It finally happened, I got my hands on a Gre-Gory. After posting my disappointment ten years ago (ulp!) I found a good deal on one and decided to take the plunge.

More photos after the jump and my observations as I have never seen or held one of these in my life.

My first impression from the box is how small it is, I was expecting Gre to be the size of a Mattel Rodan. He’s actually about 12 inches long, so I totally don’t have to worry about space.

Of course, I wanted this toy more than air for a week when I was eight, so i was super excited to see what the fuss was all about.

Gre-Gory is sort of the cadillac version of a dime store bat made by Imperial toys or Ben Cooper. He’s bigger, heavier and has neat effects but he’s still a big rubber bat.

The Neat-o blood effect still kind of works on mine, it’s thicker so it’s kind of like a lava lamp but this would have impressed me for a while as a tot.

Mattel lists two other features, the first is to hold him by the back and make his wings flap. Ok that’s not a huge selling feature Mattel.

The final feature listed is his soft teeth that he can sink into your flesh. As a kid, I assumed it would created some sort of blood sucking effect. I wouldn’t hold this against Mattel, I also expected Sea Monkies to look like people and build kingdoms.

It only took me 38 years to track down Gre-Gory (and the same amount of time to get that his name is a play on “Gregory”) but it’s fun to add him to the collection.

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This is another personal favourite and should come as no surprise, I like monsters. This page with personal favourites the Remco Monsters and my personal “White Whale” Gre-Gory brings a tear to me eye…

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• The Star Wars Issue of Cracked Magazine that Jason mentions.
• A late 1960s Collegeville Mr Spock Costume.
• Brian as Boba Fett.
• Lincoln International Monsters are some of Brian’s favourite Monster Toys and Mr Rock is their spock knockoff.
• The Aurora Girl Victim model kit got them in a lot of trouble.
• Wind Up Super Monsters were $0.99 well spent.
• Jason brings up the Tomland Famous Monsters of Legend.
• The Famous Monsters Speak Record Jason traded for.
• Power Records Monster album is on Youtube.
• Star Trek: Passage to Moav features a blonde Lt Uhura and an off model Mr Sulu.
• The AMT Gigantics kits are incredible and should be owned by you.
• Remco Mini Monsters are beloved by both of the guys.
• The Jack Davis Frankenstein Poster Jason mentioned.
• Monster Squad action figures almost happened, Brian’s pillow is soaking wet with tears every night.
• Henry Polic 2 passed away this year sadly.
• REAL dirt from Dracula’s castle captivated Jason.
• The Incredible Melting Man got a Kid’s halloween costume and a makeup kit.
• Life Force is on Blu-Ray in case you ever wanted to get us something for Christmas…
• Mattel Godzilla and Rodan are full of win, Gre-Gory the vampire bat is something Brian needs to own.
• Mattel Krusher Commercial from 1980.
• The Lee Marvin documentary that Jason mentions.

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I can only imagine if it did happen, it would be a good memory for somebody, I mean, look at this thing!







One of the earliest pages I put up on Plaidstallions was about the Mattel monsters including Suckerman, Gre-Gory and Krusher. Watch out for old html though.

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