Universal Monster Army

Ever since I was a kid I have always enjoyed putting together jigsaw puzzles. Here's a few I've saved through the years:

Disney ones, circa 1973:

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc311/illoman/MMpuzzle.jpg)  (http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc311/illoman/MMMpuzzle.jpg)

A Johnny Bench from early 1970's:

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc311/illoman/JBpuzzle.jpg)

A Marvel comics one from the late 70's:

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc311/illoman/Marvelpuzzle.jpg)

And finally, my Frazettas:

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc311/illoman/SWpuzzle.jpg)

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc311/illoman/Huntresspuzzle.jpg)

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc311/illoman/DKpuzzle.jpg)

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc311/illoman/DDpuzzle.jpg)

Those are nice Illo! I often think that a good puzzle is about the only inexpensive item I find at alot of flea markets or garage sales. Your Frazetta's are special nice.....Buddy

I've never seen those Frazetta puzzles!

I can remember buying several puzzles from the companies advertizing in the backs of "Creepy", "Eerie", and other mags back in the 60s and 70s...at one point, I remember having a 2x3 foot poster from one of "The Shadow" pulp adventures.

Recently I've been buying Halloween themed puzzles from Bits and Pieces.

Bizarro Jeff

I really enjoy those "sliding puzzles" - where there is one square missing and you have to move things around to get the picture put together.  I have a few larger sized ones of  famous classical artwork (Picasso, Matisse, VanGogh, etc.) but the absoute hardest ones are the M.C. Escher.  They take at least twice as long to get together as the others.

Quote from: godwinshelley on August 05, 2012, 07:26:01 PM
I really enjoy those "sliding puzzles" - where there is one square missing and you have to move things around to get the picture put together.  I have a few larger sized ones of  famous classical artwork (Picasso, Matisse, VanGogh, etc.) but the absoute hardest ones are the M.C. Escher.  They take at least twice as long to get together as the others.

Man, I love those too!! I have a Howdy Doody and an Archies one. When I was a kid I had a Mighty Mouse one and a Yogi Bear. Wish I still had those...

When I was in college back in the 70's I had several puzzles of monsters that Jeff Jones had painted.  I'm pretty sure one of them was a mummy and I'm not sure what the rest were...maybe a swamp creature?? Does anyone rembember these?

Quote from: godwinshelley on August 05, 2012, 07:26:01 PM
I really enjoy those "sliding puzzles" - where there is one square missing and you have to move things around to get the picture put together.  I have a few larger sized ones of  famous classical artwork (Picasso, Matisse, VanGogh, etc.) but the absoute hardest ones are the M.C. Escher.  They take at least twice as long to get together as the others.

Like these?

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/CasperhisTVPals.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FelixGame.jpg)

???

Here's a good one.

(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6238/umapuzzlefrankenstein.jpg)

You're right! That's a really good one!

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Quote from: dlhenderson on August 20, 2012, 12:19:31 PM
Here's a good one.

(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6238/umapuzzlefrankenstein.jpg)

Definitely among my "grail" pieces to hopefully one day obtain!

Interesting that all three of these slide puzzles were made by the Roalex Company and that the Frankenstein one was #201. I wonder how many different ones were made by Roalex in all and whether anyone has catalogued these slide puzzles in a book.

:-\

Here are a few more by the Roalex Co.
The last pair aren't by Roalex!  ;D

(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/5403/umapuzzlehound.jpg)

(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6995/umapuzzlepopeye.jpg)

(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7876/umapuzzlebilko.jpg)

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9045/umapuzzlehillb.jpg)

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/822/umapuzzlefranjr.jpg)

(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9919/umapuzzleplas.jpg)

Nice collection! How much do these slide puzzles sell for these days?

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Wow, I remember having that Yogi Bear one as a kid!! Man I wish I still had that one.

Oh, please allow me to provide full disclosure.
I collect...images.
Of course, I also have mountains of stuff, but I am a revenues image collector. It used to be book and magazine clippings. Now it's mostly digital. I have some sliders myself, but I located these images (which are wonderfully huge scans) in a Flickr collection. I'm not sure I still have the link, but you can try searching the Flickr site. Some amazing collections there. Some have generous scans.
As far a prices go, someone is trying to sell "The Impossibles" one on eBay for $300. :/

(http://www.vintagehalloweentoys.com/uploads/8/3/0/3/8303266/puzzel_3404615_orig.jpeg)

Sorry for the small pic....Here's one you don't see everyday. I really dug the simple, yet vibrant and creepy look on the box.

Quote from: vintagehalloweentoys on September 18, 2012, 03:18:27 PM
(http://www.vintagehalloweentoys.com/uploads/8/3/0/3/8303266/puzzel_3404615_orig.jpeg)

Sorry for the small pic....Here's one you don't see everyday. I really dug the simple, yet vibrant and creepy look on the box.

Coolness.

Among the most interesting collectibles Playboy spawned over the years was the series of canned Playmate Puzzles that came out in the early seventies. Here's a good list:

Playmate Puzzles - Ken Ritchie (http://www.playboycollectibles.com/puzzles.htm)

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d2/b3/58/d2b3581c9b0d5385ec867cc11a92cd53.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Playmate%20Puzzle_zpsxvfrspeh.jpg)

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Here are pics of some very hairy Weird-Ohs puzzles that I lifted from the net:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Weird-Ohspuzzles.jpg)

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Here are a couple of monsterrific Roalex slide puzzles:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Roalex%20Frankenstein_zpsbdclx3s3.jpg)

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Munsters%20Slide%20Puzzle_zpsjng5qevu.jpg)

cl:)

Here's a puzzle that came in an egg. Guess what it is...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47685987772_a6738fed12_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fDR9NY)A Puzzle Is In The Egg. But, A Puzzle Of What? (https://flic.kr/p/2fDR9NY) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on June 27, 2019, 02:11:23 PM
Here's a puzzle that came in an egg. Guess what it is...

A chicken?

Nope, not a chicken.


It was Alien. But this raises the question--which came first, the Alien or the egg.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40780292023_ed8179de8a_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/258BE4a)Alien Puzzle ( HG Toys 1979 ) (https://flic.kr/p/258BE4a) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on June 27, 2019, 02:28:39 PM
But this raises the question--which came first, the Alien or the egg.

Or, "Why did the ALIEN cross the road?"

Quote from: Monolith on June 27, 2019, 02:28:39 PM
Nope, not a chicken.

It was Alien.

Cool concept!

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Here's a monster slide tray puzzle not by Roalex, but by Plas-Trix...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1942/31274769448_c4297b9495_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PDDnmU)Monster Puzzle ( Plas-Trix 1960's ) (https://flic.kr/p/PDDnmU) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on June 27, 2019, 04:37:21 PM
Here's a monster slide tray puzzle not by Roalex, but by Plas-Trix...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1942/31274769448_c4297b9495_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PDDnmU)Monster Puzzle ( Plas-Trix 1960's ) (https://flic.kr/p/PDDnmU) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Monolith! Good to see you, here.

Quote from: Mike Scott on June 27, 2019, 02:48:26 PM
Or, "Why did the ALIEN cross the road?"

Q: Why did the ALIEN cross the road?
A: To kill people.

Thanks marsattacks666! I'm still here, just lurking most of the time.

Here's my Roalex monster puzzle.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/2942/15230581870_56b6231c62_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pcSHn9)Monster Slide Puzzle ( Roalex 1963 ) (https://flic.kr/p/pcSHn9) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

I also have the hard-to-find Impossibles Roalex puzzle...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/342/31385177970_cc47a2db0b_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PPpeY7)The Impossibles Slide Puzzle (Roalex 1960's) (https://flic.kr/p/PPpeY7) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on June 27, 2019, 04:37:21 PM
Here's a monster slide tray puzzle not by Roalex, but by Plas-Trix...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1942/31274769448_c4297b9495_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PDDnmU)Monster Puzzle ( Plas-Trix 1960's ) (https://flic.kr/p/PDDnmU) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

I'm not sure of the provenance of this Bat Slide Puzzle from 1966:

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Bat%20Slide_zpsoypq1nuq.jpg)

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Bat%20Slide%202_zpsjb11guld.jpg)

It looks like it could be by Plas-Trix, but I can't say for sure. All I know is that it's very cool!

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The bat puzzle does look like it could be Plastic-Trix. It has the same skull and headstone illustrations, and some of the same monster illustrations on the card, too, and both are made in Brooklyn, NY.

Here's the last slide puzzle that I have, it's a Popeye from 1974. It's made by Toy House who also made little two or three inch tall versions of the Colorforms Outer Space Men which are hard to find today...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/3863/14779762740_e764aaa4ce_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ow39xw)1974 Popeye Slide Tray Puzzle (https://flic.kr/p/ow39xw) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's my Jaymar Mummy puzzle. These are some of my favorite puzzles I own.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/507/18171997013_0e3f31581e_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tFNeBk)The Mummy Puzzle Box (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/tFNeBk) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's a pic of the puzzle after I assembled it.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/360/18604890640_079d95c324_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/um3VNy)The Mummy Puzzle (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/um3VNy) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's a close-up because the Jaymar puzzles are like precursors to the Eerie Publications magazine covers where it's a psychedelic horror of weird monsters doing horrible things to people and other monsters.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/322/18606362989_94279f7aa3_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/umbttT)Mummy Puzzle Close-Up (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/umbttT) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's one more close-up 'cuz I love these puzzles. I'll post my other Jaymar monster puzzles soon.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/547/18604797138_4f6aac971d_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/um3s1s)Mummy Puzzle Close-Up (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/um3s1s) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

I like the cat!

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Quote from: Hepcat on June 30, 2019, 03:44:42 PM
I like the cat!

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I like the cat, too.

Here's my Jaymar Dracula Puzzle box.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/407/18346326990_6cde5b93f9_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tXcHQA)Dracula Puzzle Box (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/tXcHQA) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

And here's the Jaymar Dracula puzzle...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/557/18346305020_56aefb66d6_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tXcBiN)Dracula Puzzle (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/tXcBiN) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

A close-up...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/557/18507598326_8027c2d6b1_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ucshbS)Dracula Puzzle Close-Up (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/ucshbS) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Another Jaymar Dracula puzzle close-up...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/260/18529211912_f7c5cf3fb4_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uen49U)Dracula Puzzle Close-Up (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/uen49U) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on June 29, 2019, 06:01:57 PMHere's a close-up because the Jaymar puzzles are like precursors to the Eerie Publications magazine covers where it's a psychedelic horror of weird monsters doing horrible things to people and other monsters.

Excellent observation!

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Here's my Jaymar Wolfman puzzle box...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/5449/18016778805_2a0913e50a_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ts5GDk)Wolfman Puzzle Box (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/ts5GDk) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

And here's the Wolfman puzzle. My puzzle's missing one piece dagnabbit!

(https://live.staticflickr.com/8805/17394168784_15b1fa3e6e_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/sv4EnN)Wolfman Puzzle (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/sv4EnN) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's a close-up of the title character...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/8781/17395920673_42d113a1d7_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/svdD9M)Wolfman Puzzle Close-Up 2 (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/svdD9M) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

And some people fleeing the scene...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/8868/18017255021_9b9bb56bc0_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ts89cX)Wolfman Puzzle Close-Up 1 (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/ts89cX) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on July 04, 2019, 12:03:58 AMAnd here's the Wolfman puzzle. My puzzle's missing one piece dagnabbit!

That's simply unacceptable!

:o

I don't have a Jaymar Frankenstein puzzle. One of these days I'll get one. But here's another one of my favorite puzzles, an Outer Limits boxed puzzle by Milton Bradley...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/2943/15376753415_3d25a8f105_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pqMT5c)Outer Limits Puzzle Box ( Milton Bradley 1964 ) (https://flic.kr/p/pqMT5c) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

And here's the puzzle itself. I love the artwork.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/3901/15190062940_d381fb3997_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/p9i3uU)Outer Limits Puzzle Assembled ( Milton Bradley 1964 ) (https://flic.kr/p/p9i3uU) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Cool! I didn't even know that Outer Limits Puzzle existed.

:)

That's one of the things I like about this board. Because we're all different people with different collecting priorities, I learn about new items/collectibles which had never cropped up on my radar screen previously.

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Cool OL puzzle! I love those things!  :)

These are just auction pics, but the art is so cool! Looks like the art for the 3rd one was just cut in two to make the others.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img921/6288/uTn2gy.png)

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/721/WngpF3.png)

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3892/qbrLU5.png)

That's right about the artwork being cropped to make more puzzles. I have one of the ones you posted above. Here's the box for it...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/2948/15189981898_8da4620cad_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/p9hCpC)Outer Limits Puzzle  2 Box ( Milton Bradley 1964 ) (https://flic.kr/p/p9hCpC) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

I have two Addams Family Mystery puzzles. They come with a mystery story you read, then you assemble the puzzle to solve the mystery.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7301/16400358478_682f2b6193_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qZf8cm)Addams Family Mystery Puzzle (Milton Bradley 1965) (https://flic.kr/p/qZf8cm) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

And here's the other one...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/3904/14912977500_66448d60df_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oHNUDJ)1960's Addams Family Puzzle (https://flic.kr/p/oHNUDJ) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on July 09, 2019, 01:00:49 AMI have two Addams Family Mystery puzzles. They come with a mystery story you read, then you assemble the puzzle to solve the mystery.

Cool concept!

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Quote from: Hepcat on July 09, 2019, 07:53:07 AM
Cool concept!

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Yes, it is. I need to assemble these two and take pics of them, sometime.

I also have three boxed Munsters puzzles. This one...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/3886/14797481245_3814ee23fd_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oxAXCZ)Munsters puzzle 2 (https://flic.kr/p/oxAXCZ) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

This one...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/2909/14817323193_cd533016ea_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ozmDXx)Munsters puzzle 1 (https://flic.kr/p/ozmDXx) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

And this one...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/2299/32965645615_cd667ef4a6_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Se4xWg)The Munsters Jigsaw Puzzle (Whitman 1965) (https://flic.kr/p/Se4xWg) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Whitman also made a Munsters frame-tray puzzle...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/5603/15798103701_bca665eafe_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/q52pQi)Munsters Frame-tray Puzzle (Whitman 1965) (https://flic.kr/p/q52pQi) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Star Puzzles were made in New York from 1967 to 1969 by Adult Leisure Products Corp. They came in a round tin film canister, but I've also seen them packaged assembled on a cardboard backing sealed in cellophane with a label on them.
They are round puzzles about 18" in diameter with unusually shaped pieces. Each one is either in black and white, or sepia-toned, or black with one light color replacing what would be white in a B+W photo. I've seen Marilyn Monroe, Jean Harlow, W.C. Fields, and a couple of others I can't recall. They are hard to find. I have a Marilyn Monroe plus the three that are monster related. Here is my Bela Lugosi/Dracula canister...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1450/23559119543_fa30af33a5_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BTQDsg)Bela Lugosi Star Puzzle Cannister (1967) (https://flic.kr/p/BTQDsg) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

And here is my assembled Lugosi puzzle. I assembled it, took the photo thinking it was missing one piece, took it apart, then found the missing piece, so, I'm happy to say it's actually complete. If they weren't so challenging to assemble I'd make it again and retake a pic of the complete puzzle.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1643/24103319041_bec5c2156b_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CHVP1e)Bela Lugosi Star Puzzle (Adult Leisure Products Corp. 1967) (https://flic.kr/p/CHVP1e) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Bet it's fun doing the areas that are all black, or all white!   ;D

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 15, 2019, 12:49:02 AM
Bet it's fun doing the areas that are all black, or all white!   ;D

Yes--that, along with the odd shapes make them challenging.

Here's another Star Puzzle--Lon Chaney as Quasimodo.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1516/23846823830_e87e44810a_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CkgcV1)Lon Chaney Star Puzzle (Adult Leisure Productions Corp. 1967) (https://flic.kr/p/CkgcV1) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

I also have the Lon Chaney label from the wrapper...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1454/23515661083_f37216ed46_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BPZULt)Lon Chaney Star Puzzle Label (1967) (https://flic.kr/p/BPZULt) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

How big (diameter) are the cans?

Quote from: Monolith on July 15, 2019, 11:56:03 PM
I also have the Lon Chaney label from the wrapper...

I thought those were stuck to the can.

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 16, 2019, 12:04:21 AM
How big (diameter) are the cans?

The cans are 9.5" in diameter.

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 16, 2019, 12:07:36 AM
I thought those were stuck to the can.

Besides being packaged in the metal film canisters I've seen some that were packaged assembled on a cardboard backing and wrapped in cellophane with a label on the cellophane. So, my Lon Chaney must've came like that and someone saved the label.

Here's one on e-bay showing the alternative packaging...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BELA-LUGOSI-as-COUNT-DRACULA-STAR-PUZZLE-300-pc-1967/150334320146?hash=item23009fae12:g:nlEAAMXQupJRGMB6 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/BELA-LUGOSI-as-COUNT-DRACULA-STAR-PUZZLE-300-pc-1967/150334320146?hash=item23009fae12:g:nlEAAMXQupJRGMB6)

Quote from: Monolith on July 15, 2019, 12:12:30 AMAnd here is my assembled Lugosi puzzle. I assembled it, took the photo thinking it was missing one piece, took it apart, then found the missing piece, so, I'm happy to say it's actually complete.

So where was the missing piece?

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Quote from: Monolith on July 16, 2019, 12:26:34 AMThe cans are 9.5" in diameter.

Oh wow!

:o

Those would be big ones indeed.

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Cynthia_zps93csxevz.jpg)

:)

Quote from: Monolith on July 16, 2019, 12:29:53 AMBesides being packaged in the metal film canisters I've seen some that were packaged assembled on a cardboard backing and wrapped in cellophane with a label on the cellophane. So, my Lon Chaney must've came like that and someone saved the label.

Here's one on e-bay showing the alternative packaging...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BELA-LUGOSI-as-COUNT-DRACULA-STAR-PUZZLE-300-pc-1967/150334320146?hash=item23009fae12:g:nlEAAMXQupJRGMB6 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/BELA-LUGOSI-as-COUNT-DRACULA-STAR-PUZZLE-300-pc-1967/150334320146?hash=item23009fae12:g:nlEAAMXQupJRGMB6)

Hey, wow! Mint-in-package!

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But $2500!!!

:-\

Quote from: Monolith on July 16, 2019, 12:29:53 AM
Here's one on e-bay showing the alternative packaging...

Two thousand five hundred dollars!!!!

Man up and take his offering!

:)

Quote from: Hepcat on July 16, 2019, 09:37:05 AM
Man up and take his offering!

:)

He'd better ship Priority!

Quote from: Monolith on July 16, 2019, 12:29:53 AM
Besides being packaged in the metal film canisters I've seen some that were packaged assembled on a cardboard backing and wrapped in cellophane with a label on the cellophane. So, my Lon Chaney must've came like that and someone saved the label.

Here's one on e-bay showing the alternative packaging...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BELA-LUGOSI-as-COUNT-DRACULA-STAR-PUZZLE-300-pc-1967/150334320146?hash=item23009fae12:g:nlEAAMXQupJRGMB6 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/BELA-LUGOSI-as-COUNT-DRACULA-STAR-PUZZLE-300-pc-1967/150334320146?hash=item23009fae12:g:nlEAAMXQupJRGMB6)

Holy, poop!

Quote from: Hepcat on July 16, 2019, 08:34:44 AM
So where was the missing piece?

???

After doing my Bela puzzle I found the missing piece mixed in with my Mr. Hyde puzzle pieces.

I don't know how much someone might be willing to pay for one of the Lugosi Star Puzzles, but I do know that in their metal canisters they are pretty hard to find, and in the cellophane packaging they are even more hard to find.

Here's the last of my monster-related Star Puzzles. It's John Barrymore as Mr. Hyde. I also have the Marilyn Monroe Star Puzzle, but I haven't assembled it yet.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1467/24181217103_b3144af80e_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CQP4og)Barrymore Star Puzzle (1967) (https://flic.kr/p/CQP4og) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

I also have the label for the Barrymore puzzle, too...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1588/24440409209_ad42210cf7_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DeHuaF)Barrymore Star Puzzle Label (1967) (https://flic.kr/p/DeHuaF) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Not monster related, but '60's TV related--I have a boxed set of Green Hornet puzzles. Here's the box.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4281/35790264926_20e344daca_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WwEsRd)Green Hornet Frame-Tray Puzzle Box ( Whitman 1966 ) (https://flic.kr/p/WwEsRd) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's one of the puzzles...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4287/34990288174_8906632abd_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ViYnCA)Green Hornet Frame-Tray Puzzle ( Whitman 1966 ) (https://flic.kr/p/ViYnCA) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's a second one...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4236/35698261791_97474eb063_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WowVwg)Green Hornet Frame-Tray Puzzle ( Whitman 1966 ) (https://flic.kr/p/WowVwg) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's the third one...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4283/35698272071_94323ada6f_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WowYzv)Green Hornet Frame Tray Puzzle ( Whitman 1966 ) (https://flic.kr/p/WowYzv) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's the fourth Green Hornet puzzle...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4236/34990272884_45c0a38809_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ViYi5Y)Green Hornet Frame-Tray Puzzle ( Whitman 1966 ) (https://flic.kr/p/ViYi5Y) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Cool Green Hornet puzzles!

They look hard to put together, though.

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 18, 2019, 05:03:51 PM
Cool Green Hornet puzzles!

They look hard to put together, though.

👀

Quote from: Monolith on July 18, 2019, 04:21:20 PMHere's the fourth Green Hornet puzzle...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4236/34990272884_45c0a38809_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ViYi5Y)Green Hornet Frame-Tray Puzzle ( Whitman 1966 ) (https://flic.kr/p/ViYi5Y) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

That's the one I like the best! Green Hornet's Black Beauty cars for the TV series were evidently built by Hollywood carmaker Dean Jeffries and based on 1966 Chrysler Imperials.

Aurora issued a fabulous Black Beauty model kit in 1966:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AuroraBlackBeauty.jpg)

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I like the Aurora Black Beauty kit, I don't have one, though.

Here's a puzzle from 1991 that has at least two things going for it--Bela Lugosi, and nice artwork on it.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7363/16442390046_8bfac78b18_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/r3XxHy)Dracula Frame-Tray Puzzle (1991) (https://flic.kr/p/r3XxHy) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

And here's the Frankenstein counterpart to the Dracula with nice artwork on it, too...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7439/16466652571_f4260c8efe_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/r66U7X)Frankenstein Frame-Tray Puzzle (1991) (https://flic.kr/p/r66U7X) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on July 20, 2019, 12:41:32 AMAnd here's the Frankenstein counterpart to the Dracula with nice artwork on it, too...

Wow! It looks to me as if you have the best puzzle collection on the UMA, and that's saying a lot!

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Quote from: Hepcat on July 20, 2019, 12:34:24 PM
Wow! It looks to me as if you have the best puzzle collection on the UMA, and that's saying a lot!

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Thanks Hep! You know, I never really thought about it before but I guess I do have a pretty good puzzle collection. Here's another one. Whitman made two Dark Shadows boxed puzzles in 1969. I have this one...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/5602/15713495246_226c405666_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pWxLFQ)Dark Shadows Puzzle Box (Whitman 1969) (https://flic.kr/p/pWxLFQ) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here are some classic, old can puzzles from the 1970's

(https://imageshack.com/i/45puzzle000jl6j)

Quote from: BRICK on July 21, 2019, 08:23:53 AMHere are some classic, old can puzzles from the 1970's

Speaking of cans as well as puzzles, among the most interesting collectibles Playboy spawned over the years was the series of canned Playmate Puzzles that came out in the early seventies. Here's a good list:

Playmate Puzzles - Ken Ritchie (http://www.playboycollectibles.com/puzzles.htm)

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d2/b3/58/d2b3581c9b0d5385ec867cc11a92cd53.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Playmate%20Puzzle_zpsxvfrspeh.jpg)

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Here are the regular Golden Puzzles from the 1990's

(https://imageshack.com/i/41puzzle2copyzp0j)

(https://imageshack.com/i/3q3upfdwnq6j)

And here is the puzzle that I think best illustrates the cluelessness and apathy that Universal Marketing and some manufacturers can show towards the fans:
Outstanding, first-rate illustration on the box-

(https://imageshack.com/i/47puzzle1copypo6j)

The bizarre, unrelated, and apocalyptically bad artwork that actually appears on the puzzle itself!!!

(https://imageshack.com/i/nm6antj)

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 21, 2019, 09:45:46 PM
Is this your puzzle? I think somebody put the wrong puzzle in the box. That can't be right!

Yes, that is my puzzle; I actually assembled it. The box even says that the puzzle doesn't match the front artwork. This was actually a higher priced, premium (?!?) "Golden Mystery Puzzle", where a booklet comes with it and you read along with the psuedo-Hardy Boys detectives and try to solve the mystery, with clues in the puzzle itself. Why Golden licensed the Mummy for this puzzle is the real mystery (the copyright on the puzzle, itself, is attributed to Universal). What they SHOULD have done is make it a more difficult two-sided puzzle, with the Mummy on the reverse side.

Quote from: BRICK on July 21, 2019, 09:35:44 PM
The bizarre, unrelated, and apocalyptically bad artwork that actually appears on the puzzle itself!!!

That is bizarre! They should have dumped the whole "mystery" thing and made this the puzzle.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/7488/ojHKTC.jpg)

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 21, 2019, 10:04:51 PM
That is bizarre! They should have dumped the whole "mystery" thing and made this the puzzle.

You're preaching to the choir!

I don't have any of the Playboy puzzles, but I like 'em. I do have some of those boxed Golden Universal Monsters puzzles from the 1990's, since they've already been posted I won't post mine. I've seen that Mummy puzzle before with the nice box art, which I like a lot, but since it's not the image on the puzzle I've never bought one. Here's another one from my collection you might like...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/5675/19932274684_fa5d32b899_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wnm7Qm)Planet Of The Apes Puzzle (H.G. Toys 1967) (https://flic.kr/p/wnm7Qm) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

I have two Addams Family frame-tray puzzles from 1965 made by Milton Bradley. This one with Uncle Fester...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/5658/23910172732_b637a760b5_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CqRTks)Uncle Fester Puzzle (Milton Bradley 1965) (https://flic.kr/p/CqRTks) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

And this one...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/5775/21236409020_033bc8987d_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ymA9x7)Addams Family Frame-Tray Puzzle (Milton Bradley 1965) (https://flic.kr/p/ymA9x7) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

I've got a bunch of Whitman frame-tray puzzles. Here's one I've had since it came out in 1968, and I still have it. I always liked watching THE HERCULOIDS. It had characters created by comic book legend Alex Toth.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/8582/28345906994_bdcfbd2f9e_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KbQbAo)Herculoids Puzzle (Whitman 1968) (https://flic.kr/p/KbQbAo) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's another Whitman frame tray puzzle that I've had most of my life and it's another character created by Alex Toth for Hanna Barbera's Saturday morning cartoon---Spaaaace Ghost!

(https://live.staticflickr.com/8634/16001921142_e471612795_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qo32E7)Space Ghost Frame Tray Puzzle (Whitman 1967) (https://flic.kr/p/qo32E7) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Your supervillain name is "Puzzle King" !

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 27, 2019, 01:34:52 PM
Your supervillain is "Puzzle King" !

Okay.

I have a couple more Space Ghost puzzles. This boxed set comes with four frame tray puzzles inside.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7549/15738745012_f0625057a5_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pYMbyC)Space Ghost Four Puzzles Box (Whitman 1967) (https://flic.kr/p/pYMbyC) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Here's a closer look at the puzzles inside...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48296028657_4fc5fc1fa2_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gzKLHg)Space Ghost Puzzle ( Whitman 1967 ) (https://flic.kr/p/2gzKLHg) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

This one has a three-eyed monster...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7557/15551755068_24a2e96bfd_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pGfNY5)Space Ghost Puzzle 1 (Whitman 1967) (https://flic.kr/p/pGfNY5) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7494/15552017687_0e104db714_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pGha2Z)Space Ghost Puzzle 2 (Whitman 1967) (https://flic.kr/p/pGha2Z) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

And here's the fourth one in the set...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7577/15738742862_81fba227dd_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pYMaVy)Space Ghost Puzzle 3 (Whitman 1967) (https://flic.kr/p/pYMaVy) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on July 28, 2019, 12:28:42 AM
Okay.

I meant your supervillain NAME is "Puzzle King". Left out one of the important words.  ;D

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 28, 2019, 10:44:49 AM
I meant your supervillain NAME is "Puzzle King". Left out one of the important words.  ;D

I'll accept that moniker. Here, in keeping with my villainous abilities, is yet another example from my collection, of a box from a long-ago-time. A time much different than today. a time when young people would wake up early on Saturday morning just to watch the special programs that aired on TV. Inside this box are many pieces of cardboard with printing on them. If you can arrange the smaller pieces correctly, you will arrive at a larger composite image of color, and depth of clarity. Is the assembled image similar to the image on the box, or is it different?  The answer to that question lies in your  ability, to arrange each piece in relation to every other piece correctly. Time is running out...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7664/16918469540_21a98078df_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rM2zyG)Space Ghost Puzzle Box (Whitman 1968) (https://flic.kr/p/rM2zyG) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

I'd like to see some old "Space Ghost" cartoons!  :)

Here's the completed Space Ghost boxed puzzle--it's the same as the image on the box...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7597/16485882903_34c680d79b_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/r7NsCp)Space Ghost Puzzle (Whitman 1968) (https://flic.kr/p/r7NsCp) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 28, 2019, 01:30:33 PM
I'd like to see some old "Space Ghost" cartoons!  :)

Here's the very first episode from 1966...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5K8E48NAOk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5K8E48NAOk)

Quote from: Monolith on July 28, 2019, 05:06:09 PM
--it's the same as the image on the box...

Just a schmency bit more image on the bottom and right side.

Quote from: Monolith on July 28, 2019, 05:10:31 PM
Here's the very first episode from 1966...

Cool! Thanks!  :)

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 27, 2019, 01:34:52 PMYour supervillain name is "Puzzle King" !

An antagonist perhaps for Harvey's Jigsaw?

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/23-05-201182430PM.jpg)

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/23-05-201182433PM.jpg)

:)

Not exactly sure what Jigsaw's super powers are?  ;D

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 29, 2019, 09:22:35 AM
Not exactly sure what Jigsaw's super powers are?  ;D

Maybe his specific Super Power is, being able to Piece things together. Okay! That was bad.😁👀

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 29, 2019, 09:22:35 AMNot exactly sure what Jigsaw's super powers are?  ;D

The ability to stretch his limbs to incredible lengths plus super strength:

Jigsaw - Atomic Avenue (https://atomicavenue.com/title/8037/Jigsaw)

A great hero!

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0MW033xAr80/Vd85NKi6t5I/AAAAAAAAYUA/_s_qIhVD5mE/s1600/jigsaw_logo.gif)

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Quote from: Hepcat on July 29, 2019, 10:45:54 AM
The ability to stretch his limbs to incredible lengths plus super strength:

All the things you associate with puzzles.

Jigsaw does at least have a puzzle pattern on his costume, or is that his skin?

Here's some interesting heroes--THE MIGHTY HEROES, created by Ralph Bakshi for Terrytoons in 1966. Bakshi would go on to make many animated films like FRITZ THE CAT ( the first animated film to receive an X rating ), WIZARDS, AMERICAN POP, FIRE AND ICE (based on Frank Frazetta characters), and an animated LORD OF THE RINGS in the 1970's. The MIGHTY HEROES have some funny names like Rope Man and Diaper Man, and Cuckoo Man...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4764/24776520877_6ee9c73604_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DKq9sr)The Mighty Heroes Puzzle ( Whitman 1967 ) (https://flic.kr/p/DKq9sr) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on August 01, 2019, 01:19:41 PM
Jigsaw does at least have a puzzle pattern on his costume, or is that his skin?

I hope it's his costume, otherwise, he's missing a couple of pieces!  :o

I have a bunch of Whitman frame tray puzzles from the 1960's. This one is Shazzan, which is another one created by Alex Toth for Hanna-Barbera, he also created THE HERCULOIDS, and SPACE GHOST. It was a cartoon about two siblings Chuck and Nancy who travel around on a flying camel named Kaboobie aided by Shazzan, a magical genie.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4703/24776518427_40ed9928a3_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DKq8Jc)Shazzan Puzzle ( Whitman 1968 ) (https://flic.kr/p/DKq8Jc) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Nancy reminds me of Sabrina; the Teenage Witch.

Quote from: marsattacks666 on August 04, 2019, 12:07:53 AM
Nancy reminds me of Sabrina; the Teenage Witch.

It's probably the hair color and style and the headband.

Here's another Whitman frame tray puzzle of a Hanna-Barbera cartoon--The WACKY RACES...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/8593/15976822606_685087b09c_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qkPoJJ)Wacky Races Frame Tray Puzzle (Whitman 1969) (https://flic.kr/p/qkPoJJ) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on August 03, 2019, 11:57:53 PMThis one is Shazzan, which is another one created by Alex Toth for Hanna-Barbera.... It was a cartoon about two siblings Chuck and Nancy who travel around on a flying camel named Kaboobie aided by Shazzan, a magical genie.

Promising!

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Here's a Whitman Adventures Of Gulliver puzzle from 1969...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7500/15380350794_5a72a2d02c_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pr7jrY)The Adventures Of Gulliver Frame Tray Puzzle (Whitman 1969) (https://flic.kr/p/pr7jrY) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Hepcat on June 26, 2019, 08:28:04 AMHere are a couple of monsterrific Roalex slide puzzles:

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Munsters%20Slide%20Puzzle_zpsjng5qevu.jpg)

Roalex also released a really nice Addams Family slide puzzle:

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Addams%20Family%20slide%20puzzle_zpsfv7fwzod.jpg)

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I like all the Roalex slide tray puzzles, especially those two.

Here's another one from my collection. It's a hard to find Flintstones boxed puzzle featuring the Gruesomes, who were a kind of  Addams Family that moved in next door to the Flintstones...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/3952/15117821693_b81f5b79cd_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/p2UMGa)Flintstones/Gruesomes Puzzle Box (1964) (https://flic.kr/p/p2UMGa) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Wow! The Gruesomes were boss!

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Quote from: Hepcat on August 19, 2019, 12:46:30 PM
Wow! The Gruesomes were boss!

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So cool! Season Five of the Flintstones, introduces the Gruesomes.

Quote from: marsattacks666 on August 19, 2019, 05:16:20 PM
So cool! Season Five of the Flintstones, introduces the Gruesomes.

That's right. The Gruesome also made appearances in the Flintstones comic books of the time, too. I've got a pretty good collection of The Gruesomes collectibles. Here's the completed puzzle...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7508/15551760758_19a65fe726_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pGfQEb)Flintstones/Gruesomes Puzzle (1964) (https://flic.kr/p/pGfQEb) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Quote from: Monolith on August 20, 2019, 01:03:17 AM
That's right. The Gruesome also made appearances in the Flintstones comic books of the time, too. I've got a pretty good collection of The Gruesomes collectibles. Here's the completed puzzle...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7508/15551760758_19a65fe726_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pGfQEb)Flintstones/Gruesomes Puzzle (1964) (https://flic.kr/p/pGfQEb) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

I truly dig the Gruesomes. They kind of remind me of the Addams Family. I just wish there were more toys or collectibles developed of the Gruesomes.

I like the Gruesomes, too. They did make a few Gruesomes collectibles. I have a coloring book, a Big Golden book, some small plastic figures, wrapping paper, a super 8mm home movie, this puzzle, and some Flintstones comic books in which they appear.

Here are two more monstery slide puzzles:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Roalex%20F_zpsa4yuxect.jpg)

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/15/Slide%20Puzzle%20Spider%20Web.jpeg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)

tynhrt

Here's a picture I lifted off the net of the fabulous Super 7 Creature from the Black Lagoon puzzle that was released a few years ago:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/univmonstpuzzlecreature_76891.1568927256.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)

  cl:)

They were going to make more of those, at one time. Don't know if they still plan to?

Not only can I not find whether they released any others, I can't even find the year in which the Creature puzzle was issued!

:(

It had to be last year, 2019; right at the time of Boodega.

Quote from: BRICK on June 05, 2020, 09:35:31 PM
It had to be last year, 2019

It was last year and it is the only puzzle released, so far.

Since the Creature puzzle seems to be sold out at most sites, I'd be surprised if Super 7 didn't put out several more.

:-\

I believe it was 2018 when the Super 7 Creature puzzle was released.

Here's a good picture I lifted off the net of Lakeside's 25 Ghosts Puzzle from 1969:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_25_Ghosts_Puzzle.jpg)

:)

These are photo examples of the only Universal Monster/Frankenstein jigsaw puzzle produced by APC in my collection.

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8sAAAOSwlAdf7SLp/s-l400.jpg)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JYwAAOSw-Rlf08xu/s-l300.jpg)

Ahh..Good old can puzzles. APC also produced Dracula & The Wolf Man puzzles; but Frankenstein was the most screen accurate.

Quote from: BRICK on April 18, 2021, 09:27:17 PM
APC also produced Dracula & The Wolf Man puzzles

And The Phantom and The Creature!  :)

Quote from: Monolith on August 06, 2019, 12:35:06 AM
Here's another Whitman frame tray puzzle of a Hanna-Barbera cartoon--The WACKY RACES...

(https://live.staticflickr.com/8593/15976822606_685087b09c_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qkPoJJ)
Wacky Races Frame Tray Puzzle (Whitman 1969) (https://flic.kr/p/qkPoJJ) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Mmmmm. Different numerals on the Creepy Coupe and the Buzz Wagon - and Little Gruesome looks more like a prototype, not his final visage.

Quote from: Hepcat on April 17, 2021, 09:49:42 PM
Here's a good picture I lifted off the net of Lakeside's 25 Ghosts Puzzle from 1969:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_25_Ghosts_Puzzle.jpg)

:)

Wow! I had this. Actually, I had two sets and the pieces became mixed, making the puzzle even harder!

Re The Gruesomes of "The Flintstones"...

Quote from: Monolith on August 21, 2019, 12:37:04 AM
I like the Gruesomes, too. They did make a few Gruesomes collectibles. I have a coloring book, a Big Golden book, some small plastic figures, wrapping paper, a super 8mm home movie, this puzzle, and some Flintstones comic books in which they appear.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51637765288_9fff116d2c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mF43A5)
Creepella Gruesome custom (https://flic.kr/p/2mF43A5) by Ian McLean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therinofandor/), on Flickr

I recently completed my Creepella Gruesome custom figure to accompany (on the tambourine!) her husband, Weirdly, and son, Goblin. A Funko "Rock Candy" Wilma Flintstone was the base figure.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51638397650_0949f5599f.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mF7hyS)
A Creepella custom begins (https://flic.kr/p/2mF7hyS) by Ian McLean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therinofandor/), on Flickr

Poor Creepella had only been artwork on the inside box-liner. Note that I also added metallic paint to Weirdly and Gobby's hair. These were the glow-in-the-dark versions of the two-pack that was exclusive to a comic convention, IIRC, but they were quite bland in the daytime with their unpainted hair.


(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51620979016_368092fab9.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mDz1BA)
Gobby and Weirdly Gruesome (https://flic.kr/p/2mDz1BA) by Ian McLean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therinofandor/), on Flickr

Quote from: Therin of Andor on June 22, 2022, 08:01:04 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51637765288_9fff116d2c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mF43A5)
Creepella Gruesome custom (https://flic.kr/p/2mF43A5) by Ian McLean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therinofandor/), on Flickr

I recently completed my Creepella Gruesome custom figure to accompany (on the tambourine!) her husband, Weirdly, and son, Goblin.

Oh wow! Fabulous job!

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Quote from: Monolith on June 29, 2019, 06:01:57 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/322/18606362989_94279f7aa3_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/umbttT)Mummy Puzzle Close-Up (Jaymar 1963) (https://flic.kr/p/umbttT) by donald deveau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124856366(*at*)N04/), on Flickr

Hey, yeah! Is this The Phantom? Or just a ghastly looking dead guy? Or Zacherley?....
What's the consensus?

Quote from: YoungestMonsterKid on December 27, 2023, 12:19:09 PM
Hey, yeah! Is this The Phantom?

Those puzzles snatched images from everywhere, so it was likely copied from a Phantom photo.

Quote from: YoungestMonsterKid on December 27, 2023, 12:19:09 PMOr just a ghastly looking dead guy? Or Zacherley?

What's the consensus?

No consensus. I think the stiff looks a lot more like Zacherley than the Phantom. My bet though is on some anonymous ghastly dead guy.

cl:)

I think it looks the most like the Aurora Phantom model.

Well, if it is Erik, I'm curious how the story goes. Are the Mummy and him enemies? What's the relationship with the skeleton in the robe? Did the Phantom try to betray Kharis and then pay for it with his life? So many possibilities.

Quote from: Monolith on December 27, 2023, 03:37:53 PMI think it looks the most like the Aurora Phantom model.

Oh come on! The Phantom is very clearly green:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/.highres/Aurora20Box20Phantom.jpg)

James Bama would not have painted him in the wrong colour!

cl:)

Quote from: Hepcat on December 28, 2023, 12:17:12 AM
Oh come on! The Phantom is very clearly green:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/.highres/Aurora20Box20Phantom.jpg)

James Bama would not have painted him in the wrong colour!

cl:)

I think the puzzle art looks like the model kit itself, not the Bama box art.

Yeah. The model, which, is equal parts Chaney and Cagney as opposed to the solely Cagney box art.

It's not the Phantom.   It's based on a weird b+w image from the Famous Monsters cards.

(https://i.postimg.cc/FzJfFH04/s-l1200.jpg)   

Quote from: Dr.Terror on December 31, 2023, 04:44:32 AM
It's not the Phantom.   It's based on a weird b+w image from the Famous Monsters cards.

Good eye! Well done, sir!

Quote from: YoungestMonsterKid on December 30, 2023, 05:29:48 PMYeah. The model, which, is equal parts Chaney and Cagney as opposed to the solely Cagney box art.

I'm not talking about any Hollywood actor though. I'm talking about the Phantom of the Opera from the sewers below New York City.

cl:)

Quote from: Dr.Terror on December 31, 2023, 04:44:32 AM
It's not the Phantom.   It's based on a weird b+w image from the Famous Monsters cards.

(https://i.postimg.cc/FzJfFH04/s-l1200.jpg)

Hey, I'm just glad the mystery is solved.
Now, do you have any idea where that photo is from? Was it just taken for the card?

Quote from: YoungestMonsterKid on January 07, 2024, 04:04:41 PM
Now, do you have any idea where that photo is from? Was it just taken for the card?

A bunch of the cards in that set are from FM make-up contests and some fan drawings. I'm guessing none of those people ever got paid for using their photos for the card set.  ;D

Quote
Now, do you have any idea where that photo is from? Was it just taken for the card?

I believe that is actually Lenore's corpse from 1963's The Raven. The first thing I thought of was Roger Corman when I saw it!  It should have been posted in "Name That Monster Movie"! :)

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/6751/yadeA2.png)

Quote from: BRICK on January 11, 2024, 06:56:53 PM
I believe that is actually Lenore's corpse from 1963's The Raven.

Well, I knew it wasn't "Dracula's Daughter".  ;D

Here's a 1000 piece Zombies Like Candy puzzle from the Vermont Christmas Company:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/713eawTScjL._AC_SL1000_.jpg)

8)

Here's a good shot of Richard's Jaymar Puzzles from his monster dungeon:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Olsen_room_6.jpg)

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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53698895976_a12fb2161c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pPbSW5)
Star Trek movie aliens jigsaw puzzle (https://flic.kr/p/2pPbSW5) by Ian McLean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therinofandor/), on Flickr

I love this jigsaw puzzle of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" aliens! Top row: Arcturian in the cargo bay, Ilia the Deltan (played by Persis Khambatta), Rigellian Attendant in San Francisco. Bottom row: Rhaandarite bridge ensign (played by Billy Van Zandt), Saurian on the rec deck, female Andorian ambassador in San Francisco.

I bought this puzzle at a great price because there was a small split in the box and the huckster couldn't guarantee if all of the pieces were present. When I put it together, I had to carefully rub the whole puzzle with a soft cloth, because it had a very waxy coating, and tiny fibres from the cardboard box had dulled the finish. Luckily, it came up beautifully. I keep it in a large "clip frame" on the wall.

During the Covid lockdowns, my cartoonist pal, Brett Bower, created this:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7824/46217066544_2717195872.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2dq3xGU)
Brett Bower cartoon puzzle jigsaw (https://flic.kr/p/2dq3xGU) by Ian McLean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therinofandor/), on Flickr

If you look carefully, you'll find me!

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4819/46217066554_e2fbdb7f9b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2dq3xH5)
Brett Bower jigsaw key (https://flic.kr/p/2dq3xH5) by Ian McLean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therinofandor/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7886/46217066574_8c6fb0e85b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2dq3xHq)
Brett Bower jigsaw characters (https://flic.kr/p/2dq3xHq) by Ian McLean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therinofandor/), on Flickr

Oh I like Bower's Cartoon Puzzle!

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As a kid in the 80's/90's in the US, I had a horizontal puzzle that came in a box. I don't think it was officially licensed but it had the Creature, Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and I think the Wolf Man? I know there were four monsters, pictured outside in some spooky scenery with likely a castle in the background.

It was probably about 50 pieces or less and the image looked painted because I remember how neat the brush strokes looked. I keep searching online for it but so far have gotten nowhere.

Granted, this isn't a puzzle, but what you are describing almost sounds like the American Publishing Stick & Lift or the Monster Madness game.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8604/aCcMLR.png)

Quote from: BRICK on November 18, 2024, 10:19:56 PMGranted, this isn't a puzzle, but what you are describing almost sounds like the American Publishing Stick & Lift or the Monster Madness game.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8604/aCcMLR.png)

That's not it but it looks awfully damn close!

The Creature was facing more forward than in this image... however I have to wonder if whoever made this also did the puzzle that I was recalling. Unsure if it was officially licensed but this was before there would've been a "UM" logo on it, so who knows.

Thanks for that picture, though! That set is super cool!

Quote from: Subatomic_Matt on November 18, 2024, 11:21:51 AMAs a kid in the 80's/90's in the US, I had a horizontal puzzle that came in a box. I don't think it was officially licensed but it had the Creature, Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and I think the Wolf Man? I know there were four monsters, pictured outside in some spooky scenery with likely a castle in the background.

It was probably about 50 pieces or less and the image looked painted because I remember how neat the brush strokes looked. I keep searching online for it but so far have gotten nowhere.

Is this it?
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/universal-monsters-jigsaw-puzzle-apc-52578342 (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/universal-monsters-jigsaw-puzzle-apc-52578342)

Quote from: segeorge on November 25, 2024, 03:45:07 PMIs this it?

Gots to be! And it is licensed.

Saw this unlicensed Frankenstein puzzle on Walmart's site:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54431761739_c063a28aa7_o.jpg)
                  FRANKENSTEIN - Jigsaw Puzzle - 300 pcs. - MasterPieces
 
      https://tinyurl.com/4kb8e2rb

Pretty box.  Would be OK for a young kid you are trying to get into monsters.

They also have "Bigfoot" and "Sasquatch" puzzles.

Quote from: segeorge on November 25, 2024, 03:45:07 PMIs this it?
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/universal-monsters-jigsaw-puzzle-apc-52578342 (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/universal-monsters-jigsaw-puzzle-apc-52578342)

YES! That's the one! Man, do I wish I still had that.

Thank you, it's so nice to see one again after all these years.

Quote from: Subatomic_Matt on April 14, 2025, 12:52:57 AMYES! That's the one! Man, do I wish I still had that. ...

    Here you go:  https://tinyurl.com/3d3ps7mc

Quote from: Monsters For Sale on April 14, 2025, 01:12:34 AMHere you go:  https://tinyurl.com/3d3ps7mc

Thanks!

Quote from: Subatomic_Matt on April 15, 2025, 11:51:11 AMThanks!

I live to serve.

Quote from: Monsters For Sale on April 15, 2025, 03:17:21 PMI live to serve.

Unless you're a Waiter/Waitress. Then you serve to live.

Quote from: Mike Scott on April 15, 2025, 04:24:46 PMUnless you're a Waiter/Waitress. Then you serve to live.

In the words of the great Andrew Martin, "One is glad to be of service."

Quote from: Monsters For Sale on April 15, 2025, 04:35:33 PMIn the words of the great Andrew Martin

Which one?

Quote from: Mike Scott on April 15, 2025, 08:22:08 PMWhich one?

The "Great" one.

(Bicentennial Man)

Quote from: Monsters For Sale on April 15, 2025, 09:12:52 PMThe "Great" one.

I'm having doubts.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54457321696_f454fb6729_o.jpg)
                        Sleepy Hollow - Jigsaw Puzzle - 300 pcs - MasterPieces

Another good kid puzzle from the same people who made the Frankenstein puzzle I posted earlier.  Pretty box.  Nice for a little Halloween item - maybe a prize for winning some Halloween party game?

Sold by Walmart:

               https://tinyurl.com/atrumsjh
                 

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53698895976_b5732595b3_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pPbSW5)
"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" aliens jigsaw puzzle (https://flic.kr/p/2pPbSW5) by Ian McLean (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therinofandor/), on Flickr

I love this jigsaw puzzle of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979) aliens! Top row: Arcturian in the cargo bay, Ilia the Deltan (played by Persis Khambatta), Rigellian Attendant in San Francisco. Bottom row: Rhaandarite bridge ensign (played by Billy Van Zandt), Saurian on the Enterprise rec deck, female Andorian ambassador in San Francisco.

I bought this puzzle at a great price because there was a small split in the box and the huckster at the SF convention couldn't guarantee if all of the pieces were present. When I put it together, I had to carefully rub the whole puzzle with a soft cloth, because it had a very waxy coating, and tiny grey fibres from the cardboard box had dulled the finish. Luckily, it came up beautifully. I keep it in a large "clip frame" on the wall.