Does anyone remember a series of Universal monster bop bags packaged in very colourful boxes from the eighties? I saw some in a sundry item shop back in the mid-eighties but foolishly I failed to snap any up for myself.
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Imperial made 'em as part of their Universal Classic Movie Monster line; Drac, Wolf Man, Mummy, & Frank.
Here's the back side of the Dracula from the archive:
(http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=545)
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=545 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=545)
Okay then. I just found a picture of the Frankenstein one then:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2271/2126790911_233e7c603e.jpg)
I was actually looking for a picture of the Swamp Thing bop bag that was sold at Toys 'R Us around 1991. I bought two or three of these and gave them away to kids at Xmas through the Salvation Army. I should of course have kept one for myself.
(http://srbissette.com/uploaded_images/stbopbag-774202.jpg)
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Neat, would love to see if there were others.
I don't know about the name, Sac Bop just sounds painful.
BK
I'd be interested in acquiring a M.I.B. Swamp Thing bop bag anyway.
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Sac Bop!!! Yeah, this wouldn't have a chance in today's PC environment ;D
I have a Visitor bop bag from "V: The Series" somewhere. Have never actually inflated or bopped him.
I'll never forget a friend of mine as a kid (big kid) Kicked a bozo bopper clean over our backyard fence, none of us could believe it :o
My brother had a Bozo bop bag in the 70s. Eventually, the sandbag came loose inside him and, if you gave him a decent enough thump, he'd go down for the count, with the sandbag up inside his head - and he wouldn't come back up.
Okay, this thread inspired me to rummage thru some old photos where , to my surprise, i actually FOUND what i was looking for! I'm guessing this is from Xmas '63...Quite a bountiful year. Besides my Deputy Dawg Bop Bag, also got Great Garloo and a Popeye doll i remember very well sitting on the drum in front of me. I believe the gun barrel protruding next to Garloo's hand belonged to a Tiger Tank. What a spoiled rotten kid!! Guess i should have posted this a couple of weeks ago, but better late than never!
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Gasport2000/Christmas63.jpg)
Imperial also made a King Kong and Godzilla bop bags in their monster line , not to mention Megos Kong Bop Bag
Oh Gasport, that is a fantastic Christmas photo! Getting Garloo under the tree! Could it have been any better? But listen, we have a slight mystery to solve.....I'm sitting here writing this and staring at my Tiger Joe tank..........not what you have in the pic. Tiger Joe barrel muzzle is a separate plastic piece stuck on the shiny metal barrel.....it flares out like a bell and has 2 muzzle flash cutouts on it. We must figure out what it is that you have there......also I see what looks like the close-spaced wheels of a tank under something by the window.......this is better than any puzzle! Bud
Quote from: Gasport on January 07, 2011, 10:14:18 PM
Okay, this thread inspired me to rummage thru some old photos where , to my surprise, i actually FOUND what i was looking for! I'm guessing this is from Xmas '63...Quite a bountiful year. Besides my Deputy Dawg Bop Bag, also got Great Garloo and a Popeye doll i remember very well sitting on the drum in front of me. I believe the gun barrel protruding next to Garloo's hand belonged to a Tiger Tank. What a spoiled rotten kid!! Guess i should have posted this a couple of weeks ago, but better late than never!
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Gasport2000/Christmas63.jpg)
HA!!! Man I LOVE when folks post these shots!! I actually break out my jeweler's loupe and scour the pic to see what wonders may lay hidden in them!! Thanks for posting this Mike!! LOVE the Deputy Dawg bop bag!! I got stuck with Bozo.
Quote from: bigbud on January 08, 2011, 12:19:18 PM
Oh Gasport, that is a fantastic Christmas photo! Getting Garloo under the tree! Could it have been any better? But listen, we have a slight mystery to solve.....I'm sitting here writing this and staring at my Tiger Joe tank..........not what you have in the pic. Tiger Joe barrel muzzle is a separate plastic piece stuck on the shiny metal barrel.....it flares out like a bell and has 2 muzzle flash cutouts on it. We must figure out what it is that you have there......also I see what looks like the close-spaced wheels of a tank under something by the window.......this is better than any puzzle! Bud
Chalk up another one for Eagle-Eye Bud! First of all, i found out this pic was from Xmas '61, [not '63] and second, Bud's questioning the gun barrel belonging to a Tiger Tank drove be back to my unorganized heap of old family pics. I knew there were more pics taken that day and i found two more... The mystery has been solved! In this next pic you can plainly see an unopened box next to the TV. Don't have a magnifying glass handy but it looks like it says ''Patton'' and the illustration on it is definitely a military cannon! I DID have a Tiger Tank at some point, just not this time around! Again...GREAT CALL, BUD! Another reason why i LOVE THIS GROUP!(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Gasport2000/Christmas61.jpg)
Bud's a toy savant. He used to be an idiot savant before he discovered toys. ;)
I love these pics! But what happened to the first Christmas photo? I can't see it anymore.
Glad you enjoyed these , Ray...Sorry, i deleted the original from photobucket and keep forgetting it also deletes it from here! I am re-posting it, plus yet another from the same day that i just unearthed...Deputy Dawg looks like he doesn't enjoy being hugged. I look at these and can almost smell 1961...what a magical time to be a kid!
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Gasport2000/Christmas61001.jpg)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Gasport2000/Christmas61002.jpg)
Awesome!! Do we have a thread dedicated to old family photos from our childhoods?? If not, we should. If we do, why don't I know about it?? :o
Quote from: Scatter on January 09, 2011, 05:49:59 PM
Awesome!! Do we have a thread dedicated to old family photos from our childhoods?
That would be great. In the 60s, home photography was
very expensive. Indoor shots by the Christmas tree required the additional cost of a flashcube, and my mother was very selective over what could be taken, since the roll of b/w film only took 12 or sometimes 24 shots. We had to wait till the whole roll was taken (sometimes months), then it went off to the chemist - or by mail to the "Free Film Club" - and the shots would come back weeks later. While we'd sometimes splurge on one or two "three kids posed in front of the decorated Christmas tree" shots, I don't think we ever had an "opened presents on Christmas morning" shot. We did have a family tradition of visiting Santa in a department store for an annual group shot, and again, these prepaid b/w photos took about two weeks to arrive back in the post. Agonizingly slow.
I love my iPhone. ;)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/325921115_594b7137a6.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37203498(*at*)N00/325921115/)
Xmas 1961 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37203498(*at*)N00/325921115/#) by Therin of Andor (http://www.flickr.com/people/37203498(*at*)N00/), on Flickr
Me (possibly on my third birthday, 14th December), my brother (that's not his own top, just something to stop him screaming about Santa's beard) and my cousin meeting Santa Claus at Bebarfalds department store, Sydney, 1961.
Actually, to stay on topic, I'm sure one of my Mum's old Santa dept. store pics has a bop bag in the background...
AWESOME!! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!! Great shot!!
That's a good one Scatter! I use to count cards down at the gambling boats, but have recently gone back to counting tooth-picks..........Bud
Quote from: bigbud on January 09, 2011, 09:16:03 PM
That's a good one Scatter! I use to count cards down at the gambling boats, but have recently gone back to counting tooth-picks..........Bud
LOL!! I was just the Village Idiot. The pay wasn't great, but at least no one was competing for my job!
Scatter, you bring up a great idea......if not already somewhere else on the site......Old photos of us with our toy stuff......that would be great to see. I think Gasport has got us started, but photos deserve their own post to build on......Bud
Hey guys, the topic on this one is boop bags, but Scatter started an old photo post in the Members Only section......Gasport, you gotta add those photos to the other post too, please.........Bud
Great photos! And on the topic of bop bags, there was a Frankenstein from the Monster Squad TV show made in '77 or '78, and Placo produced a series in 1991 (Drac, Frank, Wofie, Mummy) that are rather hard to find.
i once bid on a wolfman punch bag but i lost out by a mere dollar, :'( it still stings to think about it, i was so close and i haven't seen one since....
Quote from: darkmonkeygod on January 11, 2011, 12:06:16 AM
Great photos! And on the topic of bop bags, there was a Frankenstein from the Monster Squad TV show made in '77 or '78, and Placo produced a series in 1991 (Drac, Frank, Wofie, Mummy) that are rather hard to find.
The PLACO bags are awful from what I. Just early 90s style guide on a white bag. no 3d or nutthin.
Quote from: Therin of Andor on January 09, 2011, 06:35:21 PM
Actually, to stay on topic, I'm sure one of my Mum's old Santa dept. store pics has a bop bag in the background...
OMG, I found that pic at my mother's place yesterday! Two Goofy bop bags - and a Santa bop bag?
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6226416086_f9eec9ae15_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37203498(*at*)N00/6226416086/)
Christmas 1964 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37203498(*at*)N00/6226416086/#) by Therin of Andor (http://www.flickr.com/people/37203498(*at*)N00/), on Flickr
Quote from: Therin of Andor on October 09, 2011, 08:26:41 AM
OMG, I found that pic at my mother's place yesterday!
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6226416086_f9eec9ae15_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37203498(*at*)N00/6226416086/)
Christmas 1964 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37203498(*at*)N00/6226416086/#) by Therin of Andor (http://www.flickr.com/people/37203498(*at*)N00/), on Flickr
The metrosexual man sandals are off the charts!
I see your Goofy and raise you one Deputy Dawg!
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Gasport2000/Christmas61001.jpg)
Too awesome! Deputy Dawg has always been one of my very favourite characters, and I see you scored a Great Garloo as well. Great Xmas!
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Thanks Hep...Yep, it was a banner Yuletide haul that year. I also scored an Aurora Wolf Man long box kit AND the Ideal Haunted house game!
But you only look six years old in the picture! Could you even have assembled an Aurora Wolfman kit?
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I don't like Monster bop bags. I like monsters. I don't want to punch them! Now if someone would make a Teletubbies or Boobahs bop bag I'd be all over that. Those freaky things NEED a beating.
Quote from: robodog on October 11, 2011, 02:58:38 PM
I don't like Monster bop bags. I like monsters. I don't want to punch them! Now if someone would make a Teletubbies or Boobahs bop bag I'd be all over that. Those freaky things NEED a beating.
I'm still wondering about the concept of the
Santa Claus bop bag in my pic. Is that for when he doesn't bring you the right presents?
Good point. That's about the only reason I can see to own a Santa Bop Bag. It still seems a bit harsh though.
Quote from: Hepcat on October 11, 2011, 12:58:40 PM
But you only look six years old in the picture! Could you even have assembled an Aurora Wolfman kit?
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Good Point, Hep! Fortunately, my older brother helped me out with my early kit building. I attempted to build my first Franky kit solo [i got him shortly before the Wolf Man] and used so much glue [the old school really toxic stuff] to attach his head to the body, that it literally melted into his chest...he looked like he had osteoporosis! From that point on, my bro stepped in to oversee matters. Still have that Wolfman and the second Franky he helped me with a little later.
I remember glueing an eye shut in my early days LOL