Hepcat, GREAT STORY!!! I'm sure, like many of us here, we all parallel in many aspects with similar memories, being born in 1954, I can surely attest to those 'good old days'! Some of us were born earlier, some later, but for all of us, at one time or another, "Monsters" actually dominated us, to our childhood delight.
Palifin, Superb story!!!
Earliest memory for me was actually watching "Roland"(Zacherley), on TV in 1959 which was probably a Halloween special with Dick Clark.
Since I was usually inside, this is where my love of model kits actually developed, I built them all, the Aurora monsters, the Aurora, Revell, AMT, Pyro, Lindberg, MPC, Monogram planes, cars, ships, figures, and everything else there was at the time which was in model kit form.
But, alas, those early days took a real toll on me, my parents used to fight a lot, argue about many things, and this is when I realized what Alcoholism was, my dad suffered from it, and believe me, my memories of this are not good. I sought the sanctuary of my Grandparents house where I stayed during my Summer vacations from school, and it was here that I could have any monster item I wanted, and it just blossomed into pure monster heaven for me. Actually, when I look back, it was probably the best "escape" there was for me, to get away from it all as a kid, nothing comes close to the joy I felt with all the movies, tv, model kits, magazines and toys there was to be had during the true monster craze of the times.
Loved reading your journey to monster fandom Hepcat.... I can now see where you get all your knowledge on old monster toys from and always enjoy seeing what you've posted in other topics on here.
I was never an amazing artist but was quite good with model kits and sculpting so became first a sculptor and prop maker on Stop Motion features and then continued as a Stop Motion animator (which is something I've specialized in for the last 20 years). I guess watching all the Ray Harryhausen re-runs that were on TV as I grew up gave me the Stop Mo bug, that and seeing the Taun Tauns and AT AT's from ESB animated by Phil Tippet, it gave me the inspiration to pursue a career in something along those lines.
...Horror has always had a special place in my heart.
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