Imagineering was an Arizona based company that were known for make up kits, predominately around Halloween. One of the things the company is best known for were their inexpensive rack items such as Vampire fangs and fake blood. My parents were always pretty thrifty but they’d get downright outraged if I came home with any […]
When it came to Halloween costumes, the two biggest names in the 70’s were Ben Cooper and Collegeville. If one didn’t have a specific license, the other surely did. In the mid seventies, Ben Cooper had a lock on some prosperous licenses namely The Universal Monsters and Superheroes from DC and Marvel houses. This left […]
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 […]
In 1976, I switched camps and decided that Marvel superheroes were now the way to go, so Spider-Man was what I needed to be that Halloween. Despite my adventures the year previous as “The Bat“, my costume hunting was again done at the same Woolco store that had what seemed like a gigantic rack of […]
Warning: Staring directly at item C may will cause nausea. Vintage Halloween Goodness Another great flashback from Russ over at toytraderz, this time he’s Japan’s greatest export (besides that Asahi beer and Hello Kitty) Godzilla!A close up of the classic Ben Cooper costume Russ is sporting. More on Godzilla hopefully later on in the month.DVD […]
Like all good Canadians, by the time you read this I’ll either be immobile from eating my own weight in Turkey or drunk, most likely I’m both right now. It’s hard work making a pig out of yourself and/or ruining a holiday memory for everyone, so rather than blog about something new, I’m going to […]
I have a weakness for store displays of any kind and it’s a true bonus when you can find them in a catalog. This sweet display of Collegeville masks inclues “The Bat” and a great generic version of the creature from the black lagoon that I’m kind of smitten with: Much more about Collegeville all […]
As I recall in 1975, I brought my mother my Mego Batman doll, a needle and some thread and asked her to make me the exact outfit for Halloween. My mom, prudent at darning socks and replacing buttons was not exactly a dress maker, so she did the next thing and took me to Woolco. […]
I am a veteran of the video game wars, fought mostly on my schoolyard. I, being of the clan of Atari, waged daily combat against those who had sworn allegiance to George Plimpton and quoted from the Book of Mattel. Mostly about how much superior the Intellivision system really was. I can remember HATING kids […]
I’m abundantly aware of how hacky and shameful that blog title is but it’s unavoidable, I assure you. As much as I begged for a Batman and Steve Austin electric toothbrush as a child (because commercials told me I needed one) it was the one luxury my parents refused to provide me with. Somehow, I […]
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