Poll
Question:
Which two of these monster wallets do you like the best?
Option 1: Wolfman - Creature
Option 2: Mummy - Dracula
Option 3: Phantom - Frankenstein
Option 4: Frankenstein - Dracula
Pick the two Standard Plastics monster wallets you like the best!
Here are some pictures:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallets_4.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallet_2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallet_3.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
More can be found in this thread:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=9545.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=9545.0)
cl:)
I wish someone would re-issue these, as well as the matching three ring binders. I know I'd buy them.
The Universal monster binders weren't actually a "matching" item. They were produced by a different company at a different time, and had different artwork. IMO I think the artwork on the wallets is better.
Pictures of the binders can be found in this thread:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=2251.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=2251.0)
:)
It's difficult to decide ..
I voted for ~
Mummy ~ Dracula
Wolf Man ~ Creature
Phantom/Frankenstein is my fav.
JP
BTW, does anyone have any idea of who the artist on these wallets may have been?
???
The original art survived (There's an old thread about it in here somewhere), but I don't remeber it being credited.
Those pictures of the original art would indeed be nice to see again. I remember them being reproduced in colour in an early issue of Bill Bruegman's "Model and Toy Collector" magazine more than twenty years ago. I wonder who owns them?
???
I went with:
Wolfman and Creature
Dracula and Frankenstein
Quote from: Hepcat on March 01, 2012, 10:58:39 AM
Those pictures of the original art would indeed be nice to see again. I remember them being reproduced in colour in an early issue of Bill Bruegman's "Model and Toy Collector" magazine more than twenty years ago. I wonder who owns them?
Never saw that issue of M&TC. If you happen to find out which number, I'd like to know.
Bill Bruegman had them for sale years ago in his catalog. I remember the price was in the $12,000 -$ 17, 000 range if memories serves me right. Pretty ridiculous price for back then.
He probably still has them therefore.
::)
Stoned on Standard Plastic wall plaques.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/6947410799_5258cf9fe5_b.jpg)
Those wall plaques are amazing!!!
Quote from: hauntedhal on March 02, 2012, 11:44:59 AM
Bill Bruegman had them for sale years ago in his catalog. I remember the price was in the $12,000 -$ 17, 000 range if memories serves me right. Pretty ridiculous price for back then.
Do you happen to remember if an artist was or was not named?
I don't believe the artist was named. I would have noted his name.
:-\
Overall, I'd say the art on the SPP wallets and plaques isn't up to that of the Aurora monster model kits by James Bama or the covers Basil Gogos did for Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, but it's a lot better than that found on the Universal monster binders, pinback buttons and just about any other Universal monster art from the sixties
8)
Quote from: fmofmpls on March 02, 2012, 05:14:04 PM
Stoned on Standard Plastic wall plaques.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/6947410799_5258cf9fe5_b.jpg)
Cool! I hadn't actually realized the wall plaques were that big.
8)
Who is that though? Is that you?
???
Quote from: Hepcat on March 03, 2012, 10:22:52 AM
Overall, I'd say the art on the SPP wallets and plaques isn't up to that of the Aurora monster model kits by James Bama or the covers Basil Gogos did for Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, but it's a lot better than that found on the Universal monster binders, pinback buttons and just about any other Universal monster art from the sixties
While I've got to hands down agree that the Aurora art is more accomplished that the SPP wallet or plaque art (which is largely knocked off of the Aurora poses), and I do believe James Bama to me a master illustrator, Basil Gogos is an 'fine artist'. To me his works, even when I was a child, stood out from all of the rest of the monster images I saw. I think the first three Hasbro paint sets and the images used on the binders are "better" than the SPP work, in the illustration sense, and they crtainly are more on model, coming nearly directly from publicity stills, but I really love the oddness of the SPP plaques, especially the Ceature, Phantom, Mummy, and Frankenstein, and the wallets are great too. Both versions of the Elwar buttons, with the exception of the Wolf Man patterned after the Aurora illustrations, have charm as well.
Quote from: darkmonkeygod on March 03, 2012, 01:51:30 PM
I think the first three Hasbro paint sets....
Hasbro Universal monster paint sets! Something else I've not seen!
:o
But guess who has a few! Our very own Monolith, who has evidently been holding out on us:
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7kIapUoY1zlGdph9MsICnVlccs8TCOKzni0XgJ_cCshp4fRhX56JA-q2kwQ)
C:)
Quote from: Hepcat on March 03, 2012, 04:23:29 PM
Hasbro Universal monster paint sets! Something else I've not seen!
I think our media galleries have images of all six. Hasbro also released pencil and paint sets of Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, and the Wolf Man.
Quote from: darkmonkeygod on March 03, 2012, 01:51:30 PM
While I've got to hands down agree that the Aurora art is more accomplished that the SPP wallet or plaque art (which is largely knocked off of the Aurora poses), and I do believe James Bama to me a master illustrator, Basil Gogos is an 'fine artist'. To me his works, even when I was a child, stood out from all of the rest of the monster images I saw. I think the first three Hasbro paint sets and the images used on the binders are "better" than the SPP work, in the illustration sense, and they crtainly are more on model, coming nearly directly from publicity stills, but I really love the oddness of the SPP plaques, especially the Ceature, Phantom, Mummy, and Frankenstein, and the wallets are great too. Both versions of the Elwar buttons, with the exception of the Wolf Man patterned after the Aurora illustrations, have charm as well.
I love '60s monster art! In addition to those examples, I would add the Marx Frank batt op box art, the Jaymar puzzle art and, of course, many of the Castle Films boxes. Maybe not Bama or Basil, but great stuff nonetheless!
I like both Bama and Gogos but prefer the artwork of James Bama.
Quote from: darkmonkeygod on March 03, 2012, 01:51:30 PM
I think ... the images used on the binders are "better" than the SPP work, in the illustration sense....
We're in complete disagreement on that point. I think the artwork on the SPP monster wallets is much better than the artwork on the Universal monster binders.
:o
The Wolfman/Creature wallet is definitely my favorite.
WALL PLAQUES ARE SWEET..........BUT WHATS THE PILE ON THE FLOOR.........MUST BE A RARE MONSTER ITEM..............BIG J.........
Here are some really good pictures of each of the wallet sides:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Draculawallet5.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Mummywallet.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Frankensteinwallet5.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Phantomwallet.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/walletdz9.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/creaturewallet-1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/CreatureWallet.png)
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I have that M&TC issue somewhere. I can't recall an artist named. That was my first exposure to many of the classic monster toys and kits. It's dog-earred as all get out, but it's around here SOMEWHERE.
Chris
Wow thanks for the shots, now I know why these bring big bucks. Those wall plaques, paint sets, and binders too, all fantastic!!
Creature and Wolf Man, and Mummy and Dracula got my vote.
Do you think they bloodied up the Mummys opposite eye on purpose ?
ummmm.. how bout ALLLLL of them !!!? :laugh: :laugh:
i loveeee these things.. seriously. They make me girly scream ;D
could look at these all day long.. as a matter of fact , its the wallpaper on my laptop right now
If they were repopped it would be my everyday wallet
Ive used one as a reg. wallet.. but keep in mind, Im the girl who keeps her bubble bath in monster soakies... & uses them on a daily basis. :D
I play with my toys to their fullest potential. . ( well..... usually . . . . . .)
Wow! When was this? Which wallet? How long did it last before falling apart?
My own experience with these wallets goes back to a Saturday morning in April or May of 1964. My mission that morning was to go door to door in downtown London and sell fifteen Globe & Mail newspapers for fifteen cents each. The reward, five cents per paper sold plus an SPP monster wallet of my choice! These wallets were perhaps the coolest things that I'd seen to that point in my young life and I absolutely, positively had to reach the target.
But the Globe & Mail was a pig of a paper and very tough to sell in London. First of all, the Globe & Mail was Toronto based. The London Free Press was the paper of choice for most Londoners. Secondly, the Saturday Free Press cost only a dime. Thirdly, coming all the way from Toronto, the Globe & Mail had to be printed much earlier and so didn't contain that many sports scores from the previous day. Fourthly, the Saturday Free Press was loaded with features including a coloured comic section. The Globe & Mail was comparatively drab and had no comparable comic section. Finally, on Saturdays two editions of the Free Press were published, the regular Free Press published early in the morning and the Night Final which included various afternoon race results for punters and sundry other horse degenerates.
What did the Globe & Mail have to offer in return? Just the best business section of any newspaper in Canada. So I could only hope to sell the thing to stuffy old businessmen or the odd deluded Torontophile. The maximum I'd ever sold before was six or seven papers. I really had my job cut out for me.
But I could not fail! I flung myself into the task with avid, wild-eyed enthusiasm! And my efforts bore fruit. Nearing the end of the afternoon I'd sold eleven papers; then one more. So close, so close, but yet so far.... Time was up.
But then, an idea! I bought the remaining three copies of the stupid rag myself! And there they were, a whole box of wallets from which I, one of the successful newspaper boys, could choose! "I want the Mummy, I want the Mummy" was the popular refrain I was hearing from other boys. I, however, had a mind of my own and I chose shrewdly - the Creature-Wolfman wallet!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/walletdz9.jpg)
And the three papers I had bought myself? No problem. I sold one to my father and two to neighbours on my own street! Easy sales indeed.
And I was now the proud owner of a wallet like no other in the school yard! Shortly thereafter I caught on as a morning paperboy for the London Free Press (a real newspaper) with my own 32 paper delivery route which actually took me less than ten minutes since the houses were all on the same block. And there I was, proud as a peacock brandishing my super cool monster wallet as I went collecting from my customers every week, a wallet that I had incidentally earned stuffing the crappy Globe & Mail down customers' throats just a few months previously!
Unfortunately, my wallet's change purse started coming apart in less than a year (cheap bloody plastic) so I very sensibly threw it out. I mean what do you need a wallet for anymore if it's all falling apart? Right? Right?!
Now I've since managed to acquire the Mummy-Dracula and Frankenstein-Phantom wallets:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MonsterWalletsFrankenstein.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MonsterWalletsPhantom.jpg)
But sadly another Creature-Wolfman wallet continues to elude me to this very day.
:(
Always loved those garish images. I don't think I can pick a favorite! I'd like to see 'em huge!
Quote from: dlhenderson on June 18, 2012, 02:50:02 PM
Always loved those garish images. I don't think I can pick a favorite! I'd like to see 'em huge!
I, also can't pick a favorite. I like 'em all, too. I have two of 'em. Here's a couple of close-up's I took, portraits, I call 'em...
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3361.jpg)
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3366.jpg)
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3362.jpg)
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3365.jpg)
Sweet pics, Mono. I even enjoy the off-register printing.
Quote from: Monolith on June 19, 2012, 12:53:25 AM
I have two of 'em.
You're lucky. The Wolfman-Creature wallet seems to be the toughest to find, and the most popular too judging from the results of this poll.
:-\
Quote from: Hepcat on June 17, 2012, 06:51:41 PM
Wow! When was this? Which wallet? How long did it last before falling apart?
oh sorry I missed responding to this Hep.. . umm.. let me see... it lasted like a year, then i fixed it with duct tape and continued to use it ,
till it finally wasnt fixable any longer. I have it in a ziplock bag somewhere actually.. can never bring myself to throw away any monster stuff,
broken , damaged , or not. . never. Im like uncapable. . If i come across it while Im moving this next time, I will totally post a pic of it :D
oh. and it was the Frankenstein one.
Frankenstein-Dracula or Frankenstein-Phantom?
???
oh .. the frank/drac :)
For those of you still unable to make up their minds, I found some even bigger and better shots on this very forum!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/sppdracda4.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/sppfrankpm0.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/sppphantomfk4.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/walletdz9.jpg)
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Great photos Hepcat!
They are indeed, but I'm not the one who took the shots in my previous post. Thank Mike Scott for the first three (although he's somehow lost the Mummy one) and Lappys22 for the last one.
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These new photos of my two Standard Plastics monster wallets may help those of you still trying to decide how to vote:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/FrankensteinDracula.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Frankenstein.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Dracula.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/ThePhantomTheMummy.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/ThePhantom.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/TheMummy.jpg)
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The Wolfman-Creature wallet is still well out in front in this battle.
:)
Quote from: dlhenderson on June 18, 2012, 02:50:02 PMAlways loved those garish images.
I agree! "Garish" always appeals to the monster kid in me.
;D
Drac/Frank.
I didn't realize how nice these were until I saw one up close. They are bigger than I thought and look incredible.
And those wall plaques are simply stunning!! WOW!
I like the Phantom & Frankie best. Creature & Wolfie 2nd. the artwork is certainly BAMA-esque but i have no idea who the artist was....
I believe if they made new versions of these most of us would walk around with one in our pocket, I know I would
I would probably wind up carrying around six wallets (indecision, indecision).
Quote from: freddie poe on January 10, 2014, 12:03:40 AM...the artwork is certainly BAMA-esque but i have no idea who the artist was....
Nor do I. The artist remains a mystery.
:-\
Man, I would love to own one of those wallets, but they trade for such staggering amounts. Maybe one day...
I have the Ray Ferry ones but those are crap compared to the originals.
HH your dam right about those ones that Ferry NOT to be confused with FORRY offered are junk. i had them all and they rotted out in less than a year.
Truthfully the original SPP ones didn't stand up to use very well either. The one I had lasted half a year. They were after all made of vinyl.
:-\
They deserve to be enshrined in a great monster collection and appreciated as high art. ;)
I'd settle for a 70s style velcro wallet with a nice sturdy design and cool creature artwork, damnit I just want a moster wallet!! :)
Quote from: jimm on January 10, 2014, 01:40:36 AMI believe if they made new versions of these most of us would walk around with one in our pocket, I know I would.
Knockoffs are available:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17208.msg314895;topicseen#msg314895 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17208.msg314895;topicseen#msg314895)
:-\
The battle here is still for the Bronze, Mummy-Dracula versus Phantom-Frankenstein!
:-\
Always liked the wallets hope someone reissues then one day , I recall the new Famous Monsters did wallets that were close but not the same a few years back.
PS; I picked Phantom - Frankenstein wallet as I thought the Phantom artwork was the creepiest of the batch
Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 17, 2014, 12:13:15 PMAlways liked the wallets hope someone reissues then one day , I recall the new Famous Monsters did wallets that were close but not the same a few years back.
I wouldn't say the new ones were actually
close.
:-\
Quote from: Hepcat on December 31, 2014, 08:39:15 PM
I wouldn't say the new ones were actually close.
They made the SPP wallets look like fine Italian leather!
Yeah, those Ray Ferry FM wallets are pretty sucky. I have them, but I would like to get my hands on the real deal someday.
Quote from: horrorhunter on December 31, 2014, 10:58:21 PM
Yeah, those Ray Ferry FM wallets are pretty sucky. I have them, but I would like to get my hands on the real deal someday.
Agreed, don't like the new wallets very much. However, I do think the Ferry binder set of Frankenstein, Wolfman and the Phantom are gorgeous.
JP
True enough , nothing beats the originals , there was something magical about monster toys and related items from the 50s-60s , they found the sweet spot between creepy and cool .
Curious what do the orig wallets go for nowadays? I'm not speaking of crazy ebay auction prices or top dealer prices but avg cond items you may find in a local shop. Reason I ask is last year I saw a couple in a shop , don't recall which ones , they were either $75 or a little less each cond was ok avg .
Considering this was last year would that have been a good price , avg price , high price , no clue on value which is why I did not buy them
Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on January 01, 2015, 11:12:45 AM
I saw a couple in a shop , don't recall which ones , they were either $75 or a little less each cond was ok avg .
That would have been a good price! Ebay could have been 2-3 times that. Complete and in
real nice cond. and a Creature one, maybe 6 times.
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 01, 2015, 12:11:05 PM
That would have been a good price! Ebay could have been 2-3 times that. Complete and in real nice cond. and a Creature one, maybe 6 times.
Thank you for letting me know, now I will give serious consideration to a purchase next time they pop up in my travels
Never seen a carded one for sale. Have no idea what those would go for!
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 01, 2015, 12:25:52 PM
Never seen a carded on for sale. Have no idea what those would go for!
My guess is that they would be really expensive with the orig card in it,
I had a Fireball xl5 wallet a while back mint condition with membership card and several crew photos (Steve , Venus , Prof , etc ) , was not too interested in it so sold it for $55 , my guess is that it sold cheaply as it was not as desirable.
Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on January 01, 2015, 12:49:09 PM
My guess is that they would be really expensive with the orig card in it,
I don't mean the membership cards. I meant the (super rare) hanging bubble card that (some of) the wallets came in.
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 01, 2015, 01:15:23 PM
I don't mean the membership cards. I meant the (super rare) hanging bubble card that (some of) the wallets came in.
Ah ... I did not know how these were packaged, that must be cool and VERY expensive to find.
My guess from what you told me of values if retail for a non carded nice one is 2-300 dollars (or more) it would be double that if in orig package
(as packaging sometimes doubles the value of a loose toy depending of coarse on what it is)
Only a guess as I have no clue
Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on January 01, 2015, 01:47:54 PM
Only a guess as I have no clue
This is the only one I've ever seen (in Kirk Hammett's book), so your guess is as good as mine, though I think 2X might be a little cheap.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8032/8030444231_dd2b1a4035_c.jpg)
Quote from: horrorhunter on January 10, 2014, 08:35:33 PMThey deserve to be enshrined in a great monster collection and appreciated as high art.
Truth!
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My two favorite monsters are The Phantom and Frankenstein's monster so that wallet is an absolute win for me.
Quote from: YoungestMonsterKid on June 27, 2015, 05:23:19 PM
My two favorite monsters are The Phantom and Frankenstein's monster so that wallet is an absolute win for me.
I guess you mean the carded one. It's Creature for me, but the Phantom art is
very nice!
Here's a picture of the four monster wallet combinations Standard Plastics made:
(https://i.imgur.com/qdla13X.jpg)
cl:)
Hmmmmm. The Wolf Man - Creature wallet is the one with a big lead in this poll, but perhaps not coincidentally it's also the most difficult of the SPP monster wallets to find these days.
:-\
For several years now I've been noticing images I've posted myself of items from my collection coming up on Image searches.
Yesterday though I found that the very first item that comes up on a Google search for "SPP monster wallets" is this very thread! So cool!
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Quote from: Hepcat on February 09, 2020, 10:57:34 AM
Yesterday though I found that the very first item that comes up on a Google search for "SPP monster wallets" is this very thread!
It's about the
only thing that comes up, besides auction sites and auction result sites.
Quote from: Hepcat on February 28, 2012, 11:56:54 AM
Pick the two Standard Plastics monster wallets you like the best!
Here are some pictures:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallet_2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallet_3.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
Yesterday evening I took the trouble to fix, or just improve in some cases, old picture links in this and other threads dealing with the Standard Plastics monster wallets. They're all back up now in their full glory!
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I really wish I could afford one of those wallets, lol, they are all so beautiful. If I had to choose one though, it would definitely be the Dracula/Frankenstein one...or maybe the Wolf Man/Creature. Darn it, now I want all four. Better start mowing some lawns and saving up money.
Quote from: Hepcat on November 20, 2017, 10:29:57 AM
Here's a picture of the four monster wallet combinations Standard Plastics made:
(https://i.imgur.com/qdla13X.jpg)
Each of the two wallets was available with either a magic slate or a mirror on the inside:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallets_5.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
So really that's eight variants in total. Collect them all!
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Here are pictures of the cards that came with these SPP monster wallets:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallet_Card_3.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallet_Card_2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallet_Card_1.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallet_Card_4.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
And here are pictures of the paper insert with the offer of a free copy of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine that came with the wallet:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallet_8.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=b%5Bounds) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallets11.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Monster_Wallets_6.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
cl:)
SPP in the sixties released wallets on many and varied subjects in addition to monsters. Here are pictures of some:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_Beatles.jpg_3.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_Beatles.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_Beatles_wallet_reverse.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Secret_Agent_Wallet_1.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Secret_Agent_Wallet_2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Secret_Agent_Wallet_3.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
Secret Agent 045 was a lot cooler than James Bond in my opinion!
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/superman_wallet_store_display_12_1_b8d2bc2e3692e56bb8e66c6f009a7a4a.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_Superman_wallet.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_Batman.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_Robin.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_Green_Hornet.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Soupy_Sales.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_Barbie.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_Barbie_3.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_Skipper.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_NFL_2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_NFL.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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It can be seen from these printer's proof sheets for an SPP sales brochure that SPP produced wallets on many and varied other subjects such as Walt Disney characters including Snow White, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Grand Prix and the New York Mets:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallets.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_Disney.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_wallet_Grand_Prix.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Mets_wallet.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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Here are some great pictures of the SPP Green Hornet wallet which featured a unique, spiffy coin holder:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Green_Hornet_wallet_5.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_Green_Hornet_1.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_Green_Hornet_3.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/SPP_Green_Hornet_2.jpg)
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It's interesting that SPP actually produced two Fireball XL5 wallets. The first was a boys' wallet featuring Steve Zodiac:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Fireball_XL5_wallet.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
The second was a girls' wallet featuring Dr. Venus:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Fireball_girls_wallet.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Fireball_XL5_girls_wallet_reverse.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
The girls' wallet is even more appealing to me as an adult enthusiast these days than is the boys' wallet.
;)