My pal, Aaron Lewis (Minion here) very graciously hooked me up with some THINGMAKER LOVE!
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd54/gracebuster/IMG_6151.jpg)
We had to get into the spirit of the gift.
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd54/gracebuster/IMG_6152.jpg)
(btw, thats Gracie's friend Megan standing in for Buster)
He also sent along this brilliant book.
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd54/gracebuster/IMG_6153.jpg)
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd54/gracebuster/IMG_6155.jpg)
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd54/gracebuster/IMG_6175.jpg)
Great stuff and many thanks to Aaron.
Dan, I remember making those skeletons with that ball and chain!! hadn't thought about those in *years*!! Thanks for firing up the memory jets for me!
Mike
Very cool! I love the Fright Factory!
Is the book something that's available to buy, or is it just a few copies for those who attended?
There is a real intricate art in making good Thingmaker stuff like that. It's a lot harder than you might think. That is some of the best I've seen. Aaron is one talented guy, that's for sure.
Wow, I had one of those as a kid. I also remember getting several burns from it... lol I loved the glow in the dark goop, but then again I am one of the Children of the Glow.
BK
Ahhh, loved the thingmaker! My favorite (and probably my mom's) was the lock over the mouth!
After my dad passed away I was clearing out his basement. Inside his work toolbox (he was a mechanic) one of the skull and bones links was glued to the inside of the lid!
Great pics. The i-photo book is a real treasure.
"There is a real intricate art in making good Thingmaker stuff like that. It's a lot harder than you might think. That is some of the best I've seen. Aaron is one talented guy, that's for sure."
OMG, I know. I was astounded.
Man, I remember trying to make the the SUPERMAN and NEVER getting the emblem right. It never occured to us to wipe out the excess before cooking.
Honestly, I could never have done these so well. Aaron has been using his old thingmaker and buys new GOOP from some folks who make it, still.
Imagine ONE toy that we buy our kids now still working 40 years later. It won't happen. I have many toys that I still get to work. My Major Matt Mason stuff always moved with new batteries.
As for the book being available, Aaron made it and sent it. perhaps there is a way to use the format he already set up. I was so blown away buy this book and now I understand that we can all make books of anything we'd like.
Very cool technology.
I remember that the baking goop had a very specific smell while it cooked. I haven't smelled it in decades but I'm sure I would instantly recognize it and be flooded with memories of Christmas past!
That's right, I still use my old Thingmaker to this day and was happily surprised to discover that today's version of Plastigoop smells just like the original stuff when cooking...takes you right back to the 60's! The smell of Soaky bubble bath works the same way for me. I bought a full Mr Magoo some years ago just so i could open it up and take a whiff every now and then.
Quote from: gracebuster on February 07, 2009, 01:28:18 PM
As for the book being available, Aaron made it and sent it. perhaps there is a way to use the format he already set up. I was so blown away buy this book and now I understand that we can all make books of anything we'd like.
Very cool technology.
You compose iphoto books on your mac (using predesigned layouts and formats if you wish) and ftp the files to Apple. What returns is a custom offset-printed book. You can get them hardcover, softcover of spiral bound. Done well, they are professional quality heirlooms.
I love the book and Thingmaker both!
I had a Fright Factory. I loved the glow in the dark goop too. We go into the pantry and charge the item up really good and close the door. That was one of the best places for looking at something glow.
I made my grandfather a shrunken head. He kept it hanging on the mirror in his Buick for years!
OH yes... the aroma of baking Plastigoop, and of the Incredible Edibles 'stuff'... I can still smell it.
Mike C.
I wanted an Incredible Edibles but didn't get one. For that matter I never got the Easy Bake oven.
I've got a modern Thingmaker and goop in the basement somewhere. I'm feeling inspired to break it out and cook some jigglers. I wish I had an original Thingmaker with vintage molds. I'm sure I would have more fun with those designs. The smell of goop baking is one of my most vivid childhood toy smells. I'm more interested in creating that aroma than making any actual toys.
I'm seeing a disturbing trend here.
A group of people with clear problems with obsessive compulsive disorder who spent a part of their childhood huffing vapors of unknown chemical composition, referred to only as "Goop". Could explain a lot!
Of course, "Super Elastic Bubble Plastic" (original formula) was better!
I had Super Elastic Bubble Plastic for about five minutes before I realized... those bubbles looked as pretty and psychadelic as they did only because I'd spent the previous five minutes breathing in the fumes!
Mike C.
Ray,
I bought my daughter one of the more recent Thingmaker/ Creepy Crawler sets some years ago and while you will get to experience the beloved smell of cooking goop, the newer light bulb driven models seriously pale in comparison to the old school Thingmakers. I found the newer ones prone to either undercooking or overcooking. The old hot plate models are very consistent in only taking about 7-8 minutes for excellent results. The new ones take twice as long and have to be watched carefully for decent results.
You can also download book making software from www.blurb.com. I found out about them through American Artist magazine. I'm currently working on a 60's monster memory book which will have chapters on comic books, paperbacks and of course, monster toys. It'll basically be my own personal memories of growing up and experiencing that time with lots of photos. It's taking a while because of all the photos I need to take and adjust. Is anybody interested when I'm done? Maybe this is something all the members could do if their resources are pooled together. Imagine a giant photo encyclopedia just for all of us! Now that would be a cofee table book!
Beautiful book, Danny. That should be in the gift store section of your house of horrors. AND the thingmaker stuff--new goop works just as well as the old stuff but it does cook faster. I still dabble with mine now and then.
I bought them for my kids, too. They didn't like them as much as I did. I think it must be something about watching them cook. I missed that with the new ones. I think however that the new molds are the same as the old molds without the the slit for taking them out of the cooker.
Remember stabbing them in the back with a toothpick to see if they were done of not? We made Tarzan and Superman, and like Dan, *never* got the emblem on his chest right!
Mike
I remember discovering the "parfait effect". Put a drop in the mould, cook it for just so long, put two drops in, etc. alternating colors. I made insanely intricate jiggly bats and bugs with that original set. Never had the Fright Factory, but I did have the individually sold skeleton mould, along with what seemed like a gallon of that glow-in-the-dark goop. Back in the 80's, at one of those drive-in theater flea markets, I found three Thingmaker sets in mint condition (old store stock). Five bucks each. They're still in the shrink wrap. Creepy Crawlers, Creeple People, and Fighting Men. I've so far resisted the temptation to tear into 'em!
Great find DL!
We still have my wife's complete "Picadoo" set, and I bought about a dozen various molds at a flea market one time. Some have been sold off over the years, so I'm not sure what's left. I'll have to dig out the box and take 'em for a spin...
Hey guys!
I made the book at Shutterfly.com. Very easy to use.
I heard from a Don Post employee that some of their old 800 line vinyl masks were made of "goop"
Shutterfly.com sounds groovy.
I remember me and my best friends spitting on the burner to see it was hot enough. You never forget the smell of the burning spit on a thing maker.
I was 9 y/o. My birthday was in a month. My sister who is 11 years older than me bought one for me and hid it under her bed. Everyday as soon as I Had the chance I would sneak up there and just stare at the Box-art for hours. The box-art was so amazing. I imagined all the terror I was going to create in my naborhood with this little beauty.
I also remember the frustration of trying to keep the colors from bleeding into the other sections of the mold. Example: Stitches. Making them to thick to cook. Or to thin so that the Pupils of the eyes would pop off or the skeletons arm and legs would fall off.
Still the best Birthday present I ever received... Thanks to all for the memory jumpstart.
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x242/dadabigalow/thingmaker.jpg)
It took me a couple of days to pull these from storage and take some decent photos. As I mentioned in a previous post, I found these at a drive-in theater flea market in the 80s. Some guy was selling stock from his uncle's store out of the back of a van.
I got these for five dollars each and never opened them. The tops slide off revealing the shrink-wrapped stryofoam interior packaging. I also got the Fighting Men set, but since it's less in the "monster vein", I didn't upload pics of that one. I can load those and more details, if anyone's interested. Enjoy!
DL
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2397/creeple4uma2vr6.jpg)
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/135/creeple4uma4zf6.jpg)
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6006/crawlers4uma1yz4.jpg)
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9127/crawer4uma22cz8.jpg)
Very Cool DL, but I don't know how you have kept from opening it! I'd be in there making those things!
BK
Very cool! I remember getting--and loving--that Creeple People set.
Those sealed sets are great! I haven't seen them sealed until now. Thanks for posting those pics!
Those are fantastic!
I wonder if the heating unit still works, and if the goop is still good. I remember having the Fright Factory and I think Mini Dragons. And the goop melted the styrofoam.
Count me in as another goop fan! I've got a minidragon complete set, and a creeple people set as well. My cooker died a year or so ago, but I found a standalone stove burner works just fine. (and you can also do them in the oven as well)
I need to make more mini dragons, and more creeples.. my wife loves the dragon I made for her.
BTW, you can also decorate them with acrylic paint as well.
BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES, DL! I used my Creeple People set ALL the time as a kid. I stupidly sold the molds [that's all i had left] at a yard sale in the 80's. Fortunately, a good friend of mine GAVE me his still boxed set when cleaning out his attic. Not unopened like yours, but i was VERY happy to be reunited with this long lost toy. As if that wasn't enough, he also gave me his still boxed giant Erector AND Vacuform sets. You really should set up some kind of display for those babies...Congratulations!
Oh, yea, the Vac-U-Form! I remember having that prior to the advent of the Thingmaker sets. The oven was very similar to the Thingmaker unit. I recall the aroma of those softening sheets of plastic. For some reason I don't really recollect the specifics of what I made with the set though. I'll have to google that (or flickr it).
DL those sealed sets are fantastic. You are also more in control than me, I'd have Creeple People running around by now.
Those are some great sets. I think this is the one I had years ago. The box art looks very familar.
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6006/crawlers4uma1yz4.jpg)
Rob
DL,
I believe the Vac U Form machine duplicated toys using those plastic sheets you mentioned. My friend who gave the set to me explained how it worked, but we didn't have any sheets to try it out. Apparently, you put a toy [like a Hot Wheels size car] in the top tray and thru some process the plastic sheet would get heated up and brought down with a lever over the template toy to create an exact replica. The lever created a vacuum effect and the air was forced out via a vent hole on the side. He said it worked great. Wish he had saved some examples of his work. The other cool part of the thing is part of it is a Thingmaker oven. This is what i use these days when cooking up my old molds. Got a complete set of Fright Factory molds a couple of years ago for nearly nothing and have gone thru countless bottles of goop making skeletons for myself and friends. Also found that if you just fill up the skull part of the skull/bone/ chain mold ,they make some really cool fridge magnets! Nothing like the smell of cooking goop...
Yea, I made a TON of skeletons with about a gallon of the glow goop. I have only one left. Where did they all go?!
Duotone bats were my other specialty.
The goop gets into your blood. Once you smell it you can't forget it, and you find you need more. WHat a joy that we can still play with this toy!!!
And precious snowflakes today would burn a house down with it, burn thier delicate pinkies, and the odor would be harmful to them.
Kids today don't know what it's like to enjoy GOOD toys like this.
Here's an ad for the Fright Factory set that appeared on the back cover of DC comics on sale in the spring of 1967:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/023_zps881e8e44.jpg)
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Here is my Fright Factory set. The box has some wear, but it is complete with all original parts and is sealed.
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/frightfactory1_zpsa3bb299c.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/frightfactory2_zps6953cde4.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/frightfactory3_zpsaef1ead4.jpg)
Quote from: Gareee on February 18, 2009, 10:28:24 AM
And precious snowflakes today would burn a house down with it, burn thier delicate pinkies, and the odor would be harmful to them.
Kids today don't know what it's like to enjoy GOOD toys like this.
I realize kids today are idiots, but the way everything thing is safety tested & regulated, a toy like thing would never even make it to the toystore shelves.
Quote from: horrorhunter on April 19, 2014, 02:38:32 PM
Here is my Fright Factory set. The box has some wear, but it is complete with all original parts and is sealed.
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/frightfactory1_zpsa3bb299c.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/frightfactory2_zps6953cde4.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/frightfactory3_zpsaef1ead4.jpg)
Wiping drool from my keypad............
That's why I never log on to this site without my drool bucket strapped firmly in place. Situations like a M.I.B. Fright Factory set leave me no real alternative.
:o
I use my Frankenstein terrycloth bib.
Almost makes me feel sorry for kids that didn't grow up in the 60's.
I'll take a Thing Maker or Creepy Crawlers any day over a high tech video game.
So I thought I would get creative and try giving a shrunken head some hair plugs. I molded in four bundles of string, knotted at the end so the plastic would hold it in better, you can see them from the back. I'm very happy with the results!
(http://i.imgur.com/TiRCQOn.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/X2DMupo.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/xCcgO1f.jpg)
I also made some guts for the Cryptic Skel(e)tons set:
(http://i.imgur.com/qRJTx1k.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/BeJAWDt.jpg)
Nice job on the shrunken head. Did you remove one of the pics for some reason though?
Thanks, the thread worked better than I expected.
**Fixed 'em... I accidently deleted them last night. Imgur was being dumb. Sorry about that!
Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on September 20, 2014, 10:34:50 PMSo I thought I would get creative and try giving a shrunken head some hair plugs.
Nicely done!
Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on September 20, 2014, 10:34:50 PMI also made some guts for the Cryptic Skel(e)tons set:
(http://i.imgur.com/qRJTx1k.jpg)
That's a latter day
Creepy Crawlers set from the nineties, is it not?
???
It is. I think its an even later reissue. In the 90s seven-yr-old me had the Graveyard Ghoulies version.
The Patti-Goop site is an excellent reference for all generations of Creepy Crawler/ Thingmaker sets.
http://www.patti-goop.com/horror.html (http://www.patti-goop.com/horror.html)
Does anyone know if the Fright Factory originally came with the red or the black cooling tray? I have two nice sets that together should make a really complete set, but one has a red tray and one has a black. In pictures I see mostly red trays, but on the box the artwork shows a black tray? Thanks!
Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on October 15, 2014, 07:33:28 PM
Does anyone know if the Fright Factory originally came with the red or the black cooling tray? I have two nice sets that together should make a really complete set, but one has a red tray and one has a black. In pictures I see mostly red trays, but on the box the artwork shows a black tray? Thanks!
Mine has the red tray. It was restored by John Nettles with all original parts, and sealed.
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/frightfactory3_zpsaef1ead4.jpg)
http://creepycrawlers.homestead.com/ (http://creepycrawlers.homestead.com/)
Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on October 15, 2014, 07:33:28 PMDoes anyone know if the Fright Factory originally came with the red or the black cooling tray?
The Fright Factory came with whichever tray was handier in the factory that day.
;)
Quote from: Hepcat on October 15, 2014, 10:43:51 PM
The Fright Factory came with whichever tray was handier in the factory that day.
;)
That would be my guess as well. This stuff wasn't as exact as we try to make it these days. We care way more about monster collectibles than the manufacturers did back in the day. They were trying to make a buck...we live for this stuff. :laugh:
Quote from: Hepcat on October 15, 2014, 10:43:51 PM
The Fright Factory came with whichever tray was handier in the factory that day. ;)
Yeah, that was pretty much my inkling too... "So you concur, doctor?" Thanks guys!
Perhaps this would be the ideal CD to play while the "rubber" is cooking!
http://www.target.com/p/the-thingmaker/-/A-11433246?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=google_pla_df&LNM=11433246&CPNG=Entertainment&kpid=11433246&LID=24pgs&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=11433246&kpid=11433246&gclid=CMq3z5-7z8ECFQmBfgodUBAAiQ (http://www.target.com/p/the-thingmaker/-/A-11433246?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=google_pla_df&LNM=11433246&CPNG=Entertainment&kpid=11433246&LID=24pgs&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=11433246&kpid=11433246&gclid=CMq3z5-7z8ECFQmBfgodUBAAiQ)
Quote from: gracebuster on October 28, 2014, 08:37:04 AM
Perhaps this would be the ideal CD to play while the "rubber" is cooking!
Haha I have that one, and the original record store promo poster. It's a goody if you like garage rock (which I do!). But then Gearhead Records is a great label... I'll upload it if y'all want, the intro track is a vintage Creepy Crawlers ad.
After a year of ebay searching I finally got a hold of a pretty rare Toymax Mutant Squad set! It's a really cool premise that failed miserably... I believe they came out in 1997, right at the end of the Toymax run. There were 6 sets scheduled, and only 3 made it into production. This one happens to be "Soul Stealah." The set comes with hard plastic hands, feet, a head, and fronts for the thorax and abdomen. What you get to make yourself are bendy arms and legs with wire inserts, and the backs of the thorax and abdomen. There are hard plastic pieces that go inside the body sections to help attach the limbs (The box and all parts bags were factory sealed, yet I had two of one piece and was missing the other [argh, TOYMAX!!!] but was able to bend and manipulate one to suit the purpose. There are two pairs of 3D molds that screw together. Accessories include clear plastic wings and two random weapons; a war hammer and a blade. It's a pretty cool little "action figure," but I could see 10yr old me getting annoyed with the inevitable air bubbles in the 3D molds.
(http://i.imgur.com/givWOdB.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/I2rmG2r.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/fFFMt6c.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/9qruCkW.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/EPr8Aw9.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/U5YNao0.jpg)
Thats a pretty cool concept. How great to be able to play with it and create the monster.
Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on November 14, 2014, 02:21:00 AMAfter a year of ebay searching I finally got a hold of a pretty rare Toymax Mutant Squad set!
Oh wow! Great score.
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Here are the rest of my Thingmaker sets. The sets are complete and sealed. The Creepy Crawlers Collector's Case contains all of the original Creepy Crawlers as well as some others.
Creepy Crawlers:
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/Thingmaker1_zps44aaf045.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/Thingmaker2_zpsfdc992f7.jpg)
Creepy Crawlers Collector's Case:
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/Thingmaker3_zpsb91f2386.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/Thingmaker4_zpsbaa34c5f.jpg)
Maker-Paks for Creeple Peeple & Giant Creepy Crawlers:
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/Thingmaker5_zps96120dd8.jpg)
Another look at my sealed Fright Factory posted earlier in this thread:
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/frightfactory2_zps6953cde4.jpg)
I can still feel the burns on my fingers while playing with these. You could never get away with a toy this cool with today's idiotic safety rules. Survival of the fittest, I always say. If you can't survive your childhood toys, you probably weren't meant for this world.
Quote from: Mord on December 21, 2014, 01:47:58 PM
I can still feel the burns on my fingers while playing with these. You could never get away with a toy this cool with today's idiotic safety rules. Survival of the fittest, I always say. If you can't survive your childhood toys, you probably weren't meant for this world.
My thoughts exactly, dude. No wonder there are so many neurotic wimps around now with all these coddling pampering rules. Let kids deal with minor problems so they have the mind set to deal with the real sh*t when they become adults.
Quote from: horrorhunter on December 21, 2014, 12:45:16 PMHere are the rest of my Thingmaker sets. The sets are complete and sealed. The Creepy Crawlers Collector's Case contains all of the original Creepy Crawlers as well as some others.
Those are simply fabulous! I'm in awe.
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Quote from: Hepcat on December 21, 2014, 03:26:55 PM
Those are simply fabulous! I'm in awe.
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Thanks, Hep!
I have another Creepy Crawlers set that I got off eBay to USE. Some of the bugs pictured above came with that set and are originals from the '60s, and most I made a year ago last Thanksgiving. Nothing like spending an afternoon making Creepy Crawlers when you're 54. :laugh: Have to say though, it was fun. It really took me back.
That collectors case is awesome
"Mattel Bringing Back Thingmaker As A 3D Printer For The Home"
http://toynewsi.com/news.php?itemid=25942 (http://toynewsi.com/news.php?itemid=25942)
Well I dunno....
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Quote from: Therin of Andor on February 13, 2016, 02:50:28 AM
"Mattel Bringing Back Thingmaker As A 3D Printer For The Home"
http://toynewsi.com/news.php?itemid=25942 (http://toynewsi.com/news.php?itemid=25942)
But there would be no smell of hot Plastigoop, or sense of danger trying keep your fingers from being burned. ???
Seriously though, this could be very cool if it actually worked correctly. :-\
Quote from: horrorhunter on February 15, 2016, 12:52:03 AMBut there would be no smell of hot Plastigoop, or sense of danger trying keep your fingers from being burned. ???
My qualms too!
:-\
Quote from: Hepcat on February 15, 2016, 12:04:38 PM
My qualms too!
:-\
I think I'd have a bigger qualm about any toy that's based on computer software. After all, 20 years ago, we were still using MS DOS 5.0 or MS DOS 6.0, or we might have been on the cutting edge with Windows 95. These days, it is very, very difficult to get Win 95 programs to run on Win 7 (which isn't even current).
But, old-fashioned toys like the Thingmaker still work, as long as the heating element hasn't burned out. Even after almost 50 years, there is no software incompatibility or glitches because everything exists in a physical-only form. That's the fun of making everything by hand- it can always be done with the simplest tools.
I think it's brilliant marketing.
50 years ago Thingmaker (and Vac-u-form) were state of the art toys that mimicked real toy making/production methods. This iteration of Thingmaker does the same thing, with the additional bonus of being able to design your own objects and print them as well. Back in the day we sure couldn't cast our own molds to use in our Thingmaker - we were limited to the molds that Mattel released.
I wonder if this is based on the DaVinci Jr XYZ printer that has been available for a while. It lists at 349.00 but was available for less during the holidays.
I had the Fright Factory Thingmaker set when I was younger... Great stuff!
Had the Creepys, but the Army Man and this guy were my faves:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/o4sAAOSw2s1UwxZP/$_1.JPG)
(I molded in wires for posing.)
Thing-maker Fright Factory sure brings back the memories! I can
actually smell them cooking to this day... :)
More pics of my Fright Factory:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1837/43050841075_7b1956bbca_b.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1773/29018245077_8312bb077b_b.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/937/43908316902_f3dcedfa76_b.jpg)
I modified this post because I originally stated "better pics" which isn't the case. These were made with my old camera so the detail isn't very good. I'll get around to making better pics of the FF with my current camera at some point. Fright Factory was one of the great Monster Toys for me and I'm very pleased to have this complete sealed example.
Are those fangs, or walrus tusks?
Quote from: horrorhunter on August 09, 2018, 09:30:05 PMFright Factory was one of the great Monster Toys for me and I'm very pleased to have this complete sealed example.
Wow! Where/how did you get it?
???
Quote from: Hepcat on August 10, 2018, 03:42:01 PM
Wow! Where/how did you get it?
???
Guy named John Nettles. He's the Thingmaker Guru. :laugh: He refurbishes the sets and guarantees them to be complete and working including every accessory and bit of paperwork that came with them originally.
Here's a link to his website: http://creepycrawlers.homestead.com/ (http://creepycrawlers.homestead.com/)
They're expensive, but when you compare them to the damaged piecemeal examples found on evilBay I think they're fairly priced. Besides, it would take someone far more knowledgeable than I to put together a truly complete set of Creepy Crawlers or Fright Factory. There's no way my kid memories would tell me what all I needed for complete sets. Anyway, John seals them up as they were new with new Plastigoop and the works. He ships them safely packed too. I bought my sets 4 or 5 years ago and I noticed his prices have risen quite a bit. I guess he discovered he was selling them too cheaply considering all of the work involved and the cost of the original parts these days. Check it out. Cool website! 8)
Creeple Peeple Maker Pak along with a gang of original Creeple Peeple from the '60s:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/932/43098186185_a64d3ac10a_b.jpg)
Yay, I LOVE these things! Autumn is quickly approaching....I can almost smell that bubbling rubber now! ;D
(http://i66.tinypic.com/ndwfpx.jpg)
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2m4xbw0.jpg)
Today's helicopter parents would of course be horrified at the thought of their precious little darlings being exposed to a baking device!
::)
Just thought I'd mention, for those that are into this sort of thing: I do have a spare oven, in nice working condition. It's a 60s original, of course. 8)
A better pic of my sealed Fright Factory set:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1918/44611447765_56ddc1a95c_b.jpg)
Some vintage Fright Factory pieces I bought via eBay:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1915/31652896348_e90117a022_b.jpg)
LOVED these sets as a kid. I still have the Fright Factory that I got for my birthday way back when, and about 15 years ago I dug it out and made all new "Frights" (the heating unit still worked!). I also have one Creeple Peeple (head / arm / feet) that was stuck in the Fright Factory box. The goop was all gone, but another toy company in the 90s made an updated version of the Thingmaker and that Goop worked great.
Ahhh...memories.
Quote from: horrorhunter on August 09, 2018, 09:30:05 PMI modified this post because I originally stated "better pics" which isn't the case. These were made with my old camera so the detail isn't very good. I'll get around to making better pics of the FF with my current camera at some point.
1. What was your old camera? And what is your new camera? Why/how is your new camera better?
2. Is the improvement just in the camera? Or have you improved your photo taking technique? Did you perhaps invest in a tripod? External lights?
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Quote from: Hepcat on April 21, 2025, 10:31:46 PM1. What was your old camera? And what is your new camera? Why/how is your new camera better?
2. Is the improvement just in the camera? Or have you improved your photo taking technique? Did you perhaps invest in a tripod? External lights?
???
I've been using a Nikon Coolpix, sometimes with a tripod, and no special lighting. I'm not really into photography.