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5 Spooky Things on eBay This Week

5 Spooky Things on eBay this week King Kong Socks (eBay Link)-  I think the 70s Kong remake isn’t as memorable as a film as it is a poster. That thing is iconic! JAWS Collegeville Halloween Costume (eBay Link) I think Collegeville sold a bajillion of these, I vividly remember seeing a slew of those […]

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 […]

Toy-Ventures: Lincoln International Monsters

Toy-Ventures is participating in Bleak Sunday and we’re doing a special episode dedicated to my favourite Monster Toys of all time, the Lincoln International Monster dolls. This episode is a comprehensive look at the Lincoln Monsters including the company’s history, the different waves and variations of not only the Monster figures but the packaging, my […]

Pod Stallions 95: October Binge Watch

Pod Stallions 95: October Binge-Watching “Greetings Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)! It’s the Witching Hour, well, Month really, and as always we here at Pod Stallions Headquarters are delivering TWO helpings of genre musings to honor the greatest holiday ever: Halloween! First up is the next chapter of What We’ve Been Watching-Spooky Edition. Grab a […]

1980 Funstuf Toys Catalog- Aniforms Hulk-Frankenstein

1980 FunStuf Toys Catalog Naming a toy company “Funstuf” is a pretty bold statement, luckily the company more than lived up to it’s namesake during the 1970s and 80s. During the late 1970s, the company was best known for it’s “Aniforms’ line of figures which were a unique concept that involved a rubber figure and […]