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Godzilla Day!

Well, it’s one of those days where your teacher is too hung over to do anything so he just wheels in the projector. In my case, I’m sick but it works just as well. I thought it would be fine time to showcase these commercials from our DVD showcasing a character near and dear to […]

When I grow up I want to be….

Although before my time, I kind of dig these early seventies play suits which I’m sure doubled as Halloween costumes. I love how boys can be Batman, Superman and the Lone Ranger but the girl’s choices are more grounded in reality. Dig the ears on the bat suit, looks like the 40’s movie serial version. […]

Son of Vintage Trick or Treat

Kicking it off today is my pal Lee wearing a Ben Cooper Hulk suit, nobody loves the Hulk more than Lee. Speaking of big fans, here is Lou in a Collegeville Jaws costume, Lou is still actively involved in Jaws Fandom, check out this youtube link. I’m Batman! Here’s Chris Franklin as the caped crusader, […]

Leisure-A-Likes

Because looking like a gigantic sleaze isn’t just for him anymore. Now you can both harrass Pat Benetar in that “Love is a Battlefield” video…. Vintage Halloween I got a couple of cool Darth Vaders today, first off is Russ from Toytraderz again rocking this Ben Cooper set. And here’s Jason from Bif!Bang!Pow! (makers of […]

He’s no good to me dead…

Halloween 1980 and that’s yours truly rocking the Ben Cooper Boba Fett outfit. I really liked this suit for a couple of reasons, the first being that you could see through the mask but people couldn’t see in real well, the other being that the picture on the front of the smock totally looked like […]

Me as yoda, halloween 1980. Yes, hmmm.

Found this today and thought I’d share, me in my Ben Cooper Yoda costume circa 1980. Like a lot of kids then, I was pretty smitten with the character at the time, not so much anymore mind you. I decided to go for realism with the costume by adding the greenest sweater I owned, some […]

1980 Ben Cooper Catalog

The Ben Cooper name is synonymous to many of us with Halloween from their well known “Smock and Mask” Halloween outfits that had all the relevent licenses to their rubber masks and jigglers, Ben Cooper had almost a stranglehold on October 31st. Journey back to the 1980 Ben Cooper catalog for a an incredible variety […]

Superheroes or Monsters?

Technical issues still prevent Forgotten TV from happening today (It will return next Sunday) so I thought I’d show a page from something I’m working on, the 1980 Ben Cooper halloween costume catalog. While Hulk and Red Skull work as masks, the Batman and Spider-Man are somewhat creepy thanks to the materials used. How old […]