60's Frankenstein Candy Bucket Auction

Count Zachula · July 04, 2015, 11:40:33 AM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1960-039-s-Glenn-Strange-Frankenstein-Halloween-Candy-Bucket-/181792388714?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255

Wow, under $1000, can you believe it!??! But still, I hope someone out there can shell out this much for a grail like this.

Mord · July 04, 2015, 05:17:26 PM

Nice shape, decent price. I'm really tempted. Thanks for posting.

Count Zachula · July 04, 2015, 07:32:02 PM

I hope someone on the UMA can get it.

Gory Glenn · August 10, 2015, 10:20:37 AM

I'm surprised no one's re-popped these yet considering their popularity.

Monsters For Sale · August 10, 2015, 10:41:04 AM

Quote from: Gory Glenn on August 10, 2015, 10:20:37 AM
I'm surprised no one's re-popped these yet considering their popularity.

That has always puzzled me too.

Uncomplicated, easy to reproduce, much sought after. Seems like a much likelier candidate than the Aurora Gigantic Frankenstein model.

freddie poe · August 10, 2015, 03:13:16 PM

God i hope no one re pros the Frankie bucket, what will happen is that newbies and vets alike will be getting ripped off. every one the planet will believe they have the real thing and some poor sap will pay the price!! i know a lot of UMA members don't mind re pros..... i hate them. i'd rather have nothing than a re pro example.......sorry

Monsters For Sale · August 10, 2015, 03:19:44 PM

Quote from: freddie poe on August 10, 2015, 03:13:16 PM
God i hope no one re pros the Frankie bucket, what will happen is that newbies and vets alike will be getting ripped off. every one the planet will believe they have the real thing and some poor sap will pay the price!! i know a lot of UMA members don't mind re pros..... i hate them. i'd rather have nothing than a re pro example.......sorry

I don't mind extended runs from the original molds - but in different colors. Like the Marxies.

But if it were a copy, I would want tell-tale differences that could not be altered so as to fake an original.

Monster Bob · August 10, 2015, 04:05:48 PM

The whole thing is, whether this piece is worth $200, $500, $600, whatever, it is really no money. If you want to collect this old monster stuff, divvy up and be a player. It's not like it is a $500k sports car that no one can own. Part of the mystique is the age and rarity. It's from a different place in time. It is a relic that should be left alone. To own some look a like is just like a fart in the wind.

Gory Glenn · August 10, 2015, 04:19:52 PM

Quote from: freddie poe on August 10, 2015, 03:13:16 PM
God i hope no one re pros the Frankie bucket, what will happen is that newbies and vets alike will be getting ripped off. every one the planet will believe they have the real thing and some poor sap will pay the price!! i know a lot of UMA members don't mind re pros..... i hate them. i'd rather have nothing than a re pro example.......sorry

Quote from: Monster Bob on August 10, 2015, 04:05:48 PM
The whole thing is, whether this piece is worth $200, $500, $600, whatever, it is really no money. If you want to collect this old monster stuff, divvy up and be a player. It's not like it is a $500k sports car that no one can own. Part of the mystique is the age and rarity. It's from a different place in time. It is a relic that should be left alone. To own some look a like is just like a fart in the wind.

I knew my comment would bring the barbarians to the gate. As King Arthur so eloquently stated in Monty Python and the Holy Grail "RUN AWAY!!"

Monster Bob · August 10, 2015, 06:03:45 PM

Monty Python aside, the whole reason there are collectors of this VINTAGE MONSTER stuff to begin with is this stuff was made way back when. A product of a different era. The "Famous Monsters" years. THIS IS WHY THERE IS A VALUE AND MARKET TO IT TODAY. Please pull your head out of yee ass.

I am glad I could buy the real mccoy before I had to worry that someone might be faking what I was looking for.

To younger collectors who like this 60s Monster stuff but won't spend the money, or think we are crazy, or can't spend the money, I feel sorry for you. As collectors age, this happens in every catagory of olde toy collecting.

It started with mechanical banks, 50+ years ago.

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Gory Glenn · August 10, 2015, 06:12:29 PM

Quote from: Monster Bob on August 10, 2015, 06:03:45 PM

Monty Python aside, the whole reason there are collectors of this MONSTER stuff is this stuff was made way back when. A product of a different era. The "Famous Monsters" years. THAT IS WHY THERE IS A VALUE TO IT. Please pull your head out of yee ass. I am glad I could buy the real mccoy before I had to worry that someone might be faking what I was looking for.

To younger collectors who like this 60s stuff but won't spend the money, or think we are crazy, or can't spend the money, I feel sorry for you. As collectors age, this happens in every catagory of olde toy collecting. And it started with mechanical banks, 50+ years ago.

Wow. We've been thorough this all before. I wasn't even saying someone should re-pop it. All I said was I was surprised someone hasn't by now given the popularity of the piece. Oh, and I'm a 60's monster kid, not some new kid on the block. All I can say is that your avatar is very fitting.

Mord · August 10, 2015, 06:36:10 PM

Whoa...there's really no need to tell a fellow UMAer to "pull your head out of yee ass" (at least Bob said "please", I guess). We can have a difference of opinion without resorting to that. Nobody is going to re-pop the Clinton Strange bucket (and if they did, I'm sure civilization would somehow survive it).

Monsters For Sale · August 10, 2015, 06:47:47 PM

Quote from: Monster Bob on August 10, 2015, 06:03:45 PM
Monty Python aside, the whole reason there are collectors of this VINTAGE MONSTER stuff to begin with is this stuff was made way back when. A product of a different era. The "Famous Monsters" years. THIS IS WHY THERE IS A VALUE AND MARKET TO IT TODAY. Please pull your head out of yee ass.

I am glad I could buy the real mccoy before I had to worry that someone might be faking what I was looking for.

To younger collectors who like this 60s Monster stuff but won't spend the money, or think we are crazy, or can't spend the money, I feel sorry for you. As collectors age, this happens in every catagory of olde toy collecting.

It started with mechanical banks, 50+ years ago. .

"Value" is assigned to a thing because people want it - for whatever reason.

I would like to see a quality-made repop of the Clinton bucket.

There, I said it.

Monster Bob · August 10, 2015, 07:48:51 PM

Quote from: Gory Glenn on August 10, 2015, 06:12:29 PM
Wow. We've been thorough this all before. I wasn't even saying someone should re-pop it. All I said was I was surprised someone hasn't by now given the popularity of the piece. Oh, and I'm a 60's monster kid, not some new kid on the block. All I can say is that your avatar is very fitting.

Thank you for that, but nothing here is directed at anyone, specifically. Someone has to say this- there is a reason obscure things sell at a premium- whether it be comic books, model kits, marbles, classic cars, whatever it is.

To make a repop bucket head would cost thousands of dollars to make- you would need produce a steel mold. You would need to sell hundreds if not thousands of them to pay off the mold, and because no one would be willing to spend more than $10 or $15 on a repopped one, it just cannot happen, and make a profit or even break even. There are not enough people to make the undertaking worthwhile. And that's all there is to it.

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John Pertwee · August 10, 2015, 08:38:33 PM

I have to disagree there. If someone did a Karloff version or a re pop of this version and sold them at retail as a Halloween candy bucket they would sell out. Parents and Grand Parents would buy them up and the kids would think it was The Hulk.

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