Thingmaker and More

Started by gracebuster, February 07, 2009, 06:50:40 AM

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Scatter

I use my Frankenstein terrycloth bib.
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Jethro

Almost makes me feel sorry for kids that didn't grow up in the 60's.
I'll take a Thing Maker or Creepy Crawlers any day over a high tech video game.

SpeedierThantheGrave

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So I thought I would get creative and try giving a shrunken head some hair plugs. I molded in four bundles of string, knotted at the end so the plastic would hold it in better, you can see them from the back.  I'm very happy with the results!


I also made some guts for the Cryptic Skel(e)tons set:
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Gareee

Nice job on the shrunken head. Did you remove one of the pics for some reason though?

SpeedierThantheGrave

#49
Thanks, the thread worked better than I expected.
**Fixed 'em... I accidently deleted them last night. Imgur was being dumb. Sorry about that!
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Hepcat

Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on September 21, 2014, 03:34:50 AMSo I thought I would get creative and try giving a shrunken head some hair plugs.

Nicely done!

Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on September 21, 2014, 03:34:50 AMI also made some guts for the Cryptic Skel(e)tons set:


That's a latter day Creepy Crawlers set from the nineties, is it not?

???
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SpeedierThantheGrave

It is. I think its an even later reissue. In the 90s seven-yr-old me had the Graveyard Ghoulies version.
The Patti-Goop site is an excellent reference for all generations of Creepy Crawler/ Thingmaker sets.

http://www.patti-goop.com/horror.html
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SpeedierThantheGrave

Does anyone know if the Fright Factory originally came with the red or the black cooling tray? I have two nice sets that together should make a really complete set, but one has a red tray and one has a black.  In pictures I see mostly red trays, but on the box the artwork shows a black tray?  Thanks!
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horrorhunter

Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on October 16, 2014, 12:33:28 AM
Does anyone know if the Fright Factory originally came with the red or the black cooling tray? I have two nice sets that together should make a really complete set, but one has a red tray and one has a black.  In pictures I see mostly red trays, but on the box the artwork shows a black tray?  Thanks!
Mine has the red tray. It was restored by John Nettles with all original parts, and sealed.


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Hepcat

Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on October 16, 2014, 12:33:28 AMDoes anyone know if the Fright Factory originally came with the red or the black cooling tray?

The Fright Factory came with whichever tray was handier in the factory that day.

;)
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horrorhunter

Quote from: Hepcat on October 16, 2014, 03:43:51 AM
The Fright Factory came with whichever tray was handier in the factory that day.

;)
That would be my guess as well. This stuff wasn't as exact as we try to make it these days. We care way more about monster collectibles than the manufacturers did back in the day. They were trying to make a buck...we live for this stuff.  :laugh:
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SpeedierThantheGrave

Quote from: Hepcat on October 16, 2014, 03:43:51 AM
The Fright Factory came with whichever tray was handier in the factory that day. ;)

Yeah, that was pretty much my inkling too... "So you concur, doctor?" Thanks guys!
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SpeedierThantheGrave

Quote from: gracebuster on October 28, 2014, 01:37:04 PM
Perhaps this would be the ideal CD to play while the "rubber" is cooking!

Haha I have that one, and the original record store promo poster.  It's a goody if you like garage rock (which I do!). But then Gearhead Records is a great label... I'll upload it if y'all want, the intro track is a vintage Creepy Crawlers ad.
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SpeedierThantheGrave

After a year of ebay searching I finally got a hold of a pretty rare Toymax Mutant Squad set! It's a really cool premise that failed miserably... I believe they came out in 1997, right at the end of the  Toymax run.  There were 6 sets scheduled, and only 3 made it into production.  This one happens to be "Soul Stealah."  The set comes with hard plastic hands, feet, a head, and fronts for the thorax and abdomen.  What you get to make yourself are bendy arms and legs with wire inserts, and the backs of the thorax and abdomen.  There are hard plastic pieces that go inside the body sections to help attach the limbs (The box and all parts bags were factory sealed, yet I had two of one piece and was missing the other [argh, TOYMAX!!!] but was able to bend and manipulate one to suit the purpose.  There are two pairs of 3D molds that screw together.  Accessories include clear plastic wings and two random weapons; a war hammer and a blade. It's a pretty cool little "action figure," but I could see 10yr old me getting annoyed with the inevitable air bubbles in the 3D molds.
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