Monster Bop Bags?

[Hepcat]

Does anyone remember a series of Universal monster bop bags packaged in very colourful boxes from the eighties? I saw some in a sundry item shop back in the mid-eighties but foolishly I failed to snap any up for myself.

[darkmonkeygod]

Imperial made 'em as part of their Universal Classic Movie Monster line; Drac, Wolf Man, Mummy, & Frank.

Here's the back side of the Dracula from the archive:



http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=545

[Hepcat]

Okay then. I just found a picture of the Frankenstein one then:



I was actually looking for a picture of the Swamp Thing bop bag that was sold at Toys 'R Us around 1991. I bought two or three of these and gave them away to kids at Xmas through the Salvation Army. I should of course have kept one for myself.

[michblk]

Neat, would love to see if there were others. 

I don't know about the name, Sac Bop just sounds painful.

BK

[Hepcat]

I'd be interested in acquiring a M.I.B. Swamp Thing bop bag anyway.

[foolish mortal]

Sac Bop!!! Yeah, this wouldn't have a chance in today's PC environment

[Therin of Andor]

I have a Visitor bop bag from "V: The Series" somewhere. Have never actually inflated or bopped him.

[jimm]

I'll never forget a friend of mine as a kid (big kid) Kicked a bozo bopper clean over our backyard fence, none of us could believe it 

[Therin of Andor]

My brother had a Bozo bop bag in the 70s. Eventually, the sandbag came loose inside him and, if you gave him a decent enough thump, he'd go down for the count, with the sandbag up inside his head - and he wouldn't come back up.

[Gasport]

Okay, this thread inspired me to rummage thru some old photos where , to my surprise, i actually FOUND what i was looking for! I'm guessing this is from Xmas '63...Quite a bountiful year. Besides my Deputy Dawg Bop Bag, also got Great Garloo and a Popeye doll i remember very well sitting on the drum in front of me. I believe the gun barrel protruding next to Garloo's hand belonged to a Tiger Tank. What a spoiled rotten kid!! Guess i should have posted this a couple of weeks ago, but better late than never!

[Dr.Terror]

Imperial also made a King Kong and Godzilla bop bags in their monster line , not to mention Megos  Kong Bop Bag

[bigbud]

Oh Gasport, that is a fantastic Christmas photo! Getting Garloo under the tree! Could it have been any better? But listen, we have a slight mystery to solve.....I'm sitting here writing this and staring at my Tiger Joe tank..........not what you have in the pic. Tiger Joe barrel muzzle is a separate plastic piece stuck on the shiny metal barrel.....it flares out like a bell and has 2 muzzle flash cutouts on it. We must figure out what it is that you have there......also I see what looks like the close-spaced wheels of a tank under something by the window.......this is better than any puzzle!   Bud

[Scatter]

Okay, this thread inspired me to rummage thru some old photos where , to my surprise, i actually FOUND what i was looking for! I'm guessing this is from Xmas '63...Quite a bountiful year. Besides my Deputy Dawg Bop Bag, also got Great Garloo and a Popeye doll i remember very well sitting on the drum in front of me. I believe the gun barrel protruding next to Garloo's hand belonged to a Tiger Tank. What a spoiled rotten kid!! Guess i should have posted this a couple of weeks ago, but better late than never!

HA!!! Man I LOVE when folks post these shots!! I actually break out my jeweler's loupe and scour the pic to see what wonders may lay hidden in them!! Thanks for posting this Mike!! LOVE the Deputy Dawg bop bag!! I got stuck with Bozo.

[Gasport]

Oh Gasport, that is a fantastic Christmas photo! Getting Garloo under the tree! Could it have been any better? But listen, we have a slight mystery to solve.....I'm sitting here writing this and staring at my Tiger Joe tank..........not what you have in the pic. Tiger Joe barrel muzzle is a separate plastic piece stuck on the shiny metal barrel.....it flares out like a bell and has 2 muzzle flash cutouts on it. We must figure out what it is that you have there......also I see what looks like the close-spaced wheels of a tank under something by the window.......this is better than any puzzle!   Bud

Chalk up another one for Eagle-Eye Bud! First of all, i found out this pic was from Xmas '61, [not '63] and second, Bud's questioning the gun barrel belonging to a Tiger Tank drove be back to my unorganized heap of old family pics. I knew there were more pics taken that day and i found two more... The mystery has been solved! In this next pic you can plainly see an unopened box next to the TV. Don't have a magnifying glass handy but it looks like it says ''Patton'' and the illustration on it is definitely a military cannon! I DID have a Tiger Tank at some point, just not this time around! Again...GREAT CALL, BUD! Another reason why i LOVE THIS GROUP!

[Scatter]

Bud's a toy savant. He used to be an idiot savant before he discovered toys.