Check out my Ben Cooper / Collegeville Collection, 80 Masks, UV Glow Pics!

[Spinal Remains]

Hi, here's my Ben Cooper / Collegeville / Halco ect. vintage mask collection. Really didn't realize i had this many till i started taking these pics lol, but i guess there is around 80. One cool thing about these is that they used florescent UV paint so they would be more visible by cars at night, so i took these pics using a UV flashlight to make them glow. I also have the costumes to most of these too, i didn't take pics of them because its a pain to remove them, then fold it up & stuff them back in the box. But if anyone wants to see a costume that goes with a certain mask i can post a pic.   

Row Below: CV Black Cat / BC Gabby the Ghost 1973 / BC Witch 1972 / BC Alien 1979

Row Above: BC Frankenstein Monster / Halco Vampire Bride / BC Wolfman / CV Skeleton

Row Below: BC Dracula 1975 / BC King Kong 1976 / Devil Donald Duck / Halco Satans Bride

Row Above: BC Hairy & Scary Werewolf 1978 / CV Devil Glow in the Dark / BC Hairy & Scary Vampire (girl) 1978 / CV Garbage Pail Kids Rob Slob 1985

Row Below: BC Pirate / BC-Woolworth's Ghost / Halco Gargantua Gorilla / BC Micronauts Baron Karza

Row Above: CV Vampire (Girl} Glow in the Dark / Halco Skeleton /  CV Skeleton / BC Panther

Row Below: Halco Devil / CV Vampire Girl / BC Witch / (unkown) Black Cat

Row Above: Halco Hobo / (unkown) Skeleton  / (unkown) Devil / Halco Clown

Row Below: (unkown) Vampire / Zest Soap Devil / CV Black Cat / BC Wolfman 1966

Row Above: BC Empire Boba Fett 1980 / Bland Charnas Frankenstein Monster / BC Morticia Addams 1965 / CV Clown used in Rob Zombie's Halloween

Row Below: Kusan Skeleton 1974 / Grants Clown / BC Devil / CV Skeleton 

Row Above: CV Humanoid / Halco Frankenstein Monster / CV Rambo 1986 / BC Mummy 1963

Row Below: Kusan Vampire 1974 / CV Freddy Krueger 1987 / (unkown) Devil / Creepy Creatures Skeleton 1983

Row Above: BC Dracula 1978 / BC-Spook Town Frankenstein Monster / Creepy Creatures Witch 1983 / CV Casper

Row Below: BC Frankenstein 1973 / Bland Charnas Skeleton / BC Gremlins Stripe 1984 / BC Owl

Row Above: BC Black Cat /  CV Witch / Bland Charnas Skeleton / BC Hairy & Scary Witch 1980

Row Below: Austin Art Ghoul / CV-Spooky Spooks Mummy 1979 / BC Skeleton / CV Monster (Phantom)

Row Above: CV Frankenstein Monster / CV-Spooky Spooks Devil / Bland Charnas Skeleton / BC Real Ghostbusters Egon 1986

Row Below: BC Hairy & Scary Werewolf 1978 / CV Scarecrow / BC Hairy & Scary Dracula 1978 / CV Ghost 1984

Row Above: Norben (Canada) Dracula / Bland Charnas Space Wars Centaurus / CV Jaws 1975 / Creepy Creatures Dracula 1983


Collegeville Frankenstein Monster:


Collegeville Witch 1984:


Ben Cooper TV Star Frankenstein:



UPDATE 7/13/2022 :
So the collection is still going  here's some of my new monster ones:
(most these pics are off the ebay ads from where i bought them, too lazy to take new ones)

i got these cool vtg hangers for a couple i didn't have boxes for:


WOLFMAN COLLEGEVILLE WEREWOLF :


DRACULA VTG 1966 Ben Cooper


Dracula Monster Squad Collegeville TV Costume 1978


Bride of Frankenstein Collegeville Costume


Devil Ben Cooper Costume / Topstone mask


Lady Dracula Bland Charnas


Lady Lizard Collegeville Costume Spooky Spooks


GREMLINS GIZMO 1984 Ben COOPER


Bela Lugosi Dracula & Ygor Masks by Retro a go go 


Here's some non-horror Movie, TV & Video game characters:

INDIANA JONES Raiders Lost Ark Ben Cooper 1982


Robocop 1987 Collegeville


SKELETOR MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE


Willow Ben Cooper 1988


Sonic Hedgehog Sega 1992 Collegeville


Zelda 1988 Link Nintendo Ben Cooper


Snoopy Peanuts Collegeville 


Monster In My Pocket - Wendigo Collegeville


BATMAN RETURNS COLLEGEVILLE 


BATMAN RETURNS CATWOMAN


BATMAN RETURNS PENGUIN


BART SIMPSON 1990 Ben Cooper


Raphael TMNT Ninja Turtle 1988 Collegeville


Bucky O'Hare Vintage 1991 Collegeville


E.T. Collegeville 1982



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[Hepcat]

Oh wow! What a fantastic collection! Those masks look eye-poppingly fabulous.

 

Can you post a list identifying each mask by manufacturer and character plus year of issue (if you have any idea) though?

 

I can fairly quickly identify these:

A2 - Ben Cooper Ghost
A3 - Ben Cooper Witch
B3 - Ben Cooper Wolfman
B4 - Ben Cooper Spook Town Skeleton
C3 - Ben Cooper Donald Duck
F1 - Collegeville Vampire Girl
F3 - Collegeville Skeleton
G2 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Vampire Girl
G3 - Ben Cooper Witch
I2 - Ben Cooper Devil
J4 - Collegeville Clown
K4 - Collegeville Skeleton
L4 - Ben Cooper Mummy
N4 - Collegeville Casper
O2 - Ben Cooper Spook Town Skeleton
P1 - Ben Cooper Black Cat
Q2 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Mummy
R1 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Frankenstein
S4 - Collegeville Ghost
T3 - Collegeville Jaws

The fact that each company produced so many variants of each kind of mask over the years makes it really difficult to identify many of these masks with absolute certainty. For example mask B1 looks almost exactly like one of the Ben Cooper Frankenstein ones I've seen but your mask has a big bolt right at the hairline which I've not seen on the others.

 

[Sir Masksalot]

Can you post a list identifying each mask by manufacturer and character plus year of issue ?

I wouldn't mind seeing such a list myself since I never could tell which from tother as Hepcat already knows. 

They look like effects in a dark ride with all that day-glo color. Thanks for the great pics, SpinalRemains.
If you take anymore, include one of the A L I E N 's costume from that top row.

[Spinal Remains]

(*at*)Hepcat: thanks, i can post the names & maker for most of these, it might take awhile theirs 80 of them lol. the year made is really hard to know, the box & mask usually never say but sometimes the costumes have a copyright year on them

(*at*)maskalot:


^kinda goofy image on it  don't think Giger would be pleased

[darkmonkeygod]

kinda goofy image on it  don't think Giger would be pleased

A bit off topic and a rather sad, but it is announced today that the fellow who illustrated so many of the Ben Cooper costumes, Frank Romano, has died.

http://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/ben-cooper-artist-frank-romano-passes-away-at-age-97/

[Doh!]

Such weird timing: I just read that Ben Cooper book!

Spinal Remains, that's a great collection -- and what a clever way to do the photos! Thanks for sharing.

[Spinal Remains]

Okay, i updated the post with names, brand & year (if known) BC=Ben Cooper / CV=Collegeville

[Hepcat]

Yay! Thank you!

I can fairly quickly identify these:

A2 - Ben Cooper Ghost
A3 - Ben Cooper Witch
B3 - Ben Cooper Wolfman
B4 - Ben Cooper Spook Town Skeleton
C3 - Ben Cooper Donald Duck
F1 - Collegeville Vampire Girl
F3 - Collegeville Skeleton
G2 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Vampire Girl
G3 - Ben Cooper Witch
I2 - Ben Cooper Devil (Should be Zest Soap although those were made by Ben Cooper.)
J4 - Collegeville Clown
K4 - Collegeville Skeleton
L4 - Ben Cooper Mummy
N4 - Collegeville Casper
O2 - Ben Cooper Spook Town Skeleton
P1 - Ben Cooper Black Cat
Q2 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Mummy
R1 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Frankenstein
S4 - Collegeville Ghost
T3 - Collegeville Jaws

So I misidentified the masks I've highlighted in red. The skull masks are tough!

 

[Hepcat]

Such weird timing: I just read that Ben Cooper book!

The book though is precisely what bumped up these discussions on old Ben Cooper and Collegeville costumes which prompted Spinal Remains to post pictures of his collection!

 

Incidentally, does the book indicate what year Ben Cooper began adding glow-in-the-dark elements to its costumes? I don't remember glow-in-the-dark features in my trick-or-treating years pre-1965.

 

[marsattacks666]

Great collection Spinal Remains

[Spinal Remains]

(*at*)Hepcat the Devil Donald is Ben Cooper, so you guessed right



the picture on this costume is great 

[Hepcat]

(*at*)Hepcat the Devil Donald is Ben Cooper, so you guessed right.

Yay! I knew Ben Cooper had the Walt Disney licence.

the picture on this costume is great 

Oh I agree. It's fabulous!

 

[Hepcat]

Hi, here's my Ben Cooper / Collegeville / Halco ect. vintage mask collection.

Row Below: CV Black Cat / BC Gabby the Ghost 1973 / BC Witch 1972 / BC Alien 1979

Row Above: BC Frankenstein Monster / Halco Vampire Bride / BC Wolfman / CV Skeleton

The skull mask from your Collegeville skeleton costume looks very similar to this Ben Cooper one:

Row Below: BC Frankenstein 1973 / Bland Charnas Skeleton / BC Gremlins Stripe 1984 / BC Owl

Row Above: BC Black Cat /  CV Witch / Bland Charnas Skeleton / BC Hairy & Scary Witch 1980

And the skull mask from your Bland Charnas skeleton costume looks very similar to this Ben Cooper one:



 

[Doh!]

"Incidentally, does the book indicate what year Ben Cooper began adding glow-in-the-dark elements to its costumes? I don't remember glow-in-the-dark features in my trick-or-treating years pre-1965."


Sorry, Hepcat, but the book isn't that detailed. The chapters are broken down by genre of costume and don't really go into the minutiae of the pieces.

[Spinal Remains]

(*at*)Hepcat: All my info probably isn't 100% accurate, i bought most these costumes used off ebay, so some people probably put the wrong skull mask with the wrong box sometimes, or just threw in any mask they could find. iv also seen some Ben Cooper & Collegeville masks that look nearly identical to each other.