I've seen this decal in ads for the Renzi mobile before, but I thought the common wisdom was that it was not actually adhered to the cars that were sold...
What a find.
My prediction? that is going to be one expensive decal...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-J-Renzi-MONSTER-MOBILE-1964-All-Original-w-RARE-Decal-Vintage-Blowmold-/191369456984?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c8e822d58 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-J-Renzi-MONSTER-MOBILE-1964-All-Original-w-RARE-Decal-Vintage-Blowmold-/191369456984?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c8e822d58)
ok everybody all at once now....*right click* :)
Never thought I'd see one of those! And yes, I did right click! ;D Thanks so much for the heads up, Matt!
I was amazed when I saw this auction, but know I won't come anywhere close to winning it. And immediately right clicked myself! Nice big picture there! What a find!
I knew it came with the sticker from the many i had as a kid..just living 20 minutes from the Renzi factory where my aunt Lucy worked. ....they obviously were not meant to stay on.....great to see one with the sticker after all these years! very ghoul............!!!
Ha! Photoshop and a few minutes = Renzi Monster Car Decal!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_5711_zps494f1c8a.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_5712_zps65e934e5.jpg)
Not quite sure how the decal would have originally been applied......there is a raised line of plastic in the molding where I thought it would have been applied to the door. It has no chance of laying flat in the door area....and yet the view given of the backside of decal leads me to believe it made good contact with the Monster Mobile when applied....hum........
I appears that this is more like a sticker, than a model kit type of wet transferred decal. It also looks like somebody cut it down from what was probably a rectangle.
According to the photos and seller's description the obvious sticker residue is only on the passenger side of the car. The seller is unclear as to whether or not there were stickers on both sides of the Monster Mobiles. Of course it could have varied greatly on what was then cheap toys. Certainly not cheap now.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/ODQ5WDE2MDA=/z/DgMAAOSwF1dUOI1s/$_57.JPG)
It's a little weird that a Brontosaurus is on the lower right side of the sticker. I know dinosaurs were called "monsters" on some '60s toys but you would think there would be something more standard represented with those bats like a skull for example. And, yeah, I know "Brontosaurus" never really existed according to modern paleontology (it's Apatosaurus), but in the Monsterkid '60s the toys were labeled as "Brontosaurus" so that's correct concerning the toys.
It's also strange that there is no flat smooth area for the sticker,like the Haunted Hulk sail for example. It was either poor planning or the sticker is suspect. And, it does look trimmed, as Mike mentioned. It could still be legit and just be thrown on at the last minute in the Renzi manufacturing process. Cheap toys in the '60s are infamous for slapdash quality control which only adds to their charm for weirdos like us. ;D
Seems to only lead to more questions about the Monster Car decal............
Quote from: horrorhunter on October 13, 2014, 06:39:23 PM
... And, yeah, I know "Brontosaurus" never really existed according to modern paleontology (it's Apatosaurus), but in the Monsterkid '60s the toys were labeled as "Brontosaurus" so that's correct concerning the toys.
I'm too old (and stubborn) to change. For me there will always be a Brontosaurus and Pluto will always be a planet.
Lucky I was born after that whole Piltdown Man hassle was already settled.
How long before someone is selling replacement "Monster Mobile" stickers on eBay?
I'm less jealous of the sticker, than I am of the fact that he has Pink Frankenstein/Gargoyle and Green Wolfman/Mummy
I would like to have that variant... I have owned three separate Renzi cars over the years, and they have always had the exact opposite color scheme
Matt
Quote from: freddie poe on October 13, 2014, 09:56:46 AMI knew it came with the sticker from the many i had as a kid..just living 20 minutes from the Renzi factory where my aunt Lucy worked. ....they obviously were not meant to stay on.....great to see one with the sticker after all these years!
Did the Renzi mobiles you remember come with only the one sticker? Where was the sticker, or stickers, attached? On the passenger side door or elsewhere?
???
Id say one sticker as far as i can remember but anything was possible back in those days. Two of my aunts worked at Renzi and Come Play Plastics which was a local (Worcester) blow plastic factory. Renzi was italian and a lot of italian people worked there. Renzi Jr. is still around and has some of the old molds but not the monster mobile because i asked him about it. the mold was destroyed. He has the King Kong Bank mold still. Also. Matt! i have the opposite version of you... i have hot pink Frankie & mint green wolfman. But i also have black wheels!
Quote from: freddie poe on October 14, 2014, 03:09:37 PM
Id say one sticker as far as i can remember but anything was possible back in those days. Two of my aunts worked at Renzi and Come Play Plastics which was a local (Worcester) blow plastic factory. Renzi was italian and a lot of italian people worked there. Renzi Jr. is still around and has some of the old molds but not the monster mobile because i asked him about it. the mold was destroyed. He has the King Kong Bank mold still. Also. Matt! i have the opposite version of you... i have hot pink Frankie & mint green wolfman. But i also have black wheels!
I have all-black wheels too!
Quote from: mjaycox on October 14, 2014, 09:49:48 PM
I have all-black wheels too!
and again! i had them with both black & white wheels as a monster kid in the early 60s....... BUT i will say i have seen more white wheel versions than black.....
It went for $1,875.00! Someone is very happy today.
The sticker is too big, so they may have stopped putting it on cars at the factory early on. That means someone that worked there might have saved a box of stickers from the dumpster. Could be sitting in their damp basement or leaky attic right now.
//ctrl,alt, end fantasy time::
The average Renzi price, a few recent cases notwithstanding, is around $650-800.
This car went for $1875
Therefore, my question is answered: that is a $1000 dollar sticker.
For THAT price, a sticker better Scratch and Sniff ME, not the other way around!
Matt
I'm probably one of those notwithstanding cases, but I had to shell out $1,500 for mine. Like this one with its sticker, mine has a unique feature that sets it apart from other Renzi monster cars – it has orange monsters. I've never seen another with genuine orange monsters. A nice Halloween orange. And like this one with the sticker, the auction for the one with orange monsters was highly "publicized." By the time the auction closed, we already had pages of posts about it. A unique feature + lots of online buzz = high closing price.
Does anyone know what the original packaging was for these cars?
Quote from: monsterjoe on October 21, 2014, 09:45:50 PM
Does anyone know what the original packaging was for these cars?
I'm gonna guess it didn't have any. And I'll bet I have a 50/50 chance of being right! ;D
I had a bid for $1,500 in for this car, and I already own one (thanks to an awesome fellow UMA member) It was worth that to me for the only known example with a sticker. And it had opposite colored monsters.
Quote from: Mike Scott on October 21, 2014, 10:21:09 PM
I'm gonna guess it didn't have any. And I'll bet I have a 50/50 chance of being right! ;D
Some of the other renzi blowmold cars came bagged with header cards. ive seen an ambulance with a Dr Kildare card and a blowmold phone by renzi. So it could be possible. I would love to see the art on one if it existed...
Quote from: frankenstein73 on October 22, 2014, 12:27:57 AM
Some of the other renzi blowmold cars came bagged with header cards.
Of course, there's also a 50/50 chance that I'm wrong! :(
I'd love to see that header card, too! :)
You all may be on to something and maybe not. the ones i got from my aunt who worked at Renzi's did not bring me home freshly packaged items...most of them were throw aways with mold flaws etc. that's why i say i had a LOT of them back in the day because my aunt knew i loved this s**t and when she saw them discarded she would take them home to me. When i saw them at stores i would swear they were (despite their size) bin toys in big wire baskets. but then again I'm 59 this week and have been hit in the head a million times.... But i do remember the past better than the present. but the monster moblie sticker very well could have been on a plastic coating but i don't remember such packaging....
Well "Happy Gonna Be Your Birthday This Week", Freddie! Hope you are surrounded by monsters! Of course why should your birthday be any different than any other day. All monsters all the time!
Quote from: freddie poe on October 22, 2014, 01:59:44 PM
You all may be on to something and maybe not. the ones i got from my aunt who worked at Renzi's did not bring me home freshly packaged items...most of them were throw aways with mold flaws etc. that's why i say i had a LOT of them back in the day because my aunt knew i loved this s**t and when she saw them discarded she would take them home to me. When i saw them at stores i would swear they were (despite their size) bin toys in big wire baskets. but then again I'm 59 this week and have been hit in the head a million times.... But i do remember the past better than the present. but the monster moblie sticker very well could have been on a plastic coating but i don't remember such packaging....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAN!
Quoteand again! i had them with both black & white wheels as a monster kid in the early 60s....... BUT i will say i have seen more white wheel versions than black.....
Still not difficult to have both versions....one car. Renzi did several toys using the same wheels......I display mine with big white wheels both front and back...just my preference.
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_5939_zpsee41c54d.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_5940_zps577f8e53.jpg)
Cool! How long have you had the decal? Did you buy it with the car?
???
Hep, I bought the Monster Car with both sets of wheels and the decal in 1955 at the gift shop on the top floor of the Empire State Building....when I was 2 1/2. Ha! No no no......the thread has been about the decal showing up on an E-bay auction.....afew posts back I credited my decal to that auction and my use of Photoshop...ha! Or was it the gift shop at Disney World in 1949? I may be confused...ha!
Or I may just be going crazy......
Quote from: bigbud on November 12, 2014, 09:22:37 PM...a few posts back I credited my decal to that auction and my use of Photoshop...ha!
Wasn't that way back last month though?
???
QuoteWasn't that way back last month though?
Maybe....I just watched X-men Days of Future Past.....my concept of time is alittle messed up....
Are we all pretty much in agreement that the decal was originally rectangular? And that this is a cut-away example of how it originally was?
Quote from: bigbud on November 13, 2014, 05:34:28 PM
Are we all pretty much in agreement that the decal was originally rectangular? And that this is a cut-away example of how it originally was?
I would think so. If it's die-cut, it's pretty weird. If I were making a copy to put on a car, I'd make it a rectangle.
I'm with ya Mike....rectangle it is. Still mystifies me as to how it was applied with that ridge running along the side doors.....
Its not a rectangle in the advertisement, it looks just like this one.
The car doesn't appear to be able to accommodate a sticker of that size. It looks like a cut-down header card to me, especially with the extra information on it. Item numbers and copyright information are usually put on packaging and somewhere on the toy mold, not on a decorative sticker. The stickers for my Haunted Hulk, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea vehicles, or Hamilton's Invaders toys don't have any of that extra information.
QuoteIts not a rectangle in the advertisement, it looks just like this one.
Hi ya Frankie73, my old G I Joe buddy! Hey...could you point out the advertisement you mention. I must have missed it somehow....Bud
Quote from: horrorhunter on November 13, 2014, 06:00:38 PM
The car doesn't appear to be able to accommodate a sticker of that size. It looks like a cut-down header card to me, especially with the extra information on it. Item numbers and copyright information are usually put on packaging and somewhere on the toy mold, not on a decorative sticker. The stickers for my Haunted Hulk, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea vehicles, or Hamilton's Invaders toys don't have any of that extra information.
Me thinks you have a good theory, there...
For what it's worth guys those cars came in a cello wrapping....the sticker was on the cello wrap.
Quote from: monsterjoe on November 13, 2014, 09:23:13 PM
For what it's worth guys those cars came in a cello wrapping....the sticker was on the cello wrap.
Ah Ha! So, they never went on the car! This makes perfect sense, to me!
I'm assuming you know this for a fact and it's not just something your heard? (I could be something your heard, from an indisputable source.)
Quote from: monsterjoe on November 13, 2014, 09:23:13 PM
For what it's worth guys those cars came in a cello wrapping....the sticker was on the cello wrap.
Hey, wait a minute! Aren't you the guy that said "Does anyone know what the original packaging was for these cars?" a few pages back?
That's what I'm wondering about as well.
???
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=20260.30 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=20260.30)
Quote from: bigbud on November 13, 2014, 06:15:39 PM
Hi ya Frankie73, my old G I Joe buddy! Hey...could you point out the advertisement you mention. I must have missed it somehow....Bud
Hi Buddy!
Here's the post it was originally put in. about halfway down the page. The general had blown up the individual ad and you could see the odd shape of the sticker if I remember correctly, now his picture is gone...I saved it somewhere, just have to find where?
Quote from: monsterjoe on October 21, 2014, 09:45:50 PM
Does anyone know what the original packaging was for these cars?
You do, apparently!
Quote from: Mike Scott on November 13, 2014, 10:54:51 PM
Hey, wait a minute! Aren't you the guy that said "Does anyone know what the original packaging was for these cars?" a few pages back?
Yes I did..I was figuring someone else on this board new about the packaging and could spill the beans so to speak.
Huh? But why wait for someone else to do it? Tell us what you know.
???
Quote from: monsterjoe on November 13, 2014, 09:23:13 PM
For what it's worth guys those cars came in a cello wrapping....the sticker was on the cello wrap.
i agree with monster joe...
Quote from: frankenstein73 on November 14, 2014, 02:02:34 AM
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Hi Buddy!
Here's the post it was originally put in. about halfway down the page. The general had blown up the individual ad and you could see the odd shape of the sticker if I remember correctly, now his picture is gone...I saved it somewhere, just have to find where?
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7084/img001ue.jpg)
Just click on the pic for the large view. I can't see any edges of the sticker. I does show the sticker on the car, but there's no way to tell if they were ever shipped out that way. Some times things change from ad to store. It's a mystery yet to be solved! :)
Quote from: monsterjoe on November 14, 2014, 08:47:17 AM
Yes I did..I was figuring someone else on this board new about the packaging and could spill the beans so to speak.
I'm still not sure whether you do, or don't know, for a fact, that the sticker was on the wrapper? It's all good either way, but I just wanted to know what it is you're saying. In other words, I'm confused!
Quote from: Ghost on November 14, 2014, 10:58:29 AM
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They might have just trimmed down the sticker and put it on the side of the car for the purpose of showing it in the ad. The surface of the car sides aren't flat and don't look like they were originally meant to accommodate a sticker. The sticker was probably on the packaging originally, whether it was a cello bag or header card. We agonize over details as collectors that ad guys didn't take as seriously for cheap toys back in '60s. They just got it done and moved on to the next. Us twisted monster collectors have elevated their status to high art. All of this is supposition on my part in regards to the Renzi Monster Car, but based on similar toys I saw/bought as a '60s Monster Kid and chased back down as a current Monster Kid.
Aw...the mystery continues. Let me say this....to gather both sets of black and white wheels in both large and small size it was necessary for me to purchase several Renzi large blowmold items. 2 of those Renzi items had stickers attached to them. My bet is the Renzi Monster Car did come with the sticker attached. The auction that started this conversation clearly shows glue residue on one side of the car's door panel....also....when super-sizing the catalog ad which contained the Monster Car it is very visible that the decal molds over the protruding ridge on the car door...it is definitely stuck on. Plus consider this....the Renzi blowmold items that I have purchased, including the Monster Car are large. Some very large. And very cheap...originally. I just can't believe they were individually wrapped. It would be enough of a nightmare for a retailer to find space to display several Renzi items....but add to that having them wrapped? Not a picture I can believe in. I'm gonna be good with doing another decal with Mike's template in a rectangular shape and call it good enough....
The car had sticker residue on it on the drivers side in the auction didn't it? am I imagining that? The sticker had a sticky side. And looked just like a 60's sticker.
It was a cheap blowmold toy, made in the 60's... I'm sure they were real worried if the sticker would stay on the car. Probably not...
Its very obvious it isn't part of a header card, its a sticker. And I will believe the cello wrap statement when I see one, OK maybe two.
All evidence in my opinion points to the car ( at least at one point) was released with a sticker on it.....we have an advertisement showing one. An auction with one. But yes we also have More cars without one than we can count, maybe they all fell off? Maybe the renzi company stopped putting them on after the initial release? Who knows...
We must've posted at the same time buddy, i should've just put. Yeah, what buddy said! :laugh:
ill ask A (Anthony) J Renzi Jr. what he remembers if anything...? next time i see him in Leominster area....
Quote from: horrorhunter on November 14, 2014, 02:25:54 PMThey might have just trimmed down the sticker and put it on the side of the car for the purpose of showing it in the ad. The surface of the car sides aren't flat and don't look like they were originally meant to accommodate a sticker. The sticker was probably on the packaging originally, whether it was a cello bag or header card. We agonize over details as collectors that ad guys didn't take as seriously for cheap toys back in '60s. They just got it done and moved on to the next. Us twisted monster collectors have elevated their status to high art. All of this is supposition on my part in regards to the Renzi Monster Car, but based on similar toys I saw/bought as a '60s Monster Kid and chased back down as a current Monster Kid.
Quote from: bigbud on November 14, 2014, 02:45:32 PM
Aw...the mystery continues. Let me say this....to gather both sets of black and white wheels in both large and small size it was necessary for me to purchase several Renzi large blowmold items. 2 of those Renzi items had stickers attached to them. My bet is the Renzi Monster Car did come with the sticker attached. The auction that started this conversation clearly shows glue residue on one side of the car's door panel....also....when super-sizing the catalog ad which contained the Monster Car it is very visible that the decal molds over the protruding ridge on the car door...it is definitely stuck on. Plus consider this....the Renzi blowmold items that I have purchased, including the Monster Car are large. Some very large. And very cheap...originally. I just can't believe they were individually wrapped. It would be enough of a nightmare for a retailer to find space to display several Renzi items....but add to that having them wrapped? Not a picture I can believe in.
Quote from: frankenstein73 on November 14, 2014, 03:03:08 PM
The car had sticker residue on it on the drivers side in the auction didn't it? am I imagining that? The sticker had a sticky side. And looked just like a 60's sticker.
It was a cheap blowmold toy, made in the 60's... I'm sure they were real worried if the sticker would stay on the car. Probably not...
Its very obvious it isn't part of a header card, its a sticker. And I will believe the cello wrap statement when I see one, OK maybe two.
All evidence in my opinion points to the car ( at least at one point) was released with a sticker on it.....we have an advertisement showing one. An auction with one. But yes we also have More cars without one than we can count, maybe they all fell off? Maybe the renzi company stopped putting them on after the initial release? Who knows...
All interesting and valid points.
cl:)
Quote from: freddie poe on November 14, 2014, 04:08:22 PMill ask A (Anthony) J Renzi Jr. what he remembers if anything...? next time i see him in Leominster area....
Yes, please do! And ask him whether he has any boxes of leftover Renzi Monster Mobiles to give away because they're just taking up valuable storage space.
;)
What is so cool is that we have ourselves an example of the Monster Car Sticker. I made mine just on reg printer paper and cut it out. Any suggestions on where or how to get one made on real sticker material? Something I can do on my own computer printer?
Ask at Staples or a similar store. They should be able to sell you something.
:)
Fellow Renzi Monster Car owners! Armed with Mike Scott's beautiful visual of the newly discovered Renzi decal I had a professional print shop do me a sheet of Monster Car stickers. They are 2"x4" and are gorgeous! There is a slight white border on each sticker that needs to be cut away before applying the decal. I am keeping 2 or these for my personal Monster Car and will gladly mail one of the rest to any UMA owner of a Renzi Monster Car....just send me your full name and address. We are family....I'd like to share with you, and again, these are absolutely beautiful! Bud
Oh...the wife has a trimmer/cutter if anyone wants me to trim the slight white border off....
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_5955_zps8ffc4414.jpg)
Quote from: bigbud on November 17, 2014, 06:20:42 PM
I had a professional print shop do me a sheet of Monster Car stickers.
Looks awesome! :)
Bud, you are a true gentleman & friend! I wish I had the car to take you up on the kind offer.
Mord, old friend, you want one, you got one. Just send me your addr. in a personal message.....Bud
Ladies and gentlemen, I hate repros...usually in any form.....but this sticker is sensational! Check it out! So nice I had to have one on both sides...ha!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_5956_zps5385273c.jpg)
Quote from: bigbud on November 17, 2014, 10:28:56 PM
Mord, old friend, you want one, you got one. Just send me your addr. in a personal message.....Bud
Thank you for the kind offer, but I'd rather they go to those that need them.
That is truly cool....can't wait to add it to mine! Thanks buddy!
Quote from: bigbud on November 17, 2014, 11:30:14 PMLadies and gentlemen, I hate repros...usually in any form.....but this sticker is sensational! Check it out! So nice I had to have one on both sides...ha!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_5956_zps5385273c.jpg)
Man, now that is style!
8)
SO cool....
The stickers look great.
I'm not into repops either but on some of those 50 year old plus toys a really accurately reproduced sticker isn't a bad thing. The decades are tough on some of those stickers. I went that route with my Haunted Hulk because the sail I purchased was missing the stickers and the new ones I put on made it look like it did back in 1963.
Quote from: bigbud on November 17, 2014, 11:30:14 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, I hate repros...usually in any form.....but this sticker is sensational!
I hope those are low-tack stickers.
Yes...definitely low-tack.....they grip and are secure, but would easily be removed. One set still un-claimed.......Mike S.?
Quote from: bigbud on November 19, 2014, 08:37:06 PM
One set still un-claimed.......Mike S.?
Maybe somebody with a car will still want one. A jpg is good enough for me! :laugh:
Thanks to Big Bud, here is my Renzi Car...Awesome!
This car is "as bought" thirty some years ago. Tires are "as factory". One example of it, anyway.
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g107/backlotcharlie/IMG_3082_zps2005fa96.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/backlotcharlie/media/IMG_3082_zps2005fa96.jpg.html)
any left....?
Here's my Renzi mobile with its nice replacement stickers courtesy of bigbud. I owe you one buddy!
I noticed when I went to put the sticker on the passenger side there was old glue residue along the topside of where the sticker would go, and it was about the same length as the new sticker, never even noticed it before, crazy!
Mine is the black tire version as well, but i have an extra set of whitewalls with little front wheels if i decide i want to change it out.
i noticed i have opposite color monsters than buddy and monster bob.
And i personally have to let Frankie drive, i mean c'mon!
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7498/15229789613_985b42f70b_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pcNDRx)20141122_012631 (https://flic.kr/p/pcNDRx) by j-raysjunkyard (https://www.flickr.com/people/63416324(*at*)N02/), on Flickr
notice DRAC checkin out the new paint......
You guy's Monster Cars are lookin good! What an absolute mind-bending treat to have that sticker image show up after all these year!
thanks BIG BUD! i sent you my address for a sticker! owe ya one Bro!
Quote from: frankenstein73 on November 22, 2014, 02:46:51 AMAnd i personally have to let Frankie drive, i mean c'mon!
Being the oldest, shouldn't the Mummy drive?
???
The only way he will drive Is sitting backwards, he is a bit reckless.
Hmmmmm. At his age is eyesight may not be up to the task of driving either.
:-\
Yes , not to mention no depth perception with only one eye.
Frankie drives my rig....
Only 1 bidder wanted this empty car:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301437206249?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT (http://www.ebay.com/itm/301437206249?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)
Is $150 a good deal?
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on December 19, 2014, 02:07:46 PM
Only 1 bidder wanted this empty car:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301437206249?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT (http://www.ebay.com/itm/301437206249?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)
Is $150 a good deal?
Isn't that just a Renzi Hot Rod?
I don't have one and don't know much about them, but weren't the Monster Mobiles all very dark blue?
Quote from: horrorhunter on December 19, 2014, 02:32:35 PM
Isn't that just a Renzi Hot Rod?
I usually think of the Renzi "Hot Rod" as the coupe (one seat). I don't think I've ever seen the 2 seat in light blue, before. Don't the figures pop into holes in the seats? (No holes.)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8265/8605469912_04f219c72d_o.jpg)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/HmsAAOSwaNBUizxL/$_57.JPG)
Same mold, same wheels. But different color, and yes it has the floorboards cutout for figures to sit in. And no center holes punched for the blowmold figures in the seat. I have pictures of mine loaded up with monsters in the other renzi car thread.
this is the version someone on ebay painted black and put recast resin figures in and sold for $800.
It's just a two seater version of a blue hot rod, which is common. It was always a $20-$35 item, and I myself would not be a buyer, even at that.
The Monster Car itself is not what I would call "rare"...they used to pop up very regularly at shows and such, usually priced at $45-$75. I saw large numbers of them over the years that were in the stream for sale. Unfortunately, with forums such as this, knowledge gets spread, and so more collectors want them, dealers hoard them, low end dealers keep them, etc. The same thing happened with the Halloween Bucket Head, which everyone but a few would shun for $250 just a few years back.
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I paid $35 for my light blue one just for the tires. But then I realized my ahi figures fit in it perfectly so now it stays just the way it is, loaded with monsters.
I would say its worth whatever someone wants to pay. But I wouldnt pay over $50 myself.
And I definately wouldn't buy the fake one that was made.
But if you dont want to pay $1,500 to $2,000 for a real monster mobile this is a cheap alternative. And it helped me cope until I found my monster mobile!
Quote from: Monster Bob on December 19, 2014, 04:01:03 PM
It's just a two seater version of a blue hot rod, which is common. It was always a $20-$35 item, and I myself would not be a buyer, even at that.
The Monster Car itself is not what I would call "rare"...they used to pop up very regularly at shows and such, usually priced at $45-$75. I saw large numbers of them over the years that were in the stream for sale. Unfortunately, with forums such as this, knowledge gets spread, and so more collectors want them, dealers hoard them, low end dealers keep them, etc. The same thing happened with the Halloween Bucket Head, which everyone but a few would shun for $250 just a few years back.
True enough I saw lots of them over the years , usually sold in the $75 - $125 area I recall when I had both the large Munster Car in the Display Box and the Loose Monster car I decided to Keep the Munsters car due to its TV tie in and orig packaging, also in my opinion it was much rarer
Quote from: frankenstein73 on December 19, 2014, 04:44:32 PMI paid $35 for my light blue one just for the tires. But then I realized my ahi figures fit in it perfectly so now it stays just the way it is, loaded with monsters.
I think that would look boss cool!
8)
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=25708.45 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=25708.45)
heres some pic's of mine in the lincoln thread
and this is an older pic I had
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7131/7066475969_c95c9fa000_b.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63416324(*at*)N02/7066475969/)
100_7999 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63416324(*at*)N02/7066475969/) by j-raysjunkyard (https://www.flickr.com/people/63416324(*at*)N02/), on Flickr
I like the Ghost of Captain Kidd in the front seat, wielding his cutlass like some drunken bounder, back from the dead!
Quote from: frankenstein73 on December 19, 2014, 04:44:32 PM
But if you dont want to pay $1,500 to $2,000 for a real monster mobile this is a cheap alternative. And it helped me cope until I found my monster mobile!
I'm so glad you have one now! That car was totally looking for the right home, and I'm glad it found yours!
Matt
Quote from: frankenstein73 on December 19, 2014, 10:56:31 PMand this is an older pic I had
Huh? Just the one, and a four seat sedan? No, what you need is two different hot rod coupes for your monsters so that they can do some street racing on the main drag! Complete with the Bride or Victim holding the starting flag! Now
that would be a wild setup.
8)
Where can I get repo monsters for the sedan. Just scored one for $7 at the Tulsa Flea Market. CHERRY!! Light blue with same sized black wheels. Does anyone sell the decals?
THANKS SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH. Printed my set out with printer lacking red making the label look like glow-in-the-dark! 8)
Show us a pic! :)
Its appears to be Listed on ebay....... :o
Quote from: frankenstein73 on March 25, 2018, 05:13:39 PM
Its appears to be Listed on ebay....... :o
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/789/40974152072_cb842a921d_c.jpg)
https://tinyurl.com/y7lgkcml
Quote from: frankenstein73 on March 25, 2018, 05:13:39 PM
Its appears to be Listed on ebay....... :o
So it does....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Renzi-Monster-Mobile-Sedan-Car-1964-Universal-Monsters-Frankenstein-Wolf-Man/123041169769?hash=item1ca5d34169:g:CHEAAOSwjXVauBWV (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Renzi-Monster-Mobile-Sedan-Car-1964-Universal-Monsters-Frankenstein-Wolf-Man/123041169769?hash=item1ca5d34169:g:CHEAAOSwjXVauBWV)
Quote from: frankenstein73 on December 19, 2014, 04:44:32 PMI paid $35 for my light blue one just for the tires.
I would say its worth whatever someone wants to pay. But I wouldnt pay over $50 myself.
Hmmmmm....
cl:)
Quote from: frankenjack on March 24, 2018, 10:27:17 PMWhere can I get repo monsters for the sedan. Just scored one for $7 at the Tulsa Flea Market. CHERRY!!
But only for the profit potential I take it....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Renzi-Monster-Mobile-Sedan-Car-1964-Universal-Monsters-Frankenstein-Wolf-Man/123041169769?hash=item1ca5d34169:g:CHEAAOSwjXVauBWV (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Renzi-Monster-Mobile-Sedan-Car-1964-Universal-Monsters-Frankenstein-Wolf-Man/123041169769?hash=item1ca5d34169:g:CHEAAOSwjXVauBWV)
::)
in the words of Sally, Charlie Brown's brother....I only want what coming to me! :angel:
Quote from: frankenjack on March 25, 2018, 07:58:58 PM
in the words of Sally, Charlie Brown's brother.
He's a confused young man.
I love it when I can find something for $10 that's worth so much more, but I wouldn't pop up on a forum saying I bought it for $10 when I use the same picture on ebay.
Nothing wrong with buying something I don't really want dirt cheap and selling it for a huge profit. (I just turn around and spend the money paying going market price for one of my grails.)
While I am not secretive about what I buy things for, I wouldn't rub it in the face of prospective buyers. If they ask, I don't mind telling them the truth.
My best buy was a wooden jigsaw puzzle. I knew it was a bargain at $5.00, but I didn't know it was collectible until I looked it up on eBay 'cause I wanted to buy another like it. After having the fun of putting it together, I sold it for $736.00 on eBay. Had the buyer asked, I would have told her its history.
Nothing wrong at all with reselling something found cheap.
My best in the field find was an Apollo Lander Module Contractors model MINT, with original shipping box, found for $100. I kept it for a year and a half while I enjoyed it and researched it. Once I listed it on ebay, I was surprised to get $1775.00 for it since they usually reached a top bid of around $700. Mine was special with the box that listed the production number. It was number 16 off the line so didn't suffer from the yellowing associated with direct sunlight later models did, and that bit of research paid off.
I don't mind sharing my score price. If it doesn't sell, I still love it and am honestly looking for those repo figures to put in it. The knowledge of the rarity of this piece was learned here when I first discovered this site. I had a 1964 Penny's Christmas catalog with the Renzi listed showing the decals that people were unsure of being on the car so I posted that catalog page then for everyone's benefit. I reached out yesterday to find the decals if available along with the monster figures. When the figures don't meet the reserve & $87 was last bid two years ago I am hoping the $500 is a fair opening price for near mint body. https://www.ebay.com/itm/AJ-RENZI-MONSTER-MOBILE-CAR-034-FIGURES-034-1960-039-S-ORIGINAL-FRANKENSTEIN-/151655305977?nma=true&si=UOoD%252FV9m0OtYJNjAsj17eKpS%252FfI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/AJ-RENZI-MONSTER-MOBILE-CAR-034-FIGURES-034-1960-039-S-ORIGINAL-FRANKENSTEIN-/151655305977?nma=true&si=UOoD%252FV9m0OtYJNjAsj17eKpS%252FfI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557) (https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29683328_10214131139585850_6558738597607339063_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=78448142135cc7f90a25482e389ffa47&oe=5B33D27B)
Quote from: frankenjack on March 26, 2018, 12:51:47 PM
... I had a 1964 Penny's Christmas catalog with the Renzi listed showing the decals that people were unsure of being on the car so I posted that catalog page then for everyone's benefit. ...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/AJ-RENZI-MONSTER-MOBILE-CAR-034-FIGURES-034-1960-039-S-ORIGINAL-FRANKENSTEIN-/151655305977?nma=true&si=UOoD%252FV9m0OtYJNjAsj17eKpS%252FfI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/AJ-RENZI-MONSTER-MOBILE-CAR-034-FIGURES-034-1960-039-S-ORIGINAL-FRANKENSTEIN-/151655305977?nma=true&si=UOoD%252FV9m0OtYJNjAsj17eKpS%252FfI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557) (https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29683328_10214131139585850_6558738597607339063_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=78448142135cc7f90a25482e389ffa47&oe=5B33D27B)
What a ripoff! It is clearly priced at 66¢. (Price gouger.)
Interesting that the original car used an untrimmed label and just let it partially cover the spare tire and whatever other feature was in the way.
(https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29572432_10214131130625626_4229391537607618254_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=674af96b051200b82fd6426e90377fe8&oe=5B7298D6) Abain, this is from the 1964 Penny's Christmas catalog that I posted in 2012.
Man, the Frankenstein wind-up was only 66¢, too?
(If I had a time machine...)
Quote from: frankenjack on March 26, 2018, 12:51:47 PM
I don't mind sharing my score price. If it doesn't sell, I still love it and am honestly looking for those repo figures to put in it. The knowledge of the rarity of this piece was learned here when I first discovered this site. I had a 1964 Penny's Christmas catalog with the Renzi listed showing the decals that people were unsure of being on the car so I posted that catalog page then for everyone's benefit. I reached out yesterday to find the decals if available along with the monster figures. When the figures don't meet the reserve & $87 was last bid two years ago I am hoping the $500 is a fair opening price for near mint body. https://www.ebay.com/itm/AJ-RENZI-MONSTER-MOBILE-CAR-034-FIGURES-034-1960-039-S-ORIGINAL-FRANKENSTEIN-/151655305977?nma=true&si=UOoD%252FV9m0OtYJNjAsj17eKpS%252FfI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/AJ-RENZI-MONSTER-MOBILE-CAR-034-FIGURES-034-1960-039-S-ORIGINAL-FRANKENSTEIN-/151655305977?nma=true&si=UOoD%252FV9m0OtYJNjAsj17eKpS%252FfI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557) (https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29683328_10214131139585850_6558738597607339063_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=78448142135cc7f90a25482e389ffa47&oe=5B33D27B)
You do realize the one you have isn't the monster mobile right? The original is dark blue, almost purple. And there are no holes cut in it for dolls to sit. The figures are blowmold in pairs and they punch into the seats with a plug thats molded into them. The light blue version is not as rare and was made for barbies etc..
Sorry, no I did not know that... :o
I lowered my opening bid. Thank you for the info. 8)
Quote from: frankenstein73 on March 26, 2018, 03:43:17 PM
The light blue version is not as rare and was made for barbies etc..
This car just doesn't say "Barbie", to me! A red Mustang says "Barbie". ;D
Still interested in getting those monster recast/repos if anyone can point me in the right direction if my "BARBIE" car doesn't see. ::)
Quote from: frankenjack on March 27, 2018, 07:40:32 AM
Still interested in getting those monster recast/repos
Though it wouldn't
surprise me that they've been made, I've never seen any.
Quote from: frankenstein73 on March 26, 2018, 03:43:17 PMYou do realize the one you have isn't the monster mobile right? The original is dark blue, almost purple. And there are no holes cut in it for dolls to sit. The figures are blowmold in pairs and they punch into the seats with a plug thats molded into them. The light blue version is not as rare and was made for barbies etc....
Pair Barbie and Midge for a double date with the AHI Frankenstein and Phantom in the baby blue sedan for a twin bill at the drive-in!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/double-bill-4_zpss0bgi2uc.jpg)
cl:)
with 3-D printers it shouldn't be too hard now to get replacement monsters!
Quote from: frankenjack on March 27, 2018, 10:43:54 AM
with 3-D printers it shouldn't be too hard now to get replacement monsters!
All you have to do is find someone who has them and convince them to make copies! ;D
this "CUSTOM" sold and states it has "RECAST" monsters in it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/A-J-RENZI-FRANKENSTEIN-MONSTER-MOBILE-CAR-HOTROD-/152940377406?hash=item239bf4f53e%3Ag%3AhDEAAOSwerxamdOk&nma=true&si=UOoD%252FV9m0OtYJNjAsj17eKpS%252FfI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/A-J-RENZI-FRANKENSTEIN-MONSTER-MOBILE-CAR-HOTROD-/152940377406?hash=item239bf4f53e%3Ag%3AhDEAAOSwerxamdOk&nma=true&si=UOoD%252FV9m0OtYJNjAsj17eKpS%252FfI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557)
Quote from: frankenjack on March 27, 2018, 11:33:33 AM
this "CUSTOM" sold and states it has "RECAST" monsters in it.
Write the seller and ask if he knows who made them.
Just got a reply back from him, $100 plus shipping, just guess it is for front & back.
and different colors to choose from ::)
Quote from: frankenjack on March 27, 2018, 01:06:37 PM
Just got a reply back from him, $100 plus shipping, just guess it is for front & back.
That's nuts!
agreed C:)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/893/40348253424_f388052fce.jpg)
Contact this guy and see what can be arranged:
www.MUCKYCHRIS.com (http://www.muckychris.com)
You'll need to beg/borrow/steal a pattern. Maybe he could make various other monsters as passengers. A Creature would be nice. (Or how about an all '50's sci-fi car? Creature, Mole Man, Mutant, IT! From Beyond Space, etc.?)
He regularly marries monster/sci-fi heads to other bodies. If you could get a cheap non-monster Renzi car passenger, he could copy that to make the base. Then he could copy any monster head to marry to it.
I don't think the head would have to be to scale. He makes the same figures in many various sizes.
What do you think?
The game's afoot! 8)
Hello guys and ghouls! Been away awhile, but haven't forgotten you! The Renzi Monster Car has several possible original tire configurations....white large tires, white large back and small white front tires, black large tires and large black rear with small black front tires. My monster car has all possibilities though I have it displayed with large white rear and small white front tires. So for those of you that are as picky as I am this is a HEADS UP- on Ebay at this moment are two relatively common Renzi toys that have the small white and the small black tires that go perfectly with our monster cars! Both are airplanes....one is a g i joe type plane that is BIN at $35 and the other is a WW 2 looking plane currently with no bids starting at $24.93. These wheels are hard to come by, and when they do appear the price of the toy they are on usually is high. So here's a chance for you guys to up-grade that monster car! See ya around! Big Bud
Quote from: bigbud on February 08, 2019, 10:17:57 PM
Hello guys and ghouls! Been away awhile, but haven't forgotten you!
Who are you, again?
Just kiddin'! Nice to hear from you, BB!
Quote from: bigbud on February 08, 2019, 10:17:57 PMThe Renzi Monster Car has several possible original tire configurations....white large tires, white large back and small white front tires, black large tires and large black rear with small black front tires. My monster car has all possibilities though I have it displayed with large white rear and small white front tires.
What we need to know though is the performance characteristics of the white tires versus the black tires. Which compound has superior grip characteristics on each of the different household flooring surfaces likely to be encountered? E.g. carpet, hardwood, linoleum, vinyl sheet, ceramic tile, porcelain tile, slate, marble, granite, concrete, etc? And how about outside on asphalt, concrete, interlocking paving stones, gravel and dirt? On wet versus dry surfaces?
Now I'm assuming the smaller front tires would lower ET's on the drag strip, but how otherwise does switching to smaller front tires impact the car's handling characteristics on various tracks? Say super speedways vs. short tracks vs. paved road courses vs. dirt tracks? Which tire configuration would you recommend for each of the various track types?
???
Reproduction Renzi Car Monsters on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/A-J-RENZI-FRANKENSTEIN-MOBILE-CAR-WOLFMAN-FIGURES-CUSTOM/153497701423?hash=item23bd2d0c2f:g:8iEAAOSwD6Bc5KZY (https://www.ebay.com/itm/A-J-RENZI-FRANKENSTEIN-MOBILE-CAR-WOLFMAN-FIGURES-CUSTOM/153497701423?hash=item23bd2d0c2f:g:8iEAAOSwD6Bc5KZY)
First the Clinton Bucket, then this. What's next?
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on May 22, 2019, 01:18:15 AM
Reproduction Renzi Car Monsters on eBay:
And it's "READY TO THIS THIS INSTANT."
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on May 22, 2019, 01:18:15 AM
First the Clinton Bucket, then this. What's next?
Hopefully, a SPP Creature plaque! :)
Well so long as they're not being passed on as originals....
:-\
Quote from: Hepcat on May 22, 2019, 11:21:55 AM
Well so long as they're not being passed on as originals....
:-\
Not this time...