What better way to kick off a month of Halloween related updates than to showcase this amazing AHI toy rarity I discovered. It’s rack toy monster madness and it’s all after the jump! OK I apologize for anybody fooled by that (terrible) photoshop job, this is not a real vintage toy discovery of any kind. […]
Who didn’t love Puzzles in a can? American Publishing Corporation sure knew what kids liked in 1974, their collection included the DC comics Superheroes, Universal Monsters, Dinosaurs even the Lone Ranger himself! Check out the cool Puzzle displays here This one’s a little light this week, I’ve been battling the flu lately but next week […]
Centsable, the people behind Socker Boppers also did a good business in Halloween costumes, who knew? This 1974 catalog shows that while they did in fact have several decent licenses like the Hanna Barbera clan , they were not above creating some of the ballsiest knock offs of the decade nor did the seem […]
I wasn’t a kid when Imperial Toys got the Universal Monster license (and I’ll touch upon this more next week) but I do have nostalgia for the line. There was a Frankenstein bop bag in the back of a KB Toys in Western NY that I visited for the majority of the late 80s […]
Behold the last Monster Rack Toy ever produced by AHI! Flasher Faces popped up five years after the Monster merchandise bonanza of the mid seventies and while AHI was doing wonderful things with the license under their Remco brand, these flasher faces are the sole bit of cheap, dime store goodness produced during this period. […]
I am lucky enough to know the owner of these original factory pulls of the 9″ Remco Creature from the Black Lagoon and Phantom of the Opera figures. It’s also advantageous that he brought them over to my house last spring and let me photograph them. From the collection of the line’s sculptor, the difference […]
I recently got a decent scan of this to ad to the Azrak Hamway Monster archive, it’s the mocked up Creature from the black lagoon figure on his looks to be hand drawn card. It’s hard to say what he’s constructed of, it almost looks like a converted Aurora Creature kit, either way I hope […]
These coffin shaped puzzles show that Monster Love was alive and well in ’75. I don’t own any of these but I’ve been sorely tempted at many a toy show/flea marker/antique mall.
Stumbled upon this great Captain Company ad for the Remco Monsters figures and well there’s no better time to showcase it than now. Also, I can also tease the fact that I’ll be showcasing some never before seen Remco Monster goodies this month, stay tuned….
I found this toy in the 1976 Larami catalog, I have no clue as to whether or not it was produced but it is something I will keep my eyes out for. It’s a pretty galling use of the Universal characters and I doubt it’s officially licensed in any way. That’s the joy that is […]
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