumes made famous by companies like Ben Cooper and Collegeville were still going full steam ahead in the 1980s. This was the era of action figures and toys have a full media assault of cartoons, comics and merchandise. The 1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume catalog reflects this era with some of the most popular brands mingled in with a few that well, don’t quite have the same mojo.
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog Photon
Photon was the name of Lasertag arenas and had a brief tv-series and action figures by Entertech.
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog Bravestarr
Bravestarr was Filmation’s follow up to Masters of the Universe and even had a Mattel Toy Line.
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog Rambo
I don’t have to explain Rambo to anyone do I?
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog Transformers
Transformers are probably the biggest license Collegeville had at this time. I have never seen LJN Blinkins before today.
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog Transformers
It’s not the 1980s until a Ninja shows up.
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog
Scratch and Sniff costumes which would encourage people to touch and smell your child.
Call me crazy but I don’t think this was a great idea.
Nerd Candy had a costume? I learned something today!
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog Peanuts
The Peanuts were pretty much a 35-year staple.
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog Spooks
Generic Monsters like these means Ben Cooper had the Universal Monsters License at the time. It ping ponged between Collegeville and Ben Cooper quite a bit.
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog Spooks
At this point Collegeville has been selling that Ghost since the early 1970s, here it is in the 1973 catalog.
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog
1987 Collegeville Halloween Costume Catalog- Lisa Frank
A line of Halloween Costumes based on Lisa Frank stickers, the 80s were truly madness.
1987 Collegeville Masks
These stretch stocking masks are “Wet the bed” terrifying.
1987 Collegeville Transformers Masks
Nice to see Frankenstein somewhere in this.
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I noticed in the rack featuring the Transformer masks, there are some Go-Bots masks as well. This was before Hasbro bought out Tonka, so I wonder if Collegeville had the rights for both IPs.
Photon was a seperate game but similar concept to Laser Tag and the figures were by LJN.
Eh, you are still a dick after all these years.
I think the white-robe costume, in the ninja group, is a great knockoff of the hero, in the 1980s, “karate kid” movie. Eek, I think the Rainbow Hearts Bear’s mask, would look great in a monster movie. I think the mummy is having lots of fun! 😀